Feng shui, explained plainly
Feng shui traditions generally recommend cleaning the home thoroughly before anything is unpacked, choosing a date by one of several methods, and carrying certain items in before others — commonly rice, salt or bedding, depending on the school. None of this is a single fixed sequence; the schools disagree on emphasis and even on whether … Read more
A renter can change almost anything that isn’t structural: furniture position, lighting, textiles, plants, scent, storage, and what a visitor sees first on entering. A renter cannot change the building’s orientation, its fixed windows and doors, load-bearing walls, or a neighbour’s balcony. The tradition has more to say about the first category than most people … Read more
Feng shui does not treat a top-floor flat as good or bad in itself. Classical Form School reasoning is about exposure and shelter — a top floor has more light and less overlooking, but also more exposure to wind, heat and roof problems, and being at the top of a building is not the same … Read more
Feng shui traditions do not agree on a single answer. Form School and classical Compass School focus almost entirely on the building’s structure, orientation and surroundings, not on who lived there before. The BTB (Black Sect Tantric Buddhist) adaptation, more common in Western books, is the branch most likely to discuss “residual energy” from past … Read more
Look at the approach and entrance first (what the front door faces, whether the path to it is direct or obstructed), then daylight and airflow in the main rooms, then the layout — where the bed and the main seating can be placed so a person can see the door from them. These are the … Read more
Feng shui does not require ownership. Most of what the tradition asks for — furniture position, clutter, lighting, what’s on the walls — is movable, and renters can do all of it. What can’t be changed (a fixed door, a building’s orientation, a landlord’s no-drilling clause) is worked around, not fought, using placement, mirrors, plants … Read more
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