What is Feng Shui?
Learn A Little About The Ancient Art of Feng Shui 
And Get To Know Anthea Appel, Feng Shui Consultant

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In a nutshell, what is Feng Shui?

In a nutshell?  That’s 4,000 years of history you’re talking about!  OK.  If you haven’t heard by now, Feng Shui is to live in harmony with your environment so that the energy surrounding you works for you, and not against you.  It’s not a religion and it’s not magic.  It’s not interior design.  Some may say it’s a philosophy, but others will insist it’s a science that is calculated by mathematics and specific methodology. 

The original name for Feng Shui is Kan Yu, which means, “Raise your head and observe the sky above.  Lower your head and observe the earth around us.”  This tells us to pause and study the natural and man-built environment.  It is also a reminder that man is part of the Three Harmonies: Heaven, Man and Earth (Man is in the center as the connection between Heaven and Earth).

Feng shui is not exclusive to China.  You will find similar geomancy sciences in India (Vastu Shastra), Vietnam (phong thuy), Japan, Hawaii, Indonesia, and Thailand (hong sui ). 

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I studied feng shui at the BTB/GEO’s (Geomancy Education Organization) three years professional course under the teachings of three distinguished feng shui experts: Barry Gordan, Steven Post (author of The Modern Book of Feng Shui), and Edgar Sung (author of several Chinese astrology books).   

I have also studied the Xuan Kong method of feng shui with the American Feng Shui Institute, founded by Master Larry Sang.  Xuan Kong is better known as the “Nine Palace Floating Stars”.  It is a nine number system that derives its mathematics from the I-Ching.

I believe in picking as many brains as possible to study this fascinating topic.  To quote Lillian Too:  “It would be unwise to disregard any school of Feng Shui.  A true Master can blend the strengths of all the schools”. 

 

What Does A Consultation Consist Of?

A feng shui consultation is an individual study, which is customized to the client’s needs.   I will analyze the exterior, interior, directions, colors, forms, the Five Elements and architectural characteristics of the site.  

For the individual, a life reading is done using physiognomy, palmistry and Chinese astrology.  This enables me to analyze and adjust the Five Elements that make-up your destiny and how they influence your personality, your health, and the “path” on your journey through life. 

 

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How can something like feng shui improve your luck, fix 
your marriage, make you rich?  Isn’t it just superstition?    

In the past few years, feng shui has become popular in the West.  Bookstores carry more and more titles on the subject.  On TV, I’ve seen life insurance commercials alluding to feng shui.  Even Cosmopolitian magazine had an article on it.  And, when you read:  “Place a pair of Mandarin ducks in your love area, or, put 9 gold fish in your wealth area”, I can see how it can sound like superstition and folklore.  Whoever tells you that’s all there is to feng shui, doesn’t understand the history or the concept of this ancient art.  

The ancient Chinese believe in 3 forms of luck, called: Tien Ti Ren, or, Heaven Luck, Man Luck and Earth Luck.  Heaven Luck is beyond our control.  You could say it's what the stars have in store for us.  Man Luck is whether we learn our lessons in life, or just continue to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.  Whether you call this karma or not, you do have control over it.  Earth Luck is feng shui, and that is also in our control!  For example: Let’s say you want to be a multi-millionaire, but your astrological chart says this is not your fate. By changing your Man Luck (karma) through education, good deeds and charity and then your Earth Luck, through feng shui adjustments, instead of becoming a multi-millionaire, you’ll just have to settle for being very wealthy.   

I have studied Black Sect feng shui , which uses metaphysical, as well as, practical methods to adjust chi in our environment.  They teach that feng shui works on two levels: sying and yi. Sying involves the tangible and external element, which are the things that you can see and feel, such as, landforms and building shapes.  And, that yi, when translated means, “wish” or “will”, involves the intangible or intuitive aspects of feng shui.  This would entail meditation, visualization, mudras, sutras and rituals.           

 At the other end of the spectrum, I have studied with feng shui Masters that are adamant against using superstition, religion or mysticism in their practice. They teach that feng shui is a science and an art which uses calculations and methodology to analyze a site.  They look at how chi is influenced by time and space.

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