Can your back door be your main door?

[nrross]

Thanks for your fast response on my mermaid question. I am also concerned about the problem of water in your back yard. I live on a rectangular shaped tidal basin of about 13 acres. It is very pretty- like a big reflecting pond. My house faces south,and the basin is attached on the far side to a canal that drains to the east (right to left looking from the back door). Street access is from the north side,and guests enter from that side too. We enter through the garage,but use the back door probably the most going out to the garden and for pets. What do you think?

[Cecil Lee]

Hi,
You can still use your backdoor. However, in Feng Shui, the frontage is equally important in the assessment of the house.
The frontage is where this is generally the front of the house. The main door may not be at the front of the house. It can be at the side.
The analysis here is to go into the home to see the natural lighting conditions. It would be ideal if natural light filters into the house. The house should thus not be totally dark all the time. (What I mean is that during day light hours, it should have some light going into the house.
Many people in Singapore who live in " Government Housing Board Flats " would realise this: Light filters in most of the time from their windows rather than from the main door. Here, some Feng Shui Masters may at times consider the window area/wall e.g. the living room area as the `main entrance' where Qi comes in rather than the main door.
Here, it is good to understand the above. This is where, one advise is to have alternat e or diagonal windows opened so that Qi do not flow in and immediately exit out thru the kitchen windows but rather allow it to meander or circulate in the house.
For Feng Shui audits, it is normally the tradition to still consider the actual main entrance door when e.g. using the Flying Star analysis.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 8/15/99 3:42:46 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Thanks for your fast response
on my mermaid question. I am
also concerned about the
problem of water in your back
yard. I live on a rectangular
shaped tidal basin of about 13
acres. It is very pretty- like
a big reflecting pond. My
house faces south,and the
basin is attached on the far
side to a canal that drains to
the east (right to left
looking from the back door).
Street access is from the
north side,and guests enter
from that side too. We enter
through the garage,but use the
back door probably the most
going out to the garden and
for pets. What do you think?