Book 69 - Household Feng-Shui

In general, feng-shui practinioners regard the northeast and the southwest as "ghost door" positions. Doors are therefore never installed at these two positions.

The front door should be installed in an orientation compatible with the birth magnetic orientation of the head of the household. Doors are "chi entrances," and main doors are "major chi entrances." For people living in modern apartment buildings, the main entrance on the ground floor is the "major chi entrance," while the entryway to their apartment is a "minor chi entrance."

Just as a person's mouth can have a great impact on one's life, a house's front door plays a critical role in dictating the lifeline of the house. There is a common Chinese saying that "via the mouth, illnesses find their way in (through unhealthy eating habits) and disasters find their way out (through unwise words).

Some geomancers hold the following opinions:

• A front door facing east is most appropriate for businesses or commercial properties because east is associated with the rising sun and vitality.
  
• A front door facing south benefits politicians, religious beads and industrialists. Historically, Chinese emperors built their palaces overlooking their subjects to the south. Nevertheless, my opinion is that one should avoid positioning the front door facing east or south if one's magnetic birth orientation happens to be incompatible with facing east or facing south.

A student had once asked the question, should a front door be positioned in the middle, on the dragon (left) side, or on the tiger (right) side?

"You have asked a question that hits upon my secret to the positioning of front doors!" I replied.

When Taoist Master Ch' ing Chen taught me The Secrets of Earth Magic, he explained that the positioning of the front door should be determined by the flow of "shui-shen" for "water spirit" [watercourse]. This is a great feng-shui secret!

Middle door - middle front door should be constructed if "water spirit" chi accumulates in front of the house. This would be the case if, for example, the front of the house faced a lake or ocean. Also, when building a house upon flat ground, where the land is without hils or sloping gradients, a middle front door is appropriate.

Dragon door - When "water spirit" flows from the tiger side to the dragon side, a dragon door is appropriate. That is, if, from the inside of the house looking out, land to the right is more elevated than land to the left and the watercourse flows from right to left, the house should have a dragon door.

Tiger door - When "water spirit" flows from the dragon side to the tiger side, when the left side of the land is more elevated than the right and water flows from left to right, the house should have a tiger door.

This simple secret to the positioning of front doors is priceless. A door positioned according to this principle will have an ample supply of "water spirit" chi, the chi that brings money. This chi will flow naturally through the "chi entrance" into the house, filling it with wealth.

I once helped a businessman reposition his company building's front door. Upon such a locale, the building should have had a dragon door but had a tiger door instead. He had reached a nadir in his business ventures, and despite great effort, was unable to solicit any new orders. Employees were working inefficiently and business had virtually come to a halt. After the rearrangement of his front door, the reception of "water spirit" chi into the building led to the company's complete turn around. The first business transaction immediately after the repositioning was a success, and everyone's spirits lifted. Business began to flourish and employee confidence greatly improved.

Thus, the prime factor determining whether a middle, dragon, or tiger door should be installed is the directional flow of "water spirit" and the best positioning of the front door to receive this chi.

Another student asked, "What can be done when the front door's position is incompatible with one's magnetic birth orientation??

"One can re-position the doorframe," I replied.

By re-positioning the doorframe, its orientation also changes. One can even re-orient the frame by a ninety-degree turn. All architects know how to design and re-orient doorframes, and by doing so, the orientation of the whole house is not changed, only the direction faced by the front door.

Another student asked, "What if a house should have a dragon door but has a tiger door instead? A bedroom is located on the dragon side making the creation of a dragon door there practically impossible. What then should be done?"

Taoist Master Ch' ing Chen has taught me the following remedy for such a situation: a feng-shui practitioner can place a stone tablet (or rock) on a selected spot so that the "water spirit" chi, when flowing from the tiger side to the dragon side, collides with the stone tablet and is rerouted towards the tiger door.

Master Ch' ing Chen used the game of billiards to illustrate this secret method. To send a billiard ball into a pocket, one must utilize the "rebound" force from another ball. When using this feng-shui approach, the "water spirit" chi strike against the stone tablet which redirects the chi into the house.

Locating the site for the positioning of the stone tablet, however, requires the expertise of a true geomancer. For the stone tablet to be efficacious as an enhancer of benevolent energy, it should also be installed using appropriate Taoist rituals and prayers.

My methodology for deriving an auspicious orientation for a front door is based on the theory that each of the twelve Earthly Branches is associated with a birth magnetic orientation. Each birth magnetic orientation, in turn, has its own compatible orientations. In deciding whether a door should be installed in the middle, to the left, or to the right, I rely on the directional flow of water spirit chi. An understanding of these two methods, the principal tools in door positioning, is knowledge that any geomancer must possess.

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