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