Introduction to Feng Shui

• An ancient art with modern relevance

The schools of Feng Shui

• Form school
• Compass school
• Flying Star

Summary of the Form School

• Landscape
• Land and building shapes
• Neighbouring structures
• Poison arrows
• Front door
• Defensive and aggressive Feng Shui

Introduction to Compass School

• History
• Ba Gua and Lo Shu
• Early Heaven and Late Heaven
• Trigrams and the I Ching

The Ba Gua

• Characteristics of the directions
• Use of the Ba Gua

The Lo Shu square

• Layout
• Application to the building
• The significance of missing corners

Determining your personal directions

• Formula
• Tables
• Gregorian versus Chinese calendar

The Five Elements and their directions

• Wood
• Water
• Earth
• Fire
• Metal
• Constructive cycle
• Destructive cycle

Feng Shui tools

• Wind-chimes
• Plants and wood
• Fish tanks and fountains
• Light
• Crystals and boulders
• Using a compass

Checking the building directions

• Front door
• Bed
• Desk

Wealth success

• Location of plants
• Fish, coins and frogs
• Supportive and destructive elements

Health success

• Location of wood
• Supportive and destructive elements

Reputation success

• Location of fire
• Supportive and destructive elements

Help from mentors

• Location of metal
• Supportive and destructive elements

Success for children

• Location of metal
• Supportive and destructive elements

Romantic success

• Location of crystals
• Supportive and destructive elements

Career success

• Location of water
• Supportive and destructive elements

Examination success

• Location of earth
• Supportive and destructive elements

Introduction to Flying Star

• The Time dimension
• The Grand Duke, Three Killings and Five Yellows