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most importantly work on those aspect that you can work on, upgrade your skillset and mindset, choose to mix around with positive and good people.

Yes, luck of course play a very important part. 一命,二运,三风水,四积功德,五读书,六名,七相,八敬神,九交贵人,十养生 First one and two is destiny and Luck, there is nothing you can do about these 2. Which family you are born in which country. Even someone with the same BAZI born in different country will have different scale in terms of fortune and mis fortune. This is determined by past karma. However there are other things you can do to affect your life 3 - feng shui - improving the environment you work or stay in. these energies has direct impact on the quality of your life. The weird thing is that people in a good luck period, randomly choose a house, will be more likely to choose one that has good feng shui. while one that is in bad luck will likely to choose one that is bad feng shui. People that are in good luck will be more likely to meet a good fengshui master too. while one that is in a bad luck period will meet a lousy master. 4 - cause and effect - everything you do has a cause and effect or karma.... there is nothing right or wrong, just the consequences that comes with it. you are responsible for your actions 5- education - whether you are educated, or upgrade yourself by learning or reading books, these have direct impact on your life too. 6- name - your name to a certain degree will have some impact to your life 7-face - how you look will have a impact on your life too. e.g nice looking people may have more previlages, while if nice looking girls during war time may not be a good thing. 8- religon - this i dont need to say much, your religion will determind your beliefs which will affect your life. 9- benefector - who you meet, who you choose to mix around with, whether u meet people who help you, whether you want to meet them. these will change you 10 - health - ur health determind your quality of life too.

Empty Vase It is not advisable to put empty vase around your house. if it is empty, it is better to cover the opening Because during certain months or energy changes and if it interact with the energy, it may sometimes cause scandals issues or arguments.

Empty vase, any one has big empty vase at displayed home? do you know what is the effect?

Some times it is hard to say, some people unfortunately wealth sector falls in the toilet area. In ancient china, toilet is a really dirty place and most of the time place a distance from the home. If your toilet is dirty, it is better to close the door. Take note, do not get a house where toilet is at the centre area of the house, woman will find it difficult to concieve.

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spit stone... must see doctor....(sorry..just joking... cant resist...)

total number of bulbs avoid 2 and 5

bright is better then dark, but color and number of bulb do matters, avoid 2 or 5 bulbs.

yes, that is the most important and fundamental, house must be kept need and tidy. because if house is untidy and dirty, if good energy comes it will be minimized, if bad energy comes, it will be amplified.

i checked and it doesent really matter if sofa is not supported by wall. so dont worry too much.

No I dont know who is Mr Chong

I realise there are questions comming in, i just want to clarify somethings. i am not a feng shui master, i am a feng shui practitioner. I learn and practice feng shui and are currently training under a master. I try my best to answer those questions that i know, those that i dont, i will try to check with the feng shui master who is my teacher. the reason why i am posting tips is because, i seen many people encounter "feng shui master" that give bad advise. and the school of feng shui they use are questionable. and i am very against feng shui master that insist people buy their special product to counter bad feng shui. all feng shui originated in ancient times from yi jing. in ancient times most of these feng shui items do not exists. during the tang dynasty, feng shui was at its peak, many people from all over the world wanted to learn feng shui. as feng shui is something that the imperial family value greatly and do not want common folks to aquire the skills. So fake fengshui were taught. (mainly half true half fake). ended up now there are many bad feng shui schools and theory that does not work. I am trying my best to educate people on what is real and what is fake with my posts. i have posted earlier in the tread the litmus test for feng shui master, there are some things you need to look for in a FSM before engaging them. 1) ask which school of feng shui are they using and when it orginated. if they cant even tell you that, better not engage them. 2) check if they carry alot of products. because, most likely you will end up having to buy them 3) if the feng shui master cannot predict what happen in your house in the past, based on the chart, most likely they cannot tell you want is likely to happen in the future. and i dont think they will be able to give you good advise. 4) if you are paying good money, make sure the feng shui master come personally and not send an assistant to come and take compass reading. from my experience, taking compass reading itself is an important skills. because nowadays houses are build with steel re-enforced in concrete, it will affect the small little compass needle. not to mention the electronics equipment that cause electromatic interferance, like ur TV, computer, fridge, even watches that the "masters" are wearing. taking reading under covered areas or near substation or cars will also affect readings. any mistake will result in the wrong chart calulated and the wrong advise given!!!! take not of this!!! 5) some "FSM" or assistant will take the reading and come back another day for analysis. it is better to engage a master that can tell you on the spot what is the advise and remedy required. you do not want someone to have to go back and refer to their books.... I have engaged several feng shui masters for my own home and non of them can deliver the results. It caused me much fustrations and also money, as i had to buy feng shui product. Just as i was about to give up, I was introduced to a feng shui master, only upon the last one, things change significantly. My bad business become good, i became president of one of the business club, i also started another new profitable business. relationship at home become great and my dad mysterious skin problem disappearred, best of all i dont need to buy those feng shui items. The last master professionalism and passion inspired me to learn about fengshui. I hope my passion for sharing has not offended anyone.

I have not encounter this problem before, let me try to check for you.

first of all, i dont know if you put your water feature at the right place. will need to take compass reading and plot the chart to determine. assuming you put it at the right place, and the water feature support wealth, the plants being wood element will weaken the water. different elements when put together will interact with each other.

depends on wheather you get a good or lousy feng shui master. hahaha

Plants and wood elements As i mention in earlier post, in period 8, wealth element is 8,9 and 1 in the flying star 8 = earth 9= fire 1 = water Wood attack earth (bad for wealth) wood support fire (good for wealth) Wood weaken water (bad for wealth) if there is wealth element 8 or 1, if you put plants or wood elements there it is bad for wealth, it will minimize it there is only a 33.333% that you put them in the right place. so it is still safer not to have too much plants or wood elements, inside or outside house. especially outside. sometimes there is no choice, most furniture is made of wood. but plants are stronger energy. wooden wind chime is stong wood energy. if you realise that you hang one at your window and it affects your wealth negatively, my advise is to take it down. it is not easy to use wood elements. dead/dried flowers or plants are very bad for fengshui

Any one interested to know about Plants and its effect on Feng Shui

Unscrupulous Feng Shui "Master" Some people wants to buy a new house, so they get FSM to check the feng shui of the new place to see if it is good. You have to be careful when the FSM start to recommend another place which is not the house you find yourself. I have heard a few cases of this happening, the FSM keep saying that the house the buyer found is no good, and recommend them some other houses instead and said that the feng shui is very good. Some of this Unscrupulous FSM has some tie up with property agents and get a good commisson for doing so. So please becareful! Make sure you get a reliable FSM. GrandPaPa

Symbolic Feng Shui In Traditional Feng Shui, it is independent of religon, it has to to with time and space and the flow of Qi. Using the basics of forms and elements to provide remedy or enhancement. The basic elements are metal, wood, water,fire,earth. There are colors associated with each element, and also shapes, and of cos its basic elements, e.g metallic objects or white color are metal element, real water or blue and black is water element. Symbolic Feng Shui is something I would call new age feng shui. I gives people alot of conveniences and most people would prefer so call quick fix solution Placing an item here and there it will bring wealth. Placing an item here and there it will suppress bad energies. But does it necessary work? Most master that recommend buying of items will state generically everyone's house. south must put this item, north must put that item, east must put that item and so on.... The thing about fengshui is that every house has its unique energy flow and energy chart, based on the surrounding and also the direction of the house facing, whether which window and doors are use more often and also the layout of the house, the decorations in terms of colors and elements, the time the house was completed or when was the major renovation and many other factors... With so many factors, how can a real feng shui master say that every house is generic? everyone can place certain items in certain directions? the remedy for each house will be different because everyhouse is unique. In traditional feng shui, only basic elements are necessary for remedy. you can read some feng shui classic to know this is true. in ancient times, many of these feng shui items do not exists. You will ask, then why are there so many "FSM" recommending feng shui items then? as you know, a traditional feng shui master that practice classical fengshui will not sell feng shui items, their income is limited by the amount of clients they can serve, and there is a limit on how much they can make my giving consultation. If a FSM started to sell feng shui items he will make more money, in order to reach out to a mass market, they will say everyone's house is generic just need to buy this set of items to fix your house. And of couse every season there will be different set of items you need to buy, if not how they make more money out of you? I believe symbolic items will help people make alot of money, only to the people that sells them. Some people will argue that, yes, i put this item and i suddenly got alot of better luck, better business. how is it so? Symbolic feng shui items are made of different material and colors. There is a 50% chance of placing the right material or right color at the place that needed them. as for how is what is the symolic items, it is not so important. One thing to note, different animals do have a different elements associated with it too. The other thing is , do not underestimate the power of your own intention. If you say, oh i bought this expensive lucky wealth thingy, it is going to bring me more business. you may be creating your own believe system, making your self more confident and optimistic started to meet more clients and in the end did achieve better business. the same effect if someone give you a piece of ordinary rock and tell you, it will bring you luck, and you started believing it. It is harmless, placing some nice looking symbolic items in your house, sometimes, if it looks good, you feels good too. But you dont need to spend a few hundred dollars for some plastic or glass items.... that is a too much. some people will say that their items are blessed and stuffs, well for that, it is really difficult to proof as it is going into the spiritual area with is beyong feng shui. ask yourself if you are ready to deal with this spiritual stuffs or spirits in your house....usually "FSM" that sells symbolic items will tell you it is blessed by them or some master, if not how they mark up the price many times, else you can get it from the wholesaler at a much cheaper rate. after reading this article, some people will disagree and still continue to buy symbolic items, that is because people still want a quick fix solution that they think will solve their problems fast, others has aready developed a believe system and habits, and old habits are hard to get rid.... so if you need to get a fix on your addictions, there are wholesalers along race course road that sell feng shui items at wholesaler price. at least you dont get con to buy items that are mark up so many times. GrandPaPa

Will anyone be keen if I will talk about placing of symbolic items e.g. animals, crystals. And its effect or no effects on fengshui.

Bells and wind chimes I realise some people like to put metallic bells and wind chimes at the door, so that when people open the door they will know. especially for shops. you will need to be very careful of metallic bells and chimes. sounds from them are strong metal elements. although it is very effective in weakening bad energies like 5 yellow that causes bad and negative things to happen. It may affect your wealth if put wrongly. first of all from now till 2023 the wealth elements from flying stars are 8,9,1 which is earth, fire and water. if you understand how elements react to each other, metal attacks earth 8 (weaken 8) fire 9 attacks metal ( 9 becomes weaker) metal produce water 1 ( 1 become stronger) if your door is capturing wealth star 8 and 9, having a metallic bell in front will weaken your wealth !!! However if you house is having wealth star 1 then it might be good to have. If after putting the bell and realising your business become worse, the best thing is to take it down. Please let me know if you like the tips, then I will write more. GrandPaPa

Water feature Many people think that having water feature or aquarium will bring wealth into the house, that is only half true (half false). Where to put water feature is very important, if that sector is a bad sector it will actually activate disharmony, illness, scandal and other bad things. But if you put it at the right place it will bring wealth. It is better to seek professional advice before you decide where to place the water feature. But then again... there are so many lousy Feng shui master out there...maybe its better not to seek their advice...haha Some things to take note, 1) Keep the water clean!! Dirty water dont bring wealth and dirty water if place at bad sector will multiple more bad things!! 2)The size of the feature must be propotional to your house or room. Feng Shui is about balance, if the balance is upset, doesnt matter if you put it at the right place. 3) Loud water flowing/gushing sound is unfavorable to family cohesion, do not think that water sound means good for wealth. 4) You will also need to know if that area needs Yin or Yang water. If that area need moving water, placing a tank with one fighting fish does not help. 5) Of all places, DO NOT put water feature in North sector this year until 4 FEB 2010, illness and all bad things will be activated, if you dont belive, you can always put it there and share your experience here. haha GrandPaPa

Ask if he is able to predict pass events that happened in the house based on the house chart he calculated. If he cant do something basic as that... we will not be able to give you recommendation on feng shui to help in the future events.

one more thing. real and classical feng shui do not mix religon with feng shui.