Feng Shui and Poison Arrows Outside

What are poison arrows?

There are both tangible and intangible (or secret) poison arrows.  Tangible poison arrows are those you can see. 

They are the sharp, pointed or straight physical and non-physical objects in and around your environment pointed directly at your main door or the point where the maximum amount of Yang energy enters your home*.   They are sharp, pointed or straight physical and non-physical objects in and around your home and office pointed directly at you.

Intangible poison arrows are more difficult to identify.   They are negative energies created by the presence of Yin buildings.  It is fast Qi moving through a narrow gap between buildings.  They are negative thoughts and feelings sent to you silently from another person.  It is invisible and damaging.

Outdoors

Identify poison arrows and the direction they are coming from and neutralise them before beginning your indoor Feng Shui.  This is to ensure that the quality of the Qi Energy entering your home is auspicious.

External poison arrows include, but are not limited to:

A straight road coming directly towards your facing direction

Your home situated at the end of a cul-de-sac being bombarded with fast-moving Qi

A curved road (like a boomerang shape) heading towards your facing direction

A triangular roofline from a neighbouring property

A single tree

A single lamp post          

A single telegraph pole

The edge of a building

Overhead roads

Overhead bridges

Overhead railway lines

Less obvious, but nonetheless inauspicious is:

Fast moving Qi moving between the narrow gaps of buildings

Dead tree trunks

Hospital

Police Station

Cemetery

The front of a neighbour’s car (which symbolically resembles a predatory animal)

To counter these afflictions first ascertain the facing direction of your home which will identify the direction the affliction is coming from.  Use the controlling cycle to block the poison arrow.

*The facing direction may be your front door or the part of your home that has the highest percentage of Yang Qi coming into your home.  This Yang Qi can come from a frequently used road, a river or an open space where positive energy gathers.

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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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Feng Shui-Yin and Yang-Metal

In Feng Shui Flying Stars formula, the numbers (or stars) around the Lo-Shu Grid 'fly' from sector to sector over varying time periods.  Each of the nine numbers in the Grid also represent one of the Five Elements with either a Yin or a Yang polarity.  These elements influence each other in a productive, exhaustive or a controlling cycles.

So how does Metal, with its Yin and Yang polarities, fit into the picture of Feng Shui?

Unlike the elements of Water, Wood, Fire and Earth, Metal has no life of its own.  Earth nurtures and protects Metal hence 'Earth produces Metal' is part of the productive cycle of the Five Elements. 

Metal is a hard and unyielding element and its Qi is sharp and inwardly piercing.  This piercing energy is what makes Metal the controlling element of Wood.  Wood Qi is an expanding and growing energy that can be destroyed when it is negatively affected by the Metal element.  This is not the physical element of Wood or Metal, it is a type of Qi.  When Metal Qi 'flies' into a Wood sector - the East or the Southeast - it can inflict its negative forces on the energy of these areas.

To control Metal Qi Fire energy is necessary.  No Metal can change its natural form until it has been super-heated to a liquid state, at which time it becomes malleable and able to be transformed into its many recognisable forms.

What do you think of when you visualise Yang Metal?  Yang Metal is the iron and steel that is sculpted into anything from hand-held tools to machinery, bridges, aircraft, cars and the internal structure of buildings.  All the things that makes much of our modern world function.  This is the Yang side of Metal.

For those born in a Yang Metal year it indicates an upright, forthright individual who is able to withstand difficulty and suffering.  Someone who will not crumble at the first sign of stress.  Their weakness is a lack of flexibility; they can be rigid and unbending just like Yang Metal. 

In contrast, Yin Metal such as silver, gold and platinum is a rarer, valuable and valued commodity which is fashioned into solid bars, coins and fine jewellery.  As well as being used as a means of exchange for goods and services, it is also a symbol of prosperity and desire.  Alone, or combined with the gemstones of the Earth element, fine jewellery is a luxury widely sought by people the world over.  Going back thousands of years and still in our modern era, jewellery is regarded a symbol of wealth, status and power; remember the jewellery associated with Tutankhamun; the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom monarchy.

Those born in a Yin Metal year tend to have a showy nature and they love to be the centre of attraction.  They like to be seen and will react badly if they think they are being ignored.  A Yin Metal person may appear superficial and attention seeking however they are also sentimental and value their friends.  What you see is what you get with Yin Metal people, there is little hidden depth to their nature.

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