Gong Xi Fa Chai! Every year the distribution of Chi in your home changes from Feb 4th and runs for a one year before it changes again. So it is vital that one updates the Chi of their home each year to benefit from lucky sectors and protect against unlucky sectors. Here’s the breakdown of this Year’s lucky, not-so-lucky and totally bad sectors, and what you can do to neutralise the bad effects.
Super Lucky Sectors
This year, the East, North, Northeast, Southeast and Center sectors enjoy good fortune. If your main door or bedroom is located in any of these sectors, you’re in for a great year baby!
The best sector for this year is the East which enjoys the super lucky number 8 wealth star, so to ensure the energy is tapped, enhance it with a water feature that is decorated small rocks and pebbles. For the North, hang auspicious metallic objects there such as a metallic Golden Tortoise or a metal wind chime made with coins.
This year, the center of the house enjoys the number 1 star which brings victory and success. Unless you have a bathroom or kitchen in the center of your home, everyone benefits from this star. If you have a living area, corridor or foyer in the center of the house, hang something metallic. My aunt recommends a Golden Kwan Kung which symbolises victory and success.
The Northeast enjoys the number 4 star of romance and scholastic achievements. If you’re taking an important exam this year or looking for love, you might want to stay in the Northeast room this year to benefit from this energy. The Southeast has the auspicious Number 9 Star, which brings with it “future luck”. It is activated by placing the plants in the Southeast this year.
Not-So-Lucky But Not-So-Bad Sectors
The West and SouthWest have moderate luck this year. The West suffers from the quarrelsome number 3 star which brings problems such as legal entanglements, problems with authorities (your boss for example!) and quarrels with loved ones (your spouse for example). If this is your bedroom, I truly recommend placing something metallic in the west of your bedroom and living room to overcome this. My aunt Lillian Too recommends a cure that is both symbolic and elemental - the Ksitigharba Ball of Fire - because it’s made of metal and symbolizes fire. Both metal and fire are cures for suppressing this type of star but in order to ensure it does not destroy the West sector, fire used here must be symbolic rather than elemental.
The Southwest suffers from the violent number 7 star, which normally brings luck associated with burglary, theft and cheats. If you have a door here, ample protection should be placed to ensure the energy does not enter your home. Protection in feng shui is normally done through symbols, and in this case, a pair of Dogs, Rhinocerous or Elephants (standing on 2 feet ready to launch into war) are recommended. Be vigilant about locking the door and arming the alarm system when not at home. If your bedroom is here, carry the Blue Rhinoceros amulet as well.
Really Bad Sectors
The doomed sectors of this year are the South and Northwest. If your bedroom is in any of these sectors, move to a different room if you can. If your main door is here, try to use a separate door. In both cases, I highly recommend placing cures to suppress the energy here.
The worst sector for this year is the South. It has the Five Yellow star, which is made even stronger because it has flown into a fire sector. The Five Yellow brings serious financial loss, and I’ve known friends who have lost serious money and businesses by not suppressing this star. The cure for the 5 Yellow is my aunt’s 5 Element Pagoda - which is made from 5 types of metal, which you fill out with soil from your garden. My personal experience with the 5 element pagoda cure has been amazing. Last year the 5 Yellow was at my main door and master bedroom, and we managed to survive a very tough year through placing a pair of 5 Element Pagodas flanking my main door and also in the Northeast of the my master bedroom. It was still a difficult year, but luckily we did not lose fortune or fall into ill health. If your astrological sign is the Horse, avoid sleeping in the South this year.
The other bad sector for this year is the Northwest which suffers from the number 2 star of illness. This affects the fathers and grandfathers of the house especially. The number 2 star is weakened by metal, so placing a metal wind chime or anything metallic in the Northwest will reduce the potency of this star. For a good symbolic cure, place a Wu Lou made of metal in the Northwest. The Wu Lou is a traditional feng shui cure used to bottle up illness and disease. If you already have ill health or are about to have surgery or medical procedure performed, avoid staying in this room before, and after treatment.
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Good to see you online again! And, with a baby! Congrats.
Good to know that I am in for a good year. My Horse husband is not though. Talking about personal directions based on Kua, or are we are talking about real Compass directions? I have also heard that wherever you go in a room, that the door is always in the line of the South - even though it may not be the True Compass South.
So when we put cures as you advised in a room,
1. Do we put the cures in the true compass direction of the room?
2. Or the Minor Fengshui, where the door is always considered the South?
Please help because I need to strengthen my husband this year (Horse, Kua 4)and I am a Dragon, Kua 6. He has not been healthy for the past few months. The main door to the house is in the real South so it is good for him but then again you say it’s a doomed area for the year. And South is not my good direction either. I would like to strengthen bedroom and office room that works for both of us, but I don’t know - use true compass or area? A real stupid question maybe, but I am really a bit confused! Thanks Honey!
Hi there Joy
Thanks for your comment and congratulations! All formulas that I use are based on the compass, so this means compass south, and compass north and so forth. The system of feng shui that treats the main door as South is called “Black Hat Sect” feng shui, and this style of feng shui is not followed by me or my aunt. So to answer your questions..
1) Yes, you put cures in the compass direction of the room. To determine this stand in the center of your room with a compass, and in the furthest direction of North, South, etc, place your cure.
2) In minor feng shui or “small tai Chi” application, always use the compass. The compass determines the direction, so north is compass north, and not “true North” or geographical north. In the houseplans that are given to you, north marks True North or geographical north, and this isn’t the correct North to use either. The correct north to use is compass north.
I hope this clears things up for you … definitely for health is advisable to wear a Wu Lou, and suppress all illness stars in the bedroom, living room and the home (the illness star is in the NW this year).
Good Luck..
Cheers, Honey
hi honey
thank you for all your greatr advice on your website and your column.
i have a problem this year because my 8 star(wealth) falls in the east which is right in my bathroom. should i put a water fountain my bathroom, leave it alone , or do you have another cure for me. also i have the double 8, water and mountain star in the north. should i put water there even if it is the place for the great duke of jupiter this year? thank you for your help, i am planning to study with your aunt this year. i appreciate all your help.
elvie
Dear elvie
If the wealth star has fallen into your bathroom, activate it in the east of the living room instead. Small Taichi applciation is still very effective. Do not activate anything in your bathroom! Do not activate in the bedroom either. As for the double 8 star, definitely activate the north wtih your waterfall fountain.. however, do not dig a hole in the North this year. Cheers H
hi honey thank you for great advise on feng shui matters. My house facing south west and my toilet on south.. what are the remedies can you recommend….bed room on east..how to activate…need your help. thank you
Hi there,
i am confuse please help. my husband and I have the same kua number 7
unfortunately the our front door is facing east/south east , what can u recommend for us?, and one more question? do you put wind chimes on ur lucky areas or your bad areas? some feng shui site says don’t put them on east but i really need help
Hi Honey Lim,
I have just subscribed to your blogand would very much appreciate your knowledgable advice.
I have started a new life in Canada and need all the luck I can get… I just rented my first apartment which is a one room small place apt. I checked with the ba gua directions and my bathroom falls in the north-west sector. The entry is located in the west and a closet occupies the southwest sector. Now my working area, my desk is on the south wall and my bed in the north wall…further west, between the bed and the bathroom is the kitchen area…i know this is a lot of information but i need all the help i can get… do you have any cures for specific spots and advice for me?
Thank you so much for being there
Looking forward to hearing from you
Helena
P.s. - My chinese sign is Monkey, I was born in 1968…
Lucky for you this year the South brings lots of probelms so having the toilet there suppresses your bad luck this year! Having said that, the south is generally regarded as the palace of recognition so having a toilet there could make it difficult to gain fame and respect for yourself. After this year, you can activate the south part of your living room to make up for the lost energy. Keep your toilet door closed at all times.
Dear Honey,
I am so confused and i need some advise.
My husband is Kua # 6 and we have a house facing north.
There is an extra land on the west and we are planning to have a small fish pond in the west area of the house.
Is that ok, as some of my frens told me that its not good to have water features in west.
I am so confused and would greatly appreciate if you could help me.
thanking you inadvance.
regards,
-tina-