North East - Education Luck

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The northeast is an earth element corner. Activate this corner for education luck.

The powerful qi of the northeast brings excellent examination results, scholastic honors and scholarships. In addition, by using the kua formula, determine the person most auspicious direction in which he/she will face when studying or sitting.

Crystal

Energize this corner with crystals is the most powerful manifestation of earth energy, Natural crystal are better. It is good to invest a single ended-natural crystal for the person who wants to activate the education luck.

When selecting one, first cleanse it by soaking in sea or rock salt solution for seven days and seven night. Place it on the northeast part of the table which the person will be studing or underneath the pillow where the person is sleeping. It also can be taken to the exams to bring luck for the examinations. Keep the crystal wrapped with silk or velvet when not in use.

Crystal Globe

Place a crystal globe on a table in the northeast corner of the person's bedroom activate education luck.

*It is not good to have bright lights in the northeast because they exhaust the qi of the corner.

South East - Wealth And Prosperity

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Location: South East
Element: Small Wood
Season: Spring
Colour: Green
Trigram: Sun

The southeast is a place of wood element. It signifies income levels. If you wish to attract increased earnings, activate and energize this corner of your home or office.

Plants
Plants in southeast will magnify growth of qi for the home. Blossoming of flowers and plants suggest blossoming good fortune. When plants and flowers stop blooming, you must get a fresh supply.

Waterfall
The best way to activate money luck is to construct a small waterfall and keep the waters moving with fish, tortoises and water pumps. Landscape it with healthy plants and flowers. Waterfall especially six levels of falls are powerful in attracting prosperity.

*It is not good to have bright lights in the southeast because they will exhaust the qi of the corner.

Five Elements Of Feng Shui or Wu Xing

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In traditional Chinese philosophy, natural phenomena can be classified into the Wu Xing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), or the Five Phases, usually translated as five elements, five movements or five steps.

Note that the five elements are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device for systems with 5 stages; hence the preferred translation of "Phase" over "Element".

The elements are:

- metal (Chinese: 金, pinyin: jīn, ) ("金" mostly means "gold".)
- wood (Chinese: 木, pinyin: mù)
- water (Chinese: 水, pinyin: shuǐ)
- fire (Chinese: 火, pinyin: huǒ), and
- earth (Chinese: 土, pinyin: tǔ, ).

The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. It was employed as a device in many fields of early Chinese thought, including seemingly disparate fields such as geomancy or Feng shui, astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy and martial arts.

Five elements are shown by the following diagram:


Cycles

The above diagram doctrine of five phases describes two Cycles of Balance, a generating or productive (生, shēng) cycle and an overcoming or destructive (克/剋, kè) cycle of interactions between the phases.

Generating / Productive Cycle

In Productive cycle, each element produces the next element in complete harmony.

- Fire creates Earth
- Earth bears Metal
- Metal carries Water
- Water nourishes Wood
- Wood nourishes fire

Overcoming / Destructive cycle

The destructive cycle shows the ongoing process of destruction of elements.

- Wood breaks up Earth
- Earth absorbs Water
- Water puts out Fire
- Fire melts Metal
- Metal chop down Wood.

Exhautive cycle and Clashing Cycle

There are also 2 other cycle that also play an important part of feng shui analysis
The Exhautive Cycle (Calming Cycle) is the reverse of the Productive Cycle.
The Clashing Cycle (Draining Cycle) is the opposite of the Destructive Cycle.

what is feng shui?

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Feng shui (traditional Chinese: 風水; simplified Chinese: 风水; pinyin: fēng shuǐ; pronounced / fung-shway or sometimes / fung-shwee in English) is an ancient Chinese practice believed to utilize the Laws of both heaven (astronomy) and earth (geography) to help one improve life by receiving positive Qi. The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu (traditional Chinese: 堪輿; simplified Chinese: 堪舆; pinyin: kānyú; literally: heaven and earth).

The words 'feng shui' literally translate as "wind-water"in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the following passage of the Zhangshu (Book of Burial) by Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty.

Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water.

Many modern enthusiasts claim that feng shui is the practice of arranging objects (such as furniture) to help people achieve their goals. More traditionally, feng shui is important in choosing a place to live and finding a burial site, along with agricultural planning.

Proponents claim that feng shui has an effect on health, wealth and personal relationships. Critics consider it a pseudoscience, even sorcery.

What feng shui can do for you?

The energy flowing through the home relates to its atmosphere. How many times have you walked into a dark house and found it cold and uninviting, while a bright and sunny room makes you welcome? Feng shui make the alternation of such atmosphere to create a harmoious living so that there an undistured atmosphere which can cause upsets, arguements and unhappiness.

Once you appreciate the principles of feng shui, you will begin to understand how it can improve your life. By manipulating the flow of energy, moving furniture into more auspicious space, employing cures to offset negative influence, you can change your home into a lighter, more harmonious place to live and bring opportunities, happiness and joy into your life.