What shall I write about BaZi?

I have been thinking about the topics that I should write on BaZi. I realised that it is not easy to write this topic. Here are some of the reasons:

• If I write an article about a famous person, I may be accused of "reverse engineering" or I write based on hindsight. In other words, try to fit a person's life details into his/her BaZi.


• If I write about an unknown person, I may be accused of pulling a fast one as no one can verify (other than the person I wrote about) my analysis. I'd probably get killed by this person for revealing his/her life details on the Internet.


• I thought about explaining the techniques but then, I may be revealing too much.


• If I give a future prediction on world events, I could find myself in trouble with the law for causing major riot or unnecessary panic.


• If someone gives me their birth details to write about, I may be giving away free consultations.

So you see, it's not easy to write articles about BaZi....

Is Window behind your back bad?

There was a case where a Mr A's business was not doing well and he could not understand why as his office was Feng Shui audited before.

We conducted a check in his office and a recommendation was given to him to turn the work desk to face a certain direction for him to improve his business situation. He was reluctant to change because there was a glass window and it will be behind him if he moves his desk. According to him, it was recommended earlier that he must sit with the wall behind him so as to receive the "support" that he is lacking. Sitting with the window behind cannot give him the support and hence, detrimental to him.

We assured him that he does not have to be too concern about that. The wall behind ones back is all symbolic. We are more concern about what is on the outside and whether he is able to tap on any of the auspicious Qi or not. If he is not tapping on it, what's the point of having a wall behind?

We recommended a few more changes to his office and he is now a happy camper.

Are Books on Bookshelf Sha Qi?

I am always amazed some of the theories that comes out from some practitioner. Take for example the bookshelf. They go all out to discourage people from having bookshelf behind their work desk. The books behind them are like Sha Qi, sending sharp negative Qi to whoever that is sitting in front of it. It affects them, makes them lose concentration, deplete them of energy and so on. If one must have the bookshelf behind them, they must ensure that it is fill-up with books, to even out the Sha Qi.

If this is really the case, all libraries should be closed down. What's the point of having a library when nobody is going to gain the benefits of reading books in it? Imagine all the Sha attacking you. The CIA should just donate half-filled bookshelves to their enemies and include free interior design for them so that it could "sha" the enemies without them knowing.

We need to be more open-minded and do not let this type of knowledge "Sha" you.

House Facing Direction

A friend was looking for a house to buy and was asking what direction should the future house be facing? Does it depends on BaZi? Does it depends on Gua number and the East/West Group they belong?

The answer is, a house facing any direction can be good. What is really important is the "mountain" and "water" that can be found around the vicinity of the property. Every house, flat, apartment are not the same even though they are facing the same direction.

You can drive through a road with rows of terrace houses, all facing the same direction and yet, you will notice some are doing much better than the others.

Every floor of any apartment block is also different. Every unit is also facing the same direction, having the same layout and yet, not everyone is enjoying the same luck and lifestyle.

Why is that? They all face the same direction.....

The meaning and representation of water and mountain goes beyond its physical representation. Swimming pool, water fountains, tall buildings and so on, are some of the man-made structure. But what we are more interested in is the physical landform that can be found around the area.

Some tried to build structures within their gardens such as waterfall landscape, build drains surrounding the house to simulate water flow, etc and many times it attract more disaster than bring auspiciousness to the occupants. Did they take into consideration the external structure?

The next time you go house hunting, remember that every direction can be used.

Moving In………

Now that you’ve got your keys to your new house, what’s next? What must be done before you move in? What must you do when you move in? When is it considered moved-in? Renovations, costs, interior design, Feng Shui and so on….. all the questions that comes with getting those keys.

Assuming you have successfully selected an auspicious unit following the recommendation of a professional Feng Shui practitioner, the next item in your to-do list would be renovation and deciding when and how to move-in.

Most recommendations on moving in are about carrying out rituals and following certain customs that has been practiced by the family as part of their culture and tradition. Descendants from different provinces of China carry with them different processes and methodology of moving into a new home. However, you will notice the underlying objective is the all about the same, i.e., bring wealth, good health and good luck into the new home. The Chinese believes that it is important to choose a good day to move into a new home. All that starts well, will continue to do well (hopefully).

Whenever someone moves into a new home, the new owner and family will carry out certain rituals with the hope to bring in all the good luck into the new house, pray to the Gods for blessings and carry out ‘house cleansing’ rituals. Because of such common practice, people tend to relate it to being part of a Feng Shui practice.

Are the moving-in rituals part of Feng Shui? Not really. Feng Shui is about the property and the land it sits on, and the Qi that can be tapped from our surroundings. The rituals are about Chinese culture, family tradition and to a large extend, the religious beliefs of the individual family. It is important that we differentiate them and not combine them together.

Moving-in to a new home is fairly simple. By now, you would have completed your renovations, shifted your furniture and ready for occupancy. It is just that you have not officially moved-in yet.

Select a day and time where the Qi is vibrant and supportive to those intending to move to the new place. Open and enter the house at the recommended hour. Upon entering the house, you can start to “warm” it up by simply turning on the stove, boil some water to make tea or coffee or cook a light meal if you prefer. After this, you are free to do anything you want. To complete the process, you just need to stay in the new place for the night. You are now officially the owner of the new home.

If you are more religious inclined and wants to follow the traditional way, there are a lot more things you can to do. These are part of culture and religion and in no way part of Feng Shui.

I hope I have shed some light and given some pointers to differentiate what is part of Feng Shui and what is part of religion and culture in the process of moving-in into your new home.

Things to remember as part of house buying process when Feng Shui is involved:
a) Select a unit suitable (in Feng Shui sense) for you and your family.
b) Ensure your house is designed to tap on auspicious Qi from your surrounding.
c) Choose a good day to start renovation.
d) Choose a good day to move-in.
e) Fine-tuning and minor adjustment

What is Feng Shui really all about?

There is a real-life story that we learned of how a Great-Grand-Master goes about helping the poor using his Feng Shui knowledge a long time ago. Imagine the poor and their living conditions at those times. How could they afford to buy crystals, gold and other Feng Shui amulets? Putting a roof over their heads was already a difficult task. How did the Great-GrandMaster managed to do Feng Shui for them without having to recommend Feng Shui objects?


The real Feng Shui is about tapping on the unseen energy or the earth Qi coming from the external environment. It is about synchronizing the Qi flow from our surroundings into our homes or offices. Objects do not generate Qi. The piece of land where we build our houses and buildings gives birth to the Qi that we sought after.

Our job as Feng Shui Consultant is to make the Qi flow connection from the outside into the property. We achieve that by ensuring the property itself is “comfortable”. If it is comfortable, you will be comfortable too.

Allow me to give an analogy. Imagine that you are sitting down to have your dinner. Firstly, you want to make sure that you are sitting comfortably on a comfortable chair with the food in front of you. Each intake of food goes through a digestive process and sends nutrients to all parts of the body to function efficiently.

A property constructed on a piece of land is similar. The property must be comfortable with its surrounding and its location. When it is in sync with the land, it is able to receive positive energy. When positive flow of energy is distributed within the building, every occupant will enjoy the goodness that it receives.

There are some schools that implement Feng Shui to benefit only the breadwinner. On this day and age, this idea is considered obsolete. Today, we have couples working and each one has their own career and source of income. Even children needs all the help they can get to help them in their studies. Feng Shui must benefit everyone.

The application of traditional Feng Shui principles are always very consistent. This is to say that it can be applied yesterday, today and tomorrow, anywhere, anytime, using the same methods, and the results are always consistent.

We always tell people that a truly great Feng Shui practitioner will never leave a trace of Feng Shui scent in any property that is designed with Feng Shui principles. The occupants will enjoy the benefits of Feng Shui and yet, the uninformed will never know the property has been audited before. This is the real art of Feng Shui.

Many people misunderstands the actual usage of Feng Shui. As in the case of the Great-GrandMaster helping the poor. Did he make the poor become super rich? No, he just made their life more bearable, improve their well-being and comfort of life, all within their means and way of life. Each one of us are born with different gifts, different life with varying degrees of capacity and intensity.

Feng Shui is also not about hitting the jackpot or becoming rich overnight. The proper usage of Feng Shui is to create more opportunities that seemed very hard to come by. We use Feng Shui to improve our chances and our present luck cycle. We use it to attract the positive energies to help us in our endeavors. When things are going well, our way of life goes up a few notches. This is how we use Feng Shui.

Things about Feng Shui we seldom think about

Very often I would be asked how come I do not recommend Feng Shui items to be placed in the houses or offices that I audited. People would make references to some practices of other Masters and from some books they have just read. My reply is very simple. It is not about the objects that you put but how you activate the Qi.

Feng Shui objects are good to spruce up the interior decorations and to brighten up your home or office. They bring out the artistic spirit and they portray the cultured personality in you.

In the world of Feng Shui marketing, many of these objects are positioned to bring out the positive thinking and attitude in you. Having a positive psychology in our lives enable us to go out and make things happen. It is a great motivation tool to have. As a result, the marketers make us believe it was the Feng Shui items that help achieve the positive outcome.

Quite often I hear stories about people striking the lottery after they placed the Feng Shui items as advised by their Master. Is this merely a coincidence or is it because of the Feng Shui items? Do these people strike the lottery every week, every month and every year? Why isn’t that the case if the Feng Shui objects were effective? Why doesn’t it bring consistent results? If it works for one person, why does it not work for another?

If one can get rich just by placing objects, I am sure everyone is very rich today. A happy camper. There will be no war and poverty. We will only be worrying about who will be clearing the garbage bin outside the house. Perhaps, it could be somebody who is extremely wealthy and very happy to do it for us?

These are the questions we need to ask ourselves but seldom do.