| This article is meant especially for those practitioners who think that Feng Shui begins and ends with providing the client with a “good flying star chart”, and practitioners who are under the mistaken notion that “the advanced level” of Feng Shui knowledge is knowing all about flying stars. This could not be further from the truth.)This, one believes, should put your client on his way to his next million. Right? |
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| Wrong. |
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| How much one can really change with Feng Shui |
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| This is a highly debatable topic, and I am not about to get into that here. My aim is to outline the various ways one can analyze or diagnose the story of a client’s life. I believe that without a proper diagnosis, one cannot give a proper cure. |
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| No diagnosis, no cure. |
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There are many ways one can tell what is wrong and what can or cannot be corrected. I am enumerating the various methods one can use. For my analysis I use all, as I believe that the various methods do not contradict each other, rather, each method provides a layer of
meaning and understanding. |
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| However, for the solution, I use only one method, chosen judiciously. While no method is completely compatible with all the others, each method finds its own way to cover up its owndefects or shortcomings. |
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- Assessment using the 8 Mansions method, also known as BA ZHAI. (Emphasis being on the word MANSIONS)
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| No matter how “good” the door is (even if it is a Sheng Qi door for the individual), the house has to match the occupants. So if you have a west group client using an east group house, you are already at a disadvantage here. Usage of the directions will be limited to the few specific prescribed ones, which can be used to overcome the negativity of the sectors of the mis-matched house. (This information may be confusing for those who have not completely understood 8 Mansions as it is explained clearly in Mastery Academy’s Feng Shui Series Module 2.) I will give you a hint, A person of gua 3 (East group) will enjoy the benefits of the North sector location and direction in a house facing North, sitting on South far better than the North in an East facing house. Why? Because an East-facing house SITS WEST, hence is a west group house. |
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| Are the forms correct? Do they follow the principles of direct and indirect spirit. Do they conform to the Xuan Kong principles of Sheng and Wang? Are the mountains and water the kind that support the activity of the property? |
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- For the flying star aficionados: Does the structure of the Flying star chart match the landforms
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| Two houses facing the identical directions will have different Feng Shui depending upon the landforms outside. If the house has a chart that is “up the mountain down the river” but the landforms are higher at the back and lower in the front, you are in trouble as it is imperative that the landforms match the structure of the chart. No matter how good the flying star chart looks on paper, the landforms have to be supportive to the chart. |
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- Are the prominent stars correctly supported
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You can use any period chart without worrying about making the chart “current” provided you can support the 8’s correctly (as we are now in period 8), meaning that the facing 8 should be supported with lower ground and or water (Don’t ignore Tsing san - Ling San rules) and the
mountain star 8 is kept quiet, has higher ground outside, and undisturbed by the presence of movement or water. If the prominent star is trapped in the center, see if you can release it andmake it usable. The same applies to the 9, Sheng Qi in period 8. |
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- Is your entrance from an appropriate sector
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| Never mind the stars - are you entering from a YANG sector, one that can take water? If not, minus some points here. Entering from a Yin sector raises difficulty and obstacles and makes itjust that much more tough for the occupants. |
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- Which sectors are missing, or extended ?
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| One can tell a lot from this, as the occupant who is specifically affected can easily beidentified by this. Missing Kun means the mother is affected and so on… |
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| The numbers in the occupant’s life palace individually will tell you the quality of his or her life. (Joey Yap covers this very interesting topic in his course Xuan Kong 2) If this is good, everything in the person’s life is that much better. One can tell plenty, the relationship ofthendividual with anyone else, the money situation, health etc. in a particular house. When house hunting with a client, I often base my advise on the Life Palace of the occupant in the proposed house. |
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| I have become pretty good at evaluating the condition of a persons state of mind and quality of life simply by looking at what Pa chai the person is invoking in the house.I look at the door, stoves and bedrooms with the bed positioning in mind. Look at where the kitchens and toiletsare….a lot can be said from this. |
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- Green Dragon – White tiger
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| Is it present, absent, extended, WHAT? Note the repercussions of each of the above factors. |
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- Condition of the Ming Tan
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| The bright hall Must be open and clear of any encumbrances and obstructions. Then only can the qi be received correctly and can the qi enter. |
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| I am sure each professional has his own methods. My methods change and evolve constantly based on the last Mastery Academy course I have attended or based on recent experiences from my practice. Each course gives me a new method, each client is a learning experience. |
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| Share your experience4s on info@sherrymerchant.com I would love to hear your views, as I feel we all can learn from one another, and in my humble opinion, one lifetime is not enough! |
