Yin & Yang Feng Shui

[airvrm]

I read the book "Feng Shui WorkBook" by Wu
Xing.In the book on page 18 & 19 it is stated that for a house - the yang domain the
left dragon and right tiger is seen as standing from outside the house looking at the main door of the house
And for the Yin domain the left dragon and
right tiger is as see from the Grave looking
outwards.
But at your web site it is the opposite,
http://www.geomancy.net/fs/four.htm
I am confused can you please advise which is right ?
The gr

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Dear Airvrm,
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From: "Airvrm Teo"
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I read the book "Feng Shui WorkBook" by Wu
Xing.In the book on page 18 & 19 it is stated that for a house - the yang
domain the
left dragon and right tiger is seen as standing from outside the house
looking at the main door of the house
And for the Yin domain the left dragon and
right tiger is as see from the Grave looking
outwards.

Lets look at the explanation:-
1. Under the Shapes and Form School `concept';
The dragon is always on the Yang Domain. This is because, the dragon is
always a yang `animal'. And in fact the most Yang of all animals. Here, by
right, it should not be considered as under the Yin domain.
This is because, under the Five elements concept, it is Green and Green =
East, a location of rising sun which is a Yang location.
Contrast this with the White Tiger. If we look through the colour `chart'
White is located at the West.
Therefore, in theory, we see them fit under this condition.
2. However, what I understand what Wu is trying to do. He is using the Four
Symbolic Animals `loosely' as an overall template where it does not matter
about the position of the four symbolic animals but listing them in order of
their `positions'.
Let me illustrate, if he placed the Dragon at the West, the Tiger now is
located at the East. The Black Tortise is at the back and the Red Phoenix at
the front.
I think a few users here will get further confused because I mentioned this
model but overall, do take note that the Four Symbolic Animals represent a
few concepts and the reason why it is so widely used is that it is a
`pictoral' illustration and pictures are much easier to visualise.
Under Wu's `method' the objective; I believe what he wants to do is to check
the position of the four positions in relation to a site. In this case, it
does not matter whether the Dragon is at any of the four true compass point.
I do not want to confuse you or many users here further as there is another
concept, and this has been explained clearly in the Applied Feng Shui
certificate course.
To conclude, just remember that since it is so easy to refer to things in a
diagram or picture, the Four Symbolic Animals concept is widely used in
different concepts to explain relationships and things. I hope you get a
picture of what I am saying:)
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

[pikkie]

Dear Cecil
Is it not true that there is a difference between the form/shape school and the compass school in their methods for finding the green dragon and white tiger?
i.e. I've read that for the form/shape school, you stand at your front door, facing outwards and the green dragon is on the left and the white tiger is on the right, regardless of the direction your main entrance is facing. Then is it true that the Compass School would find the green dragon to the east and white tiger to the west as per the compass readings (also regardless of which way your main entrance faces.) After all, not everyone's homes face South.
Just when I think I have a handle on this concept, something else confuses me.
Please comment.
Best Regards
Toni Pedro

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Dear Cecil
Is it not true that there is a difference between the form/shape school
and the compass school in their methods for finding the green dragon and
white tiger?

Yes, I agree with you. Recently, there are quite alot of correspondence on
this. I understand that it is rather confusing to follow. One minute, it is
this and another minute another interpretation.
Let me elaborate further:-
1. First forget what we have understood of the differences on this subject.
The reason for using this model e.g. a dragon, tiger, tortise or
phoenix is that it is easier to explain things using a
picture or a `pictorial model'. The saying goes: " A picture tells or
paints a thousand words ".
To me, I feel that this is why, there are so many different uses for
the above Four Symbolic Animals Concept.
This is why, some like me prefer to add the word " Symbolic " into this
model.
In the recent Applied Feng Shui course, I even listed a third use of
the 4 Symbolic Animals Concept and during
the last forum message on this, one user also brought up another usage
by an author .. whose Chinese Surname is Wu.
Due to the simplicity of a picture `within' a picture, this will explain
why we can be confused with the same model used
by e.g. the two schools e.g. Shapes and Form and Compass School Feng
Shui.
Actually in the Applied Feng Shui course, I gave a further distinction
to the students so that in the future, if they were
to graduate or go into practise, they can use what I have suggested both
in writing books or in their practise:-
If we are only refering to it under the Shapes and Form School,
Simply call them (without their colours) e.g. Dragon, Tiger, Tortise
and Phoenix or Bird. (by the way there is a centre
animal called the Snake).
But if it is applied under the Compass School, do call them : GREEN
Dragon, WHITE tiger, BLACK tortise, RED Phoenix.
Why is the distinction?
This will answer your earlier question. Under the Five elements concept,
each colour represents a direction.
For example GREEN = EAST, WHITE = WEST (true cardinal point) etc...
Here, you will now see the distinction. When we simply use the words,
dragon, tiger, etc.. under the Shapes and Form
School, we no longer see that there is a colour `profile' attached to the
words and thus I hope, we will no longer be
confused that e.g. RED must be the South etc.... Therefore, since
there is no longer a direction attached to each animals under this method,
some one like an author can then put forth a clear meaning e.g. the Phoenix
represents `clear space' and should be at the front and the tortise,
symbollic of "solid support "
Hope the above helps you to understand better.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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i.e. I've read that for the form/shape school, you stand at your front
door, facing outwards and the green dragon is on the left and the white
tiger is on the right, regardless of the direction your main entrance is
facing. Then is it true that the Compass School would find the green dragon
to the east and white tiger to the west as per the compass readings (also
regardless of which way your main entrance faces.) After all, not
everyone's homes face South.
Just when I think I have a handle on this concept, something else confuses
me.
Please comment.
Best Regards
Toni Pedro