Guides

Water governs wealth is the number one iron rule in feng shui. A complete guide to fish tank and aquarium position taboos (never in the bedroom, kitchen, behind the sofa, or under a deity altar), fish species and quantity rules (goldfish, koi, arowana, flowerhorn — their meanings, and the auspicious numbers 1, 6, 8, 9), fish-free indoor water ornaments (feng shui wheels, water bonsai) placement, and daily fish tank maintenance with water change frequency.

A full breakdown of the Four Sacred Animals formula (left Azure Dragon, right White Tiger, front Vermilion Bird, back Black Tortoise). Learn the ideal forms, height rules, how to read auspicious and inauspicious signs, and how to interpret the buildings around you as guardian hills in the modern city.

The spot is where the dragon vein stops and living qi gathers. Learn the four basic spot forms (nest, pincer, breast, mound), simple spot-picking methods, how to judge a spot field, and the logic behind commercial center locations in the city.

Water method is the heavyweight of Luantou feng shui. Learn why incoming water should have an open Heaven's Gate and outgoing water needs a shut Earth's Door, how to spot Jade Belt water (auspicious) vs Reverse Bow water (inauspicious), and the city conversion rule: roads are virtual water.

The Pixiu is the number one wealth-attracting mythical beast in feng shui. It feeds on treasure and has no anus — meaning money comes in but never leaves. A full guide to the Pixiu's legend and symbolism, material choices (jade Pixiu, copper Pixiu, obsidian Pixiu), placement direction (head facing out to gather wealth), the necessity and methods of consecration, and five daily care taboos. Facing it the wrong way doesn't attract wealth — it leaks it.

The conversion rules between traditional Luantou and the modern city: high-rises are mountains, roads are water, interchanges are water mouths, parks are Bright Halls. A full breakdown of common urban sha (Sky Gap Sha, Wall Blade Sha, Reverse Bow Road, Road Charge) — their Luantou roots and how to spot them.

The bathroom is the yang zhai's source of waste affliction. Detailed breakdown of the three major bathroom location taboos (center palace = foul Qi radiates through the whole home, northwest qian position = male owner harmed, due south li position = fire and water clash). The six-step dark bathroom (windowless bathroom) fix plan. Bathroom door facing taboos (don't face the front door, don't face the kitchen, don't face a bedroom, don't face a bed). Daily maintenance to move the bathroom from demerit to neutral.

The bedroom is the yang zhai's most important Qi-nourishing space. Detailed breakdown of the twelve bed placement taboos (facing the door, facing a mirror, beam above the bed, headboard without support, headboard against a window, headboard against a bathroom wall, clutter under the bed, pendant light above the bed, bed facing a sharp corner, bed facing an AC vent, bed facing a TV, two beds facing each other). Master bedroom feng shui priority and layout principles. Special feng shui requirements for children's rooms and elderly rooms.

Complete guide to East Four Houses and West Four Houses in Eight Mansions feng shui — East Four Houses (Kan, Li, Zhen, Xun) characteristics, Five Element attributes, suitable occupants, and typical floor plan features. West Four Houses (Qian, Kun, Gen, Dui) characteristics and matching strategies. How to quickly determine a house's trigram (sitting direction method vs door direction method compared). Five adjustment plans for life-house mismatch (East Four Life in West Four House or vice versa), covering comprehensive rescue strategies without changing the sitting direction or front door.

Combined application guide for Eight Mansions feng shui and Xuan Kong annual Flying Stars — Eight Mansions provides the static directional luck base map, Flying Stars provide the dynamic annual energy overlay. Master the four-quadrant judgment framework: lucky direction + lucky star = double boost, lucky direction + unlucky star = lucky with hidden risk, unlucky direction + lucky star = respite in danger, unlucky direction + unlucky star = evacuate. Includes quick recognition of the nine annual Flying Stars, annual star layout reference, and 12 common Eight Mansions + Flying Star overlay combinations with response strategies.

The ultimate Eight Mansions door position guide — how the front door's direction (by the Eight Trigrams) affects the entire house's luck, reference tables for the best and worst door positions for all eight house trigrams, three rescue plans when the door sits on an unlucky direction (entryway airflow redirection, Five Element affliction remedy, door angle micro-adjustment), plus the full door system: building entry door, unit door, and interior doors. The door is the Qi inlet. Door position determines 60% of the home's overall Qi luck.

Complete breakdown of the Eight Mansions Four Lucky Directions — Sheng Qi (the number one career and wealth direction) with directional calculation, Five Element attributes, best functional uses, and layout taboos. Yan Nian (marriage and relationships) with positioning and activation tips. Tian Yi (health and recovery) with Five Element matching and dos-and-donts. Fu Wei (stability and foundation) with activation strategies to prevent stagnation. Includes the Great Wandering Star chant, quick-reference tables for all eight house trigrams, and layout case studies.

Complete breakdown of the Eight Mansions Four Unlucky Directions — Jue Ming (the most dangerous direction) with directional identification, Five Element clash mechanism, absolute no-gos, and the only correct way to use it. Wu Gui (gossip, lawsuits, and fire danger) with Five Element roots and Metal-based remedies. Liu Sha (romance affliction and relationship disputes) with activation threshold control and different approaches for married vs single. Huo Hai (chronic drain and petty quarrels) with heavy-element suppression. Core message: don't leave unlucky directions empty waiting for trouble — use them, but use them by the rules.

Practical application guide for Eight Mansions feng shui in modern city apartments — how to accurately determine the sitting direction of high-rise apartments (whole building vs individual unit, pros and cons of each method), coordination and conflict handling between building entry door direction and unit door direction, the Five Element attributes of floor numbers and matching rules with Eight Mansions life trigrams, adjustment techniques for small apartments with missing corners (virtual fill method + furniture positioning method), plus Eight Mansions optimization thinking for renters who cannot modify rigid structures.

The kitchen is the yang zhai's wealth treasury and health source. Detailed breakdown of the three stove placement iron rules (back against solid wall, not facing the door, fire and water don't clash), the best kitchen location in the home (avoid the center, avoid the northwest, best in northeast or south), open kitchen feng shui problems (exposed wealth treasury, fire Qi diffusion, cooking fumes spread throughout the home) and their remedies.

A missing corner is one of the most serious hard defects in yang zhai feng shui. This article breaks down every direction by the Eight Trigrams: missing northwest (Qian position) affects the male household head, missing southwest (Kun position) affects the female household head, missing east (Zhen position) affects the eldest son — the family member, body organ, fortune symptoms, and Five Element remedy plan for each missing corner. Includes criteria for distinguishing missing corners from protruding corners.

Through-draft affliction is one of the most common hard defects in yang zhai feng shui. Front door lines up directly with back window or balcony door — Qi enters and exits without pausing. The occupants can't hold onto money and energy scatters. Detailed breakdown of the three forms of through-draft (door-to-window, door-to-door, window-to-window), comparison of three airflow-cutting methods (screens, plants, furniture), and how serious through-draft really is — when you must fix it, and when you can live with it.

The front door is the Qi mouth of the yang zhai. The first checkpoint of the entire home's luck. Detailed breakdown of front door facing direction selection principles, six external taboos (facing descending stairs, elevator, sharp corner, pillar, large tree, neighbor's door), five internal taboos, entryway design dimensions and material principles, and front door color matching with the Five Elements. Includes no-renovation remedy plans for renters and already-finished homes.

The internet is full of feng shui rules — half true, half nonsense. A mirror facing the bed causes divorce. A missing corner dooms the house. A bagua mirror blocks everything. Cacti ward off bad energy and radiation. Which of these hold up and which fall apart? This guide uses feng shui principles plus common sense to bust 9 of the most common myths.

Feng shui isn't anti-science. A lot of its rules align perfectly with modern architecture. This guide unpacks the science behind feng shui rules across five dimensions — sunlight, ventilation, traffic flow, noise, and humidity. Why south-facing works. Why the draft sha feels awful. Why a beam over your bed is oppressive. Your ancestors figured these out by observation. Modern science just gave them precise explanations.