Introduction of Home FengshuiLili, PhD

Outline

• What is fengshui and what is not fengshui• Analytical tools in fengshui • What is the benefit of knowing and using home fengshui

• Formula: Eight-Mansion system

• How to set up the proper internal layout• Identify negative fengshui features from exterior

What is not covered in this presentation

• Underlying physical mechanism of fengshui,

five-element theory, Yi-ching

• History of fengshui

• Different schools of fengshui

• Details about how to use tools in fengshui ( such

as how to use fengshui compass, etc )

• Advanced methods in home fengshui

What is fengshui *• Fengshui is the art of analyzing the impact of an

environment in relation to human experience• The goal of fengshui consulting is to create a

comfortable and favored living and/or working environment for individuals

a) Living environment—Home fengshui

b) Working environment—Business fengshui

What is not fengshui *

• “Culture superstition”: fortune cookie, decorating the room with “good-luck” objects including crystals, little stones, all kinds of doohickeys and figurines, etc

• Displaying arts, sacred geometry• Auspicious numbers• Spiritual practice, rituals, religion

Analytical tools in fengshui

• “Forms” ( environmental study, 峦头 ) a) exterior: mountain, buildings, roads, traffic flows, wind,

sound, light, river, lake, pylon, gas station, etc

b) interior: wall, ceiling, column, door, window, bed, table, chair, couch, etc

• Formula ( 理气 ) a) Eight-Mansion system

b) Flying Star system

c) Advanced methods

Benefit of home fengshui *

• Comfortable and healthy living environment• Improve finance• Improve relationships

Eight-Mansion system *

• Assist in selecting locations ( inside a house ) and orientations that are favored for the target person

• 8-trigram: the basis of 8-mansion system• Qi: the core concept • How to use 8-mansion system

Eight Trigrams *

• Trigrams are the basis of Eight-Mansion system• Almost everything has a trigram reference • Each direction is governed by one trigram

8-trigram representations

Qi ( 气 , Chi )*

• Qi is the central concept in fengshui. Fengshui is about analyzing and harnessing Qi

• In scientific terms, the concept that has the closest meaning to Qi is field

• Qi could affect a person positively or negatively• In Eight-Mansion system, there are 8 types of Qi that

reside in 8 directional sectors.• In Eight-Mansion system, the sitting direction of the

house determines what type of Qi in each directional sector ( assuming ur house is clean and tidy )

Eight types of Qi

• Tian yi ( heavenly doctor ): improve wealth, good for health, good luck in general

• Fu wei ( stability ): calming and stabilizing effect, easier to focus at this sector

• Yian nian ( longevity ): improve relationship and networking• Sheng qi ( life generating ): improve reputation and status ( effect

not prominent )• Wu gui ( Five ghost ): illness, wealth loss, fraudulent activity, all

kinds of misfortunes, bad luck in general • Jue Ming ( life endangering ): accidents, injuries, ( effect not

prominent )• Liu sha ( Six killing ): conflict and dispute in relationships• Huo hai ( Mishaps ): small annoying issues

Arrangement

• Tian yi ( heavenly doctor )• Fu wei ( stability )• Yian nian ( longevity )• Sheng qi ( life generating ) bedroom, living room, any place where you are staying most

of the time

• Wu gui ( Five ghost ) • Jue Ming ( life endangering )• Liu sha ( Six killing )• Huo hai ( Mishaps ) Storage room, closet, bathroom, kitchen, dinning room, any

room that you don’t use much

Application of 8-mansion

• Use Compass to measure the sitting of the house to determine house trigram

• Use 8-mansion reference table and house trigram to determine Qi map

• Do the layout or make appropriate arrangements based on Qi map

• Use the birth year of the target person to determine life trigram

• Use life trigram to determine orientation

8-mansion reference table and Qi map

Sheng Qi

Huo Hai

Yian Nian

Fu Wei Jue Ming

Tian Yi Wu Gui

Liu Sha

Sitting west east

Qi map

Note: Fu wei is always the sitting direction of the house

How to apply 8-mansion system *

What about orientation?

• Location determined by sitting direction of the house ( house trigram )

• Orientation determined by life trigram

How to determine life trigram?

• Life trigram determined by birth year• Male: 1982 1 + 9 + 8 + 2 = 20 2 + 0 = 2

11 – 2 = 9 Li

• Female: 1982 1 + 9 + 8 + 2 = 20 2 + 0 = 2 2 + 4 = 6 Qian

Same 8-mansion reference table to determine orientation

Application of 8-mansion

• Use Compass to measure the sitting of the house to determine house trigram

• Use 8-mansion reference table and house trigram to determine Qi map

• Do the layout or make appropriate arrangements based on Qi map

• Use the birth year of the target person to determine life trigram

• Use life trigram to determine orientation

Internal fengshui

• Bedroom

• Study room• Living room

• Kitchen• Bathroom

• Storage room

Negative features in bedroom

fengshui tips in bedroom

• Bedroom in one of the four auspicious directional sectors—fu wei, tian yi, yan nian, sheng qi

• Head of the bed not under the window, air conditioner, or near the door or heat

• No hangings in the ceilings on top of the bed• No TV set near the bed• No mirror facing the bed• Bedroom cannot be too big, no complicated setups in the

bedroom• Set up the orientation of the bed to be one of the four

auspicious orientation of you.• Close the window or blinder when you sleep

study room and living room

fengshui tips in study room and living room

• Study room and living room in one of the four auspicious directional sectors—fu wei, tian yi, yan nian, sheng qi

• Back should not be exposed to the door or window• No hangings on top of where you sit• Enough sunlight in study room• Set up the orientation of the chair/couch to be one of the

four auspicious orientation of you.

Negative fengshui features from exterior

Negative fengshui features from exterior

• 天斩煞  ( Tian Zhan ) Facing the narrow space ( slit ) formed between two high buildings

• 反弓路 ( Fan Gong ) A bow-shaped road with huge traffic flow curving towards the target building     

• 枪煞 / 路冲 ( Qiang )  At the end of T-shaped road    

• 尖角煞 / 刀煞  ( Jian Jiao )  Facing sharp edges of other buildings or constructions from any directions

• 阴邪煞 ( Yin Xie )  The target building is near the hospital or funeral parlor or whatever deserted constructions.    

• 电磁煞  ( Dian Ci ) The target building is near  high-voltage tower, electric pylon, telegraph pole or lightning rod, etc

• 污煞 ( Wu )  The target building is near the factories or garbage dump or gas stations or sewage or there are garbage packed around the building.

• 官门煞  ( Guan Men ) The target building is near the police office, court, military camp, prison or government building, etc

• 声煞  ( Sheng )  It’s too loud outside the building, could be from constructions or kindergartens.

• 光煞  ( Guang )  Strong beam reflected by the glass of the buildings near the target building

• 孤峰煞  ( Gu Feng )  The target building is way too taller than all other buildings surrounding it.

• 压迫  ( Ya Po ) The target building is way too lower than all other buildings surrounding it.

• 三煞  ( San Sha ) Construction or main door at the yearly “San-Sha” spot of the building

• 五黄煞  ( Wu Huang )  Construction at the yearly “Wu-Huang” spot of the building    

• 道具煞 ( Dao Ju ) Facing Feng Shui products from other buildings

Fengshui remedies

• Block—fengshui consultant uses this method all the time• Absorb—usually requires some amount of space• Fight—only apply under special circumstances, usually

only used in business fengshui• Escape—sometimes the most effective way• Case-by-case remedy

Personal profiling

• Fengshui and astrology are coupled. Fengshui consultant should also be an astrologer

• Chinese Five Arts: 相— fengshui: analysis of dwellings and human beings

• Right person, right time, right place

Summary

• What is fengshui and what is not fengshui• Analytical tools in fengshui • What’s the benefit of knowing and using home fengshui• Eight-Mansion system• Fengshui tips of internal setups• Negative fengshui features from exterior