Sheng Qi
Vitality & OpportunitySupports energy, ambition and drive, helping you pursue new opportunities.
See how direction and placement shape
the energy around your
property.
Your personal life trigram determines four favourable directions, each associated with a different area of life.
These directions can guide the placement and orientation of important features in your home or workplace, such as the main door, bed, stove and desk. The actual compass direction of each position varies according to your personal life trigram.
Supports energy, ambition and drive, helping you pursue new opportunities.
Supports physical wellbeing, recovery and overall vitality.
Supports wealth, long term prosperity and the wellbeing of future generations.
Supports stability, consistency and steady progress over time.
The focus is on harmony, wellbeing and creating a supportive environment for the household.
The focus shifts towards career, opportunities, productivity and financial growth.
Feng Shui considers not only what happens inside a property, but also the environment around it. Roads, water, hills and surrounding structures can influence the Feng Shui of a space.
Here are six key features to consider when choosing a home or workplace.
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Good Feng Shui balances both the interior and the exterior. When you are in the right space, in the right place, life can flow with greater ease.
Discover what each direction in your home represents and how its influence changes from year to year.
In Feng Shui, a home is divided into nine sections: eight compass directions and the centre.
Each direction represents a different member of the family. For example, the East represents the eldest son, while the Northwest represents the father.
The Flying Stars add another layer. There are nine Flying Stars, each associated with a different aspect of life, such as wealth, health, learning or relationships. Their positions change each year, so the influence within each direction changes too.
Each direction has a fixed family association. The centre represents the family as a whole.
These family associations remain the same. What changes each year is the Flying Star influencing each direction.
Eldest Daughter
Second Daughter
Mother
Eldest Son
Whole Family
Youngest Daughter
Youngest Son
Second Son
Father
Each Flying Star represents a different influence. As the stars move to different directions each year, they change the influence affecting each area of the home.
Unexpected financial gains may come through lottery winnings and other opportunities outside your regular income.
Health, accidents and physical setbacks may require greater attention to your wellbeing and personal safety.
Arguments and conflicts may escalate into legal or official matters, making it important to handle disagreements carefully.
A favourable influence for study, learning, examinations and academic pursuits, particularly for students and those furthering their education.
Be mindful of gossip, misunderstandings and disputes arising from words or communication. Careless remarks may create unnecessary disputes.
Opportunities for financial gains may arise through stocks, gold, futures, property and other investments.
Helpful people may provide guidance, connections, assistance or opportunities, while also strengthening authority and influence.
Career, work and business may bring stronger earnings, professional advancement and greater financial growth.
Romantic opportunities and attraction may increase, creating possibilities to meet a partner or strengthen an existing relationship.
Discover how the directions within your home connect to different areas of your life.
Create a more supportive environment
for learning, focus and
academic development.
The Academic Star, traditionally known as the Wenchang Star, is associated with learning, concentration and academic development. Feng Shui uses its position and elemental relationship to create a more supportive environment for study.
Find the direction that best supports your academic journey.
Your Academic Star is associated with one of eight directions, based on the Life Trigram. Use this direction to guide where you study, sit and make learning-related choices.
Your academic direction is calculated from your Life Trigram.
Study Desk
Position the desk in that direction, preferably against the
commanding wall.
School
Consider schools located in that direction from home, or with
an entrance facing that direction.
Classroom
When possible, sit on that side of the classroom.
Study Purchases
When shopping for study-related items, favour
locations in that direction or entrances facing that direction.
At Home
Place a study area or a bookshelf in that directional sector of
the living room or study room.
Tuition
Consider tuition centres in that direction from home, or with
an entrance facing that direction.
Place four calligraphy brushes with the bristles facing upwards, or a complete set of Wen Fang Si Bao, in the upper left corner of the study desk to activate the Academic Star.
Discover where the Academic Star flies this year.
The Academic Star changes position every year according to the Flying Stars. Enhance this area to create a more supportive environment for learning.
Place four stalks of lucky bamboo in water in the Northeast sector.
Change the water regularly to keep the surface fresh and thriving.
Keep the area clean, bright and well maintained.
When the Academic Star is in the Northeast, placing four stalks of lucky bamboo (lucky Wen bamboo) in water there symbolises steady growth and continuous enhancement of academic luck.
Your Day Stem determines your Academic Element.
Find your Day Stem below to discover your Academic Element.
Select a Day Stem above to view its recommendations.
Understand how the spaces around you
can influence career,
wealth, health and family.
A Home Feng Shui assessment considers the layout of the home together with the people living in it.
Personal factors such as the Life Trigram (Ming Gua) and Illness Position (Bing Wei) are considered alongside annual influences such as San Sha to understand how different areas of the home should be arranged.
No. While everyone in the household shares the same home, certain Feng Shui positions are personal.
A person's Life Trigram (Ming Gua) is determined from their birth information and is used to identify positions that are more favourable or unfavourable to them.
This means that the most suitable placement of important features within the home may differ from one person to another.
For a married couple, traditional Feng Shui gives priority to the husband's Life Trigram (Ming Gua) when considering the overall Feng Shui of the home.
Individual rooms and important furnishings may also be arranged with reference to the Life Trigram of the person using the space.
The Illness Position (Bing Wei) is an area associated with greater vulnerability to illness and health related issues. Spending prolonged periods in this position may increase your susceptibility to health problems.
Your Illness Position is personal and is derived from your Huo Hai Position, so its location may differ from one person to another.
Yes. As the Illness Position is personal, each member of the household may have a different position.
Once identified, a large coin can be placed at each person's corresponding Illness Position as a traditional Feng Shui remedy.
Different areas of the home are associated with different aspects of the family's life.
The arrangement of each space is therefore considered according to the aspect of life it represents.
Living RoomThe living room represents Career.
Particular attention is given to the arrangement of the sofa, the space in front of it and the Sheng Qi Position within the room.
The sofa should ideally be arranged in an L-shape facing the main door.
The area in front of the sofa should remain unobstructed. According to traditional Feng Shui, an obstruction in front of the sofa may create obstacles in the family's work and career and make it more difficult to accumulate wealth.
A square or round coffee table should be placed in front of the sofa.
Traditionally, this arrangement is associated with gathering wealth within the home.
Identify the male head of household's Sheng Qi Position within the living room.
An auspicious object can then be placed in this position. Traditionally, this is associated with attracting and gathering wealth, as well as supporting the children's future development.
Dining RoomThe dining room represents Windfall / Lottery Luck.
Its arrangement is traditionally associated with unexpected financial opportunities and windfall gains.
A round dining table is preferred, accompanied by an even number of chairs.
Traditionally, this arrangement is associated with wealth flowing in from different directions and greater opportunities for windfall gains.
Master BedroomThe master bedroom has a different association for each spouse.
The position of the bed is the primary consideration.
Other important features within the room, including the safe and wardrobe, can then be positioned according to each person's Life Trigram (Ming Gua).
StudyThe study represents the husband's career and the children's fortune.
The placement of the desk, bookshelf and safe is therefore given particular attention. According to traditional Feng Shui, their positions can influence the children's fortune and development.
For children, particular attention is given to the Academic Star (Wenchang Wei).
The child's study area or desk can be positioned with reference to their Academic Star to support learning and academic development.
As the Academic Star is personal, the appropriate position may differ from one child to another.
KitchenThe kitchen represents the wife's health.
Within the kitchen, the position of the stove is regarded as one of the most important considerations and is traditionally associated with the overall fortune of the household.
Yes. Traditional Feng Shui also considers the placement of everyday kitchen essentials:
Firewood
Rice
Oil
Salt
Sauce
Vinegar
Tea
Their arrangement is traditionally associated with the children's lifelong fortune.
The position of the stove should be considered according to the husband's or wife's Life Trigram (Ming Gua).
As each person's favourable positions are different, there is no single stove direction that works for every home.
Different placements are associated with different areas of life:
The relationship between the stove and sink is also important.
Traditional Feng Shui states that the stove should be lower than the sink to maintain harmony within the home.
Yes. While the physical layout of your home remains the same, certain Feng Shui influences change from year to year.
One of these is San Sha, an annual influence that affects a different direction depending on the zodiac year. Its location should be considered when assessing the Feng Shui of your home for the year.
