History of the Plot

The basic principles of Yang Feng Shui are:

• To preserve the beneficial chi (intrinsic energy or Life Force) of a site,

• How to bring in good chi from the outside into your place,

• How to chart the energy grid of the house to achieve a balanced and harmonious distribution of chi that can have a beneficial effect on the occupants. This will foster harmonious interaction between them.

It will also promote good health, increasing their efficiency in whatever endeavor they set out to achieve, thus improving the family fortune.

All Chinese esoteric studies evolved from the Principle of Yin and Yang or the Principle of Polarity. Yin pertains to female, darkness, dead, steady and water and yang pertains to male, light, living, moving and fire. It is the interaction of these two energies that creates the Universe.

In Yang Feng Shui or Feng Shui for the Living, the predominance of the yang chi is of utmost importance, as it brings "life and activity" to a place.

So the first item in our Feng Shui checklist is to know the history of the plot. We should avoid a place that used to be the former site of:

• A hospital for it holds the frequency or energy of the sick and the dead,

• A funeral parlor for the energy of grief still hangs around it,

• A cemetery which could cause haunting,

• A slaughter house for it holds the energy of fright and despair,

• A temple or a church for the energy of the spiritual world is yin and incidents of ghostly manifestations are very likely to occur and

• A police station where the energy of suffering and anxiety prevail.

All of the above "carry or hold' the negative or yin chi that was associated and generated by the previous activities of the place. This yin chi can adversely affect the health and fortune of the occupants.

It is also not advisable to immediately build a structure on a property that was burned to the ground, as whatever energy pattern was associated with the plot was destroyed by the fire. To rectify or resurrect the energy pattern of the plot one has to remove one meter of the top soil and replace it with new filling from a 'good' source that does not hold negative chi.

For those living near an earthquake belt, it is not a bad idea to check with the local geodetic authority regarding the location of fault lines. This is to avoid selecting a property that sits on a fault line as this could spell disaster to the occupants whenever an earthquake occurs.

Before embarking on our Feng Shui 'tour', there are some basic precepts of Feng Shui you should be acquainted with in order to appreciate the art.