Classical Feng Shui

The traditional practice of Feng shui originated in Ancient China. The term “Feng Shui” (literally wind and water) refers to the harmony and balance of the natural elements of surrounding environments. In actual practice, classical Feng Shui focuses on how energy, or “qi”, flows through a building or space and how environmental factors can affect the health, happiness and fortunes of those who live or work there.

The location of the building, the shape of the land, the orientation of doors and windows, the intended use of an area, the colour, shape and substance of the objects within an establishment are essential factors in Classical Feng Shui. It takes years of study and practice to become an expert in the classical schools of Feng Shui.

The Form School

This school is the oldest documented school of Feng Shui and it deals with the energy that WE CAN SEE. If the environment of the house already has favorable and protective conditions, that is a great advantage. If there is a lot of nature, fertile land and clean water, the energy that enters the house will be generally good. With this school, we study the streams of water, the mountains, the streets, the buildings around the house and, most of all, the balance between Yin and Yang. But we also study the furniture, the colours, the materials and the layout of the house. Ancient Chinese masters classified shapes according to their ability to attract or repel positive and negative energy.

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The Compass Schools

Compass school methods use, as you can imagine, a compass to find the orientation of the building. An accurate degree of measurement is combined with the time factor through ancient mathematical formulae, giving the consultant specific information about the current and even past situation of the house.

Within this group, there are several different methods:

Flying Star Feng Shui, or Xuan Kong Feng Shui is considered one of the most powerful and long-lasting methods of Feng Shui. This school uses a compass to determine the energy of a building, be it a home or business, taking the property’s year of construction and its orientation, according to the cardinal points, as starting points. This school calls the energy a star, due to its quality of changing and moving, and there are 9 stars in total – some are good, others not so good. A Feng Shui consultant trained in this method can tell you where the stars in your house are and how to tap into the good ones while minimizing those that are less beneficial. To identify the relationship between the occupants and the house, their birth dates are also needed. The complex calculations together with the accuracy of the measurement makes this analysis one of the most important.
Eight Mansion or Eight House (Ba Zhai): This type of Feng Shui divides the house into 8 sectors; depending on the geographical orientation, 4 areas are favourable and 4 are unfavourable. Knowing where these areas are and how they influence your life will open new possibilities to create the changes you need.
Ming Gua: This represents your personal trigram which protects you in the environment. Ming Gua is a person’s Destiny Number or Natal Trigram, and is derived from an individual’s year of birth. With this method, I can then determine which of the 8 magnetic directions are beneficial and which are detrimental to a person’s well-being. I can determine which direction is best for working, studying, and sleeping.

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