This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use-to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference manual. The text and exercises proceed in systematic fashion from basic principles to specific projects, covering the following lessons: Evaluating the landscape and external environment by using the techniques of the Landform School Using the geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building Planning the usage of space Matching occupants to a house Deciding on the placement of furniture Improving the feng-shui of a building with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations Building a new house Choosing or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space

Eva Wong is an independent scholar and a practitioner of the Taoist arts of the Pre-Celestial Way and Complete Reality lineages. She has written and translated many books on Taoism and related topics, including A Master Course in Feng-Shui; Tales of the Taoist Immortals; The Tao of Health, Longevity, and Immortality; and The Shambhala Guide to Taoism.

Foreword

xi

Preface

xiii

How to Use This Book

xv

PART ONE THE BASICS OF FENG-SHUI

Evaluating the External Environment

3

(38)

Finding Protection

3

(11)

Avoiding Destructive Energy

14

(16)

Receiving Benevolent Energy

30

(11)

Evaluating the Internal Environment

41

(26)

Shape of a Building

41

(9)

General Appearance of a Building

50

(3)

Floor Plan

53

(8)

Architectural Features

61

(6)

Taking Readings with the Geomantic Compass

67

(13)

Learning How to Use Your Homemade Geomantic Compass

71

(3)

Multiple Orientations and Readings

74

(6)

Setting Up the Geomantic Chart

80

(20)

Constructing a Geomantic Chart

80

(11)

Types of Geomantic Charts

91

(1)

Special Geomantic Charts

91

(9)

Superimposing the Geomantic Chart onto a Floor Plan

100

(17)

Superimposing the Geomantic Chart onto an Entire Building

100

(2)

Houses Divided into Distinct Sections

102

(15)

Interpreting the Geomantic Chart

117

(11)

Conditional Interactions

117

(3)

Unconditional Interactions

120

(1)

Additive Effects

121

(7)

Evaluating and Planning the Usage of Space

128

(14)

Entrances, Hallways, and Stairs

128

(5)

Bedrooms

133

(1)

Kitchen

133

(1)

Family Room

134

(1)

Study/Home Office

135

(1)

Living Room

136

(1)

Dining Room

137

(1)

Bathrooms, Utility Rooms, Storage Rooms, And Unfinished Attics and Basements

138

(4)

Matching Occupants to a House

142

(14)

Determining the Guardian Stars of Individuals

142

(5)

Matching Heads of Household to the Earth Base of the Front Entrance

147

(1)

Matching Occupants to the Bedrooms

147

(9)

Placement of Furniture

156

(17)

Superimposing the Geomantic Chart Onto Each Room

156

(17)

PART TWO SPECIAL TOPICS

Installing Countermeasures

173

(28)

Countermeasures for the External Environment

173

(3)

Countermeasures for the Internal Environment

176

(4)

Countermeasures for the Stars and Elements of the Nine Palaces

180

(21)

Installing Enhancers

201

(9)

When and Where to Use Enhancers

201

(1)

Types of Enhancers

201

(9)

Renovations

210

(19)

How to Deal With Existing Renovations

210

(3)

Using Renovations as Countermeasures

213

(16)

PART THREE SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Building a New House

229

(33)

Choosing a Plot of Land

229

(9)

Choosing a General Orientation for a House

238

(3)

Choosing a Specific Orientation for a House

241

(3)

Designing a Site Plan and a Floor Plan

244

(5)

Placement of Furniture

249

(13)

Choosing an Apartment

262

(28)

Evaluating the External Environment of a Building

266

(4)

Evaluating the Internal Environment of a Building

270

(4)

Evaluating the Internal Environment of an Apartment Unit

274

(2)

Setting Up the Geomantic Chart for An Apartment

276

(14)

Choosing and Designing a Business Office

290

(53)

Choosing An Office Building

290

(19)

Choosing An Office Suite

309

(34)

Choosing and Designing a Retail Space

343

(36)

Choosing a Retail Building

343

(9)

Choosing a Retail Site

352

(27)

Appendix The Nine Cycles Diagrams

379

(6)

Index

385

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