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Here is an easy formula to determine what trigram belongs to any person. For a man, you subtract the last two digits of his year of birth from 100, and then divide by nine. We ignore the answer, but use the remainder to determine the person‘s trigram. If there is no remainder the person is [...]

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Every home can be divided into eight areas determined by the pa-kua directions and the way the home sits. Four of these areas are good locations, while the other four are bad. For instance, in a Tui home, which sits west and faces east, the west, southwest, northeast and northwest are considered positive directions. The [...]

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Finding the Aspirations When finding the aspirations, the pa-kua is placed in position with K’an parallel to the front door. (For this method, we totally ignore the compass directions.) Once this is done, you will see which parts of your home represent different aspirations. You may find, for instance, that Sun, representing prosperity, is in [...]

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In addition to determining positive and negative directions the pa-kua can also be used to find the aspirations that we all have. Most people want to be rich, happy, successful and appreciated. We also want to love and be loved in return. The aspirations of the pa-kua represent all of these things.

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Everyone wants to be successful in his or her chosen career. Novels about wealth and power sell well, allowing us all to vicariously experience the joys of being rich and influential. Not everyone wants to become a millionaire, but we all want to be a little bit more successful than we already are. With feng [...]

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Bamboo, or other types of wooden wind chimes work best in the east (family) and southeast (wealth) sectors of your home. Wooden wind chimes placed here will help your family life and prosperity. (One word of warning: never place metal wind chimes in the east or southeast sectors of your home. This is because metal [...]

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Cut flowers brighten up the appearance of rooms and create good ch‘i, especially if they are colorful. This is another good reason to send plants or flowers to a sick friend. There are five flowers that are especially beneficial for feng shui purposes. The most important of these is the peony, which is considered to [...]

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Shars, or negative ch‘i, are caused by a wide variety of occurrences, and we have already covered most of these. Remedies are often very simple. Erecting a fence or hedge to eliminate a shar coming from the house across the road is a simple solution. Once the shar is hidden from view, it can no [...]

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The true dragon has nine sons, each of whom has a different appearance and possesses different attributes and powers. Described in some of the older Chinese classics, few people today are familiar with them. These sons of dragons traditionally appeared on bells, temple rooftops, palaces, and swords and express the nine distinct applications of the [...]

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There are wealth deities in many of the eastern traditions. The Koreans and Thais have their wealth Buddhas. The Tibetans have their five Jambhala wealth gods. Chinese Taoists regard the Eight Immortals as beings whose presence in the home either on paintings or on decorative items is believed to be most auspicious. But the most [...]

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