Yi Fengshui

AngPow Fiasco, Malaysia Boleh!

2012-02-12T19:48:00.000-08:00

Image from malaysiakini.com

Chinese traditions are deeply rooted on implicit significant that is not so easily understood by outsider. The meaning of AngPow is just not a “Red” packet. It has farfetched meanings as to who are the giver and the recipients. They mean entirely different things. Although simple enough AngPow contains money, the significant is not its monetary content but gestures and merits, which is very “Zen” alike which is also blended with “Karmic” significant. Unlike trade where one gives away a form of a service or goods in return for a considerable sum of money, giving and receiving AngPow means entirely different things.

For a Chinese Metaphysics consultant receiving AngPow from its Client signify beyond just completing its due diligent, but the essence that what has been taken away from the act has been replenished back for the prosperity of both the giver and the receiver so that there is no Karmic bond between the act, the actions and the results of it.

For a married couple to give AngPow to singles during Chinese New Year is not just an obligation but a gentle reminder for children to remain innocent and lovely while single to be upgraded to be a giver coming year. Receiving AngPow from an elder or senior means a well being for longevity to the giver and proper growth for the receiver. Definitely not everybody can simply give and receive.

Similarly so, when one receives education from a master, in return of a tea ceremony is an AngPow given from the master to his pupil. Other paraphernalia are bowl, chopstick, cane and so forth which bear many forms of significant.

The current fiasco in Malaysia, detail read HERE, is the amplification of the lack of understanding and the superficial knowledge of the Chinese traditions. By virtue of giving the supposedly AngPow in white envelope, it is no longer AngPow but PekKim or precisely, White Money, some form of donation for the purpose of funeral. If it is given during a happy event, it meant to say the giver is “cursing” the recipients and if the recipient is elderly, it meant to greet short life and sorrowful event. It is not too surprise when it all comes from a nongovernmental organization with racial motives and it happens after 50 years of independent of Malaya and for donkey years, the Chinese has been living in harmony with the locals since the time of early Chinese Dynasty in the Malay Archipelago, there is simply no excuse of not knowing the Chinese traditions and pretending to be liked one, dishing out “angpows”!

Next time, when someone gives AngPow, better think twice and for our fellow practitioners, it is not the content that matters but the significant of the packet bearing its RED.

点穴 Dotting The Dragon Spot - Any Significant?

2012-02-09T22:56:00.000-08:00

Here is the Google terrain showing the "Dragon Spot" as shown in our not so new article, Moosti Spot For Sale, Going Once Going Twice, SOLD!. Just to make thing more interesting, can anyone tell us where exactly is this very location of "Dragon Spot"? In fact, there is more then one, no, many minor spots, with one receiving 3 veins completes with multiple embraces. Almost perfect, it lack one very important item. Please guess again!

A little background about this development. It started off with the wrong footing and the project has been passed from one hand to another causing a delay to almost 10 years. Infrastructure work was a nightmare. Lately was informed that sale has picked up tremendously with a change in name. Now, it is one of the jewel within the area. FengShui-wise, the "dragon" has arrived with beautiful roads and landscapes, well short of saying, it is timely for the "Dragon Spot" to be activated. Has all these got to do with Direct/Indirect spirit? You tell us. However, we did not say, the players are not making any monies from the sale!

Small observation liked DTF, tell us that it is not the spot that matter, but the properties that are able to receive Qi. So, even given such superb natural formation in the beginning, if one does not know how to use it, it is as good as draining wealth down the drain.

The next question is what about the classics liked 地理五诀, Earth Studies Five Principles says? Many assumed that this classic only talks about Water Dragon, which is untrue. This book illustrate the arts of observation of the interaction between mountains and waters within the 5 criteria of Dragon, Embrace, Water and Spot to establish Facing.

So, it just not the Spot itself which has the significant of a Good FengShui.

HUAT-AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Observation of Ding TaiFung @ Garden Mall

2012-02-07T19:17:00.000-08:00

Din Tai Fung @ Garden, very similar to its counterpart in Singapore where it is tug over at a corner in Lower Ground yet it is so different structurally in FengShui.

Above diagram indicates the Lower Ground of Garden connecting to the Megamall. Red indicates the location of DTF. Sector A, denotes the passive sector while sector B denotes the active sector. DTF is located at the active sector. In fact, there is nothing special whatsoever with regard to the lower ground of Garden Mall but yet sector B is actively occupied by people and the eateries located there are always full house, whereas sector A suffers from the lack of patrons.

Questions, is it because of DTF that brings in people to occupy sector B rather than sector A or simply Qi accumulates more in sector B than sector A? This real life example demonstrated that there is indeed truth in the theory of East and West houses, River East and River West theory and more importantly, it is all about balancing YinYang in multiple layers. Strangely, there is no water features, magical fountains and ponds whatsoever, yet it is a location for making money.

As usual more in-depth analysis is cover in our case studies HERE.

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Observation of Ding TaiFung @ eCurve

2012-02-03T02:12:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year observation…

Never really get bored observing the opening of the new outlets for Ding Tai Fung chain restaurants. Each of the outlet has something similar yet diverse. Similar in terms of its design to maximize Qi collections and diverse in terms of its stylistic approach in finishing touches of installing its FengShui structure. The newly opened DTF at eCurve, as contrary to its counterpart in Paragon Singapore, does not employ water features. It is not located at the lower ground but at the ground floor instead, overlooking the void. It has tilted door for some other reasons and definitely not for XKDG fighting SanSha purposes. It receives Heavenly Water on the other sides. The list continues…

Of the entire venue, it chooses to be housed in eCurve which is known to be Cine Leisure once before it closed down and bought over by other parties. eCurve, among the nexus of shopping complexes comprising Ikea, Ikano, Curve, Tesco and so forth in Mutiara Damansara, is not really at its prime in term of human traffics and consumer mass epicenter with many wealth leaking flaws. The shopping arcades within are almost soulless. The only happening things are the discotheque and cinema which will come alive after dusk. The lower ground food arcades were, surprisingly, under patronized. Compared with other well to do complexes within the same vicinity, it fails in many areas of concern. One question remains, why eCurve was chosen, perhaps cheaper rental? Where FengShui biggest concern is always location, location and location, why must it be located at eCurve? Perhaps there are something more…

It soft launched on 29 January 2012, approximately 10am. The ThongShing states that this day is an establishment day with excellent DongGong date. The concerns are it is also one of the 10 ferocious days with huge disaster. It is also the day of emptiness. Generally not a very good day for auspicious opening with very little ShenSha stars.

XKDG date selection suggests a TianLei Gua or without wrong doing with the combination of 5 of its period luck while GuaQi has no significant correlation whatsoever. It is a pure Yang Gua with push factors and GuaQi is unstable. Yet, it is a chosen date for soft launch (yes, the key word is SOFT)…

Purposefully structured in metal receiving Yin prosperous water, it is designed to prosper activated in Mao year. With a Yin facing and sitting, almost crossing every “t” and dotting every “I”. Could it represent the work of a SanHe master?

Looking at the DaGua perspective, to achieve YiGua ChunQing, LongShan XiangShui, its GuaQi are in the combination of 10 while its period luck is in the combination of 5. Could it also represent the work of a SanYuan master?

In fact, eCurve is such an interesting place for FengShui observation while one looks at all those arcades with the intended layout within the complex. It always tells stories of its success and failures beyond just the 9 grids of the Flying Star chart. Some share the similar structure with DTF but because it opens the wrong door, everything goes down to waste.

OK, is time for me to catch another movie, “Ah Beng Three Wishes”

Huat Ah!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Eight Mystical Gates

2012-01-18T02:43:00.000-08:00

Out of the 8 Gates, Gate of Open, Rest (nobility), Growth and Scenery are the favorable doors. Gates here imply non-physical portals. It is greatly misunderstood that 8 mystical gates are actually doorways where one has to pass through in order to achieve something but this is not true.

The 8 gates are only indicator of what sort of human actions appropriately undertaken given the situation. In the RenChen year, the annual 8 is perceived to be death. Does it means to say the 8 star is unusable?

People with main door located at east and northeast will enjoy most with the auspicious star conjunctions. Otherwise, bed locations at these sectors will also do.

Saying thus there are other layers of information such as life palaces, house god, officer seals and so on to be considered concurrently to benefit most from the annual audits.

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Flying Star Earth Plates

2012-01-16T21:05:00.000-08:00

PurpleWhite 9 grids have many dimensions to juggle and one personal favourite is the DiPan or the earth plate. The ThongShing states that LiChun beginning of spring, the three nobles, Yi Bing and Ding is located namely in Zhen, Xun and central palace. This is the monthly DiPan and when it is read together with the ThongLin or the Period Master, it foretells the conditions of all the respective 9 palaces such as: -

Northwest & Southeast: Green Dragon Gets Together – When meet with benevolent combination, the aupiciousness will be doubled up. Vice-versa if it enconters malignant star conjunctions.

West & Soutwest: XuanWu Earthly Punishment – Denoting contemination at a slow but sure degree. That is a reason even if the US economy were to be recover, it is going to be slow and with lots of setback.

Notheast & North: Minor Wandering Structure – One may lost its way in a journey. Diversion is real. In the triumph economy of the Northeast, many initial objectives may be diverted. Lots of wastage in between especially time.

These are just surface readings and different schools have different strokes of reading.

Next, we shall look into the 8 GATES.

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Curing Malignant Stars 2012

2012-01-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

One keen observer SMS me this morning asking: -

“…#9-1, #3-2, #8-7 looks like combination of 10, 5 and 15 respectively. Can it be read like this?”

The answer is YES. Isn’t it strange that XuanKong Classics spell otherwise? It is very common practice to plot the annual chart and read it thereof according to the interpretation from the classics that spelt out the 81 combinations.

So, if let say the general consensus is to assume, 7,2,3 and 5 stars are the malignant component, the next logical question is how to “cure” it?

First, attempt to see if there is any possibility of combining these malignant stars. #9-1, #3-2 and #8-7 are already a form of combination. If the structure is supported, the malignant star has already been combined away. No need to do anything.

Second, structural combination of a continuous space. #2-7, #4-9, #1-6, #3-8 are HeTu combination achievable by amalgamating 2 palaces as 1 structure. This called for repartitioning of internal layout. However logic it may be, but one cannot be renovating one house come every 12 months? Thus, it is impractical.

Third, not to provoke the malignant star such as 7,2,3 and 5 by means of earth breaking, dragging of heavy furniture or drilling and the sort.

If everything fails, then only attempt to put placebo FengShui into action liked, wind chime, calabash, crystal and the sort. Something is better than nothing as the saying goes.

However, the wisest way is to rope in a competent practitioner who is able to put the useful god into action by just taking care of ONE core item. The rest of the malignant stars will be beneficial. Always remember Flying Star methodology or Purple White has gained popularity in space constrained area such as HongKong, Taiwan and Singapore for a reason none other than fast and result orientated. The real practitioner does not chase after stars. They chase after the Gods.

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Flying Star 2012

2012-01-12T01:35:00.000-08:00

Based on the “Flying Star” chart which traditionally called the Purple White chart, annual 6 white enters the central palace. Portends power struggle #7-6, risk of water related epidemic such as bird flu #1-2 hitting the north, year of indecisive, scandals form top leadership #3-2, weakened economy and the “leader” is caught within, so on so forth…

The “infamous” argument star #3 enters southwest, #3-2 portends among others “bullfight Sha” which brings about a connection of numerous disagreement, scandals and gossips. Kind of worried for countries, in the southwest, which are run by Ladies. The “illness” #2 is at the north. #1-2 denotes water contamination which among other portends water related illness liked bird flu. The northern hemisphere is more likely to be at risk.

The “timely” #8 wealth star is shining brightly in the west denoting a possibility of the West recovering from their economic crisis. However, its recovery takes time to heal and there is much groundwork to do before their economy is back on track. It only makes sense for Obama to investigate the US fundamental. Contrary, the “celebrative” #9 is in northeast. With the ongoing presidential election for Taiwan, booming economy for China, recovery post tsunami for Japan, these regions are in good hands. Similarly, the “flirtatious” #4 is at the east. #4-3 is actually the primary wealth location if you know how to use it with the “one”. #1 is in the south. Very contradictory. There seems to be a fire and water clash but in nature, fire and water does not clash each other. The south will bring wealth and career advancement. No wonder, it is said that the God of Wealth comes from this direction!

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Daily ShenSha

2012-01-10T00:46:00.000-08:00

The Chinese New Year arrives on 23 January 2012. However, it is still NOT the Dragon year yet! The Dragon will arrive later on 4 February 2012. Looking at the chart, the usable ShenSha such as Heavenly Virtue and Heavenly Noble together with Three Combinations are benevolent stars signaling the arrival of nobleman assistance. There is also the ShiLing star usable for those who are the adepts of the occults. Generally there are enough good stars hovering around for the day.

The Branch luck indicating auspicious for rat, snake, dog, horse, tiger and rabbit. Neutral for monkey and pig while the other must avoid using this day for major events. Yes it sounded like the animal event in a zoo.

Avoid making dress, grand opening, wedding, construction and planting.

It is also the first lunar month with the JiaZi of GuiWei, also NaYin wood with the auspicious 28 asterism Bow but has been tainted with the destruction as in the 12 days officer in charge. That is one reason why grand opening, wedding, construction and planting advisable to be avoided.

Special note denotes the arrival of Spring Festival with the following specific instruction to pray to the following Deities, which is actually various body of Qi emitted from various auspicious direction of the day. The deities are as the followings: -

1. God of Happiness / TianYi Nobleman – Southeast

2. God of Nobility – East

3. 1st Joss Stick – Zi to Mao hour before sun rises

4. Angry God – Northwest

5. Five Ghost – Southeast

6. Door of Death – South

7. So forth…

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Monthly ShenSha

2012-01-08T20:18:00.000-08:00

In the olden days, preparation for Chinese New Year also includes a peep into the New Year day per se. In this section of the ThongShing, it always starts with the month section. It states, Gregorian calendar January to February follows by the religious festivities of the Daoist Deities. Next, the lunar 1st month major signifying among others 31 days.

A purple white monthly star is also included in the form of purple white with the accompanying QiMen SanQi locations. This section is usable for metaphysics purposes. It also states that LiChun beginning of spring, the three nobles, Yi Bing and Ding is located namely in Zhen, Xun and central palace. This will in turn enable one to locate the Door of Nobility and so forth.

An entire list of benevolent and malignant monthly ShenSha stars is attached. There is a small section indicating the arrival of the sun as it states, the Sun at the current month, 28th day Wei hour enters the palace of Hai. Together it is used for date selections.

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - Heavenly Palace Bestowing Lucks

2012-01-08T00:10:00.000-08:00

神煞 ShenSha, Gods and Killing as its name suggests, comprises of two forms of real and imaginary stars with either benevolent or malignant natures. In this very page of the Almanac, the theme called Heavenly Palace Bestowing Lucks are a matrix of ShenSha stars arriving annually to the specific life palaces according to the 12 earthly branches. The mapping of these real or otherwise imaginary stars unto the earth Qi is a representation of a correct timing to undertake a correct human action. The task is often the question of what stars to what action, as can be as trivial as planning a vacation to something complex like marriages. As for FengShui date selection purposes, it spells nothing if the XKDG combination of 10 or SanHe NaYin does not empowered by the arrival of these ShenSha star as above but not as below. Some perfectionist may even walk the extra mile to match a selected time to a real time star chart, just to make sure that the real star is above. In the case of annual forecast, it is alright just to digest whatever being dished out on this very page of the ThongShing. Anyway, it is the basis of many writers chalked out their annual prediction called "the animal book".

ShenSha stars like anything of antiquity comes in many names and may sometime referring to the same star. There are the main so called mainstream stars such as Heavenly Noble and so forth. Other auxiliary stars can be easily ignore or sometimes unheard of. Anyway, the rule of thumb is one benevolent star may offset against 4 malignant stars. So, start to count your stars. What happen if there is no benevolent star at your life palace? Holy Shit!

No worry, lives go on. As people born in Dog year, this coming RenChen year brings no benevolent star but a whole load of malignant stars such as Leopard's Tail, Year Breaker, Major Fork and so forth. What one is going to do? There is the luck pillar and the entire 4 pillars to arbitrate liked clash away, transformed and so forth. It is not the end of the road.

The lucky one with nobleman stars liked, moon, sun, monthly virtue, TaiYi, Dragon Virtue, Heavenly Noble, Duke Arrival and so forth has the extra push. Whereas Three Altars, Heaven Explain, Officer Seals, Jade Hall, Heavenly Delight, Elegant Seal, intelligence, Eight Seats, Auspicious Stars, Heaven Kitchen, Earthly Wisdom are all signifying promotions to power, wealth and nobility with the extra ingredient of being recognized in words and deeds. Sky horse denoting movements liked change of house, job or plenty of travels. Whereas all the fearful named ShenSha like lonesome, monastery, death god, funeral attire and the sorts are by nature means obstacle, lost of opportunity and petty people. Peach blossom, red chamber and salty pool are all related to love, lust and some extent nobleman help but these are neutral.

We will not list the entire 12 zodiac here. If you need to know, email us HERE.

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - SanSha Affliction

2012-01-06T20:14:00.000-08:00

Where SanYuan concerns so much with the 5 yellow, Its counterpart SanHe concerns more with the affliction of SanSha or Three Killings namely Robbery, Calamity and Annual. In RenChen year, the SanHe structure of Shen, Zi and Chen conjunctions, denotes SanSha is located primarily South inclusive part of Southeast and Southwest.

On a superficial level, it denotes that these locations must not be disturbed with any forms of activation such as ground breaking, knocking, dragging of heavy furniture or any sort of impact against the surface of the earth, wall and floor. Any mistreatment will bring forth disaster such as injury, illness and lost of wealth. Compared to 5 yellow, it is just teething problem.

One incident we witnessed was a sudden drop in sales couple with mass resignation of stuffs and with unforeseen breakdown of machineries which caused the the entire line to stop and whole lots of problematic issues liked the sudden change of government policy resulted in the shortage of foreign workers to be employed as substitute. The list can goes on.

Although the basis of SanSha is the relationship of earth Qi with respect to the other 7 luminaries, its effect is much felt during the seasons where it peaks undergoing the usual 12 phases of Qi fluctuations. Saying thus, it is more of a concern for SanHe practitioners and definitely, fighting it the SanYuan method may not be advisable let alone logical.

The calamity of SanSha can easily be dealt with. Date selection is superficial and the pragmatic mean is to place the house into a desirable FengShui structure based on SanHe principles. This may turn it to be a blessing in disguise.

People with Si, Wu and Wei in their charts may be prone to accidentally violate SanSha.

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - 5 Yellow Affliction

2012-01-05T17:48:00.000-08:00

The annual afflictions such as the 5 yellow, in the year of the water dragon 2012 resides in the Xun sector or SouthEast. This location shall remain untouchable. Any forms of activation such as ground breaking, knocking, dragging of heavy furniture or any sort of impact against the surface of the earth, wall and floor may stir the 5 yellow star into a malignant star. The curse of 5 yellow may bring death. It is not just the common injury due to minor fall or the sort which result in broken bones but morbidity arising from cancer, accident and in some extent, suicide. It is the most feared star in the pantheon of the purple white family.

Traditionally, when a house sits 5 yellow, any forms of renovation are forbidden. When a house faces 5 yellow, any forms of ShaQi such as a broken mountain, pylons, filthy ponds are tell tale sign of a brewing health issue which may "kill" the entire family. However, in our cases, these may not be true. Just liked our case has demonstrated, a family renovated their house while it sits in the 5 yellow location in 2011, has no account of any tragedy whatsoever. Does it implies that sitting 5 yellow is less risky compared to facing 5 yellow?

The problem is, our common understanding of what is meant by facing 5 yellow? An often misunderstood concepts. In both SanHe and SanYuan, door location remains an important point of reference. Although at some point, we take the door location as the main reference point for SanHe while the facing of the door as the main reference point for SanYuan, in practice one cannot be individually singled out one from the other. It is also the location of the door that justify the strength of the palaces in which the 5 yellow resides. That is why while some suffers from the curse of 5 yellow others had windfalls instead! What a conundrum!

Any cure? The illusive XKDG LongShan XiangShui is another misunderstood concept. Can a shift in the door direction alter the facing direction of the entire building? It is as much risky as to say that 5 yellow can be fought using XKDG methodology we commonly understood. The best cure, is to leave it untouchable.

In this coming RenChen year, care has to be taken if one has Chen or Si in one's BaZi especially so if it resides in the Day Branch. Similarly so for one who is of Life Gua 4 particularly elder female.

HUAT AH!

Postscript: Note that ThongShing or the almanac only indicates Xun mountain as 5 Yellow Killing direction which does not include Si and Chen mountains.

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - TaiSui and Year Breaker Affliction

2012-01-04T17:51:00.000-08:00

Annual TaiSui and Year Breaker are another form of afflictions as a result of the Jupiter effect. As size does matter, Jupiter imposed gravitational instability upon earth’s Qi. In a geocentric perspective, a TaiSui star was “invented” to account for the lost of Qi on the opposite direction to the Jupiter station. It is therefore also known as a counter Jupiter. Therefore, TaiSui location will be the same location with the annual Zodiac location and in this case of RenChen year, the TaiSui will be at the Chen location which is part of Southeast.

Whereas the Year Breaker is referring to the Jupiter station opposite direction of TaiSui and in this case of RenChen year, the Year Breaker will be at the Xu location which is part of Northwest. Year Breaker is a location of which vast amount of Qi is believed to have been accumulated but unstable.

The Chinese are creatively enough to associate TaiSui as the annual Grand Duke Deity star appointed by the Jade Emperor to oversee the affair of mankind throughout the year, whereas Year Breaker is associated to TaiSui’s wife, SuiPo. This unfortunately has nothing to do with FengShui. You need not need any forms of PiYao or Talisman to ward off TaiSui.

TaiSui is fine to be sited but not faced. Such actually meant to say, it is not okay to sit on Year Breaker location and face the TaiSui directly. It portends the potential of violating both TaiSui and Year Breaker at the same time. So, similar to the other afflictions, Year Breaker and TaiSui must be kept untouchable at all time. However, in real life application, this must be taken with a huge pinch of salt.

A SanHe practitioner would understand that TaiSui for 2012 is not just Chen but RenChen. This imply that WuXu as the actual location of Year Breaker. Such is beyond the scope of the ThongShing (almanac) and applicable for specific FengShui purposes.

Violating both of these afflictions may bring about troublesome glitches usually not resulting in serious health and wealth problems. It is one affliction that is easily to be kept at bay. Care must be taken for those who have Xu, Chen, Ren and Wu in any of the BaZi pillars. So, it is not just the Year pillar to be précised.

Also note that the following Year pillars are considered to be in sync with TaiSui: -

XinChou
DingChou
GengXu
BingXu
JiWei
WuChen

HUAT AH!

壬辰 RenChen 2012 Year - The Tale of Spring Cow

2012-01-03T23:02:00.000-08:00

RenChen Year Spring Cow Diagram is the illustrated information describing the general seasonal outlook for the entire year of 2010. When it appears to be in RED it meant to say RenChen is a Yang year. The Cowherd is seen to be at the rear of the cow which denotes this year is not a BLIND year. Chinese New Year (Cow) comes early before the beginning of Spring (LiChun), which is represented by the Cowherd. A blind year is understood that the coming Chinese New Year does not contain LiChun and therefore it is blind which denotes not a good year to have children, start a new business and so forth. Such often taken as marketing gimmick to promote placebo FengShui which is a waste of money. Luckily, RenChen year is not a Blind Year. Blind or UN-blind, LiChun will still arrive comes Feb 4 or Feb 5 every year and it is not warranted for FengShui makeover whatsoever.

Specifically looking at the cowherd, he is a young man and not a child or an old man, representing the four graveyards of Chou, Chen, Wei and Xu year. He has 2 buns over his head behind of his ears representing the NaYin element of the year which in this case, water. His left hand is holding to a whip of 24 knots denoting the 24 seasonal nodes, coincides with the JiaZi of RenChen which is a Yang year. The string of the whip depends on the branch of the day of LiChun and in this case, Wei which is silk. He wears shoe and he is not bare footed, denoting the year is going to be generally dry. Quite opposites from what the BaZi of LiChun as predicted. He does not put on his hat denoting generally not a hot year capable of draught. However, there are other versions which account to wearing shoe denoting the NaYin of the day of LiChun which is metal. Generally his attire is also color coded denoting the element of the branch of the year. As time passes, it became more of general descriptions found in the passage called Mother Earth classics.

By the same token, the Cow is color coded as well being black at the head, representing water stem, yellow at the body representing earth branch and black at the belly representing water NaYin for the year. Its horn, ears and tail denotes on the element of the Heavenly Stem of the first day of LiChun which is green, wood. While its knee denotes the element of the Earthly Branch of the first day of LiChun which is yellow, earth. Its hooves are colored white, metal NaYin for the day of LiChun.

Spring Cow Diagram is used to relay information to the common peasant whom is generally illiterate during the time of the Chinese Dynasty. In our case as metaphysics practitioners, this information is too generic.

HUAT AH!

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-02T18:43:00.000-08:00

2012 has just arrived! Happy New Year to all our readers of Yifengshui. That is the good news. Revisiting 2011, we are happy that we continue to improves ourselves and our clients and students alike had seen progress in their ventures.

Some had been promoted to senior positions, some has expended to the US, some had windfalls unexpectedly, some has their long outstanding family crisis finally settled amicably, some has taken a bold step from a wage earner to become an entrepreneur, some has had his peach blossom activated and seeing the other halves, some has had their book seeing red finally turning blue and so forth.

QuanYuan remains to improves on our own accord as we continue to practice, teach and had departed some knowledge of BaZi and FengShui via our workshops to a fortunate few. We had the blessings of continuos support from our clients which means we had less time on the keyboard to update Yifengshui. Although we would like to share our cases but we are constraint by other factors such as confidentiality and so forth. We sincerely thanks everyone who has help and assist QuanYuan to be what it is today. Thank You.

Gearing towards the Spring Festivals, the year of XinMao unfortunately does not end on Chinese New Year (CNY). So, babies born during these days before Feb 4th, are still "rabbit kids". The arrival of LiChun (the beginning of spring) marks the transition of rabbit to dragon. Such is generally called the un-blind year for those who wish to capitalize such for wedding, start of a new business or having dragon kids. Although RenChen year is considered to be a year of turmoil but in general, it could be a very good year for those who knows how to capitalize on it. Read more in the following tread in Yibazi.

In the articles to come, we shall again, deliberate some pointers on the annual FengShui predictions for nobleman, wealth and longevity.

Huat Ah!

BaZhai TianYuan Fu - 八宅天元賦

2011-12-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

BaZhai TianYuan Fu, written by Jiang DaHong may be taken with a pinch of salt. However, it is a script explaining the true mechanism of the "kindergarten" eight mansions. The style of instructions unlike Jiang's will of Heaven must not be disclosed, are rather straight forward. So, unlikely it is his work.

Coincidentally named BaZhai, it is an anti thesis to BaZhai MingJing which is a tapestry of SanHe and SanYuan hybrid. In Jiang's time, BaZhai is already so corrupted. He obviously did not deny the potency of BaZhai. All he did was to question further.

One question was, instead of consuming frightening name such as JueMing, it remains just a label. Any forms of Broken Mountain, as the author quoted is just another star created equally by Heaven. Similarly with the absurdity with an East and West house which is in true nature, is YinYang. In almost all his explanation, he is talking about such in the forms of layers within the scale of environment, house and rooms. Obviously, this may also be mistakenly taken as a house sitting Gua is an absolute nonsense!

This script has never fails to amuse us in QuanYuan. The author further deliberates on the genesis of BaZhai which is rooted in SanYuan. Period Luck in his outright explanation differ so much from the modern application of FlyingStar, that immediately derailed Sheng's postulation. It inclines toward the theory in Purple White. Where do one think Life Gua is derived from?

The author is an adept to this art. Clarity of structure, Heaven Heart, YinYang, Qi flow, Receiving Qi are predominantly emphasize. As a matter of fact, it is so consistent with the other methods where the basis is YinYang. That is one reason, such "kindergarten" technique will not fail once it is applied correctly. The key to understand such is not in the theory but in the LandForm. The very pre-kindergarten level of RuDi Yan or Entering Earth Eye.

Another maverick idea is Yang FengShui is much superior to Yin FengShui. Pragmatic ways if Grave matter is not an option. Underlaying such is the implication that BaZhai is only applicable within the domains of Yang FengShui. Therefore know the limits.

For QuanYuan's student, you will understand more when you read the script as you have been drilled upon such in the FengShui workshop. We are not at the liberty to explain further in Yifengshui.

Thanks to Terrence Chan, an English translation is now available in PDF. He has continuously benefited the English speaking FengShui communities with his untiring labor in translation and commentaries as a student of Chinese metaphysics and due credits must be given to him. It is so sweet of him categorizing the scripts into sub headings and commentaries, which may also influence our way of thought.

Next time, when one is confronted with BaZhai, remember Jiang's own words, thus act with cautions.

P/S: QuanYuan student, please download HERE.

What Is QuanYuan

2011-12-05T07:23:00.001-08:00

FengShui Basic - 8 Aspirations

2011-11-20T19:58:00.000-08:00

In the discourse of Internal FengShui, you will term with 8 aspirations school: there will be sector for academic, wealth, health, romance and so forth. The 8 aspirations school is a modified method. If there is a basis for Life Palace analysis in XuanKong, there must also be the basis of Wealth, Health, Academic, Romance and so forth. These are the specific purpose. The problem is we seldom ask beyond what has been given.

While we spoke about specific purpose, the 8 aspirations are the common needs within a household. The question is, have we not achieved the aspirations after investing our hard earned money into learning FengShui? Is it the theory we learnt is faulty or the teacher simply doesn’t bother to teach the correct applications? Such, I leave it for you to contemplate.

Aspiration is personal. Unfortunately, in modern times, money is the yardstick. Predecessors liked Yang - the Savior of the Poor to Lai - the Wanderers in Cotton Robe, live in low profiles and avoid glamor. Maverick Jiang – the Keeper of Heavenly Secrets has to have his disciple sponsor his retirement home. By the same token, if honest masters were to walk their forefather’s path, wouldn’t they too end up in such a situation? Contrary, the “CON-sultants” who will live a posh life from Giorgio to Armani, while promoting FengShui as expansive hobbies.

We came across a place dedicated to a FengShui "extremely low profile" grandmaster of the past. He conceals himself as a beggar and helps the poor to have better lives based on the principles of affinity. One question remains, why wouldn’t he use his knowledge to make himself fabulous? Would a rich client come to him for FengShui advice? Such, I also leave it for you to contemplate.

Look around us today. If one takes FengShui as a career, the good one will end up liked their forefathers - childless, die-young or ultimately, live a pauper. If one takes FengShui to prosper oneself then to help others to achieve the same, it is no longer a career but a charity. Charity must always stem from education. So, why shy away from teaching others the correct path and learn from our past mistakes?

In doubt, affinity is always the guiding principles – that is what QuanYuan is all about.

FengShui Basic - The Alchemy of FengShui

2011-11-14T01:21:00.000-08:00

Internal FengShui is modified from FengShui of the external. A grave has only one room but a House has many rooms. Does it translate into many sittings and facings? Each and every room has its own “Flying-Star” chart? Each door leading to the room is the reference point?

Observing SanHe practitioner at work is thought provoking. He spends his time measuring every inch of the walls while a XKDG practitioner may just measure door. Wouldn’t these two diverse methods bore different results?

Chinese nuances may differ in its meaning of “sit” and “seat”. So the question of measuring the sitting of the house, door, et-cetera may eventually differ from that of measuring seating of the house, door, et-cetera. So, when we look at FlyingStar chart, do we consider sitting mountain as “seating” mountain instead? But, most importantly, how do you define a “seating mountain”?

Perhaps seating is confusing, let us investigate facing instead. Searching the internet for methods of establishing facing, one will be amazed that there are many ways to go about it, from the main door as facing to the main facade as facing. What if all the 4 facades are identical facing an empty land? I guess, that will be the nightmare for FlyingStar practitioners.

The onset is fundamentally simple. Each has its own TaiQi. Before that, How to establish the TaiQi spot? How Qi flows? The intricate part, how to receive Qi or acquiring Qi. Both differ depending on techniques. Worse of the lot is to believe that this element grows this element, If I am this element, then it grows me, this is call ShengQi! I call it BullShit!

Internal FengShui is similar to Internal Alchemy. Contemplate such: -

Jing (Essense), Qi (Energy) and Shen (Spirits) affect one another. When it follows the flow it forms the Coporeal Form; when they invert the flow, they generate the Elixir. The flow is the one begets two, two beget three, three beget the ten thousand things…inverting the flow, the ten thousand things return to the three, the three returns to the two and the two returns to the ultimate one. Those who know the way, look after their Coporeal Form, they nourish their corporeal form to refine their Essense, accumulates it and transmuted it into Energy, refining such to merge it into their Spirits to revert to Emptiness.

Now, the question is what is the Jing (Essense), Qi (Energy) and Shen (Spirits) of your living abode?

FengShui Basic - To Move or Not Move

2011-11-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

Movement and Stillness, these are the two words that are simple yet complicated.

"It begins with movement; hardly can see a thing, when it comes to stillness, all begin to understand. When one sees stillness as the essential marvel, how may one knows that movement is the foundation?"

A competent practitioner would utilize an unfavorable sector to his advantages. A competent BaZi consultant would also use the negative gods. Beginners’ mistake is to equate the use of Eight Mansions with Flying Stars. These are two methods with different fundamentals. Eight Mansions stem from Early Heaven while Flying Stars stem from Later Heaven. Not surprising if someone were to asked, “What if the sector has a JueMing but yet a favorable 8 wealth star?”

Eight Mansions talked about Gua Qi, elemental relationship. Flying Stars talked about GuaXiang, imagery. The Classics state, “The Gua imagery is established on the basis of their meanings; understand the images and forget the words – the idea is clear of itself. The whole world delusively clings to the imagery; uses GuaQi and rise in levitation.” The elusive meaning of GuaQi remains the key, which many teachers refused to depart.

Evaluating internal spaces, GuaQi remains an important factor. What would be the reference for the interior? Such is called the YinYang boundary. It is the point to distribute the stars. The strangest thing is why must the reference be located at the center? Why must the Wedge be placed at the center? Why must one even smack the 9 Grids forcefully into the house plan as though there is a physical boundary between Qi? What if the physical demarcation of architectural walls differs from the 9 Grids? Why must there be even Grid Vs Wedge? Such reflects the lack of understanding in FengShui fundamentals.

The grid and wedge are simultaneously deployed. The wedge referred to the art of LiPan, establishing the LuoPan. The Grid is an aid of accessing Qi maps. While drawing up Qi maps and establishing the LuoPan became the integral part of a competent practitioner, many were not taught the proper way of doing such. To convince one that Qi moves as LoShu would not guarantee one’s application of eight mansions or FlyingStar is correct. The key is not with LoShu, but to understand how Qi spirals in 3 dimensions and work thereof. Such will work perfectly with whatever given architectural plans.

Only then, would the knowledge of stillness and movement work within the misconstrued Direct/Indirect Spirits, another malicious subject. In summary, Internal FengShui is all about the art of identifying internal Qi maps, activating, receiving or transforming through the various essentials of a Yang Dwelling.

Saying thus, the success rate is still within its external!

FengShui Basic - Learning To Unlearn

2011-11-04T21:43:00.000-07:00

When comes to learning FengShui, one of the most regrettable aspect is to hastily put to test what one has learned and easily discard it when good results are not seen. Sometimes it is always the hype that what is learnt is always better then what has already known. Doubt is always the best teacher as it is the devil and angel in the same package. For instances, internal Qi manipulations will not work if one does not know how to receive or acquire Qi from the greater external. That is why FlyingStar, 8 Mansions and the sorts are just as good theory on paper. A Qi container (house) will always remain empty unless one put something into it. It reminds me of the following sayings: -

“Swallowing saliva and acquiring breath are human actions; only when one knows the Way, one is able to form and transform, just liked in a Ding (tripod) there is no True Seed, liken to use water and fire to boil an empty pot”

So, when one fails to see result, we blame the method that was taught was incorrect and we fails to see that it is the reluctant of the teacher to pass on the “key”, for whatever reasons. It is only upon seeing and watching carefully of how a teacher executes his work in real life audit, would then one able to know the conditions for a method to work. Such will traditionally comes with a bucket load of insults and intimidations from being a coolie to someone holding the teacher’s bag and umbrella. In the modern context, it will be par on material gains which is nothing to be surprised of.

The complexities of residential FengShui is such that if nothing could be done to the Main Door and the Bedroom or even the Kitchen Stove such as a portable stove over a fixed stove so as to get a “perfect” XKDG hexagram, what else could be done? One friend from France suggested that to take a hammer to activate all the good SanSha points and at the same time digging all the relevant parts in the yard to challenge the 5 yellow. Such is not always the way.

Another case in example, a gentleman passed his prime and ended up retrenched with a family to feed. What would be the specific purpose in this case? Food on the table is the priority. Does one go about tilting doors, tables, stoves and maybe beds? This family has not enough money to do the necessary and one strange thing was even the bed was built-into the wall. A simple intervention of changing the joss urn made it possible for the gentlemen age 50 to be employed. Can such be considered simple achievement for a specific purpose?

A competent practitioner never stop learning and practicing. By practicing on the fields he learns something new and unlearns something old. Every case has its own set of challenges and limitations, if it is not carefully dealt with, it may haunt you forever. Yet, when you know that the FengShui methods you used, improve the lives of the many such as healing the sick, putting enough food on the dining table, getting childless couple to finally have children and helping your peers and students to have a decent promotions, the satisfactoriness of such meritorious deeds are far better than creating the number of millionaires.

Perhaps, such wisdom may appease our doubtful minds: -

FengShui Basic - Specific Purpose In Generic

2011-11-03T21:52:00.000-07:00

It is very common for householders to suggest generic needs such as the well-being of the family while residing in the house. I would say it is generally accepted norms to prioritize well-being as the first criteria in residential FengShui. However, the notion of well-being is far too generic and it became the burden to the practitioner of not defining such in the onset of their audits. So, as a prudent measure, seasoned practitioners would qualify further assuming: -

1. Family Harmony ranks priority

2. Health Improvement for the Elderly

3. Wealth opportunity for the Bread Winner

4. Academic achievement for the school going children

These became the so called “specific purpose” which may have been silent in the pretext of “good health and good wealth” generic needs. Saying thus nothing is deemed to have been cast in stone, as this is a living art, best demonstrated by the following example.

We audited a small family where the gentleman is living with his mum while his dad had passed away. So, we only have 2 variables to deal with, one, the bread earner and two, the elderly mother. The gentleman is single and working in a multinational company. Needless to say, opportunity for promotions and meeting the opposite sexes would automatically be the priority while for his mum, health improvement ranks supreme. At this juncture, we are able to narrow down to a specific purpose and with very simple alteration using the so called “kindergarten” 8 mansions, he was promoted. We also observed there is a better change in his attitude towards other which results in him attracting the opposite sexes. His mother, on the other hand, has less sleepless night and less worry. We could not believe such a simple method would bring about good results and more importantly his dad has a permanent place within his blessed home. When identifying water mouth became difficult, use Heaven Qi approach, as this art is a living art.

Residential FengShui is more challenging in that forms as compared to Commercial FengShui, where the bottom line is profitability. As we grew wiser in our practices, we noticed that a good practitioner is able to intervene in any given situation. He does not run away when situation does not present upon him an ideal situation such as what if the Killing Forces in the area is overly strong? Move away? What if he cannot afford to do so? What will be the better alternatives? Drop the case and ask him to look for other practitioners instead?

Any competent practitioners would have made mistake. More importantly, he must be humble enough to learn from it. The Chinese Ideal of first Destiny, second Luck, third FengShui, fourth Meritorious Deed and fifth Education had been greatly misunderstood. For example, Education is a reserved privilege for the male gender in the aristocratic Chinese community. Does it means to say, female is devoid a chance to improve on their Destinies, for not being given the opportunity for education? No, education in the simple Chinese nuance means learning from one’s mistake and takes step to improve oneself. This is the very basis of doing meritorious deed to oneself and others will naturally comes its way.

“The cosmos lies in one’s hand, the ten thousand transformations are born from oneself.”

Feng Shui Architect?

2011-10-31T18:49:00.000-07:00

I Quote:

"No hill in line. No tree in front. No john above. No wet beneath.

No mirrored hall or bush too tall, no stove with sleep or land too deep No street too high or wall you'll die, no number four, no squared off door No poisoned corner corner corner corner - where's that f@#'ing mirror

No stop. Look. Go. No door face door.

No decisions without my secret compass. No evil. No doubt. No end.

No.

Fengshui. Somehow, the masters forget about smell, sound and touch. Ask one and bewilderment will never have looked so complete; it is all about the seen and the no-that-can't-be-done. They forget about exceptions to the no because their books only speak of rules, not when and how they can be broken.

Fengshui. The subversive art of sight, smell, taste, touch, sound and Yes. - Architect of Small Projects. "

This is the common gesture coming from most Architects, in the their professional lifetime of meeting the mysterious species called FengShui Masters.

I believed, it is high time for FengShui master to study Architecture...

5 Yellow Killing Forces

2011-10-09T22:45:00.000-07:00

We had encountered CASES with the 5 Yellow violations. Yet, we had never really encountered and document the process of violating 5 Yellow. Here is something interesting.

Occasionally, we served pro-Bono FengShui to some lower income family. A month after the rectifications, the FengShui of this family improves tremendously and the bread winner had bonuses to renovate their house, their children do well in school and health is not an issue to them.

With readily money available and for whatever reasons, this family had selected XinMao year to enlarge their kitchen, where the annual 5 Yellow sits. This is a typical East Sitting House with main door facing west and a ground breaking in the East sector would automatically violate 5 Yellow.

Needless to say, it was done without our consultation and we learnt that the date was selected by the assistance of a medium. Thus, 2 points of interest as one, there will be foreseeable mishaps readily to happen for the remaining months before crossing over to RenChen year or two, there is absolutely nothing happen.

If violation of 5 Yellow brings mishap, that is understandable. Here, benefiting from a pro-Bono FengShui effects may not necessary bring the desire end results, especially true when one opted to listen to others’ advises.

If nothing happen, then we need to relook into 5 Yellow again. Is our theory wrong or the understanding of 5 Yellow violation is grossly misunderstood. Perhaps, spiritual interventions may subdue the effect of 5 Yellow through Karmic interference.

Whichever it is only time would tell …