About Judy Morris Expertise Proper placement of furniture, colors to use, shapes and forms, good and bad directions, best kind of house or building to purchase or to live or work in, cures and enhancements.
Experience First American to be designated Master of Feng Shui in Time-Space Feng Shui by renowned Feng Shui Master Joseph Yu. I have been consulting since 1992 and teaching since 1994. I have international clients.
Expert: Judy Morris Date: 2/9/2008 Subject: Building a water feature, remembered feng shui
Question QUESTION: I've been so distracted by the landscaping project that I totally forgot about making sure that I wasn't going to mess things up. My grandmother, with whom I live, is my main concern. I would like to create a Ming Tang area in the front, and have already started on a water feature. I'm not sure what year the house was built in, although she thinks 1968. Regardless, the house faces 182 south, so depression wouldn't seem to be such a problem for her. I do remember (I calculated this a couple of years ago, and don't have the number off hand, but will provide it when she gets the deed from the bank, to find the date of the house) that, based on her Kua number, the house was not facing a good direction for her. She's had a problematic life all along, but this house has practically destroyed her (as well as itself, and me in the process).
I studied Feng Shui for about a year and a half, and was successful in creating an increase in wealth and clients through it (although I activated too many areas, and it drove me crazy), but have been away from the subject for a while now, other than the basic form school stuff, and an occasional three legged toad. But when I was studying it, and when I had a somewhat decent understanding of it (outside of the flying stars, e.g.. the real deal), I remember that there was nothing that could be done with this house to improve it.
She briefly considered a move, but then rejected, based on a lot of complications, mostly financial (which she doesn't believe that the proper house will enhance).
So, my question is basically going to be about an already built water feature, that's just about to get water and a pump added to it. I would like to add a small pool in front of the front door, with a fountain in the middle, and was considering connecting the two with a stream. I'm afraid that this might be sounding a bit on the water dragon-ish side, and if so, please, advise me otherwise.
However, I've also read that for a south facing house, the direction that the waterfall is located in (East 140) is auspicious, as long as the water is flowing from the left to the right, when looking out the door.
If there are any answers you would be able to provide prior to receipt of the house date, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I'll be back in a couple of days with the house date.
ANSWER: Hi David,
Thanks for your question.
If the house was built during period 6 (1964-1984) the water feature can work in the south gua but it would be very beneficial in the west and northwest guas. It is very important to keep water away from the southeast and southwest.
I am looking forward to confirmation of the house date.
Good luck.
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QUESTION: This is a bit of a long write. If you're busy, the first paragraph is important, and at the end, I listed the questions as single sentences, in a paragraph that begins with "In case you decided to skip down to this paragraph, the questions are."
I can assure you that the house was built during that period; not earlier or later. I'm not sure that I can get her to go to the bank to get the deed, since she's so depressed, although I'll still try. (If you're busy, this is the point at which you can skip to the last paragraph.)
I had done a calculation on my apartment a couple of years ago, and was quite impressed with the prediction of possible robbery, when letters had just been posted on all the doors in the complex, which said that a bunch of burglaries were taking place in the complex, and to watch out. I was able to remedy it, and didn't get robbed. But flying stars has always seemed a bit complicated to me, which may be because I know it's powerful, and that with feng shui, powerful can be very dangerous if it's not done just right. So, I can't remember if it's the date, or the period that's important.
If I remember correctly, the period is like one layer; the date another.
As a student of traditional (primarily Hellenistic) astrology, which I've been able to understand with little problem, I don't understand why Chinese astrology is so difficult for me. Perhaps I just don't have the right books, and perhaps you might have some recommendations (outside of Lillian Too's world).
Ok, anyway....
I measured the entire property a few days ago, and drew up a blueprint to scale. I'm working with tracing paper overlays for different plans, which makes it so easy to see how things will look. I've also taken pictures, which I will be using for the elevation views, also using tracing paper overlays. Had I been doing this a couple of years ago, I would have made a blueprint with sector lines drawn on it.
But I also want to ask about a technique, with which I was tremendously successful with in the past (or unsuccessful, since I activated everything). I use pie-wedge, degree based sectors, when I draw sector maps.
Two years ago, after months of calculations, and careful placements, I had my everything in my apartment in exactly the right places, with everything serving a purpose. The first time, I drew and implemented the plan using the lo shu of 8 squares, but had minimal results. But I then read about some masters using pie shaped, degree based wedge shaped sectors. The author of the book I was reading said that although much more complicated, the results, from what he'd seen of them, were astonishingly accurate.
So, I redrew the sector map with pie shaped wedges, which showed me that the three red candles that I thought were activating the south kua, were actually burning my southeast wood kua. The candles only had to be moved over about 6 inches.
When I made a few small changes--literally, moving things over a few inches here and there--my phone began to ring off the hook with new clients. So I had found the true south sector.
I would like to know if you use this sort of mapping, or if you use the more traditional chart of 9 squares (or in that case, which school you see yourself more inclined toward).
Also, I know that the sequence is different outside (not that South isn't south, but that it represents a different aspiration than South indoors), so I don't know if degree based, pie-wedge style mapping would work well outside.
I'm going to go ahead and draw the 8 sectors on the blueprint as pie shaped wedges for now, but if you think this is a bad idea, please let me know.
Lastly, I would like to emphasize that implementing feng shui inside the home would involve tearing down most of the walls, and rebuilding. Although I think this is a wonderful idea, she doesn't really understand feng shui, and thinks that we can just work around what's already here. She thinks feng shui has to do with decorating, although I've tried to explain to her that it's an entire lifestyle, and that decorating is only about a half of a percent of it.
This place is seriously a feng shui disaster, and has caused her several major illnesses and mental disorders, as well as the vanishing of her finances. I've also become injured, depressed, and poor while living here.
So, I'm hoping that by implementing feng shui outside first, she (and I) may feel better, and perhaps we might acquire the finances to gut and rebuild the house--or better yet, move.
I seem to find mixed opinions about this issue, but I know feng shui isn't supposed to be about opinions, so I'm not sure what the true "rule" is. If I implement feng shui in the landscape, would it be more likely to bring her out of her depression, increase her health, and attract the finances necessary to remodel inside; or will it simply draw in more chi, causing more problems?
In case you decided to skip down to this paragraph, the questions are:
Should I use pie shaped wedges for mapping the outdoor sectors?
Will corralling chi in a Ming Tang area in the front yard only draw more chi into the feng shui disaster zone (the house), and cause more problems; or will it be beneficial to my grandmother's physical and mental health, as well as draw the finances necessary for a remodel?
Do you need the house date, or just the period; are the date and period used for different layers of the feng shui analysis?
I'm a student of traditional Hellenistic astrology, and find it easy to learn, but have difficulty with Chinese astrology, and incorporating that into feng shui. Are there books you might recommend, which are not written by Lillian Too?
Thanks again
ANSWER: Dear David,
Thank you for your questions. My apologies for taking so long in answering - I have had computer issues.
Pie shaped wedges are the most effective in my experience. To map the outside, I have found it best to use the center of the house as the focus for the qi. The qi flows from the outside to the inside. So the map will include the house.
If you put water on the 6 water star it won't be difficult for your grandmother, for a lot of reasons that I won't go into here. Stay away from the water star 2 and water star 4. The best place for the water is in the west gua for the water star 8 or the northwest for the water star 9.
The period is most important.
My favorite book is the complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, Third Edition. You can order it from my shifu's website at www. astro-fengshui.com. He also has a number of correspondence courses and online courses that are excellent.
Thanks again and very good luck to you. I hope to hear wonderful outcomes for both you and your grandmother.
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QUESTION: Hi Judy,
Since I'm not familiar with the flying stars, and although I've calculated the chart, I'm not sure if the 8 star will fall in a missing sector or not. It's looking that way, but then I've never seen a flying star chart with missing sectors.
The waterfall is outside of the 5 star, directly south of it.
Oh, if I had the time to tell you about how funny I'm finding the areas in which these stars fall.
Thanks for your time. I'll go ahead and fill and turn on the falls, because you didn't mention that 5 is bad. I can still always drain it if it is.
Answer Dear David,
The 5 water star is the worst star you can put water to. It is not advisable to put water to the following water stars:
5, 2, 3, 4
There are no missing sectors with flying stars and the pie chart. There may be sectors that are outside the house.
