Since the concept of Feng Shui is associated with spaces that are natural and organic, it would be easy to assume that synthetic materials or representations of real things might be a feng shui no-no. Plants: There is a popular notion that dried flower arrangements and dead plants or branches can drag down the energy and are considered “bad feng shui.” This notion has been hyped quite a bit and I am not sure how big a deal this really is. That said, I have had very few clients, out of thousands, who decorated their homes abundantly with dried flowers or petrified wood. Related– are fake plant ..read more

There are different Schools of Feng Shui and different approaches even in the same Schools.  Some remedies are rather “mechanical,” such as when we add the elements (Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal) to an area. This is achieved through calculation, combining the year built, or annual influences, with the orientation of the structure. Other remedies might emphasize mystical or esoteric practices which do not have an obvious Space-Time component to them. For more than 30 years, there have also been New Age versions of Feng Shui, created to satisfy those desires for ritual and transcendental ..read more

In the design world, the ceiling is called  the “5th Wall.” The ceiling can be interesting architecturally in a number of ways with beams, slopes, texture and lighting. Some of these architectural features are not great from a Feng Shui standpoint, such as exposed beams or sloped ceilings.  But context is king as it does matter if the exposed beams are in a bedroom or a living room. How much time a person spends under the beams can influence how seriously we take them. If a ceiling is oppressively low, that can be another deal breaker when choosing whether or not to live like that ..read more

As the saying goes, “if I were a betting man,” or if I was trying to make a killing in the stock market, I would invest in the makers of Ozempic. It’s 2024 and I’m hearing Big Pharma whistleblowers speak about the long range plan for pharmaceutical companies to get half the population on Ozempic, including children. Not for diabetes control, but for weight loss. And if we look at “trends” in other areas of our modern lives, I would also speculate that a great low maintenance, passive business to get in on is owning Public Storage.  Why? Because more and more people have more possessions ..read more

Many women hang onto clothes that don’t fit them, sometimes even for decades. There is a reluctance to admit these clothes don’t fit and they are seen as an “investment” which might get used again one day.  Women, in particular, don’t know whether getting rid of the clothes that are too small will be liberating or defeating. If a woman feels like she is now officially admitting to herself that she cannot and will not lose weight, pruning through the clothes could be a depressing activity. If this is the main reason for keeping clothes that you have not worn in years, it’s a special circum ..read more

When we think about the current world condition and wars emerging, we can wonder if very large regions, even whole countries, can suffer from bad feng shui.  Is it the land? The structures? Or is it the collective bad luck of the people? And what is bad luck?  One definition of bad luck: wrong place/wrong time. The answer is that all three components: land, structures, and people can have forces working against them, as well as other features that are known to us and other features not yet known. For example, locations in the world that have more consistently extreme weather or clim ..read more

Much of the time, the information I deliver about the Feng Shui of a home has to do with the interior space and how it impacts the occupant. As an example: how your bedroom affects you since you sleep there one third of your life.  As well, there can be nearby exterior features which influence you and the energy inside. An example: the higher land level across the street, which is called a “virtual mountain.”  That outside feature may be good, bad or neutral for your own home. To a certain extent, your home will affect your neighbors, in the same way that their property could affect ..read more

After doing a significant number of 2024 annual update reports, the questions started rolling in and many of them have been about outside mountain and water recommendations for Period 9. My explanations were not detailed enough for some, so this article serves as an addendum.  Period 9 starts in 2024 and continues for 20 years until 2044. Each of the Periods lasts for 20 years. Each Period has good, bad, and neutral areas for outside water and mountain. The point in doing the mountain remedy is to enhance the health and relationships of the occupants. The goal in placing water in the idea ..read more

This calendar begins in the left-hand column with the month of February. It includes January 2025 as the last far-right column because the Feng Shui New Year always begins around February 4th, give or take a day and no more.  It is not the same as the Lunar calendar. The Feng Shui calendar is a Solar-based calendar. Each day has one of the twelve Chinese Zodiac signs attached to it.  For example, we can see that February 1st is a Sheep Day and May 1st is an Ox day.  The 12 Chinese zodiac signs repeat, in the same order, every 12 days. Highlighted in yellow are the days which ar ..read more

Those familiar with my style of Feng Shui consulting know that I use Form School, Flying Star School, and aspects of the Eight Mansion School that I find practical, and not in contradiction to the Flying Star School.  One of those reasons is because the Flying Star School takes into account timing, such as when a house was built, the changing yearly cycles and the changing big 20-year Cycles, called Periods. Since 2023, I have been writing articles and informing clients about the significant things which will change in Period 9 (2024-2044) and that includes the use of outside water featu ..read more