TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................9

FENG SHUI The entry point ....................................................................................................................13From Kan Yu to Feng Shui .........................................................................................................................14What is Feng Shui ......................................................................................................................................14Luan Tou and Li Qi .....................................................................................................................................16Feng Shui schools ........................................................................................................................................16The Great Feng Shui masters......................................................................................................................18The concept of Qi ........................................................................................................................................19Qi stages .......................................................................................................................................................20Yin and Yang ................................................................................................................................................22The Five Elements or Wu Xing ..................................................................................................................24Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water ...............................................................................................................25Generation or Birth cycle ..........................................................................................................................26Destruction or Controlling cycle ..............................................................................................................26The Cosmic Trinity .....................................................................................................................................27The Four Images ..........................................................................................................................................28The Eight Trigrams .....................................................................................................................................29Basic qualities of the Eight Trigrams .......................................................................................................30Trigram arrangements: Xian Tian versus Hou Tian ................................................................................31He Tu and Luo Shu ....................................................................................................................................34Chapter 1 – Summary ................................................................................................................................37

OUTSIDE YOUR HOME The music of the landscape ..........................................................................39Qi creates the music of natural landforms................................................................................................41The influence of the landscape ...................................................................................................................42Finding the perfect site ...............................................................................................................................42The importance of mountains in Feng Shui .............................................................................................45Five Elements – five types of mountains ..................................................................................................47The Four Celestial Creatures ......................................................................................................................49The Dragons .................................................................................................................................................51The importance of water in Feng Shui ......................................................................................................54Creating a Water Dragon............................................................................................................................57The influence of the wind ...........................................................................................................................58Chapter 2 – Summary .................................................................................................................................59

CLOSE TO YOUR HOME The Music of the Surroundings .................................................................61The music of the cityscape..........................................................................................................................63Forms in the urban environment ..............................................................................................................63Where we want to live and what we want to see ......................................................................................66Where we don’t want to live and what we don’t want to see ...................................................................67Poisoned Arrows and Dead Qi ..................................................................................................................69Chapter 3 – Summary .................................................................................................................................71

INSIDE YOUR HOME Let the Qi flow in ..............................................................................................73The importance of the interior ..................................................................................................................75Elements that affect the flow of Qi ...........................................................................................................77Missing spaces and extensions ...................................................................................................................79Missing sectors ............................................................................................................................................79Extensions ....................................................................................................................................................82Internal Sha .................................................................................................................................................86The main entrance.......................................................................................................................................86Basic guidelines for room allocation .........................................................................................................88Basic guidelines for furniture arrangement ..............................................................................................88Qi flow: Room by room ..............................................................................................................................89

Living room .................................................................................................................................................89Bedroom ......................................................................................................................................................89Kitchen .........................................................................................................................................................91Dining room ................................................................................................................................................92The study and home office ..........................................................................................................................92Bathrooms, staircases and utility rooms ...................................................................................................93Chapter 4 – Summary .................................................................................................................................94

MAPPING THE PROPERTY The groundwork ....................................................................................97What you need to know before you can get ahead ..................................................................................99The facing and sitting of the property .....................................................................................................100No compass, no Feng Shui: the importance of reading direction .......................................................102Maps and declination ...............................................................................................................................105The floor plan ............................................................................................................................................107How to find the center of the property ...................................................................................................108The pie or the grid .....................................................................................................................................108From Eight Directions to Twenty-four Mountains ...............................................................................11224 Mountains ............................................................................................................................................113Beware of the Void Line ...........................................................................................................................114Locations versus directions ......................................................................................................................116Personalization: Your Life Gua ................................................................................................................117Life Gua and the four personal favorable directions .............................................................................119Life Gua and the four personal unfavorable directions ........................................................................121Chapter 5 – Summary ...............................................................................................................................123

EIGHT HOUSES Eight ways to let your home shine ...........................................................................125Eight Houses or Ba Zhai ...........................................................................................................................127How to find favorable and unfavorable locations ..................................................................................128Assessing the strength of locations .........................................................................................................130The Eight Houses Diagrams .....................................................................................................................131The four favorable locations in detail ......................................................................................................133The four unfavorable locations in detail .................................................................................................134Placement of doors, hallways, bedrooms, living rooms and studies....................................................135The kitchen, bathroom, utility room and wardrobes ............................................................................137Person versus house ..................................................................................................................................138Chapter 6 – Summary ...............................................................................................................................141

FLYING STARS When the Stars twinkle for you ..................................................................................143Xuan Kong Fei Xing (Flying Stars) ..........................................................................................................145The Nine Stars - basic qualities ................................................................................................................147The Nine Stars – in depth .........................................................................................................................148Favorable and unfavorable Stars ..............................................................................................................151Basic Stars combinations ..........................................................................................................................151Nine Stars in three Periods and eight Palaces ........................................................................................153Special combinations ................................................................................................................................154How the Stars fly, degrees, sub-directions and polarities......................................................................155Three Cycles, Nine Periods ......................................................................................................................157The Flying Stars chart ...............................................................................................................................159How to make a Flying Stars chart ............................................................................................................160The Facing and Sitting Stars in the Central Palace ...............................................................................162The Replacement Charts ..........................................................................................................................164The Earth Base, the Facing and Sitting Stars ..........................................................................................166The three most important Palaces ..........................................................................................................168Four types of the Flying Stars charts ......................................................................................................169Special auspicious charts ..........................................................................................................................176Special inauspicious charts.......................................................................................................................180The path to great wealth: Seven Stars Robbery ......................................................................................184Opening the door to prosperity: The Castle Gate secret .......................................................................185Activation of Stars .....................................................................................................................................189

How to strengthen or weaken the Stars with the Five Elements ..........................................................191Allocating rooms and furniture; choosing directions with Flying Stars .............................................193The coming of Period 9 ............................................................................................................................195Flying Stars Activations in Period 8 ........................................................................................................197Flying Stars Activations in Period 9 ........................................................................................................198Annual and monthly Flying Stars ............................................................................................................199Chapter 7 – Summary ...............................................................................................................................200

ONCE A YEAR Let the year dance for you ...........................................................................................207Annual assessment: avoiding problems, inviting opportunities .........................................................209Annual Afflictions: how to detect, avoid and lessen their influence ....................................................210Tai Sui ........................................................................................................................................................210Sui Po .........................................................................................................................................................211San Sha .......................................................................................................................................................212Wu Huang ..................................................................................................................................................214Star 2 and health issues .............................................................................................................................216The Four Noble Stars ................................................................................................................................217Flying Stars activations .............................................................................................................................218More about Activations ............................................................................................................................219Chapter 8 – Summary ...............................................................................................................................220

THE FOUR PILLARS The celestial arc of your life .............................................................................223The Four Pillars ........................................................................................................................................225Ten Stems, Twelve Branches ....................................................................................................................226The Four Pillars Chart ..............................................................................................................................229Twelve Branches, three main categories .................................................................................................231Combinations, Clashes, Harms, Punishments and Destructions ........................................................232The Luck Cycles .........................................................................................................................................236Annual Luck ..............................................................................................................................................238Three special stars .....................................................................................................................................240Activating the Special Stars .....................................................................................................................242The Four Pillars: revealing the celestial arc of your life ........................................................................243Chapter 9 – Summary ...............................................................................................................................245

DATE SELECTION The structure of the fruitful action .....................................................................247The importance of Date Selection ...........................................................................................................249Good dates, bad dates ...............................................................................................................................250What days to avoid ....................................................................................................................................251The Twelve Day Governors in Date Selection ........................................................................................256Personal Date Selection: the ground rules for selecting the best dates ..............................................258Date Selection for business success ........................................................................................................259Feng Shui and Date Selection ..................................................................................................................260Xuan Kong Da Gua Date Selection .........................................................................................................260Chapter 10 – Summary .............................................................................................................................261

A FENG SHUI GOODIE BAG Nine Flying Stars grids and Annual Flying Stars 2017-2030 ................................................................265Nine Stars, 81 combinations ....................................................................................................................271Flying Stars Charts for the Period 7, 8, 9 ................................................................................................283Flying Stars Chars for the Period 7 .........................................................................................................284Flying Stars Chars for the Period 8 .........................................................................................................286Flying Stars Chars for the Period 9 .........................................................................................................288Four Noble Locations and Annual Afflictions 2017-2030 ....................................................................291Date Selection calendar with 12 Day Governors 2017-2030 ................................................................29524 Mountains ring .....................................................................................................................................325Feng Shui Glossary .................................................................................................................................329

About the Author ......................................................................................................................................333

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About the Author

Althea is an author, consultant, and practitioner of Feng Shui and Four Pillars Astrology. Her formal studies began three decades ago, and carried her through south-east Asia studying with masters, and learning her craft. She worked tirelessly to unpack the ancient knowledge of these systems, which had for so many centuries been carefully concealed. All this time, she put her theory into practice in her own life.

One reason the arts of Feng Shui and Four Pillars Astrology were so appealing to the author is their practical functionality in everyday life. These are not philosophical ideals (though in the highest forms they approach such). These are ways to understand and interact with the living world all around us.

Currently, Althea lives in Europe; she writes daily, and consults both for individuals and cor-porations, and enjoys many long term clients. Althea is an experienced full time consultant and lecturer at Althea S.T. Consultants and the founder of Four Pillars, Feng Shui, Yi Jing & Xuan Kong Da Gua comprehensive study programs. Her professional approach across all fields re-mains open and giving, and her study program is carefully designed to give plenty of practical, useful and authentic information, and to equip her students with everything they might need to establish their own quality practice.

After 3 decades of growth, practice, and experience, she offers the personalized approach to understanding the ways of Feng Shui and Four Pillars Astrology in her books: “A Course in Feng Shui: Make Your Property Work for You, at All Times” and “A Course in Chinese Astrology: Reveal Your Destiny, Harness Your Luck”. However, make no mistake, her texts offer far more than mere philosophy, because these ancient healing arts might become a guiding light on your path to a richer and more fulfilling life here on Earth.

Althea is currently busy completing The Sixty Personality Types of Chinese Astrology series of books.

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