FENG – SHUI
FENG – SHUI
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 A metal House
This is based on crescent shapes. A metal house is associated with money, so should be ideal for those who dabble in the markets, or for traders and business-minded people. All houses are influenced by 20-year cycles: rising good fortune followed by descending poor performance. For the inhabitants of the metal house, the rise in good fortune can be speedy during its 20-year span of prosperity, but after this there will be a marked downward trend and the house will have to be adjusted to counteract these affects.Â
A water house
 A house with numerous bays will, like the ebb and flow of the water, experience regular changes in fortunes - good to annoying and back again. Such inconsistency offers little promise of financial security while its influences are allowed to prevail.
A wood house
The long or rectangular-shaped house is stoic and reliable. Most houses benefit from this elemental association.
 A fire house
A house influenced by the fire element will involve triangular shapes as part of its design, as in some chalet-style houses with very pointed eaves. As the flames of a fire leap up and down, so the health and financial situation of the family in a triangular house will fluctuate,
An earth house
Similar to the wood house, the square house offers security and stability.
You’re Birth Year
Sometimes the arrangement of a house may be very favourable for one occupant but not as favourable for the others. To maximise the positive elements of the situation and minimise the negative ones, organism your home according to your birth year, following the simple tables and pie charts in this chapter.
In this way you can determine which room directions are most appropriate for each individual and allocate these rooms as their bedrooms. Then Feng Shui the rest of the house in favour of the main breadwinner
 Choosing the ideal site for your home
The pie charts on the following pages will show you how to choose the ideal position for your home and how the main rooms should be allocated to the individuals in the family. The numbers 1 to 4 represent the four beneficial winds. The letters A to D represent the four adverse influences. The symbols 1 and | denote the ideal direction. Refer to the pie chart which relates to the direction for your year of birth. ;


