FAQs

Authentic feng shui is concerned with the relationship between buildings and occupants. By matching your energies to the energies of your home and workplace it is possible to achieve harmony in your home and in your life. To do this, it is necessary to know the dates of birth of you and your family so that you can choose a house, plot and location that harmonises with you/your family’s energies or modify your present situation to suit you better.

Authentic feng shui also helps you to understand the rhythms and cycles of energy which affect timing – an important aspect to getting things right in your life:

• When your energies are at their best/lowest
• Which seasons/years suit you better than others
• Unlucky energies for the year and how to avoid them
• When you can/cannot carry out works to certain areas of the home

In authentic feng shui terms, our health takes top priority followed by our relationships, and lastly, our wealth, so an authentic feng shui consultant’s priority is to tackle people’s health, relationships, and finances – in that order. Our health is our wealth; without it our quality of life is reduced, and the attitude of others towards us is adversely affected because our energies are poor. Good relationships promote friendship and family harmony in our lives, and the support of others brings us love, kindness and benevolence. If you have your health and good relationships, then it is easier for the wealth to follow.

An authentic feng shui consultant assesses the exterior and interior of a property and its occupants:

• The surrounding forms and landscape
• Taboos according to feng shui principles
• Date of construction of the property/moving-in date and occupants’ dates of birth
• The location of the property on its plot, and the shape and layout of the property/plot
• The direction it faces according to the way the occupants enter/exit the building
• The history of the land/its former use(s) and the history of the predecessor occupants
• The five factors in the home that impact most on the occupants
• Compass to read the building’s energy and diagnose what is happening in occupants’ lives
• Recommendations for changes that will bring about a more positive outcome

Within a short period of meeting with a client, without any prior knowledge of them and their family circumstances, and sometimes without physically visiting the property they live in, the authentic feng shui consultant should be able to:

• Accurately diagnose what has been going wrong for them regarding family, health, relationships, career, and finances
• Accurately diagnose what is not working well for them with the existing interior and what their needs are and how to prioritise them
• Correctly relate information to them specific to them and their family’s personalities, health, and the way they interact and communicate
• Offer logical explanations both in terms of feng shui and interior design as to why these events have occurred/problems exist
• Effectively communicate with them on their wavelength so they understand the suggested changes as well as the resulting benefits to them
• Suggest practical and aesthetically pleasing design solutions and offer simple suggestions for improving the health, wealth, happiness, and harmony of the whole household

During an authentic feng shui consultation the consultant should show empathy, discretion and understanding whilst dealing with people’s personal, private, and sensitive issues ranging from grief and loss to serious or terminal illness, bankruptcy and legal issues, divorce, and family breakdown.

Although it is mostly women who book these services, surprisingly it is their husbands/partners, even if initially sceptical, who listen most closely and respond most enthusiastically to the advice – whether it is for authentic feng shui or feng shui interior design services. Almost immediately, it is the men who begin the process of deciding how to action the recommendations or implement the solutions before the women have even had a chance to process the information. The process involves:

1. In-depth authentic feng shui (astrological) analysis of an individual using their birthdate to build a profile of them, as well as chart the birthdates of their significant others (such as a partner, children, family members or in the case of a business the boss and staff) to establish what works best for them. This analysis results in the following data:

• Personality, characteristics, best career options, etc.
• The forecast for the coming years and best timing for when to do things
• Their weakest organ and how to best manage their health
• The way they interact with others and who they get along with best
• How they communicate and their most productive time of the day
• Best directions and what suits best (shape of headboard, type of house, etc.)
• Their magic number

2. In-depth diagnosis of issues/potential issues and solutions/recommendations (yin yang balance and energy alignment) to establish how to balance, correct and match their energies with other people’s energies within the marriage/partnership, family or team, to reduce stress/anxiety and increase well-being which in turn leads to better health, as well as aiming for optimal results in the following areas:

• Health – food/cooking/nutrition, stress/anxiety/depression, detoxing/sleep/exercise
• Relationships – managing relationships, good communication, improving marriage and family harmony
• Finances – reducing money worries, managing budgets, creating more opportunities
• Career or business – how to inspire and motivate, and maximise potential and possibility (brand, passion/brilliance, talents/gifts)
• Luck which can be more powerful than wealth – generating positivity, improving luck, creating abundance, changing up karma, space clearing and cleansing

3. In-depth analysis of the authentic feng shui energies of the surrounding forms and landscape and the plot that the building is situated on (based on geoscience)

• Establish where the problems are which influence serious ill health, financial loss or instability, and discord
• Establish where the opportunities are which lead to prosperity, luck, opportunity, good health for occupants
• Establish where the support is which is required for relationships and ventures to succeed
• Establish how to shore up and prevent the good from seeping away
• Establish how to capture certain beneficial energies as this will directly affect finances
• Establish the orientation involved, where prevailing weather comes from, health of nature in the region (arable land/clean water/fresh air), and the human history

4. In-depth analysis of the authentic feng shui energies for the current year (time and space dynamics) – this affects everyone no matter their birthdate or the type of house they live in

• Primary area of the house not to decorate or stimulate the energies in this year, nor sit with your back to that direction for the entire year or will result in accidents, mishaps, illness, setbacks, nastiness
• Secondary area of the house not to decorate or stimulate the energies in this year, nor sit with your back to that direction for the entire year or this will cause similar problems (accidents, mishaps, illness, setbacks, nastiness, and disaster)
• Tertiary area in which a certain energy moves into every year for the entire year, and these malign energies should not be stimulated, or they will cause problems for the occupants (accidents, mishaps, illness, setbacks, nastiness, confrontations, arguments and legal matters)
• The characteristics of the current year and how this affects the way the year will go and the way it affects the individual or family or staff members
• The element relating to the current year which will affect the element of the individual or family or staff members by being supportive, destructive, neutral, reductive, or rewarding

5. In-depth analysis and walkabout of the exterior and interior of the home or business premises to establish how to balance, correct and match the occupants’/staffs’ energies with the buildings they live and work in for optimal health, harmony, and wealth:

• Dealing with the presence of major taboos directly impacting the occupants’ health, harmony and wealth (e.g. cooker opposite sink – fire and water are opposed so this creates serious discord within a partnership and family)
• Design suggestions for how to remove, correct or minimise major taboos and lesser taboos (e.g. softening sharp exposed corners)
• Design suggestions for better layouts, furnishings, colours, etc. to create a positive, calm, and supportive environment and the specification of natural alternatives and budget-friendly options where possible
• Determining who is the boss and who is the breadwinner and ensuring their needs are prioritised
• Best location and alignment for doors
• Best location and alignment for cooker
• Best location and alignment for beds
• Best location and alignment for desks
• Impact of toilets on the health and wealth of the household and how to minimise or remove this loss
• Balancing the energies of the spaces to cleanse, detox, optimise and maximise them

When we are born, we are given a unique personal identity by Mother Nature. Our date of birth gives us certain information about ourselves and our loved ones, and we can make use of this information to help us to live well and better manage our health, well-being, and relationships – throughout our lives. Your date of birth can tell you the following:

Your Animal Sign

Each animal sign in the Chinese year moulds the personality and characteristics of those born in that year, as well as that year’s course of events. Everyone is born under an animal sign according to their year of birth in the Chinese calendar. There are twelve animal signs in the Chinese zodiac, one for each year, which runs in a twelve-year cycle. Each animal has a certain set of characteristics that affects the personality and behaviour of a person born under that animal sign. The twelve animals are the rat, ox/buffalo, tiger, cat/rabbit/hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat/sheep, monkey, rooster/chicken, dog, and pig. Some signs get along well together, whilst others may find it difficult to tolerate one another’s company!

Your Reigning Element

Everyone has a single reigning element from the five elements, i.e. earth, metal, water, wood or fire. The five elements influence people’s characteristics, the way they interact with others, their energy type, and their tolerance levels in the company of others, as well as affecting how they should decorate their home, the type of house they should live in and the location in which they should live. Some people belong to an element that benefits our element so we feel supported by them, whilst other people may belong to an element that harms our element, so our energies are depleted by them. There is also a season that best suits your element i.e. when your energies are at their best.

Your Kua Number

Everyone has a Kua (magic) number, and these numbers range from 1 to 9. The numbers are applicable depending on your year of birth and whether you are male or female. Your number relates directly to your health (weakest organ), your form of communication (group), and the energies nature gave you (best and worst directions).

Your Communication Group

Everyone belongs to one of two communication groups, one group being east and the other west. East group people and west group people find it easier to communicate with others of the same group as themselves. This is because when a person belonging to, say the east group, says something to a person belonging to, say the west group, the west group person misunderstands because they are on two entirely different wavelengths. In turn, this has an adverse effect on our relationships and our ability to relate to certain people. As we spend so much of our time communicating, we need to learn how to better communicate using all the tools available to us.

Your Weakest Organ

Everyone has a weakest organ, which is the organ that takes the greatest impact of negative energies from our surroundings, and/or a poor diet and lifestyle, and/or stress. To better manage and look after our health, we should monitor our weakest organ for signs of impending illness and avoid things that will aggravate or negatively affect those organs. For instance, if our lungs are our weakest organ, then we should avoid smoking, and if our liver is our weakest organ, we should avoid excessive alcohol consumption.

Your Best & Worst Directions

Everyone has a set of four best and worst directions, depending on the communication group they belong to. Our best directions are ones we should face or sectors we should occupy within our homes to get the maximum positive energy from our surroundings. Our worst directions should be avoided to minimise any negative impact on our us and our lives.