| Did you know that a house built in the 1950's which | | | | analysis can be. |
| faces west is vulnerable to break-in? How could this | | | | Feng shui can predict if a person is occupying a space |
| be? According to the metaphysical practice known as | | | | that might attract crime, drug dealing, embezzlement, |
| feng shui, laws of time and space can be calculated in | | | | injury, bleeding, assault and even explosions! Feng shui |
| relation to the direction and timing of any construction. | | | | can also reveal the possibility of a cheating spouse. It is |
| Those time-space calculations reveal how people are | | | | rare that one feng shui flaw can cause a terrible |
| affected by their home or place of business in some | | | | outcome, but when several negative influences collide |
| very personal and specific ways. Like Astrology, feng | | | | then it greatly increases the chances for something to |
| shui is a predictive art which highlights the potential | | | | manifest. This might be the feng shui equivalent of "an |
| positives and negatives of any structure and one of | | | | accident waiting to happen." |
| those areas includes personal security. Some house | | | | Even though the many principles of feng shui can |
| types are more prone than others to attracting | | | | seem highly mysterious, the remedies can actually be |
| break-in. If the house has a security system, burglars | | | | rather ordinary. A wrought iron coffee table (metal), a |
| might still try to break-in, but be thwarted by the alarms | | | | live plant (wood), a water fountain (water), a stone |
| or security cameras. Sometimes the theft occurs as | | | | statue (earth), and a burgundy area rug (fire) can all |
| an "inside job." | | | | qualify as "five-element" remedies. The placement of |
| And if a feng shui remedy is not also used, that same | | | | these raw elements is very specific to the house and |
| "robbery" energy could plague occupants in other | | | | not a generic approach. For example, some houses |
| areas of their lives. I call it the "Gentleman's Robbery" | | | | need a lot of the fire element, while other houses |
| when a person experiences a hi-tech theft via identity | | | | should not have any fire element at all. The "robbery" |
| theft, credit card fraud or some other legal or | | | | energy mentioned in this article is often cured with a |
| contractual transaction that goes awry. | | | | very large display of red color in the right location, such |
| The way to properly evaluate a house using traditional | | | | as a red wall, a red couch, a red piece of art work or |
| feng shui criteria includes knowing when the house | | | | other décor item. To work as the fire element, |
| was built, its precise magnetic compass alignment, the | | | | the color must be a warm shade of red including |
| shape of the house, various other architectural | | | | burgundy, maroon, cranberry or plum purple. Ultimately, |
| features, the birth dates of the occupants, land levels | | | | feng shui should be elegant and inconspicuous. You do |
| and other exterior and landscape features. Most | | | | not need to decorate your home with Asian |
| Westerners have only been introduced to the most | | | | décor items in order to make it a safe, healthy, |
| diluted and simplified versions of feng shui and still do | | | | happy and prosperous refuge. |
| not know how sophisticated and accurate this type of | | | | |