Hi Remembering that each house is different and that the good and bad b ad stars will behave differently depending on which direction they come to, in your NW facing house (a gua 4 house because we go by the sitting not the facing in this Method - so yuo are an East Group person in an East Group house) The North sector is very good to use, and especially this year The South sector is excellent SE is excellent. E is OK NW, SW, W and NE are where the "bad" stars are but they will not prove harmful in general in our house! house! In some years they may act up, up , but it will be minimal: NW and SW were as bad as they get last year. W will be as bad as it gets next year. NE in 2009 and 2013 And you are a gua 9. So we do not generally think of which rooms for you, but rather which directions you face in whatever rooms you use. Facing E is very good (especially (especiall y this year) Facing N can be good Facing SE or S is neither good nor bad. Facing NE or NW is neither good nor bad Facing SW or W is bad is bad for you So using the South room while wh ile facing E (not this year though: we don't d on't like to face Tai Sui) or N would be beneficial (one choice of several) OK? With 8 Mansion method that is all you need n eed to know. Some people advise cures for the bad sectors, but your Bad Sectors are not particularly pa rticularly bad. Don't worry about them at a t all! If Flying Stars leads you to want to activate a sector, go ahead. Use water only in N, SW, E and SE. Use a fan or a chiming clock or something else in the other sectors if you need anything at all. That includes activating the annual 8 in NW this year. Don't despair. The situation may not be nearly as bad as you think. -- I urge thoughtful analysis an alysis before making big changes. Yet I am not a practitioner and do not want your business. Find someone who is well trained near you Predisposition - is a very big Concept w ith various interpretations. The common synonym would be inclination. Various method in FengShui has various means of predisposition for an individual. For example, in the 8 Mansions, individuals are classified as East and West Life predispositions. An East Life
person ideally must live in an East House. Similarly, a West Life person must stay in a West House. Mismatching denotes bad FengShui.
Common ways of profiling such predisposition is as the following example: A male born in 1972. Numerically, add up 1+9=10, round up to 1 plus, 7+2=9, giving a grand total of 10, round up again to 1. Take the constant 11-1=10, round up to 1 again. So this person has the predisposition of 1, taking the Gua imagery of K an.
Have one ever ask, where the hell has this formula comes about? Why a male predisposition must be subtracted by 11 while the female predisposition must be added by 4? What is the basis of this predisposition?
Here is the CLUE: -
8 Mansions has the similar SanYuan roots as its counterpart XuanKong. The basis is within the L oShu of the Greater SanYuan and nothing even closed to ErYuan. A person's predisposition must be determined via the upper, middle or lower Yuan of its year of birth. A person's gender determines the YinYang cycle of the Greater SanYuan. Also matching the GuaQi of the reigning period. Replacing thus, we obtained the Gua number or predisposition of the person.
So, to simplify matters, such a complex calculation has been made into an arithmetical formula. Unfortunately, without realizing such, do we still call 8 Mansions as a SanHe method? The Eight Mansions and Xuan Kong Flying Star Feng Shui system are two popular classical Feng S hui systems. Both have a long history stretching at le ast 1000 years.
The Eight Mansions system was reputedly formulated during the Tang Dynasty (618-906 A D) while the Xuan Kong Flying Star (of Fei Xing) about 1000 years ago.
What is the main difference betwee n them? The answer is time.
The fundamental core of the Xuan Kong Flying Star system is that the Feng Shui quality of a dwelling can change over time. Every house inherits a set of ‘qi’ upon completion – which can be changed by further renovations. This ‘qi’ affects the wealth, career, health and relationship potential of the occupants. The quality of this set of ‘qi’ can change as we move though time and a house that is considered highly auspicious during a certain period can lose its quality many years down the road and vice versa.
The Eight Mansions system on the other hand is less dynamic. Once the house is correctly matched to the occupants, the house continues to support the occupants. In fact the longer the occupants stay in the house, the better the Feng Shui. (It is technically incorrect to say that time does not matter in the Eight Mansions. However the time element is so small and insignificant that for all intents and purpose we can ignore it in this discussion.)
Sounds contradictory, does it? One changes with time while the other does not?
In my opinion its does not, and you will understand better, if we dig deeper into the basis of the system.
The Eight Mansions system is based on the principle that mankind is imbue with an energy signature during birth that determines his favourable sectors and directions. Based on the date of birth, mankind is classified into with the East or We st Life Group. If they are in the East Life Group, their favourable sectors (in the dwelling) and directions are north, south, east and southeast. For the West Life group, the favourable sectors and directions are the remaining cardinal and inter-cardinals of northwest, southwest, west and northeast.
The fundamental belief of this system is that the occupants will be supported (benefits them) by the house if the three important factors namely, the main door, stove and bedroom are in a sector or direction that is favourable to them – there is an exception with the stove.
The Flying Star system on the other hand believes that the house is influenced by the energy exerted by the nearby planets which changes its position over t ime.
If you study the practical application of the Xuan Kong Flying System, you will notice that the emphasis is on the locating the main door, stove and bedroom in sectors with good and timely energy. It is likely trying to be in the right place at the right time. (It is technically incorrect to say t hat the Flying Stars does not consider the person. It still does – via the personal or life gua – but the emphasis is still more on the changing ‘qi’. )
Does it look like the Flying Star is trying to capitalize on the energies of heaven (cosmic and from out of space) while the Eight Mansions is trying to do the same with the earth? It is food for thoughts.
From the above, you can see that the two systems are not divergent, they simply have different emphasis. Can you combine the systems together? Not really. You cannot combine the two systems and use it together without conflict.
However this has not stopped practitioner from trying. Let me give you an example of how they are doing it. Suppose the Flying Stars says that two sectors namely south and southwest are both suitable for a bedroom. Then – assuming that all things are equal – they would use the south sector as a bedroom for an East Life person (one of his auspicious sectors). And they would use the room in the southwest sector for the West Life person (one of his auspicious sectors).
Up to now, I have not talk about the surrounding forms (e.g. mountains and rivers). It does not me an that they are not important. They are. The presence of the right form is important to both the system as they enhance the positive energies in both the systems. So it is more a similarity than a difference.
In summary, the Eight Mansions system seems to be trying to capitalize on the energies of earth while the Flying Star appears to do the same with the energies of heaven?
Think about it. It is definitely food for thoughts!
Unfortunately, feng shui is plagued with many misconceptions. Largely steeped in myth and superstition, a discriminating feng shui enthusiast can easily learn to distinguish faux from authentic schools of feng shui by a number of telltale factors. Here are some attributes associated with faux schools of feng shui: They are often linked with Life Aspirations or Black Sect (also known as Black Hat Sect Tantric Buddhist feng shui) theory. Developed during the 1970s and 1980s respectively, these commercialized schools are referred to as “modern” or “Western” schools of feng shui. ◆ They divide a home into eight “life aspirations” or eight “life stations” of career, knowledge, family,
wealth, fame, marriage, children, and helpful people. ◆ They use the location of the front door to determine the orientation of the eight life
aspirations/stations. See the following figures (Life Aspirations theory and Black Sect theory). ◆ They match each of the five phases of qi (fire, earth, metal, water, and wood) with its affiliated
direction. Stated another way, fire “activates” the southern fame aspiration/station; earth activates the northeastern knowledge and southwestern marriage sectors; metal activates the western children and northwestern helpful people sectors; water activates the northern career sector; and wood activates the eastern family and southeastern wealth sectors. ◆ They also use “cures” such as mirrors, crystals, bamboo flutes, red ribbons, and statues or sculptures
of fu dogs, frogs, and cats, among other things, to “activate” the eight life aspirations/stations. Statements like “A mirror will help to ward off evil spirits,” “A fish tank placed in the north will bring prosperity,” or “Hanging bells inside your door will ring in joy and happiness” are common place among these schools. It’s a pity these inaccuracies have clouded the nature of feng shui. In fact, these widespre ad assumptions have made the practice seem like a fad reserved for the gullible and eccentric. Just to set the record straight, feng shui is not a charming Eastern philosophy grounded in superstition. It is not a religion, nor does it derive from any religion. Feng shui does not provide elixirs or cure-alls for yo ur problems. It is not magic. It is not a New Age discovery. Feng shui will not reduce your wrinkles, zap your fat… Here are few distinguishing factors about classical feng shui: 1. The principle tool of the practitioner is a compass. While a Chinese loupan compass contains manz concentric rings of information, for our purposes a basic protactor compass will suffice. 2. The magnetic (space) sitting or backside of the dwelling (as opposed to the location of the front door) and the year (time) the building was built are used to draw up an intricate numeric qi map of your dwelling. This technique is called Flying Star, the most sophisticated method of feng shui. The year the building was built and its magnetic sitting direction yield a numeric qi map. The classically trained feng shui practitioner studies the individual numbers, combination of numbers, and location of the numbers, among other things, to determine the likelihood of specific events occurring within the home. The practitioner balances the dwelling’s qi to enhance its positive aspects and discourage its negative ones. In other words, a pre-fabricated, one-sizefits- all qi map composed of eight life aspirations/stations does not exist in classical feng shui. Like a snowflake or a fingerprint, each home is unique and individual.
3. The year the occupant(s) was born is an important factor in det ermining his or her innate compatibility with the house. 4. Only the five phases of qi (fire, earth, metal, water, and wood) are used to transform the home’s qi into a productive cycle, fostering the probability of increased prosperity, better health, and beneficial relationships. Where each phase is placed depends on the number combination in the area in question. The time your house was constructed or “born” and the time you we re born are important considerations in a classical feng shui analysis. Well, many Chinese believe the first breath you take at birth marks your innate destiny. In the same way, when the foundation is set, the walls are secured, and the roof is affixed, your house is born. It, too, has a core personality. The central premise of feng shui is to correct and/or enhance your dwelling’s personality so that its qi forces nourish your well-being, inspiring you to maximize your potential. In other words, we, and our living space, are actually bundles of intertwining, connecting energy. All in flux, all confluent, pervading our very being. If not properly or effectively harnessed, human possibility is wasted. Doesn't it make sense to enhance our environment positively and productively. The time star provides a base for the mountain and water stars. Using an analogy, the water star is like steak, the protein fortifying your strength and determination to succeed. The mountain star is like a vegetable, the vitamins nourishing your health. The time star is the plate on which your dinner is served. You do not eat the plate, do you? Yet, the plate must be clean and beautiful otherwise you cannot enjoy the meal. While the time star itself does not foster fortune or misfortune, it either supports or does not support the water and mountain star. It depends on the phase (fire, earth, metal, water, and wood) relationship between the time star and the mountain star, and the time star and the water star. If the relationship is productive, the water or mountain star in question is enhanced. If the time star controls or reduces the water or mountain star’s power, the star in question losesits zeal. The annual star, or number, flies in e xactly the same manner as the time star (the period star). As a visiting star, there are three ways an annual star can affect a house: ◆ An annual star can act on its own to affect the relationship between the mountain, water, and time
stars in question. If an annual star is timely, it will affect the area positively. If the annual star is untimely, it will affect the area negatively. ◆ An annual star can activate a combination (mountain-water, mountain-time, watertime) if the phase
it’s correlated with produces the phase attached to the mountain or time star in question. ◆ An annual star can activate a combination (mountain-water, mountain-time, watertime) if the number
is the same as the mountain or the time star in question. In this case, the annual star assists the mountain and/or time star.
In eight mansion, is it the facing direction of the main door or location sector of main door that is important? My original main door is located at SE sector which is good for kua 4 and facing E direction. I was asked to relocate to the other side which is NE sector(bad for me) but the door still faces E.The reason for relocation is because in flying star the orignaldoor is at W2M5. Firstly, you need to understand that both the eight house and flying star each has a purpose in the analysis:1. Flying Star assess the house to find out the luck of each part of the house. Similiar to where the ba zi assess the person's luck, the flying star is for assessing the house's luck. So it helps determine where are the problem stars and wealth stars for the owner to take advantage of. 2. Eight House gives you an understanding of whether a house is suitable to you or not. A house can have excellent flying star, but if it does not suit you, then you will not be able to benefit from the house. It also helps you determine which bedroom is the be st room you can use that will bring you luck etc. So both concepts are equally important. Your existing location seems suitable to you, just that the flying star luck there is not so good. So just correct and neutralise the bad st ars and you should be ok. If you change to a good direction as suggested, but of the NE is your Death or Disaster sector, then you will actually bring more harm than good. If NE is your spook/irritation, then not so bad, but still probably won't be as good as a house that is suitable to you.
