:: Feng Shui

Often misunderstood and trivialized in the West, Feng Shui is a cultural belief with a rich and fascinating history, which has traversed the ages, across thousands of years.  Throughout history Feng Shui principles have guided wars, shaped powerful political decisions, structured the building of palaces and set the rules for the burying of emperors. Literally translated it means “Wind and Water”, traditionally believed to be the two most powerful energies in the universe and has had a profound influence on the evolution and history of China. To this day Feng Shui plays a very prominent role in every day Chinese culture.
The aim of Feng Shui is to enhance both human harmony and prosperity by balancing the five elements Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth.

The use of modern design solutions to balance the elements was discussed with the Grand Master, who agreed this would not compromise the authenticity or integrity of the art.

The Four Pillars are the Hour, Day, Month and Year of your birth, and this is deemed your blue print for life.  It is from these that you can derive favourable and unfavourable elements, colours and shapes, energy imbalance, periods of change and the direction, which will be the most auspicious, periods of good and bad luck as well as any clashes, which need to be remedied.  This is but a snap shot of the information to be read from your Four Pillars.   

Four Pillars analysis is an integral part of Feng Shui as the energies of the elements have varying effects on the people living or working in an environment.   Feng Shui analysis on the home is not complete with out carrying out a Four Pillars analysis on all who live in it.  In the case of Business or the corporate environment the analysis of the owner/ CEO, is needed, as it is their prosperity that will influence the company.

We do not forget your fury friends, as they to have their own four pillars, so long as you know where and when they were born.

:: I Ching

I Ching is an ancient system of divination or fortune telling, practised for thousands of years.  The system studied though Grand Master Lo is used by professional fortune-tellers in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The roots of I Ching are in the invention of the yin and yang trigram over 4000 years B.C. by Fu-Hsi know as the father of  Chinese Tai Chai and it has developed and evolved through out the millennia.

I Ching involves composing a hexagram of yin (- -) and yang ( - ) lines by the throwing of 3 ancient Chinese coins.   The resultant hexagram is then analysed to derive the answer to a question, posed before the coins are thrown.  This question must be precise and to the point and can be on any subject from the success of a contract signing to the results of a football match.

The basis of I Ching lies in the interaction of the five elements found with in the hexagram. It is a complex and fascinating subject.