astrology
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The Five Helpers and the Five Hinderers
The Five Elements : Earth, Fire , Water, Metal, Wood Obviously if you are one element type and your partner or children are another type or types, there will e times when you get along and times when you dont’t. Each of the elements has a cycle whereby it is said to help or hinder the other elements. These cycles are shown on the diagram opposite.
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The Five Elements Characteristics and Directions
Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth. Your Element type is likely to influence your choice of home and the direction in which it faces. Fire Direction: Fire types like to live in south-facing homes and should use reds and oranges as main colors in decoration and dress. Characteristic: Adventurer, loves change, hates boredom, and should avoid heat.
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Feng Shui: The Eight Remedies
The Eight Remedies : LIGHT, COLOR, SOUND, LIFE, MOVEMENT, FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS, STILLNESS, STRAIGHT LINES Obviously, if ch’i energy is flowing badly or has become unhealthy, it needs to be corrected. The eight remedies are light, sound, color, life, movement, functional objects (tools), stilness, and straight lines. Light Light includes mirrors to deflect bad ch’i, and candles to warm cold ch’i.
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Feng Shui:The Four Compass Directions
The Four Compass Directions : East, South, East, North The four compass directions are very important in feng shui. Each has its own characteristics and it is important to know them – and in which direction your house faces – to understand what is happening to the energy reaching you. West West is an area of unpredictability, even danger. It contains warfare and potential violence. West’s color white, its element is metal, and its animals are dog, rooster, and monkey. Its season is the fall, and the ch’i from the west is unpredictable.
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The philosophy of Yin and Yang
Practical Feng Shui : Yin and Yang In Taoist philosophy everything in the universe is either yin or yang – or a combination of both. It is believed that, from the Great Cosmos, energy, was generated that give birth to the heavens – yang – and the earth – yin. Ch’i flows from yang to yin. The universe is in a state of constant change as that energy is altered from matter = yin = o spirit = yang – and back again.
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The Rules of Ch'i
Practical Feng Shui The flow of energy is dependent on a number of things , and the way it flows varies, too. Ch’i has certain likes and dislikes, and if we want it to flow well, we are advised to prepare the groundwork first. If we don’t, the ch’i can stagnate, become too fast, become too dull or lethargic, or simply turn into sha, which brings ill-health and bad luck.