Feng Shui Celestial Creatures

Green Dragon in the Landscape

Unlike its western counterpart, which was a fire-breathing mythical creature to be feared and hunted to extinction, the celestial Green Dragon known in Feng Shui possesses insight; symbolises wisdom and offers protection.

In Landscape Feng Shui (San He Formula) the Yang Green Dragon is traditionally a mountain or higher ground located to the left of your front door looking out.  The mountain (Yin Earth) is more auspicious if it is ‘green and pleasant land,*’ a rolling landscape simulating a curled resting Dragon.  Where there is a Dragon mountain there will also be Dragon veins.  This welcomes positive flowing Chi.  The quality of this Chi is often referred to as the ‘Dragon’s Cosmic Breath’ or ‘Sheng Chi.’

*From a William Blake poem, now better known as the anthem ‘Jerusalem.’

Where a Yin Earth mountain is rough, barren, exposed with craggy outcrops it indicates aggressive inauspicious negative Chi, known as Sha Chi. 

Until the end of period 9 in 2043 the Earth areas of the northeast and southwest, the Metal areas of the west and northwest and the Fire area of the south are auspicious locations for your Dragon protection to be present.  To identify its exact location, use a compass to determine a) which direction the Green Dragon is situated and b) the direction of your front door. 

If you are house-hunting, this is the ideal time to incorporate this aspect of Landscape Feng Shui into your search.

As many of us now live in an urban environment it means we accepting that the Green Dragon as a physical mountain is unlikely to be present in our surroundings.  Instead in the modern world the practice of Feng Shui; this ancient-modern living skill, identifies the mountains as higher buildings or tall trees, both of which will serve as protection when located to the left of your home.  Just like the mountains, the shape and materials of the buildings will determine the quality of Chi.  For example, a tall building with sharp edges pointed towards you will send Sha Chi; a tall building with rounded features or with coloured glass windows will send Sheng Chi your way.

Green Dragon in the Home

The home of the Yang Green Dragon is the East.  It is the location of the eldest son of the family; known as the Dragon of the family and the trigram CHEN, which is made up of two broken Yin lines (female) sitting above a single solid Yang line (male and eldest son.)  It is associated with action, like the Dragon rising from the lower depths to soar high into the sky above. 

The East represents thunder, like the roar of the mighty Dragon.  It is the direction of the rising sun welcoming each new day; the location of springtime bringing a new season of growth and expansion.  It is also the location of health and longevity.  Displaying an image of a Dragon in the East will benefit not only the eldest son but all members of the family.  A Green Dragon or a Dragon carved from Wood will be equally auspicious.  As Water feeds Wood displaying a water feature with a Dragon will activate positive Chi.

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LynC

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FENG SHUI and EIGHT MANSIONS

“Use awareness to make changes”

Are you and your home in harmony? 

Personal Eight Mansions is well-known in Feng Shui.  Your date of birth identifies your Kua number which in turn identifies your four good and four bad locations.  This gives you a head start when it comes to knowing which direction to sit or sleep.  Or which direction to face when you are working/playing/studying.

However this is only half of the picture.

To look at the bigger picture, knowing the Eight Mansions or the Natal Chart of your home, which takes into consideration the distribution of energy throughout the building will determine whether you and your home are meant for one another.  The Eight Mansions of your home is based on its facing and sitting direction. The facing direction of your home is the direction of maximum yang energy.  This is often, but not exclusively, the place where the main door is located and it is important to determine the facing direction before beginning.  The sitting direction is exactly opposite and benefits from more yin than yang energy.  The yang of movement, of positive chi, is best entering your home from the front and the yin of stillness, is best at the back of your home providing quiet, stability and support.

Ideally your front door will be located in the sheng chi (overall good fortune) location of your home.  Depending on the stage you are at in your life, your bedroom will be best located in your tien yi (health) or your nien yen (relationships) location.

Your kitchen, the third most important sector of your home, is different.  While it is a vital part of the overall picture in ensuring the health and wellbeing of your family, it is best located in one of your four bad locations.  In effect, it is best being in a location where it can press down and suppress the bad chi of a location.  The kitchen itself however, and in particular the stove, can be designed to bring good luck to the family.  The stove (the knobs) are most auspicious when facing the best direction of the breadwinner of the house.

So how do you deal with a less than auspicious layout?  Where do you sit?  Which direction do you face?

Location is more important than direction.  If you can sit, or work, or sleep, in one of your four good locations you then also have the option to face one of your four good directions thereby increasing the auspicious chi you are exposed to.  If you have to sit, work or sleep in one of your four bad locations you then only have the option to face one of your good directions within that location.  

It is never going to be possible to have the perfect configuration (unless you are building your own home and you have more control over the finished product) so the answer is to benefit as much as possible from what you can do and then get on with your life.  Being aware of Eight Mansions for the home, and knowing your good and bad directions based on your Kua number will definitely give you an advantage if you are house-hunting.  Taking along a standard western compass to determine the facing and sitting directions of a property, will definitely help you in your house search.  It will also allow you to find out whether the location of the master bedroom and the kitchen will benefit or restrict you.

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LynC

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