Toilet

In China, toilets are placed outside the house and are one of the sources of fertilizer used in agriculture. This arrangement still exists even in the '90s. In the traditional Form School of Feng Shui there are not many taboos as to the placement of the toilet.

Here we will provide you with the updated version on the placement of toilets in a house. The two adages of Feng Shui are used extensively here. These are: 'As above, so below' and 'As in front, so behind.'

The water closet, being the source of yin chi, belongs to the water element. It has a flushing action and is the receptacle that handles human excrements. Its placement can affect the health of family members.

When a water closet is placed on top of a dining table, the chi emitted by the water closet has an unhealthy effect on the food served on this table. This will affect the fortune of anyone who is seated directly under it. The cure is to relocate the dining table out of range of the water closet.

In Feng Shui, the stove symbolizes family wealth and its element is fire. The primary purpose for people to strive is to feed their families. This is in turn translated into the food cooked and supplied on the dining table. A water closet placed on top of a stove is not only unhealthy but also endangers the family fortune because the water chi emitted by the toilet puts out the fire chi of the stove.

The sleeper on the bed below the water closet is always sickly and unlucky. The remedy is to relocate the bed.

One of the reasons for a sleeper suffering from insomnia, is having a water closet placed behind the bed. The flushing energy pattern is formed, hence the auric field of the sleeper will be disturbed. The cure is to relocate the bed.

For the same reason as in the placement of the staircase, toilets or water closets to be more precise should not be placed in the Northern section of a house as this will unfavorably affect the fortune and health of the family.

Water closet in the Northwest will diminish the status of the master of the house making him ineffective. This will affect the harmony within the family.

In the preceeding chapter we have learned that the center of the house belongs to the element earth, a toilet being placed here will be the source of conflicting energies in the family; as earth is the nemesis of water.