NEGATIVE FEATURES IN AND AROUND THE HOME

FENG SHUI  8 MANSIONS

NEGATIVE FEATURES IN AND AROUND THE HOME

What are negative features and how will they affect your Feng Shui?

Negative features in a natural environment are likely to be mountains too close to a property, a rocky outcrop seemingly suppressing a home or stagnant water sending Sha Qi your way. In an urban setting the negative feature is more likely to be (but not exclusively) man made.  Flyovers, raised railway lines, pylons, microwave towers are all a part of our 21st century life and in the wrong place can affect us in a damaging way, both energetically and healthwise.

Outside

As with all Feng Shui checking out what might be affecting the quality of Qi outside your property and in particular what negative feature is aimed at your front door, the mouth of your property, is the first step.

If you have a narrow gap similar to this picture, such as when there are two properties close together directly opposite your main door it will cause negative Qi to speed towards you.

One of the most significant external features is a pylon.  They are large, sharp and hard to ignore.  As well as bringing potential health issues they do send inauspicious Qi your way when they are in the vicinity of your property.  Depending on their location in relation to your home they can also have a negative impact on a member of the family.  For example if it is located in the Southwest this will affect the mother or an older female in the family. 

The edge of a neighbouring roofline will send Sha Qi your way but only when it is in the vicinity of your main door.

Roads while being 'virtual water'  can bring either positive or negative Qi with them.  The infamous T-junction, especially when it is part of a busy road plays its role in sending Sha Qi towards your door.   

If you have the bow of a road or a curved road coming towards your main door it is sending negative energy your way.

Negative features in the home are likely the result of design features or property layout.

Inside

So what negative features do you look for inside your home?

 A low beam above your main door, an upright or staircase in direct alignment with your main door are all negative features.   The beam will suppress any Qi entering, the upright will cause the Qi to dissipate and the staircase will result in Qi moving quickly down the stairs and colliding with Qi entering the door.

A straight hall from the front door to the back door sends fast moving negative Qi down its length resulting in missing Qi through the rest of the property.  This will cause an excess of Yin energy in a Yang environment and will make the residents feels lacklustre and short on motivation.

As with all things there are qualifiers to the above information and a professional consultant will identify what is important and what is not when conducting a Feng Shui audit.

To the fulfillment of your dreams

LynC

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FENG SHUI and the MING TANG

The 'Ming Tang' is also known as the 'Bright Hall' in Feng Shui but what exactly is it and what is it for?

One of the fundamental objectives of a Feng Shui consultation is to establish the quality of Qi in the external environment.  By observing and analysing mountains and water; buildings and roads; positive and negative structures in and around a property a consultant can determine the quality of Qi in the area.  By understanding whether the neighbourhood is too windy and exposed to the elements or subject to a gentle flow of energy the next step is to find out how best to take full advantage of any auspicious Qi flow.

If the environment is too windy it will prevent Qi from gathering.  When writing the 'Book of Burial' Guo Po (AD276-324) described Qi as 'being scattered by the wind and gathering at the boundaries of water.'  Qi cannot be created or destroyed but it can be aggressive or harmonious.   Knowing which is an important part of external Feng Shui analysis.

Assuming for now the Qi is good how can you as a property owner or business occupier benefit from its positive effects? 

The next step is to know what to do with it and how to harness its qualities.

This is where the Ming Tang comes in.  Ming Tang is an open space, directly in front of your main door and it allows Qi to accumulate before entering your property. 

The open space can be part of your property, a large front garden for example, or it can be an open area directly outside your property such as a village green, a sports field, or a communal garden without any tall trees or other obstructions directly facing your main door.  In a working environment it can be a clear open space to the front of an office building or shop, without any negative structures in the immediate vicinity.  These structures can be things such as the edge of a neighbouring building or a manmade statue directly blocking the front entrance.

Open spaces unsuitable to be called a Ming Tang would be places like derelict areas of land or large car parks with vehicles coming and going all day, every day.   These are not conducive to accumulating auspicious Qi. 

Once the Qi has slowed and gathered at a suitable point the Sheng Qi (Growth Qi) can enter a property through the front door...if the conditions are right.  More on that next time.

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Feng Shui Home - Home Staircase

Staircase - Going Up-Going Down!

Unless you live in a single-storey property you will have at least one staircase in your home.

This time around we are not talking about external stairways but those that transport Qi between the ground and first floor of your interior living space.  You may have your living area on the ground floor which is the more usual situation, or you may have your sleeping area on the ground floor with your living space on the first floor.  Whichever layout you have will be influenced by the location of your staircase.  The quality of the Qi you experience will depend on the layout of your home.

What is it you see when you open your front door from the outside looking in?  Do you have an open space allowing the Qi to enter; gather and spread slowly and harmoniously throughout the space?  Do you have a long straight hall forcing the Qi to move straight forward quickly and aggressively, rather like a poison arrow? 

Or do you have a staircase?  And does it go up or down?  Is your staircase in full view of your main door?  Is your staircase straight, curved, split or spiral?  How does this affect the flow of Qi in your home?

A staircase going down indicates difficulties for the occupants.  Eventually you may have to leave the house or you may experience blocks to accumulating wealth.  Like water that flows downwards, Qi will flow down away from your living area.  Water represents wealth in Feng Shui so a downward staircase represents positive Qi flowing away from the main living spaces.

There are a lot of questions to consider and their answer will depend greatly on the quality of Qi you experience in both the lower and upper levels of your home.

Ideally, your staircase is located away from your main door, to one side or the other.  Ideally you will have an open space inside your front door which will allow the Qi entering to accumulate and move harmoniously through your ground floor as well as up the staircase and into the upper level/s of your home. 

Knowing that Qi moves appropriate to its surroundings, if you have a staircase directly in front of your main door where is the Qi destined to go?  Up the staircase!  This will impact on the Qi in your lower and upper floors.

If your staircase is in front of your main door the Qi will enter through the door and immediately head up the stairs.  This means your ground floor will be lacking positive Yang Qi and may have a build up of negative Yin Qi, especially if the house is empty during the daytime.  If this coincides with a straight staircase the Qi heading upwards will be fast and aggressive when there is nothing to slow it down.  If you have a door, such as your bedroom door; your sanctuary; directly facing the top of this straight staircase the Qi entering your place of peace and rest, will be fast and aggressive; not conducive to serenity and tranquility.

Next time we will look at different types of staircase in the home and their influence on the movement of Qi.

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LynC

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