More about Feng Shui

So, you are at the prime stage of making your dream of a new house come true! And a bit confused about its proceedings. Feng Shui, a traditional Chinese technique related to architecture will assist with all the requisite details. As per Chinese, the Feng Shui is the 'feel' of a place either good or bad, and having the precise Feng Shui in their living place brings them tranquillity and prosperity as per their belief. Feng Shui aims to ensure that all things are in harmony with their surroundings. Feng Shui theory, today practiced throughout SouthEast Asia, is pertinent for providing proper guidance while constructing huge cities as well as for the interior designing of houses and offices. Feng Shui guides you from sorting out an apt land for a house or a factory or a business firm, till the arrangements of furniture and other interior settings in a building. Feng Shui also provides supervision for creating and setting gardens. Besides correct siting of buildings and the planning of their interior the Compass school of Feng Shui has even wider applications. A vital aspect of Feng Shui also concerns the question of the exact direction to take when setting out on a journey as well as determining favorable days and auspicious times. Literal translation of the term Feng Shui is 'Wind and Water'. These are affiliated to certain forces, called 'Chi', which means breath, air or current, through which Feng Shui functions. Each and everyone, while in a stable condition or in moving, is at the crossroads of the two sciences, Astrology and Feng Shui, i.e. on the twin influences of the heaven and the earth. While, astrology is the study of celestial influences revealed by the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, Feng Shui is the study of both the beneficial and inauspicious influences of the Earth. When you are inactive, the influences of Feng Shui on you will continue to be steady, whilst astrological influences will fluctuate according to the changes in the celestial bodies. But when you are travelling, changes will come to the Feng Shui pattern also. And for ascertaining that the heavenly bodies and earth are in harmony, time and direction must be known. For this the time is calculated by the calendar, direction by the compass and the comparison between time and direction by the Lo P'an or grid plate, the Chinese Feng Shui instrument. It helps a geomancer (Feng Shui consultant) to establish the balance between astrological and Feng Shui forces. If a new house is being built or if you are moving into an empty house, it is worth looking at the various relevant factors in the light of the quality of their Feng Shui, like location of the living room, bed room, kitchen, study room, dining room and even the bathroom. As each individual is subject to the twin influences, heavenly influences revealed through Astrology and earthly effects as shown by Feng Shui, there are some areas where these two sciences congregate. So a geomancer or a Feng Shui master will often take into consideration his clients horoscope also, by which he will be able to identify the accurate directions and orientations which are more favorable. As per the Chinese tradition, the head of the household will be the breadwinner and sole authority in a home, so the Feng Shui for the whole household will be planned according to the horoscope of this central figure. The geomancer, basing his calculations on the date of birth for the head of the household, will use the Lo P'an to determine what the functions of each room in a house should be. Post-revolutionary period of China is considered to be free from all 'superstitious' beliefs, a category into which Feng Shui too falls. Still, the Chinese people have been increasingly relying on this science. Experts from Hong Kong make frequent visits to People's Republic of China for providing advises on furnishing and decorating the houses, shops and factories. With the aid of their astrological knowledge they also predict auspicious times for weddings and funerals. Feng Shui theory declares for you the fortunate locations and placing, either for your house or a building for your new undertaking.