Contents at a Glance
Part 1: Let’s Get into Feng Shui
Understand the difference between authentic and faux schools of feng shui. Learn how this ancient art and science can help you improve your health, wealth, and relationships.
2 Western Intellectual Heritage and the Holy Grail
How we have become a culture of separatist thinkers and how we are becoming a culture of unified reformers.
3 The Great Wall of Knowledge and the Rise of Feng Shui
China’s reverence for nature gives rise to feng shui.
Identifying and understanding the underlying essence of all things.
Part 2: The Fundamental Principles of Feng Shui
5 The Principle of Yin and Yang
Separate, but together, yin and yang express the movement and transformation of all things.
6 The Principle of the Five Phases
The qi expressions of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood enhance favorable qi and remedy unfavorable qi.
7 The Principle of the Eight Trigrams
The yin and yang lines combine to produce eight trigrams associated with the eight directions of the compass, the five phases, familial relations, and parts of the body.
Your year of birth and gender determine to which trigram you belong. Called your ming gua, it describes your innate personality.
Part 3: Understanding Your Environment
9 Turtles, Tigers, and Dragons, Oh My: Evaluating Your Environment
How celestial deities became terrestrial landforms that influence your health and livelihood. Roadways and river courses are evaluated.
10 Home Sweet Home: Evaluating Your House and Its Surroundings
Recognize internal and external factors that may influence how you sleep, think, and feel. Bed and desk positions are evaluated.
Part 4: Feng Shui Mechanics
The history behind the number-based system: The Hetu (Before Heaven) and Luoshu (After Heaven) maps and their significance to feng shui.
Use a compass to determine to which of the 24 mountains your dwelling corresponds.
Learn about the Chinese concept of time. Determine to which 20-year period of time your dwelling corresponds.
Create a numeric qi map of your dwelling by flying the stars (numbers).
The numeric qi distribution determines whether your house may belong to four special types.
Analyze a Flying Star chart. Learn how the position of the stars (numbers), their inherent nature, timeliness, and the number it’s combined with influences your well-being.
Fly the annual star. Learn how the yearly influence affects your health and financial outlook.
Part 5: Practical Application
18 Apartment Hunting We Will Go
Follow a single woman searching for an apartment that inspires romance.
19 Home Is Where the Hearth Is
A split-level home is evaluated.
20 Does Your Office Measure Up?
Will harmony replace discord?
Part 6: Fate or Free Will: What’s Your Destiny?
21 Introducing the Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
Learn your animal sign! Learn how to determine who’s your friend and who’s your foe.
22 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 1
Learn how this method of Chinese astrology can forecast your fate. Construct your life chart comprising the year, month, day, and hour pillars using a computer program.
23 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 2
Examine the stars that rule your destiny. Understand your life’s purpose.
24 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 3
Discover the strength of your chart.
25 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 4
What are your lucky colors, careers, and environments?
What kind of mate best suits you?
26 The Four Pillars of Destiny, Part 5
Understand how your 10-year and yearly luck pillars impact your destiny.
Appendixes
B Common Questions and Practical Answers
D Chinese Periods and Dynasties
E Learn More About Taking a Proper Compass Reading Using the 24 Mountains