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FENG SHUI |
AN ANCIENT CHINESE SYSTEM OF AESTHETICS BELIEVED TO USE THE LAWS OF BOTH HEAVEN AND EARTH TO HELP ONE IMPROVE LIFE BY RECIEVING POSITIVE QI. |
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NOT FENG SHUI |
● MAGIC - IT WILL NOT CREATE OVERNIGHT MIRACLES. ● RELIGION - IT IS SIMPLY A SYSTEM WHICH RECOMMENDS LIVING WITH THE FORCES THAT EXIST WITHIN NATURE. |
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NOT FENG SHUI |
● BELIEF SYSTEM - IT IS A FACT NOT A FAITH. ● A CURE-ALL OR CRUTCH - IT WILL BENEFIT MOST THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. |
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NOT FENG SHUI |
● NEW AGE BANDWAGON - IT HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT USE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ● A CON - SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS OUT OF ONE'S SPHERE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE DOES NOT MEAN TO SAY IT DOES NOT EXIST AND IS NOT EFFECTIVE. |
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IS FENG SHUI |
ART FORM - IN ITS CREATION OF BALANCE AND HARMONY. |
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IS FENG SHUI |
SKILL - IN ITS IDENTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION AN ENABLING TOOL. |
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IS FENG SHUI |
COMMON SENSE - THE OBVIOUS PART OF A MUCH WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF VIBRATIONAL ENERGY. |
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YIN AND YANG |
THEY ARE COMPLETE OPPOSITES, YET COMPLEMENT AND BALANCE EACH OTHER PERFECTLY. NEITHER IS RIGHT NOR WRONG, BOTH ARE NECESSARY. AN IMBALANCE OF EITHER MAY CREATE INAUSPICIOUS INFLUENCES AND AN UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
● PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE "INFLUENCE OF FORMS AND OUTLINES". ● CONSIDERS ALL VISIBLE ASPECTS OF THE SITE INCLUDING MOUNTAINS, RIDGES, SLOPES, ROCKS, STREAMS, AND VEGETATION, AS WELL AS MAN MADE CONSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS TOWNS, VILLAGES, HOUSES, GRAVES, TEMPLES AND PAGODAS. ● CONSIDERS THE FLOWS OF WIND, WATER AND QI. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
ALL CONSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE PLACED ON SLOPING, WELL-DRAINED GROUND, AVOIDING LOW-LYING WET AREAS. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
DWELLINGS FOR THE LIVING, INCLUDING HOUSES, VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES SHOULD HAVE TO THE NORTH A SHIELD OF MOUNTAINS OR TREES, PROTECTING THE SITE FROM MALICIOUS INFLUENCE FROM THIS DIRECTION. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
DWELLINGS FOR THE DEAD SHOULD BE PLACED ON SOUTH-FACING SLOPES, PREFERABLY PROTECTED TOWARDS THE SIDES AND WITH VEGETATION TOWARDS THE BACK. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
ENTRANCES OF HOUSES AND SETTLEMENTS SHOULD POINT TOWARDS THE SOUTH TO CATCH OR ABSORB THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE FROM THIS DIRECTION, ALTHOUGH SPECIFIC LAND FORMS AND LOCAL TRADITIONS MAY ALTER THE ORIENTATION TOWARDS SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST. |
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THE 5 ELEMENTS |
● WOOD ● FIRE ● WATER ● METAL ● EARTH |
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WATER |
IS ANYTHING THAT FLOWS, WHICH HAS A MYSTICAL AFFINITY WITH HEALTH. |
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WOOD |
IS ALL GROWING VEGETATIVE LIFE. NOT JUST DEAD TIMBER BUT ALSO SPENDING GRASS SEED. |
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EARTH |
IS THE SOIL FROM WHICH ALL VEGETATIVE LIFE SPRINGS. NOT EARTH IN THE SENSE OF THE 3RD PLANET FROM THE SUN. |
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METAL |
INCLUDES NOT JUST MINIRAL WEALTH BUT ALSO MAN - MADE OBJECTS FASHIONED FROM METAL. |
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FIRE |
IS VERY MUCH A MOVING AGENT IN ITS ABILITY TO CHANGE OR TRANSMUTE OTHER THINGS. |
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PRODUCTIVE CYCLE |
● WATER NOURISHES WOOD ● WOOD FEEDS FIRE ● FIRE GENERATES EARTH ● EARTH FORMS METAL ● METAL CREATES WATER |
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DESTRUCTIVE / CONTROLLING CYCLE |
● FIRE MELTS METAL ● METAL CHOPS WOOD ● WOOD BURDENS EARTH ● EARTH BLOCKS WATER ● WATER DOUSES FIRE |
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EXHAUSTIVE CYCLE |
● FIRE CONSUMES WOOD ● WOOD DRINKS WATER ● WATER DEPLETES METAL ● METAL CONSUMES EARTH ● EARTH TAMPS DOWN FIRE |
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PROPER ORIENTATION |
THIS PROVIDES WARMING SUN IN WINTER AND KEEPS OUT THE HOT AFTERNOON SUN OF SUMMER. |
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FIRE |
● COLOR : RED ● COLOR OF PRODUCING ELEMENT : GREEN ● SHAPE : TRIANGULAR, POINTED, AND SHARP ● REPRESENTED BY : CANDLES, ELECTRIC LIGHT |
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EARTH |
● COLOR : YELLOW ● COLOR OF PRODUCING ELEMENT : RED ● SHAPE : SQUARE, LOW ● REPRESENTED BY : ROCK, CRYSTALS |
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WOOD |
● COLOR : GREEN ● COLOR OF PRODUCING ELEMENT : BLACK OR DARK BLUE ● SHAPE : UPRIGHT TRIANGLES ● REPRESENTED BY : GROWING INDOOR PLANTS |
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METAL |
● COLOR : METALLIC ● COLOR OF PRODUCING ELEMENT : SILVER OR GOLD YELLOW ● SHAPE : DOMES, ARCHES, CIRCLES, SPHERES ● REPRESENTED BY : METAL WIND CHIMES OR ANY METALLIC OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE |
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WATER |
● COLOR : BLACK OR DARK BLUE ● COLOR OF PRODUCING ELEMENT : METALLIC OR SILVER GOLD ● SHAPE : FLOWING, WAVY, OR FREEHAND SHAPES ● REPRESENTED BY : AQUARIUM, INDOOR FOUNTAIN |
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SOUTH |
● SYMBOL : FAME ● ELEMENT : FIRE ● COLOR : RED ● FAMILY MEMBER : MIDDLE DAUGHTER |
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SOUTHWEST |
● SYMBOL : MARRIAGE ● ELEMENT : BIG EARTH ● COLOR : RED, PINK, WHITE ● FAMILY MEMBER : MOTHER |
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WEST |
● SYMBOL : CREATIVITY, CHILDREN ● ELEMENT : SMALL METAL ● COLOR : WHITE ● FAMILY MEMBER : YOUNGEST DAUGHTER |
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NORTHWEST |
● SYMBOL : HELPFUL PEOPLE, TRAVEL ● ELEMENT : BIG METAL ● COLOR : WHITE, GREY, BLACK ● FAMILY MEMBER : FATHER |
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NORTH |
● SYMBOL : CAREER ● ELEMENT : WATER ● COLOR : BLACK, DARK BLUE ● FAMILY MEMBER : MIDDLE SON |
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NORTHEAST |
● SYMBOL : KNOWLEDGE, SELF-CULTIVATION ● ELEMENT : SMALL EARTH ● COLOR : BLACK, BLUE, GREEN ● FAMILY MEMBER : YOUNGEST SON |
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EAST |
● SYMBOL : FAMILY ● ELEMENT : BIG WOOD ● COLOR : GREEN ● FAMILY MEMBER : ELDEST SON |
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SOUTHEAST |
● SYMBOL : WEALTH ● ELEMENT : SMALL WOOD ● COLOR : BLUE, PURPLE, RED ● FAMILY MEMBER : ELDEST DAUGHTER |
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BAD HOUSE EXTERIOR |
● NO FU DOGS OR LIONS, FENCE OR GATE TO PROTECT FRONT DOOR ● STRAIGHT FOOTPATH ALSO ENCOURAGES "POISON ARROWS" AIMED AT FRONT DOOR ● SHARP CORNERS ON BUILDINGS AND POINTED OBJECTS LIKE SATELLITE DISHES PROJECT "POISON ARROWS." ● TREE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MAIN DOOR IS BAD FENG SHUI AND SHOULD BE REMOVED ● YIN CHURCHYARDS AND CEMETERIES MAKE BAD FENG SHUI IF VISIBLE FROM DOOR |
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GOOD HOUSE EXTERIOR |
● FU DOGS OR LIONS GUARDS ENTRANCE ● CURVED FRONT PATH PREVENTS GENERATION OF "POISON ARROWS" AIMED AT FRONT DOOR, SLOWING DOWN QI THAT IS APPROACHING HOUSE ● OPEN AREA AT FRONT OF HOUSE ( MING TANG ) FREE FROM "POISON ARROWS." ALLOWING BENEFICIAL QI TO SETTLE AND ACCUMULATE ● FENCE PROTECTS FRONT OF HOUSE AND ALLOWS COLLECTION OF QI, BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE WITH GATE ● TREE NOT DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH FRONT DOOR AND THEREFORE NOT BAD FENG SHUI |
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BAD HOUSE INTERIOR |
● BATHROOM TRADITIONALLY GENERATES SHA QI AND SHOULD NOT BE NEAR OR WITH IN SIGHT OF FRONT DOOR BECAUSE IT WILL TAINT BENEFICIAL QI ENTERING HOUSE ● STRAIGHT STAIRS CONFRONT FRONT DOOR AND ENCOURAGE QI TO RUSH IMMEDIATLY TO UPPER FLOORS ● STRAIGHT CORRIDOR CONNECTING FRONT AND BACK DOOR ENCOURAGES QI TO SHOOT THROUGH HOUSE RATHER THAN ACCUMULATING BENEFFICIALLY WITH IN HOME |
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GOOD HOUSE INTERIOR |
● STAIRS TURN AWAY, SO AS NOT TO CONFRONT FRONT DOOR ● TURN IN STAIRS FORCES QI TO MOVE MORE SLOWLY AND THEREFORE MORE BENEFFICIALLY TO HOUSEHOLD ● FRONT DOOR ABLE TO OPEN FULLY, SO ALLOWING FREE ENTRY OF QI INTO HOUSE ● HALL IS STILL LONG AND STRAIGHT BUT IS BLOCKED AT ONE END SO PREVENTING PASSAGE OF QI THROUGH HOUSE ● THOUGH IN LINE WITH FRONT DOOR, BATHROOM NOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT ● BACK DOOR NOT ALIGNED WITH FRONT, SO PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF QI |
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BAD KITCHEN |
● DOOR TRAPS STAGNANT QI BEHIND IT ● DRIED HERBS, ALTHOUGH CHARACTER YIN QI ● FROM PREPARATION POSITION COOK HAS HIS / HER BACK TO DOOR AND CAN THEREFORE BE SUPRISED BY ANYBODY ENTERING THE KITCHEN ● ISLAND PREPARATION AREA IN CENTER OF KITCHEN ● ISLAND PREPARATION AREA IN CENTER OF KITCHEN CLUTTERS THE TAI QI ● OVEN MOUTH IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH KITCHEN DOOR AND THEREFORE NOT PROTECTED FROM EXTERNAL INFUENCES ● FIRE OF COOKER CONFLICTS WITH WATER OF SINK ● KNIVES STORED IN A RACK ON THE WALL GENERATE THEIR OWN NEGATIVE CUTTING QI |
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GOOD KITCHEN |
● SINK AND COOKER NOW AT RIGHT ANGLE, SO WATER AND FIRE NO LONGER CLASH ● OVEN MOUTH NO LONGER ALIGNED WITH DOOR ● COOK NOW HAS VIEW OUT OF DOOR WHILE HE / SHE IS PREPARING FOOD ● GREEN DECOR, REPRESENTING WOOD, SUPPORTS FIRE AND WATER OF COOKER AND SINK ● CENTRAL AREA OF TAI QI CLEAR OF CLUTTER |
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BAD DINING AREA |
● HEAVY ANTIQUE SIDEBOARD INTRODUCES YIN ENERGY. NOT GOOD IN DINING ROOM ● POTENTIAL AREA OF STAGNANT QI BEHIND OPEN DOOR ● ROOM HAS 3 ENTRANCES, THEREBY CONFUSING QI FLOW ● AT LEAST 3 CHAIRS AFFECTED BY BAD DIRECT ALIGNMENTS FROM DOORWAYS ● CORNERS OF SQUARE TABLE GENERATE CUTTING QI ● CHAIRS WITH BACK TO WINDOW CREATES UNCONSCIOUS FEELINGS OF UNEASINESS ● ANCESTRAL PORTRIAT INTRODUCES YIN ENERGY. NOT GOOD IN DINING ROOM |
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GOOD DINING AREA |
● ABSENCE OF CENTERPIECE ON TABLE ENABLES DINERS TO SEE EACH OTHER CLEARLY ● UNNECESSARY ENTRANCES CLOSED TO CONCENTRATE QI FLOW ON ONE DOOR ● BROAD-LEAVED PLANT HELPS PREVENT STAGNANT QI FROM ACCUMULATING BEHIND DOOR ● NO CHAIR BACKS DIRECTLY ON TO DOORWAY ● MIRROR AT TABLE LEVEL REFLECTS FOOD AND THEREBY "DOUBLE PROSPERITY" OF FAMILY ● ROUND TABLE AVOIDS CUTTING QI ● NEW SIDEBOARD MUCH CLOSER TO DOOR, THEREBY ELEMINATING NEED FOR FOOD TO BE CARRIED AROUND BACKS OF DINERS FROM KITCHEN |
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BAD LIVING ROOM |
● SHARP ANGLE PROJECTING INTO ROOM CREATES SHA QI AIMED AT SITTING GROUP ● DRIED FLOWERS ARE NOT IDEAL AS THEY SYMBOLIZE DEATH AND DO NOT ENCOURAGE THE FLOW OF QI ● CHAIR HAS BACK TO ENTRANCE, SO ANYONE SITTING THERE CANNOT SEE PEOPLE ENTERING ● TV ( REPRESENTING METAL ) DESTROYS WOOD OF SE SECTOR ( ASSOCIATED WITH WEALTH AND PROSPERITY ). ● CORNER POINTS OF TABLE ARE AIMED AT CHAIRS AND SOFAS. THIS WILL MAKE SITTERS UNCOMFORTABLE ● OPEN SHELVES GENERATE CUTTING QI, AFFECTING SOFAS AND ONE CHAIR ● SOFA NOT SUPPORTED BEHIND, AS IT BACKS DIRECTLY ON TO WINDOW |
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GOOD LIVING ROOM |
● TV AND WI - FI MOVED TO MORE APPROPRIATE METAL SECTOR OF WEST AND NW ● A PAIR OF CANDLES STIMULATES THE ROMANCE CORNER BY BEING A PAIR AND INTRODUCING FIRE, WHICH CREATES EARTH, THE ELEMENT OF THIS CORNER ● SOUTH ( OR RECOGNITION / FAME ) SECTOR HAS BROAD-LEAVED PLANT ADDED TO PROVIDE WOOD, WHICH WILL HELP FUEL FIRE OF SOUTH ● WOOD, PROSPERITY, AND WEALTH CORNER IN SOUTHEAST IMPROVED BY ADDING FOUNTAIN ● CHAIR AWAY FROM DOOR SO THAT OCCUPANTS CAN EASILY SEE ANYONE ENTERING THE ROOM ● BOOKSHELVES SHOULD BE CLOSED BY DOORS, AND EDGES SOFTENED BY CLIMBING PLANTS, SO MINIMIZING CUTTING QI ● ROUND TABLE PREVENTS CUTTING QI FROM BEING AIMED AT SITTERS ● LAMP HELPS INCREASE YANG OF NORTHEAST, OR KNOWLEDGE SECTOR ● SOFA FIRMLY BACKED BY WALL RATHER THAN WINDOW |
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BAD BEDROOM |
● TOILET DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE BED IS VERY BAD FENG SHUI, AS IT WILL GENERATE SHA QI ● CONNECTING DOOR SHOULD NOT OPEN DIRECTLY OPPOSITE TO BED ● HEADBOARD DIRECTLY UNDER BEAM IS VERY BAD FENG SHUI ● HEADBOARD AGAINST WINDOW LACKS SUPPORT ● FISH TANK IS GOOD FENG SHUI IN RIGHT SECTOR OF LIVING ROOM, BUT BAD IN BEDROOM ● BED IN "COFFIN" POSITION : FOOT AIMED DIRECTLY AT DOOR ● SHARP CORNER OF WALL AIMS SHA QI AT BED ● YANG DEVICES LIKE TV'S AND COMPUTERS DISCOURAGE REST AND UNCONSCIOUSLY REMIND SLEEPER OF WORK, SO SHOULD NOT BE PROMINENT IN BEDROOM ● HEAVY CHANDELIER "PRESSING DOWN" ON BED MAKES SLEEPER TOSS AND TURN ● OPEN DOOR AIMED DIRECTLY AT BED IS BAD FENG SHUI |
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GOOD BEDROOM |
● TOILET STILL BADLY POSITIONED BUT NOT AIMED DIRECTLY AT BED ● ANY CONNECTING DOOR SHOULD IDEALLY BE CLOSED TO AVOID BAD QI CIRCULATING INTO BEDROOM AND THEN INTO HOUSE ● BEAM WRAPPED IN MUSLIN HELPS REDUCE "PRESSING DOWN" EFFECT ● WALL SCONCES PROVIDE MORE YIN AMBIENCE THAN OVER-BRIGHT CENTRAL CHANDELIER ● HEADBOARD FIRMLY PROTECTED BY WALL ● SHARP CORNER OF WALL NO LONGER DIRECTING SHA QI AT SLEEPER ● WARDROBE STILL "POINTING" AT BED BUT NOW PLACED ON BETTER WALL THAN BEFORE ● DOOR OPENS SO THAT SLEEPER CAN SEE ANYONE ENTERING ROOM |
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BAD TOILET AND BATH |
● OPEN DOOR LETS SHA QI INTO THE REST OF THE HOUSE ● MIRROR REFLECTS TOILET, THEREBY DOUBLING AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE SHA QI GENERATED BY TOILET ● TOILET IS SOUTHEAST SECTOR DRAINS HOME OF ACCUMULATED PROSPERITY ● TOILET FACING DOOR ENCOURAGES SPREAD OF SHA QI THROUGH REST OF THE HOUSE ● VISIBLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR FOUL WATER IS BAD FENG SHUI |
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GOOD TOILET AND BATH |
● SPRING KEEPS DOOR CLOSED, SO PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF SHA QI GENERATED BY TOILET INTO HOUSE ● MIRROR ON OUTSIDE OF DOOR MAKES ROOM AND TOILET "INVISIBLE" WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED ● TOILET REPOSITIONED IN BETTER SECTOR. PIPEWORK IS CONCEALED, AND LID IS KEPT DOWN TO PREVENT HOUSEHOLD QI FROM DRAINING AWAY ● UNCLUTTERED BATHROOM MEANS THAT TOILET IS NOT ENERGIZED, WHICH IN TURN MINIMIZES GENERATION OF SHA QI |
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BAD KID'S ROOM |
● CONCEALED CORNER GIVES RISE TO TRAPPED QI ● POTENTIALLY HIDDEN CORNER. TRAPPED QI ● TRAPPED QI BEHIND DOOR ● ELECTRICAL EQUIPPMENT ELEMENT METAL "CUTS" WOOD OF EASTERN FAMILY SECTOR ● HEAD OF BED AGAINST WINDOW, HENCE UNSUPPORTED ● CORNER OF TABLE AIMS "SECRET ARROWS" AT SLEEPER ● FOOT OF BED AIMED AT DOOR. SO CALLED "COFFIN" POSITION ● BED JAMMED UNCOMFORTABLY AGAINST WALL PREVENTS FREE FLOW OF QI |
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GOOD KID'S ROOM |
● ROUNDED TABLE MEANS NO "SECRET ARROWS" AIMED AT BED ● METALLIC HI-FI ENHANCES METAL OF WESTERN FAMILY SECTOR ● MIRROR NOT AIMED AT BED ● SOLID WALL SUPPORTS HEADBOARD ● WHOLE ROOM VISIBLE FROM BED ● ASPIRATIONAL PICTURES' INFLUENCE MAXIMIZED IN NORTHEAST EDUCATION SECTOR ● HOMEWORK DESK CORRECTLY POSITIONED IN NORTHEAST EDUCATION CORNER |
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BAD STUDIO |
● ANGLES OF TABLE PROJECT "SECRET ARROWS" AT BOTH CHAIR AND BED ● DOOR OPENS DIRECTLY ONTO ROOM MAKING ALL WITHIN VULNERABLE ● WINDOW OFFERS NO SUPPORT TO HEADBOARD ● BED FACING OUT OF DOOR IN "COFFIN" POSITION, GIVING NO PROTECTION FROM ANYTHING ENTERING THE ROOM ● COMPUTER, AS METAL, CUTS WOOD OF HEALTH IN EAST ● TV, AS METAL, CUTS WOOD OF PROSPERITY IN SE ● TRAPPED ENERGY BEHIND DOOR |
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GOOD STUDIO |
● METAL OF COMPUTER REINFORCES METAL OF NORTHWEST NETWORKING AND MENTOR CORNER ● BED HAS VIEW OF WHOLE ROOM ● OVAL TABLE PRODUCES NO "SECRET ARROWS" ● CLOSED SHELVING FORCES QI TO CURVE BENEFICIALLY AS IT ENTERS ROOM ● FOUNTAIN IN SOUTHEAST ENERGIZES PROSPERITY ASPIRATION |
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BAD LARGE OFFICE |
● MANAGER'S ROOM : SEAT BACK FACING DOOR AND ENTIRE OFFICE TOO CLOSE TO LARGER OFFICE ENTRANCE ● FINANCE : NETWORKING POTENTIAL OF NORTHWEST SECTOR WASTED ON ACCOUNTING FUNCTION ● SALES : LOCATING SALES IN DIRECTION OF SETTING SUN WILL SYMBOLICALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DECLINE ● RESEARCH : NOT WELL SUITED TO SOUTHWEST SECTOR, ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE / ROMANCE ● PR / MARKETING : THESE FUNCTIONS NEED EXACT OPPOSITE OF WATERY ENVIRONMENT OF NORTH SECTOR ● RECEPTION : DOORS AIMED DIRECTLY PAST RECEPTIONIST, WHO PLACED CONFRONTATIONALLY AT RECTANGULAR DESK ● PROJECT PLANNING : LOCATION OF THIS DEPARTMENT IN SOUTHEAST PROSPERITY SECTOR MEANS THAT PROSPERITY OF BUSINESS MAY NEVER GET BEYOND PLANNING STAGE ● PRODUCTION : NOT WELL SITED OF SOUTH SECTOR WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH FAME / RECOGNITION |
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GOOD LARGE OFFICE |
● MANAGER / PLANNING : LOCATION IN WEST, OR CHILDREN'S SECTOR ENCOURAGE NEW IDEAS FOR GUIDING BUSINESS ● PERSONNEL : BEST DEPARTMENT FOR SOUTHWEST LOVE / ROMANCE SECTOR, STRENGTHENED WITH CRYSTAL, AS EARTH ● MARKERTING / PR : NOW IDEALLY PLACED IN SOUTH FAME / RECOGNITION SECTOR. ELEMENT OF SOUTH IS FIRE, HENCE RED CHAIRS ● SALES : PLACED IN NORTHWEST NETWORKING AND MENTORS SECTOR, ENERGIZED BY FILING CABINET STIMULATING SECTOR ELEMENT, METAL ● RESEARCH : WELL PLACED IN NORTHEAST KNOWLEDGE SECTOR, ENERGIZED BY CRYSTAL REPRESENTING EARTH ELEMENT ● RECEPTION : GOOD TO HAVE RECEPTION FACING EAST, DIRECTION OF SPRING REPRESENTING GROWTH ● FINANCE : IDEALLY PLACED IN SOUTHEAST WEALTH AND PROSPERITY SECTOR, ENHANCED BY AQUARIUM FEATURE |
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BAD SMALL OFFICE |
● OPEN DOOR AIMS "SECRET ARROWS" AT BACK OF ONE CHAIR INCREASING FEELING OF VULNERABILITY ● SPIKY-LEAVED PLANT IS NOT GOOD FENG SHUI ● UNBALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF SPACE ● OPEN SHELVES ACT LIKE KNIFE BLADES POINTED AT ONE OF SEATS ● BACK-TO-BACK DESKS MAY CAUSE CONFLICT BETWEEN COLLEAGUES FORCED TO FACE EACH OTHER ALL DAY ● SOFA UNSUPPORTED BY WINDOW. SITTERS WILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ● SQUARE COFFEE TABLE GENERATES "SECRET ARROWS" FROM CORNERS |
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GOOD SMALL OFFICE |
● SHELVES NOW CLOSED IN, SO DO NOT GENERATE "SECRET ARROWS" ● OFFICE BETTER BALANCE AND DIVIDED INTO WORK AREA AND DISCUSSION AREA ● OVAL COFFEE TABLE DOES NOT PRODUCE "SECRET ARROWS" ● SOFT-LEAVED PLANT IS BETTER FENG SHUI ● PICTURE OF MOUNTAINS SYMBOLICALLY SUPPORTS BACK OF OFFICE CHAIR ● PERSON AT DESK CAN SEE OFFICE DOOR, BUT DOOR IS NOT DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH DESK ● WALL HUNG WITH IMAGES OR CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT ● SOFA AND CHAIR SUPPORTED BY WALL |
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BAD FRONT YARD |
● FENCE IS HIGHER ON RIGHT, OR TIGER, SIDE, SO YIN PREDOMINATES OVER YANG, BUT THE LEFT, OR DRAGON, SIDE SHOULD BE HIGHER ● DIFFERING STYLES OF FENCING ON SAME BOUNDARY NOT GOOD FENG SHUI ● TRASH ENCOURAGES STAGNANT QI ● RECTANGULAR GARDEN BEDS NOT AS AUSPICIOUS AS GENTLY CURVING ONES ● UNSIGHTLY AND UNTIDY TRASH CAN GIVE OFF SHA QI OR NOXIOUS VIBES ● STRAIGHT PATH LEADING DIRECTLY UP TO FRONT DOOR ENCOURAGES "POISON ARROWS" AND TOO-RAPID ENTRANCE OF QI INTO BUILDING ● BROKEN FENCING DEMARCATING PROPERTY BOUNDARIES IS VERY BAD FENG SHUI ● OPEN GATEWAY LEAVES HOUSE UNPROTECTED |
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GOOD FRONT YARD |
● CURVING PATH INTRODUCES QI TO FRONT DOOR GENTLY ● POND TO LEFT OF FRONT DOOR IN FRONT OF HOUSE CONFORMS WITH PRINCIPLES OF FORM OR LANDSCAPE FENG SHUI ● CONSISTENT BOUNDARY FENCES ARE IMPORTANT ● RIGHT-HAND, OR TIGER, SIDE FENCE IS LOWER THAN LEFT, OR DRAGON, SIDE, SO PROMOTING YANG OVER YIN ● CLOSED GATEWAY "PROTECTS" HOUSE |
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BAD BACKYARD |
● BARBEQUE IN DIRECT LINE WITH BACK DOOR INCREASES POTENTIAL OF FIRE DAMAGE TO HOUSE ● VEGETABLE PATCH TOO RECTANGULAR AND FORMAL ● STRAIGHT PATH BRINGS "POISON ARROWS" DIRECT TO BACK DOOR ● COMPOST CREATES YIN DECAY AND NOXIOUS SHA QI. NEITHER GOOD FENG SHUI ● TRASH IS ALWAYS BAD FENG SHUI |
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GOOD BACKYARD |
● METAL GARDEN CHAIR SUPPORTS METAL ELEMENT OF NORTHWEST NETWORKING CORNER ● CURVING PATH GENTLY CIRCULATES BENEFICIAL QI AROUND GARDEN ● BARBECUE IS FIRE, WHICH PRODUCES EARTH, PROMOTING SOUTHWEST RELATIONSHIP CORNER ● TREES ALONG BACK BOUNDARY REPRESENT REAR-SUPPORTING BLACK TORTOISE MOUNTAIN ● TEAR-SHAPED POND IS REMINICENT OF HALF OF TAI QI SYMBOL AND CONFORMS TO FLOWING LINES OF GARDEN ● IN SOUTHEAST WOOD CORNER, VEGETATION PROMOTES PROSPERITY |
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EVALUATION OF BUILDINGS USING FENG SHUI |
● BALANCE ● STABILITY ● FLUIDITY OF FORM |
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VASTU SHASTRA |
IS AN ANCIENT SCIENCE WHICH HELPS ONE TO GET THE NATURAL BENEFITS FREELY OFFERED BY THE FIVE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE. |
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VASTU SHASTRA |
● AKASH - SKY ● PRITHVI - EARTH ● PAANI - WATER ● AGNI - FIRE ● VAYU - WIND |
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VASTU SHASTRA |
● AKASH - SKY ● PRITHVI - EARTH ● PAANI - WATER ● AGNI - FIRE ● VAYU - WIND |
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TRADITIONAL INTERIOR STYLE |
● CLASSIC EUROPEAN DECOR ● ELABORATE MOLDINGS AND WOOD PANELING ● BUILT-IN CABINETRY ● ELEGANT FURNISHINGS AND ANTIQUE PIECES ● PAIRINGS OF FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES ● NEUTRAL PALETTE WITH VIBRANT COLORS FOR FURNITURE AND ACCENT PIECES ● EXPENSIVE TEXTILES LIKE SILK, VELVET, CASHMERE OR COMFY FABRICS LIKE COTTON OR LINEN ● INTRICATE TILE AND WOOD FLOOR PATTERNS |
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MODERN INTERIOR STYLE |
● ABSENCE OF ORNAMENT ● INTENTIONAL ASYMMETRY ● NO CLUTTER OR CHAOS ● NEUTRALS WITH PRIMARY COLORS AND BOLD COLOR CONTRASTS ● GEOMETRIC-PATTERNED OR PLAIN AREA RUGS ● FURNITURE PIECES HAVE CLEAN LINES AND BASIC SHAPES, MADE OF MATERIALS LIKE METAL, CHROME, OR GLASS AND HAVE POLISHED, SMOOTH, AND SLEEK SURFACES ● ART, RATHER THAN ACCESSORIES ● OPEN FLOOR PLANS |
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CONTEMPORARY INTERIOR STYLE |
● OPEN FLOOR PLANS ● UNUSUAL LAYOUTS ● USE OF NATURAL LIGHT ● NEUTRAL COLORS ● METAL ACCENT PIECES ● TEXTURED AND NATURAL FABRIC ● VERY LIGHT OR VERY DARK WOOD TONES ● LIGHTING DESIGN USED AS AN ARTISTIC STATEMENT |
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TRANSITIONAL INTERIOR STYLE |
● CURVED FURNISHINGS WITH STRAIGHT-LINED LAQUERED FINISHES ● LIMITED USED OF ACCESSORIES ● USE OF IMPACTFUL ART AS FOCAL POINTS ● NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE ● TEXTURAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS WOOD, GLASS, LAQUER, RATTAN, FABRIC, STEEL AND METAL |
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MID-CENTURY INTERIOR STYLE |
● ITS A DISTINCT LOOK ● CLEAN LINES ● SPARSELY FURNISHED ● OFTEN NOT TERRIBLY LARGE ● GIVE OFF THE 1950's AND 1960's NOSTALGIC LOOK |
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SHABBY-CHIC INTERIOR STYLE |
● DECOR HAS A SOFT, FEMENINE FEEL ● VINTAGE FABRICS AND ITEMS ● DISTRESSED AND PAINTED FURNISHINGS ● WHITEWASHED AND PICKLING FLOORS ● PALE PALETTES ● FLORAL PRINTS |
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INDUSTRIAL INTERIOR STYLE |
● RAW AND UNFINISHED LOOK ● A MIX OF GRAYS, NEUTRALS AND RUSTIC COLORS ● UTILITARIAN OBJECTS ● LARGE SECTIONALS ● ANTIQUE OR LIGHT FIXTURES WITH METAL FINISHES ● USE OF VINTAGE AND OLD FACTORY AND LABORATORY PIECES ● WOOD AND METAL SURFACES ● CONCRETE FLOORING |
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ECLECTIC INTERIOR STYLE |
● VARIED PALETTE WITH A FEW GROUNDING NEUTRALS ● DIFFERENT PIECES IN THE ROOM ARE TIED TOGETHER WITH PAINT, FABRIC OR A MORE REFINED OR ROUGHED-UP FINISH ● DEFINED BY CONTRAST AND VARIETY |
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BEACH STYLE |
● LIGHT AND BREEZY ● NAUTICAL-THEMED DECOR ● ALL WHITE BACKDROP ; BORROW COLORS FROM SAND, SURF AND SHELLS ● DECOR CRAFTED FROM NATURAL FIBERS AND ORGANIC MATERIALS ● WICKERS TOOLS, RATTAN FURNITURE AND BEDS WITH A NATURAL OAK FRAME ● WINDOW COVERINGS |
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FARMHOUSE STYLE |
● ALL WHITE LOOK ● DOMINANT FIREPLACE ● LARGE KITCHEN AND DINING PLACE ● OPEN SHELVES AND CABINETS ● "COMPANY" PARLOR AND "FAMILY" SITTING ROOM ● COZY FABRICS, NATURAL MATERIALS AND TEXTILES ● VINTAGE, RECLAIMED OR HERITAGE ACCESSORIES ● VINTAGE, SHABBY CHIC FURNITURE WITH A RUSTIC FLAIR ● TONGUE-AND-GROOVE PANELING |
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MEDITERRANEAN STYLE |
● ARCHES ● COLUMNS ● ORNATE FEATURES INCLUDING FURNITURE ● TILE AND BRICK ● EARTH TONES ● LARGE FURNITURE ● INTERIOR BALCONIES ● TALL CEILINGS ● CURVES |
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CRAFTSMAN STYLE |
● OPEN FLOOR PLAN ● MANY BUILT-IN WOOD ELEMENTS SUCH AS CABINETRY, FIREPLACE MANTLES, BOOKCASES, ETC. ●PLENTY OF HANDRAFTED WOODWORK INCLUDING EXPOSED CEILING BEAMS ● USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS WOOD, STONE, BRICK, GLASS AND TILE ● PLENTY OF WINDOWS ● COLOR SCHEME : EARTH TONES AND PLENTY OF WOOD |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
BASED ON MECHANICAL APPLICATION OF ITS PRINCIPLES AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PRACTICE DUE TO ITS MUCH LARGER REPERTOIRE OF CATEGORIES AND THEIR LACK OF INTERNAL CONSISTENCY. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
THE AZURE DRAGON (YANG) MUST BE PLACED TO THE EAST AND THE WHITE TIGER (YIN) TO THE WEST OF ANY SITE, PREFERABLY FORMING SOFT CURVES ( OF WHICH MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED ), ALTOGETHER COMPRISING A HORSE-SHOE SHAPE OF PROTECTING HILLS. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
SHARPLY RISING HILLS ARE IDENTIFIED AS YANG, WHEREAS THE SOFTER ELEVATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS YIN. THESE MAY BE PLACED ON EITHER SIDE OR COMPLEMENTING EACH OTHER, SO THAT AREAS WITH STRONG YANG FEATURES SHOULD HAVE LOCAL MANIFESTATION OF YIN, AND THE 2 FORCES COMBINE IN PROPER PROPORTIONS, PREFERABLY WITH A SLIGHT MALE DOMINANCE. |
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SCHOOL OF FORMS |
SINCE COMPLETELY FLAT LAND IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR BUILDING, ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS AND SCREENS OF TREES MAY REMEDY THE SITE, JUST AS WATERWAYS AND PONDS MAY BE ESTABLISHED OR CHANGED TO HELP THE ACCUMULATION OF QI. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
PRINCIPAL IMPORTANCE IS GIVEN TO THE BAGUA, THE HEAVENLY STEMS AND EARTHLY BRANCHES, AS WELL AS TO THE CONSTELLATIONS. |
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FORM OF DIRECTIONS |
MORE OCCUPIED WITH COSMOLOGICAL ORDER AND COSMOLOGICAL CORRELATIONS ( INCLUDING NUMERICAL PROPORTIONS ) TO THE COMPASS DIRECTIONS, POTENTIALLY BRINGING THE ENTIRE RANGE OF CHINESE COSMOLOGICAL SPECULATION INTO PLAY WHEN INVESTIGATING A SITE. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A HARMONIOUS AND PROSPEROUS LIVING, A DWELLING SITE MUST FIT IN EXISTING COSMOLOGICAL PROCESSES SUCH AS THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUN AND MOON, THE CHANGING OF YIN AND YANG AND THE TRANSFORMATION AMONG THE FIVE ELEMENTS, ITSELF BECOMING A LITTLE CENTRE OF THE COSMOS. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
BY COPYING THE PATTERN OF THE LARGER COSMOS, BUILDINGS AND THEIR INHABITANTS MAY TAP INTO THE LIFE-GIVING COSMOLOGICAL FORCES AND LIVE IN HARMONY AND PROSPERITY. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
TAKING A PRIMARY BEARING TOWARDS THE SOUTH, IN WHICH DIRECTIONS DOORS AND OPENINGS SHOULD FACE, ALL MAN-MADE AND NATURAL ELEMENTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS SHOULD CONFORM TO THEIR SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION ON THE COMPASS IN THEIR SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
ELEMENTS OUT OF THEIR CORRECT PLACEMENT SHOULD BE AVOIDED OR MODIFIED. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
THE BAGUA, AND THE SYMBOLISM OF EACH TRIGRAM, MUST BE CONSIDERED FOR A GIVEN SITE, AND THE SITE MAY HAVE HIDDEN NUMERICAL ASPECTS. |
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SCHOOL OF DIRECTIONS |
THE ENTIRE RANGE OF PLANETS, STARS, MOUNTAINS, ELEMENTS AND SO FORTH, AS REPRESENTED ON THE FENG SHUI COMPASS, SHOULD IN PRINCIPLE BE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO A SITE AND CONFLICTING CORRELATIONS BE AVOIDED. |
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QI |
ON THE MOVE IS CARRIED IN THE AIR. IT FOLLOWS OBVIOUS EASY ROUTES. IT MAY BENEFIT OR NEGLECT LIVING THINGS DEPENDING WHEREABOUTS THEY ARE SITED ON THE ROUTE. |
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QI |
IT WILL MOVE FASTER ALONG A STRAIGHT ROUTE THAN A CURVE AND WILL SLOW AND MEANDER WHEN THE PATH IS UNDULATING. EXPANSES OF WATER, AS OPPOSED TO WATERWAYS, ENCOURAGE IT TO STAY A WHILE AND CREATE AN AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT. |
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QI |
IT GETS TO THE MOST INECCESSIBLE PLACES IN THE END BUT BY THE TIME IT GETS THERE IT IS SLUGGISH AND LACKING VITALITY. |
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QI |
MAKE THE ROUTE TOO EASY, HOWEVER, AND IT WILL WHOOSH THROUGH WITHOUT GIVING THOSE ALONG THE WAY THE BENEFIT OF ITS HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES. |
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QI |
INVITE IT TO YOUR FRONT DOOR UP A GENTLY CURVED PATH AND IT WILL REACH THE HOUSE AT AN ACCEPTABLE PACE AND BENEFIT THE GARDEN ALONG THE WAY. YOU WANT IT TO REACH YOUR ENTRANCE NEITHER TOO QUICKLY (YANG), NOR TOO SLOWLY (YIN). |
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QI |
● THE KEY IS BALANCE ● IN THE CASE OF EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, THE 3 MAIN CRITERIA ARE : STABILITY, BALANCE AND SMOOTHNESS. |
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PA KUA |
THE EIGHT TRIGRAMS, OR PA KUA, ARRANGED IN THE SO-CALLED EARLIER HEAVEN SEQUENCE. THIS IS USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE TYPE OF ENERGY FOUND IN THE CORRESPONDING EIGHT PARTS OF A BUILDING. |
