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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, 3rd Edition

Author Elizabeth Moran , Master Joseph Yu
Release Date: 2005/03/01
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Considered the feng shui bible by classical practitioners and teachers, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui' has been updated to include more case stuides and feng shui readings to make the practical application of feng shui even more accessible; new chapters feature before and after photos of feng shi makeovers and explain Ming Gua; the Guardian Star that influences a person's character, and much more. One of the few Western books that focuses on classical feng shui, which is growing in popularity now that the topic has become more mainstream. Joseph Yu is one of only five world-renowned classical feng shui masters.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents at a Glance
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Part 1: Let’s Get into Feng Shui
    1. 1 What Is Feng Shui?
      1. The Feng Shui IQ Test
      2. What Feng Shui Is Not
      3. What Feng Shui Is
      4. Who Practices Feng Shui?
        1. Feng Shui’s Beginnings in the East
        2. Feng Shui Moves West
      5. Feng Shui and You
      6. What Do I Need to Practice Feng Shui?
      7. Twenty Ways to Benefit from Feng Shui
      8. Pinyin and Wade-Giles: Chinese Romanization
    2. 2 Western Intellectual Heritage and the Holy Grail
      1. Mind Power 101
        1. Twelve Percent of the Whole
        2. Faux Feng Shui and the Western Mind
      2. In Search of the Holy Grail
      3. United We Stand
        1. Scientific Holistic Theories
        2. Theoretical Holistic Theories
      4. Nature Speaks Mathematics, Too
        1. Fascinating Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio
        2. Other Profound Patterns
      5. A New World Vision for the Millennium
    3. 3 The Great Wall of Knowledge and the Rise of Feng Shui
      1. Made in China
      2. China’s Greater Nature
      3. Skywatcher for Hire
        1. The Art of Astrology
        2. The Science of Astronomy
      4. Confucianism and Daoism
        1. Experience Versus Experiment
        2. Reversal Is the Movement of the Dao
      5. Change Is in the Wind
        1. The Masked Origin of the Yijing
        2. Changing Patterns
      6. How Does Feng Shui Fit In?
        1. Neolithic Feng Shui
        2. The Form School of Feng Shui
        3. The Compass School of Feng Shui
      7. Feng Shui Today
    4. 4 Qi Wiz! It’s Life’s Force!
      1. What Is Qi?
      2. Qi Around the World
      3. Qi on the Move
      4. The Three Forces of Qi Energy
        1. Heaven Qi
        2. Earth Qi
        3. Human Qi
      5. Feeling Qi’s Power
        1. Sheng Qi
        2. Sha Qi
        3. Poison Arrow Qi
      6. The Holy Trinity, Chinese Style
  8. Part 2: The Fundamental Principles of Feng Shui
    1. 5 The Principle of Yin and Yang
      1. The Big Bang, Chinese Style
        1. The Nothing of Everything
        2. Yin: The Feminine Side
        3. Yang: The Masculine Side
        4. The Symbol of Taiji—Opposites Do Attract
      2. Which Way Is Up?
      3. Yin and Yang Culture Clash
        1. Western Yang
        2. Eastern Yin
      4. Yin and Yang and Feng Shui
    2. 6 The Principle of the Five Phases
      1. What Are the Five Phases?
      2. If It’s Fire, It Must Be Summer
      3. The Productive Cycle
      4. The Controlling Cycle
      5. The Weakening Cycle
      6. A Spoonful of Sugar
      7. Mirror, Mirror …
      8. The Five Phases of Buildings
      9. The Five Phases Quiz
    3. 7 The Principle of the Eight Trigrams
      1. Motion over Matter—Qi’s Pattern of Movement
      2. Eight Is Enough
      3. Meet the Bagua Family
      4. The Cyclic Pattern of the Bagua
      5. Patterns of Numbers
    4. 8 What’s Your Gua?
      1. Determining Your Gua
        1. Ming Gua Formula: Male
        2. Ming Gua Formula: Female
        3. The Ming Gua Quick Reference Chart
      2. Your Ming Gua Personality
        1. Gua 1 Water
        2. Gua 2 Earth
        3. Gua 3 Wood
        4. Gua 4 Wood
        5. Gua 6 Metal
        6. Gua 7 Metal
        7. Gua 8 Earth
        8. Gua 9 Fire
      3. Are You Compatible?
      4. The Eight Wandering Stars
      5. Changing Your Fortune
      6. Wandering Star Auspice
  9. Part 3: Understanding Your Environment
    1. 9 Turtles, Tigers, and Dragons, Oh My: Evaluating Your Environment
      1. Here a Totem, There a Totem
        1. Circus of the Stars
        2. Read All About It: Heaven Falls to Earth!
      2. In Search of the Dragon’s Lair
      3. Climb Every Mountain
        1. Have a Seat
        2. City Slickers
        3. Rolling on the River or Easing on Down the Road
    2. 10 Home Sweet Home: Evaluating Your House and Its Surroundings
      1. Church Bells and Power Poles
      2. Land Sakes Alive!
        1. Over Hill, Over Dale
        2. Lots of Plots
      3. House of Shapes
      4. A Grand Entrance
      5. Room for Improvement
        1. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
        2. Working Nine to Five
      6. Moving Day
  10. Part 4: Feng Shui Mechanics
    1. 11 The Flying Stars, Part 1
      1. What Is the Flying Star System?
      2. Ancient Beginnings
        1. The Hetu River Map
        2. The Luoshu Writing
        3. The Magic Square of Three
      3. The Nine Imperial Palaces
        1. Here’s to the Nines
        2. Feng Shui and Nine
    2. 12 The Flying Stars, Part 2
      1. Determine Your Home’s Sitting and Facing Directions
      2. Determine Your Apartment’s Facing Direction
      3. Using a Compass to Determine Your Dwelling’s Trigram
      4. Space: The 24 Mountains
        1. Do You Know Where Your House Is?
        2. The Luopan Charted
      5. Assembling a Simple Floor Plan
      6. Great Grids!
      7. A Pie Is Eight Slices
    3. 13 The Flying Stars, Part 3
      1. Time: Three Cycles and Nine Periods
      2. It’s All in the Numbers
        1. In Sync with Greater Nature
        2. The Attack on America
      3. A Number Is Worth a Thousand Words
        1. The Ruler Principle
        2. Wheel of Fortune
        3. In Sickness and in Health: The Timeliness of the Stars
      4. Hail Period 8
    4. 14 The Flying Stars, Part 4
      1. Oh, My Flying Stars!
      2. Constructing a Flying Star Chart
        1. Flying Forward, Flying Backward
        2. More Flying Forward, More Flying Backward
      3. Great Charts!
    5. 15 The Flying Stars, Part 5
      1. Yin and Yang, Mountain and Water
      2. Fortunate Mountain Fortunate Water
      3. Reversed Mountain and Water
      4. The Double Facing Star Chart
      5. The Double Sitting Star Chart
      6. Locked for Prosperity House
    6. 16 The Flying Stars, Part 6
      1. Understanding the Water, Mountain, and Time Stars
        1. The Water Star
        2. The Mountain Star
        3. The Time Star
      2. The Central Palace
      3. It’s All in the Stars: The Star Combination Chart
      4. A Simple Analysis
    7. 17 The Flying Stars, Part 7
      1. The Annual Star
      2. The Annual Star Chart
      3. Flying the Annual Star
      4. The Annual Star for 2006
      5. The Annual Star for 2007
      6. The Annual Star for 2008
  11. Part 5: Practical Application
    1. 18 Apartment Hunting We Will Go
      1. Doing Your Homework
      2. There’s No Place Like Home
      3. Eenie, Meenie, My Unit!
      4. The Analysis
    2. 19 Home Is Where the Hearth Is
      1. Divided We All
      2. Ward Family Dynamics
      3. Flying the Stars
    3. 20 Does Your Office Measure Up?
      1. Labor Pains
      2. First Things First
      3. Dui Have a Match?
      4. Won’t You Please Come In?
      5. Sitting Pretty
      6. Staff Dynamics
      7. A Means to an End
  12. Part 6: Fate or Free Will: What’s Your Destiny?
    1. 21 Introducing the Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
      1. What Is the Chinese Zodiac?
      2. Twelve Animals, Twelve Earthly Branches
      3. What’s Your Animal Sign?
      4. Who Are Your Friends?
      5. Who Are Your Foes?
      6. Good Year/Bad Year
      7. Personality Profiles
        1. The Industrious Rat
        2. The Methodical Ox
        3. The Unpredictable Tiger
        4. The Lucky Rabbit
        5. The Dynamic Dragon
        6. The Wise Snake
        7. The Independent Horse
        8. The Sensitive Sheep
        9. The Mischievous Monkey
        10. The Meticulous Rooster
        11. The Devoted Dog
        12. The Nurturing Pig
    2. 22 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 1
      1. How Free Is Free Will?
      2. Portending the Future
      3. What Are The Four Pillars of Destiny?
      4. Time, Chinese Style
        1. The Ten Heavenly Stems
        2. The Twelve Earthly Branches
        3. The Cycle of Sixty
      5. Calculating Your Four Pillars
      6. Princess Diana’s Four Pillars
    3. 23 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 2
      1. The All-Important Day-Master
      2. Day-Master Relations
      3. Star Cycles
      4. The Timeliness of Your Day-Master and the Stars
        1. Bill Clinton’s Star Chart
        2. Princess Diana’s Star Chart
      5. Your Life’s Purpose
      6. Star Relations
    4. 24 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 3
      1. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
        1. Princess Diana’s Garden
        2. Prince Charles’s Garden
      2. Strong or Weak Chart?
        1. The Strong Day-Master
        2. The Weak Day-Master
    5. 25 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 4
      1. The Phases of Our Lives
      2. Professional Phases
      3. The Actions of Phases
      4. The Royal Phases
      5. Phase Mates
    6. 26 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 5
      1. The Axiom of Luck
      2. Lucky You
      3. Wheel of Fortune
      4. Ronald Reagan’s Chart
      5. Prince William’s Chart
      6. It Was a Very Good Year
  13. A Glossary
    1. B Common Questions and Practical Answers
    2. C Learn More About Feng Shui
    3. D Chinese Periods and Dynasties
    4. E Learn More About Taking a Proper Compass Reading Using the 24 Mountains
    5. F Quick Reference Charts
  14. About the Authors
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