FENG SHUI and KITCHEN LOCATION

In Feng Shui your kitchen is one of the three most important areas, together with the main door and bedroom. 

The kitchen represents the health and wellbeing of the entire family yet it is best placed in an inauspicious sector based on Eight Mansions for the Home.  This also benefits the residents if it represents one of their inauspicious sectors based on Personal Eight Mansions.  Calculate your personal Gua number.

Why an inauspicious sector, shouldn't it be an auspicious sector when it is so important?

Because of its nature and use having the kitchen in an inauspicious sector will help suppress the negative energies created by an inauspicious sector.  If you have the choice and are able, positioning it in the Jue Ming (Total Loss) location will cushion you from the effects of this negative area.

It is also important to ensure that there is not too much Yang energy outside your kitchen.  Health and wellbeing for residents is supported by the mountain (sitting) star in Flying Stars Feng Shui and it is Yin (like a still unmoving mountain is Yin) and so if you have activity outside your kitchen window or Yang elements it will neutralise the benefit of a positive location inside.  These can be, but are certainly not limited to, a busy road, a well-used playground or school, an electricity pylon or a river.

Then moving on to the stove, or cooker.  Should this also be in an inauspicious sector within the kitchen?

The stove should be in an auspicious part of the kitchen, because it is this that provides the food for the family and ultimately affects their health.  In addition, the 'fire mouth' or point at which the heat is activated (in the picture right this is signified by the knobs) they should face a good direction.  It is beneficial if this represents the Sheng Qi (Good Fortune) direction of the breadwinner of the home.  When there are two of equal status then you can make the decision which direction you want to use.  This is especially important when two people belong to opposing groups - West or East Group.

When you have calculated your Gua number you can find your group based on your Gua number, together with your good and bad directions.

We have looked at two different Feng Shui methods here, Eight Mansions (Home and Personal) and Flying Stars.  A consultant will likely use these, as well as other Feng Shui methods when conducting an audit.  The Four Pillars Chart for each resident (also known as BaZi) will highlight many aspects of your life including health and wellbeing.

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LynC

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Feng Shui Practice

What Comes First?

Even if you only know a little about Feng Shui you will already be aware of the immense importance the Five Elements and their three cycles has on your practice.  They permeate each and every one of the various formulas and also have a bearing on Chinese Astrology and BaZi (Four Pillars) Destiny.

Just to reiterate;  The Five Elements are: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal; The Three Cycles are: Productive, Exhaustive and Controlling (also known as Destructive.

So when you begin purposefully using the principles of Feng Shui which of the three cycles associated with the Five Elements should you be using first?

What comes first, the producing, exhausting or controlling element?

“That very much depends on your environment.”

The first original formula of Feng Shui is known as the San He Formula  or Landscape Feng Shui.

This investigates the external surroundings of your home and its immediate vicinity.  It is used to determine good and bad locations for homes, offices and (in Yin Feng Shui) the most auspicious location for a burial site.

Feng Shui practice therefore points to knowing your neighbourhood and identifying the good, bad and the ugly.

The best indoor Feng Shui in the world will mean little if you have negative energies bombarding you from outside, particularly towards your front door. 

Spend time outside looking around you; take photographs to make sure you don’t miss anything.  Sometimes there is something you take for granted, and pay little attention to, which can in fact represent negative Qi. The next thing is to use a good quality compass and find out the ‘facing direction’ of your front door.  Is this negative Qi (poison arrow) directly facing your front door?   It is important to neutralise any external afflictions before doing anything else.

When these afflictions or poison arrows are pointing directly at your main door, it is necessary to counter their effects to improve the quality of the Qi entering your home to prevent  negative results such as loss, misfortune and illness befalling the residents.

Destructive Cycle of the Five Elements

When using the Controlling Cycle we are not actually destroying anything, it is more that we are seeking to ‘control’ or ‘block’ rather than ‘destroy.’  Therefore, when you identify a serious affliction and which direction it is coming from, this is one of the few times the Controlling Cycle of the Five Elements is recommended.

However, it is not a black and white situation. There are things to consider before placing a remedy.

Your Home and Garden

 How much outdoor space do you have?

If you only have a small garden space or none at all, in front of your home your options will be limited. 

Will you solve one issue to create another?

If you place a structure, such as a tree or a wall, in front of your main door to deflect a poison arrow, you may inadvertently be blocking any positive Qi Energy from entering your home?

As an example:  If you decide building a high brick wall is the answer to an affliction coming from the North it will not benefit you if your outdoor space is limited.  It will be as though you have a mountain confronting you. It will block any Energy and opportunities from entering your home and cause an excess of Yin Energy indoors.  This will create illness, lethargy and lack of motivation for all members of the family.

If you plant a large tree too close to your home to counter an affliction coming from the Southwest or the Northeast you will drain any Yang Energy from your home and block Energy, creativity and light from entering.

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LynC

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