Introduction to Feng Shui
5.2.1 The Feng Shui Diagram and Chart (Thompson)
- This diagram has South to the top of the page
- Considered a proper orientation for dwellings; primary Eastern compass point
- Yin-Yang in center:
- Dark portion (light star) to West, light portion (dark moon) to East
Ba-gua Wheel layout and correlations
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- East, health & well-being, Wood/green, Spring/birth, Dawn
- Indoors: dining area, kitchen, plants, family portaits
- Outdoors: flowing streams, fish poinds, trees, parking
- Southeast, Money, Wood/green, Early Summer/youth, 11:00 AM
- Indoors: leafy plants, coins, pictures of money
- Outdoors: fish ponds, parking
- South, Fame, Fire/red, Summer/adulthood, High Noon
- Indoors: trophies, awards, pictures of self, triangular objects, lights, heat
- Outdoors: ponds, lakes
- Southwest, Good Spouse, Earth/yellow, brown, earth colors, Indian Summer/middle age, 3:00 PM
- Indoors: wedding photos, romantic objects
- Outdoors: fish ponds
- West, Children and family, Metal/gray, silver, white, metallic colors, Fall/advanced age, Sunset
- Indoors: toys, family photos, trophies and awards, crystals and stones
- Outdoors: low hills, rocks, roads, garage, no pools or ponds
- Northwest, Travel and Friends, Metal/Blue and black, Late Fall/old age, 8:00 PM
- Indoors: photos of angels or other helpful spirits and friends
- Outdoors: rocks, fish ponds, parking (not good for staircases)
- North, Business, Water/black, Winter/hibernation, Death/sleep, Midnight
- Indoors: desk, telephone, computer
- Outdoors, hills, rocks, trees
- Northeast, Knowledge, Earth/brown, yellow, earth colors, Early spring/prenatal, 2:00 AM
- Indoors: books, papers, files, study and office equipment
Element Associations chart
- Wood
- Creates Fire, controls Earth, reduces Water
- Shape is rectangle, direction is East, season is Spring, color is Green
- Climate is Wind, taste is Sour, emotion is Anger, sound is Shouting
- Sense is Sight, energy is Psychic, virtue is Kindness
- Fire
- Creates Earth, controls Metal, reduces Wood
- Shape is Triangle, direction is South, season is Summer, color is Red
- Climate is Heat, taste is Bitter, emotion is Joy, sound is Laughing
- Sense is Taste, energy is Directory, virtue is Humility
- Earth
- Creates Metal, controls Water, reduces Fire
- Shape is Square, direction is Center, season is Pause, color is Yellow
- Climate is Humid, taste is Sweet, emotion is Sympathy, sound is Singing
- Sense is Touch, energy is Primal, virtue is Trust
- Metal
- Creates Water, controls Wood, reduces Earth
- Shape is Round, direction is West, season is Autumn, color is White
- Climate is Dry, taste is Hot, emotion is Grief, sound is Weeping
- Sense is Smell, energy is Physical, virtue is Integrity
- Water
- Creates Wood, controls Fire, reduces Metal
- Shape is Wavy, direction is North, season is Winter, color is Black
- Climate is Cold, taste is Salty, emotion is Fear, sound is Groaning
- Sense is Hearing, energy is Creative, virtue is Wisdom
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