Book 69 - Household
Feng-Shui
- Book 69: Household Feng-Shui
- Chapter 04 : Avoiding Living on Odd Shaped Lots
- Written by : Master Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by : Janny Chow
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What are odd shaped lots? Odd shaped lots are incomplete of fractional
lots. In terms of the five elements:
- Round shaped lots are associated with metal.
- Rectangular lots are associtated with wood.
- Broom or irregularly shaped lots are associated with water.
- Triangular lots are associated with fire.
- Square lots are associated with earth.
In urban areas, most odd shaped lots are triangular or irregularly
shaped, and neither is suitable for residence.
It is difficult to design floor plans for triangular shaped houses,
and the disorderly and asymmetrical pattern of irregularly shaped
houses also poses problems to the design of a harmonious floor plan.
In selecting lots, one should avoid odd shaped lots, even though
they may be cheaper. These lots invite noxious chi, and people living
in them are gradually subjected to noxious influences and may develop
"fragmentation." A comparison may be made between the
shape of a house and that of a human being. An incomplete lot is
analogous to a person with missing or deformed limbs and facial
features.

A triangular lot with one of its apexes positioned in the front
invites "huo-sha" [noxious fire energy], and its two sides,
the left and the right, invite "feng-sha" [noxious wind
energy]. An irregularly shaped house, due to the presence of too
many angles, invite harm to oneself or others. Therefore, in purchasing
a lot to build a home, one should look for a square, rectangle,
or circle and stay away from odd shaped lots. An odd shaped lot
may be considered for the construction of commercial buildings,
as long as no one lives there.

A common element shared by most odd shaped lots is the presence
of one or more protruding features. Protruding features are associated
with extremely strong energy forces, and inhabitants who live for
a long time in such houses come under these influences and become
extreme in their presonalities. The magnitic or subtle energy field
of such sites is "strong and chaotic" and may also increase
the risk of accidents for the inhabitants.
People living in houses with strong magnetic forces do not experience
peacfulness. If it is a commercial building, such as a bank, hospital,
supermarket, or department store, (where there is a great deal of
foot traffic), then a strong magnetic force might actually be beneficial.
An expert feng-shui master would know the method to divert the excessively
strong energy in an auspicious direction and thus bring more business
to the merchants.
On the other hand, if the excessively strong magnetic force of
an odd shaped lot is not directed in an auspicious direction, the
strong force will attract scoundrels with ill intentions resulting
in bank robberies, medical disputes, burglaries, and frauds, which
are most abhorred by businesses. A "dynamic force of vitality"
indicated auspiciousness. In contrast, the occurence of crimes such
as arson, murder, rape, and lascivious behaviors at such properties
is an indication of the presence of noxious energy.
If the strong subtle energy can be guided in an auspicious direction,
it will result in a "dynamic vitality." If it is led,
instead, in an inauspicious direction, it will result in horrible
crimes. An expert feng-shui master would be someone with the knowledge
to direct the earth chi.
I performed a feng-shui reading for a family whose house was built
on an odd shaped lot. When I met them, the family was extremely
down on its luck. The inhabitants had already been involved in five
different car accidents, some of which were quite serious. Also,
every member of the household displayed some kind of neurotic behavior.
I noted that these harmful effects were caused by the triangular
shaped house in which they lived.
The family members had hot tempers and were easily provoked to
anger. The owner and his wife quarreled daily, and their children
were involved in gang activities. Such extreme behavior develops
over time from the influence of noxious wind energy from the two
sides of the triangle. The house was built upon a triangular lot
formed by intersecting roads.
I noticed that the bedrooms were all pointed in the front and wide
at the rear, due to the constraints of the house shape. I told the
owner, "Your daughters will become men's mistresses."
"Master Lian-sheng, your psychic reading is extremely correct."
"It is not from my psychic reading. When one's bedroom is
lopsided, one, of course, cannot become a legal wife but only someone's
mistress," I responded. The owner's two daughters, who were
quite beautiful, had both fallen in love with married men. Besides
their involvement with gang members, they seemed especially attracted
to married men.
"What is there to do?" The owner was quite sad.
"Do not continue to live on an odd shaped lot. It is better
to move. Find a nice, quite house somewhere else and convert this
house into a shop. This would benefit both you and the house."
I, Living Buddha Lian-sheng, believe it is best to stay away from
odd shaped lots because they possess both the characteristics of
"fluidity" and "extremeness" which embody violence
and chaos. Whenever such lots are used for commercial buildings,
an expert feng-shui master should be consulted to ensure the proper
guiding of the "chaotic chi" in an auspicious direction.
If the "chaotic chi" is not carefully handled, it may
bring violence instead of harmony. Such noxious disharmony can be
extremely fierce. Just the thought of such upheavals is enough to
make one shudder.
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