Classical Feng Shui has been practised for over two thousand years. Back in the Imperial Court days of China it was a powerful tool used by the Emperors and high-ranking officials to secure a dynasty and engaged for tactical use on the battlefield. Feng Shui knowledge was a closely guarded secret passed only from Master to disciple. Unfortunately, all this secrecy then led to suspicion and misinformation. The vast majority of the population, which at that time numbered mostly of peasants, had no real knowledge of Feng Shui. With little or no education, they viewed the upper classes and pondered what special advantage they had acquired with their access to Feng Shui. The newly Feng Shui-ed houses and contents were scrutinised and it was surmised that the decor was the answer. If the affluent had a certain statue, say of a dragon, then it was thought that it must be “the magic” and they too must then have a dragon statue. Presumption such as this has led to all sorts of Feng Shui nonsense.

In Classical Feng Shui the objective is to enable the natural energies to be tapped in order to make use of the beneficial and productive qualities of the Qi. Therefore, a Feng Shui practitioner’s job is to find the most favourable area that will benefit your requirements. In the past, artwork or sculpture such as a fine vase or antique would be used to draw people into a beneficial room of someone’s home. The aim of this was to encourage greater use of this room by using a subtle object to create interest. If the Feng Shui practitioner had just told the owner to use the room more, they would have probably received a blank look. Unfortunately, people then presume that it was the object supplying the Feng Shui instead of the room.

Today, our over commercialised society with its desire to find instant gratification, has been seduced into buying any number of products pertaining to fix your problem. Some of these products have little if anything to do with real Feng Shui. In my view the term “Feng Shui’ itself has even been over used; for example, I have seen things like artwork, lucky charms, affirmations, trinkets and even the clothes and jewellery you wear, all vying for the title of Feng Shui. This obviously causes confusion as to what Feng Shui really is. If you think about it, how can a piece of clothing or artwork change the course of the planetary influence or alter the magnetic pull of the planets on the earth. Now I’m not saying that these other things don’t work, they just work on a different level, with an influence on your thoughts. I would call that, Human Luck, or say that, you are making the luck happen; because your state of mind also has a powerful influence over your destiny.

Three Forces govern our lives: Heaven Luck, Human Luck and Earth Luck. Each of these three, in turn governs approximately 33% of our lives. Heaven Luck is the timing of your birth, and is read through charts like BaZi, Purple star astrology and Western astrology. Human Luck is our actions, our thoughts and beliefs; while Earth Luck is our living environment. The place where we live and work impacts on our destiny, it is here that Feng Shui deals with measuring the quality of this environment. By balancing the energies and tapping the favourable Qi, you are able then to draw on this environmental energy to help in the attainment of your desires.

“Good Feng Shui brings opportunities that you then need to take advantage of “. 

Now just because you have good Feng Shui doesn’t mean you can sit back and watch your millions roll in. It still requires some work on your part. Good Feng Shui brings opportunities that you then need to take advantage of.

Let’s imagine that your life is a potted plant. For this analogy, the Earth Luck will be the soil in the pot. The Heaven Luck will be the seed and the Human Luck will be the action of tending to the plant.

Now if you have good Heaven Luck in this scenario that means you have a good seed, of good stock ready to germinate. Good Earth Luck means you have fertile soil of the correct type needed to germinate the seed; and good Human Luck means that you remember to water the plant and make sure it gets the right light.

With all these three playing their part, you would expect an excellent specimen of a plant to grow. But what if Heaven Luck was lacking, in that the seed wasn’t all that great? You could then apply more fertiliser and still hope to get a good plant. But what if the soil wasn’t very good, your Earth Luck was lacking? Again, you could apply more fertiliser to produce a better plant. But what if your Human Luck was poor and you didn’t water the plant? Well we all know what would happen: the plant would not grow.

So, having Good Heaven and Earth Luck make for good foundations but if through your actions you fail to utilise what you have or fail to input change when you have the power, you are missing out on great possibilities. Life can throw us some challenges, but the universe has made available support and answers there for the taking. Feng Shui is but one of the ways the universe can help.