Confused with directions

[myfs_95429]

Dear Cecil & Robert,
Firstly I must congratulate as well as thank you for this great web site. :-)
I am Santanu Biswas from New Delhi (India) and my interest in Feng Shui is very very recent. I am trying to check/correct my personal directions at home and office based on various reports that I have been able to gather from your web site. Till now a part of what I have been able to gather about myself is as follows:
- My date of birth: 30th March 1966
- My personal Gua number: 7
- Kua type: Metal
- Birth element: strong Earth (favorable element: metal and unfavorable element: fire)
- Eight house chart: West door person
- Favorable work position/direction: North west
Now coming to my question (rather my confusion) - Is the favorable work position based on simple geographical direction or is it related to my eight house chart? In other words, do I simply find out the north west direction using a normal magnetic compass and position myself accordingly OR do I consider my office main door direction as West (as per my eight house chart) and the north west direction should be relative to this 'virtual west' direction??
Please help as I am really confused and 'direction less'.
Best Regards & Thanks once again for this wonderful site which is a treasure of knowledge.
Santanu Biswas
New Delhi, India

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Santanu,
Please see below:-

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On 8/15/2003 6:57:25 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil & Robert,
Firstly
I must congratulate as well as
thank you for this great web
site. :-)
Glad that you find the resources here, useful.

Currently, even with the Chinese 7th month, I am currently very busy with continously never ending stream of audits and may take sometime to reply to all the questions posted here.
I am Santanu Biswas

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from New Delhi (India) and my
interest in Feng Shui is very
very recent. I am trying to
check/correct my personal
directions at home and office
based on various reports that
I have been able to gather
from your web site. Till now a
part of what I have been able
to gather about myself is as
follows:

- My date of birth:

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30th March 1966
- My personal
Gua number: 7
- Kua type:
Metal
- Birth element: strong
Earth (favorable element:
metal and unfavorable element:
fire)
- Eight house chart:
West door person
- Favorable
work position/direction: North
west
Now coming to my
question (rather my confusion)
- Is the favorable work
position based on simple
geographical direction or is
it related to my eight house
chart? In other words, do I
simply find out the north west
direction using a normal
magnetic compass and position
myself accordingly OR do I
consider my office main door
direction as West (as per my
eight house chart) and the
north west direction should be
relative to this 'virtual
west' direction??

The most practical approach in applying Feng Shui is via "priorities".
Here, we should be aware of what are CRITICAL and what are NICE-TO-HAVE situations:
Critical issues:
1. Shapes and Forms of the room
1.1 Often, our placement of beds and furniture e.g. work/study table has much to do with the layout of a bedroom: where is the bedroom door, what shape does the bedroom take? where is the toilet, toilet door; where are the windows? For condos, often, the built-in wardrope has been `fixed'.
1.2 Thus, often, if the room is small, there are not much locations where we can place the bed or the study desks etc...
1.3 Light Qi
Often, if our room (or study room) windows are directly facing the afternoon sun e.g. West or even East, it would not be appropriate to place the study table facing e.g. the afternoon sun.
Imagine the poor child, has to study "with his eyes" facing the afternoon sun. It is a true torture indeed! Here, one cannot blame if the child asks for sunglasses to study! (Worse is, that this location - directly facing the west sun can be quite hot!)
1.4 Thus, under the Eight House /4 Good-Bad directions, even if WEST is this child's best direction; we should not merely follow this concept blindly.
Thus, from this simple illustration, try to differentiate between what are "Important/Critical" and what are "Nice-to-have".
If this simple structure is applied, I am sure, one will not get confused.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil