| In today's society where most people are living in an | | | | directly at the house. As a rule of thumb, it is also not |
| urban jungle, it is becoming more difficult to find a | | | | advisable to live in close proximity to places like: |
| house with good feng shui. If we were to look around | | | | 1) Power transmitter tower, telecommunication station |
| our surroundings, we will notice that we are living in an | | | | and satellite disc |
| environment that is surrounded by lots of man made | | | | 2) Police station and military camp |
| sha qi. | | | | 3) Hospital, mortuary, crematorium and casket |
| To assess the feng shui of a property, one must study | | | | 4) Overhead expressway and train tracks |
| the effect of the environmental energies namely, the | | | | 5) T-junction, Y junction, cross road junction |
| external and internal environment. The external | | | | 6) Places of worship |
| environment refers to the surrounding environment or | | | | 7) Cemetery |
| the topography of the neighbourhood such as the | | | | 8) Industrial park |
| buildings, roads, seasonal wind directions, water | | | | Roads and highways are like the arteries of the terrain |
| features, landscapes, vegetation, shape and qi of the | | | | that carries the qi to each house. The flow of qi from |
| land. In the internal environment, feng shui focuses on | | | | the road is viewed to have the same effect as a river. |
| the physical structure of the property such as the | | | | Houses that is located near to a busy road or the |
| outlook, shape, layout, the orientation of the main door, | | | | airport will tends to feel the ground vibration from the |
| the interior décor, the location of the bedrooms, | | | | fast moving traffic or low flying aircraft. These |
| kitchen and toilets. | | | | vibrations will cause the house to tremble, thereby, |
| In the eyes of feng shui, negative energies from the | | | | giving a psychological effect that the house is |
| surrounding environment is far more potent than the | | | | collapsing. A long-term exposure to such high intensity |
| orientation, design or layout of the house. Not all forms | | | | of air and noise pollution will undoubtedly affect one's |
| of feng shui sha qi can be cured with the use of feng | | | | rest, mood, health and destiny. |
| shui placement. In the event where a house is | | | | Here are some useful guidelines to evaluate the |
| threatened by strong environmental sha qi, it would be | | | | effects of destructive road patterns: |
| best to look for a new place to move instead of using | | | | 1) Avoid a house that is facing a T-Junction, Y-Junction |
| feng shui to fight with the forces of nature. For | | | | or dead end road. The onrushing qi from the vehicles |
| instance, if the house is situated next to a power | | | | will affect the health and luck of the occupants. |
| transmitter, it would be very difficult to apply feng shui | | | | 2) Avoid a house that is facing a destructive knife like |
| cure to neutralize the electromagnetic energy that is | | | | road or train track, which tends to bring misfortunes |
| being emitted by the high tension cables. | | | | such as accidents, health problems and financial woes. |
| If a homebuyer has decided on a potential property | | | | 3) Avoid choosing an apartment that is situated directly |
| one should walk around the compound to study the | | | | above the entrance to the basement carpark. The |
| topography of the neighbourhood and to assess the | | | | constant movement of cars beneath the house will |
| nature of sha qi that is present in the surrounding | | | | weaken the foundation of the house, thereby, affecting |
| environment. By observing the greenery and health of | | | | the health and luck of the occupants. |
| the surrounding vegetation, it should give a fairly good | | | | 4) Avoid choosing a house that is overlooking the |
| indication about the qi of the property. | | | | multi-storey carpark. The headlights from the moving |
| Avoid buying a house that has hostile hills (such as | | | | cars will tends to shine into the house, which will in turn |
| protruding rocks) or harmful structures that is pointing | | | | affect one's concentration, mood and luck. |