Achieve A Balance - Feng Shui All The Way
Tim Lapkovski
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese belief that involves studying
natural and the built environments. The arrangements of these
objects affect the yin and the yang, as well as the energy of a
room. Feng Shui has developed into many different versions based
on religion, geography, symbolism and culture. One commonality
of all Feng Shui practitioners, Of course, is the belief in
energy. Different schools of Feng Shui have progressed into
seven different forms.
1. The Compass School
The first school of thought is the Compass school. The compass
school uses 8 trigrams of the I-Ching. These 8 trigrams are
known collectively as Pa Kua, that is based on the eight main
directions of a compass. Each of these directions is associated
with a specific chi. A southern direction, for example, is
vibrant energy and is associated with the middle of the summer.
2. Eight Mansion School
Another school is the Eight Mansion School, also known as the
Eight House Feng Shui. This school of thought is based on the
individual number of a person. The number of the man living in
the home is used to bring harmony and balance to the home.
Furthermore, people using this system have both lucky and
unlucky numbers, with the west numbers being 2, 6, 7, and 8 and
the east numbers being 1, 3, 4, and 9.
3. Form School
The Form school of thought is based on the landscapes shape and
uses four symbolic animals. These animals are used to identify
the type of landscape. The Form school is easy to use along
with the Compass school to increase chi both in and out of the
home.
4. Black Hat Sect
The Black Hat Sect is another school of thought. The Black Hat
Sect used a fixed entry point for determination of the life
areas. It is similar in philosophy to the Compass school, but
the areas are different. In addition, the Black Hat Sect mixes
psychology, Buddhism and basic design principles, as well.
5. Nine Star Key School
Another school is the Nine Star Key School. This form used
stars to help identify lucky and unlucky days. Using
complicated math formulas, this school can pinpoint when a
person will get married and the astrological sign of the person
to be married to. This form is very inflexible and is based
purely on science. The Nine Star Key will also tell the
practitioner what house he lives in and makes suggestions on
how to live based on the house.
6. Flying Star School
The Flying Star philosophy is the most common Asian form of
Feng Shui and is based on astrology and numerology. This form
is difficult to understand and to learn. It, too, is based on
mathematical principals and is used to determine a persons
fate.
7. Four Pillars School
The final school of thought is the Four Pillars. This form is
not very common and is based on astrology according to the
persons date of birth, right down to the minutes. This form is
also used to determine a persons fate.
8. The Five Elements
After determining that school of thought is best for an
individual, it is important to also understand each element.
These five elements are: Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood.
The elements are capable of destroying each others energies and
forming a continual cycle. Through the use of these elements,
balance and harmony can be created in a home. If these elements
are used incorrectly, Of course, the energy can be destroyed or
lessened.
Each of the five elements is also associated with a color,
direction, and number.
Earth (Brown/Beige) - 2,5,8 - Southwest
Fire (Red/Purple) νΟ 9 - South
Water (Blue/Black) νΟ 1 - North
Metal (Grey/Reflective) - 6,7 - West
Wood (Green) - 3,4 - East
Each of these elements has both a destructive and a productive
cycle and must be used carefully.
The productive cycle uses the following pattern:
Water Wood Fire Earth Metal
Water feed feeds Wood for it to grow. Wood then feeds Fire and
produces Earth. Earth, in turn created Metal. Metal holds water
and, thus, continues the cycle. To keep this cycle flowing,
bring into the room the elements before and after the main
element
The destructive cycle reduces energy and can be used in a room
where one element needs to be lessened. It follows this
pattern:
Water Fire Metal Wood Earth
Water puts out Fire and Fire melts Metal. Metal cuts Wood down
and Wood clogs Earth, while Earth muddies Water.
9. Using Feng Shui
Every room needs to be balanced with each of the five elements.
Some elements can be heavier than others due to size; chair
might score as three counts of an element while a throw pillow
only counts as one.
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