Office Main Entrance/Reception

[Perfect168]

Hi Cecil,
1)What is the implication of having a mere 3 feet wide door for office main entrance? I was told to have a wide (6-7 feet) main entrance but certain situation doesn't permit this to put into effect.
2)Does the signage of the company have to directly face the main entrance of the office? What if the signage is located at the side wall? Is it still acceptable?
3)The MD's ba zi has plenty of water element. The reception is located in the south sector. Is it a bad idea to put in an aquarium with colorful guppies as means to brighten up the atmosphere/interior of the reception?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards, SL

[Cecil Lee]

Dear SL,
1. Is this company a family business i.e. where the `owner' is the MD?
Please see below:-

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On 8/7/2001 9:51:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi Cecil,
1)What is the implication of
having a mere 3 feet wide door
for office main entrance? I
was told to have a wide (6-7
feet) main entrance but
certain situation doesn't
permit this to put into
effect.

The office main entrance can still be 3 feet wide.
Length (CM) Potent Remarks
0 to 5.4 Good Fortune
5.5 to 10.7 Bad Sickness
10.8 to 16.1 Bad Divorce
16.2 to 21.4 Good Fairness
21.5 to 26.8 Good Promotion
26.9 to 32.1 Bad Theft
32.2 to 37.5 Bad Accident
37.5 to 42.9 Good Origin
It is good to keep the main entrance within the favourable dimenons of the multiple of the above. Here, even if the main entrance is can still be of an auspicious dimension.
If the MD is the owner, it is very good if the main entrance door direction is favourable to him.

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2)Does the signage of the
company have to directly face
the main entrance of the
office? What if the signage is
located at the side wall? Is
it still acceptable?

Ideally, it would be good to have the signage directly above the main entrance (if possible). However, it can still be at the side wall. This is still acceptable.

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3)The MD's ba zi has plenty of
water element. The reception
is located in the south
sector. Is it a bad idea to
put in an aquarium with
colorful guppies as means to
brighten up the
atmosphere/interior of the
reception?

Usually, this requires analysis such as the MD's Ba Zi or Ba Zi Feng Shui and other methods such as the Flying Star analysis.
The reception counter is another crucial factor in the office. This is because, in some instances, a reception counter at the centre could `split' the `Luck Qi' into two or become divided when it `enters' the main entrance.
Feng Shui for the frontage of the office is unike the home. The wrong position of the reception counter could mean `inauspiciousness'.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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Thank you in advance for your
help.
Best regards, SL

[Perfect168]

Dear Cecil,
1.What if the company is a listed company, where the MD is another employee and the real owner only sometimes drop by? Should the office be feng shui-ed to suit the ba zi of the MD or the owner?
2.Going by the measurement you have provided/using a feng shui ruler, looks like a 6 feet entrance is no good... But sometimes, it is quite difficult to customise measurement accordingly...alot of the door retailed are mass manufactured and thus standard in size. This brings us to the question, is it necessary to be insistent in implementing feng shui measurement to everything in the office (i.e. windows, tables, room size....)?
3.In what instance does the Luck Qi split? Like if there are 2 doors at the left and right opposite of the main entrance? What if an office has 2 front entrances (one to reception and another to a storage/warehouse area?
4.>The wrong position of

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the reception counter could mean
`inauspiciousness'.

Your comment is very interesting. Can you please elaborate?
Best regards, SL

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On 8/9/2001 9:41:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear SL,
1. Is this company a family
business i.e. where the
`owner' is the MD?
Please see below:-

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On 8/7/2001 9:51:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi Cecil,
1)What is the implication of
having a mere 3 feet wide door
for office main entrance? I
was told to have a wide (6-7
feet) main entrance but
certain situation doesn't
permit this to put into
effect.

The office main entrance can still be 3
feet wide.
Length (CM) Potent Remarks
0 to 5.4 Good Fortune
5.5 to 10.7 Bad Sickness
10.8 to 16.1 Bad Divorce
16.2 to 21.4 Good Fairness
21.5 to 26.8 Good Promotion
26.9 to 32.1 Bad Theft
32.2 to 37.5 Bad Accident
37.5 to 42.9 Good Origin
It is good to keep the main entrance
within the favourable dimenons of the
multiple of the above. Here, even if the
main entrance is can still be of an
auspicious dimension.
If the MD is the owner, it is very good
if the main entrance door direction is
favourable to him.
2)Does the signage of the
company have to directly face
the main entrance of the
office? What if the signage is
located at the side wall? Is
it still acceptable?
Ideally, it would be good to have the
signage directly above the main entrance
(if possible). However, it can still be
at the side wall. This is still
acceptable.
3)The MD's ba zi has plenty of
water element. The reception
is located in the south
sector. Is it a bad idea to
put in an aquarium with
colorful guppies as means to
brighten up the
atmosphere/interior of the
reception?
Usually, this requires analysis such as
the MD's Ba Zi or Ba Zi Feng Shui and
other methods such as the Flying Star
analysis.
The reception counter is another crucial
factor in the office. This is because,
in some instances, a reception counter
at the centre could `split' the `Luck
Qi' into two or become divided when it
`enters' the main entrance.
Feng Shui for the frontage of the office
is unike the home. The wrong position of
the reception counter could mean
`inauspiciousness'.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil
Thank you in advance for your
help.
Best regards, SL

[Cecil Lee]

Dear SL,
Please see below:-

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On 8/11/2001 11:13:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil,
1.What if the company is a
listed company, where the MD
is another employee and the
real owner only sometimes drop
by? Should the office be feng
shui-ed to suit the ba zi of
the MD or the owner?

1. You brought up an interesting question:)
2. In many of the audits I have done for company executies e.g. CEOs, CFOs etc... the audits are done mainly at their requests. Here, usually, the audit is done in their interest or individual interests.
3. Be it a CEO, a CFO, Senior Manager etc... The motivate is more for their own good i.e. progess, promotion etc..
For example, a Bank Vice President, had asked for a FS audit to look at the placement of his work table. Previously e.g. his work table in his room was oriented in another direction. But because of FS advice, it was positioned in a separate direction. With the hope that he can e.g. progess in his career.
4. Usually, as mentioned early although a CEO says that he would like an audit to benefit the company, in fact, (directly) the implication is that the person calling for the audit; wants to have their work place favourable to them.
Therefore, the company can be a family business, private company or a listed company; FS audit can be done in `secret' e.g. on a Sunday or other days where staff may not be around or be aware of.

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2.Going by the measurement you
have provided/using a feng
shui ruler, looks like a 6
feet entrance is no good...
But sometimes, it is quite
difficult to customise
measurement accordingly...alot
of the door retailed are mass
manufactured and thus standard
in size. This brings us to the
question, is it necessary to
be insistent in implementing
feng shui measurement to
everything in the office (i.e.
windows, tables, room
size....)?

Yes, you have asked a relevant question.
http://www.geomancy.net/fs/ruler.htm
Under the above link, I have also shared some points with regards to measurements...
Partial quote from the above url:
"I understand that most users will ask this question: Is it important to follow Feng Shui measurements?
Lets look at these points:-
In the present day, there are many furniture designers and furniture makers. It is not possible to use the measurements on the Feng Shui ruler. Even if som e furniture makers are aware of it, they may not believe in Feng Shui.
Most of us are not able to custom design home furnitures. Even if we do, we may only custom design e.g. built in cupboards but not possible for every furniture in the home e.g. dining table, sitting room table and chairs etc...
So what should we do?
I like to point out there are a few Schools of Thoughts regarding this matter:-
(1). Some Feng Shui Masters may say... use your six sense or the " Intuitive " form of Feng Shui and buy what you like and " meets " your needs. This is a sensible approach and the most practical in today's world. Simply go get what you like. I agree with this.
(2). Some Feng Shui designers (through their learning of Feng Shui) have incorporated some Feng Shui friendly features e.g. furniture with `rounded' corners. Do note: not "wavy" furniture as in the water element but furnitures that are `suppose' not to give off poision arrows from it's edges. I also agree with this.
This is equally acceptable as most of us do read about poision arrows from nearly every FS website to nearly every FS books. You can consider the use of Feng Shui dimensions as `secondary' importance to Feng Shui.
In fact, today, because of commercialisation of Feng Shui so little has been paid to Feng Shui dimensions i.e. what can you earn from teaching FS dimensions? ........ "

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3.In what instance does the
Luck Qi split? Like if there
are 2 doors at the left and
right opposite of the main
entrance? What if an office
has 2 front entrances (one to
reception and another to a
storage/warehouse area?

There is no general answers to this. The layout plan has to be looked at closely in relation to Feng Shui (Shapes and Form and Compass School).

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4.>The wrong position of
the reception counter could mean
`inauspiciousness'.

For example, for some office frontage it is best to locate the reception area on one side i.e. when we open the door to the reception area, the reception area is located on either the left (wall) or the right (wall). This is to ensure that the full Qi goes into the office area. In some of the above situations, placing the reception area at the middle where there is a left and right entrance may split the Qi into the office area.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

[Cecil Lee]

Dear SL,
Further to what I wrote earlier, looking at `Qi' at the main entrance area and whether to place the reception counter at the centre; right or left wall is an interesting subject.
In my opinion, a good Shapes and Form FS expert, would need to visit the site and through feel, could provide the appropriate advice on the above.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil