Determine house border lines for Bagua Map

[myfs_87166]

I have read two books that make contradicting statements as to defining the outline of the house to draw the Bagua map.
One says that only the portion of the house covered by a roof should be part of the Bagua map, the other says to include patio areas with railing.
In case of the latter my whole love and marriage trigram would be outside of my house. The latter source suggest to bury a quartz crystal in the bordering corner.
Would you have any clarification on this?
Thanks for your help.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Christa,
1. I am really not sure, what you mean by the Bagua map.
2. I hope you are not referring to the Ba Gua template used by Black Hat Tantric Sect or commonly known as `BTB' as this is a modern invention.
3. However, in traditional Feng Shui, accessment is done with a combination of:-
Shapes and Forms
Compass School (Eight House and Flying Star)
4. Under the Flying Star Compass School, a chart can be drawn either as:-
9 grids or pie chart.
5. For those drawing a 9-grid chart, should normally use it more for an interior of the home.
6. While those using a pie chart, can use it not only to look at the interior but also extend out the pie in the same direction to look at the exterior.
7. For example, if the frontage of a house has this Flying Star formation:-
Period 7 house
#7 mountain #7 water
Base 1
or
Period 6 house
#6 mountain #6 water
with Base 1
For information #7 is weak metal while #6 is strong metal
8. If one refers to the Productive Cyle under the Five Elements concept, one will notice that METAL supports WATER.
"How nice therefore, if we can add water at this location especially outside the house if METAL has been detected.
9. In Traditional Feng Shui, either Shapes and Forms is used and/or Flying Star is used to analyse a sector. This sector can be inside or outside of the house.
10. And if a sector e.g. has a mountain star found inside the house, it can be extended or looked at using Flying Star at the exterior of the house and a `mountain' can be placed at that location.
11. Whether it is Ba Zi (Pillars of Destiny) or Flying Star, the common lowest denominator is based on the Five Elements Concept.
12. Contrast this with what you had mentioned below:-

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In case of the latter my whole
love and marriage trigram
would be outside of my house.
The latter source suggest to
bury a quartz crystal in the
bordering corner.

This is really not proper Feng Shui. But as mentioned earlier, it is all a MARKETING PLOY to get people to buy products (under the pretense of Feng Shui mystic).
Frankly, all one gets is a big hole in the pocket.
It is better in such a situation to believe in one's intuition than such a Marketing Ploy.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/29/2002 5:06:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I have read two books that
make contradicting statements
as to defining the outline of
the house to draw the Bagua
map.
One says that only the portion
of the house covered by a roof
should be part of the Bagua
map, the other says to include
patio areas with railing.
In case of the latter my whole
love and marriage trigram
would be outside of my house.
The latter source suggest to
bury a quartz crystal in the
bordering corner.
Would you have any
clarification on this?
Thanks for your help.

[Cecil Lee]

Additional information:
Attached please find a sample analysis using the PIE CHART method of Flying Star Feng Shui.
One can notice that in this example, I have extended the lines of the pie chart for SW to look at the frontage of the house.
In fact, all the lines of this pie can be extended over to the entire boundary of the house for evaluation using Flying Star Feng Shui.
Overall, between the Pie Chart method or the 9 grid (9 equal squares); the Pie Chart chart is (in my opinion) a better one than the 9 grid chart. Although, both can still be used in an interior of a house.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

[Cecil Lee]

Further to what I had mentioned:-
Flying Star Feng Shui is used in particular to look at the frontage (water star - if any) of a landed property or locations where there can reasonably be a mountain star.
Thus, as mentioned earlier, if Metal elements or Water elements are detected, water or flat level areas can be enhanced - especially if Metal stars are present.
For mountain stars, it can be located at the side of the house (next to main entrance) or at the back of the house - if a mountain star is found at that specific sector).
The above together with Shapes and Forms MUST be taken under consideration, TOGETHER and should not be viewed separately.
Other than the above, or if one is really not into Feng Shui, go for the " FREE FOR ALL " or relying on one's intutition. This is better than relying on a Modern Invention: Black Hat Sect Ba Gua Template.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil