Feng Shui: Minor Adjustments, Major Difference in Feng Shui

By Jenny Liu

Minor Adjustments, Major Difference

I pull up along the hillside and turned my tires so they rest against the curb. As I walk toward Pam's apartment, I notice that the land slopes up on my left and descends on my right. The early morning sun coming from the east warms my right side. I walk up a shaded flight of stairs on the west side and arrive at Pam's apartment. Pam opens the door and welcomes me inside. My feng shui compass (luo pan) confirms that her apartment building is oriented on a north-south axis in relation to the street and her unit faces west.

I ask Pam to give me a tour of her place. As she takes me through her small one bedroom apartment, she explains to me that she is works as an executive secretary. Starting from the end of last year, she has not been able to hold a steady job and since the beginning of this year, she has been unemployed. She is a single woman who is very much on her own. Unless she gets a job soon, she will run out of funds and dislikes the idea of moving in with friends or family.

Pam has lived here for over 8 years. She lives a quiet life by herself. She is very intuitive and meditates often. Her energy is steady and focused. I can tell by the books on her shelf that is she well-read and highly intelligent. Her health is good and her aura is pinkish blue but not very shiny. Her joblessness has put weight on her well-being.

I sketch her floor plan and begin my analysis. Pam is born in the 1948 year of the rat and her frequency is "gen." This means her energy flows in a western direction pattern; her strongest orientations are west, southwest, northwest and northeast.

According to her floor plan, every room and function is located in the right place. Pam's main entry opens to the west which lets in positive frequencies for her. The space on either side of the door is open and balanced: the living room is on the northwest and the dining room is on the southwest. Her bedroom is located in the northeast. She spends the most time in these strong areas. The negative energies of the bathroom and kitchen are located in the negative areas of the apartment as well. They are respectively in the east and southeast areas. It is very rare for the floor plan to match a person so well. She admits she has been reluctant to leave because her life, although at times lonely, is very harmonious here. She asks why if her feng shui is good, she is jobless?

I explain to Pam that there are over 30 factors that influence our well-being. The feng shui of the building is only one of them. Although the unit has a good floor plan, the apartment building itself is oriented in an opposing frequency to hers. This lowers her potential. The site sloping up on the right as I face the building shows that the feminine side is stronger. Men tend not to fair well here. She smiles and tells me she has never had a positive relationship with men here. Also, because her apartment is west facing, the front of her apartment receives very little sunlight or "yang" to balance the "yin" energies. Finally, her bed oriented on a north-south axis conflicts with her. This is especially true for those born in the year of the rat.

Furthermore, being a rat during a rat year tends to bring trouble for rat persons. It is likely that they will have an unstable year where things look good in the beginning but have poor or short term results. However, as the year comes to a close towards the next year, things will gradually improve. So, whether she has good or bad feng shui, this aspect will influence her well-being.

Nonetheless, I explain that energies do change annually and there are some adjustments she needs to make every year to make positive frequencies active. Using the Nine Star Chart that indicates annual planetary cycles and their effect on her home's energy, I recommend that she move her bed so that she faces west. She should also convert her dining area in the southwest into a work area. Put yellow sunflowers here or cover the table with a white or yellow cloth to stimulate the earth frequencies here for prosperity. At the entry area, she should try to let in more western light by opening the door or windows and put yellow flowers at the door.

Pam meditates on the north side of her living room that does not let her absorb positive frequencies. Pam should meditate in her bedroom on her bed facing west. Synchronized with her positive frequencies, this allows her to better reach her full potential. I gave her several mantras that protect and strengthen her. As I finish up her report, she tells me that she had someone come "feng shui" her apartment two years ago. However, they only walked around and told her to put up certain colors in certain places. She had not realized all the complexity of all the factors involved until my consultation.

The very next week, Pam calls me and I can hear the smile on her face as she tells me that she immediately made the minor adjustments and did her meditations as I suggested. Two days later, she receives a phone call from a large company where she had sent her resume. They interviewed her and offered her a job. She simply had to call and let me know.

I congratulate Pam. Because her feng shui is fairly good, if she knows how to fine tune it to her own energies as well as the annual cycles, her frequencies become focused and everything falls into place. Minor adjustments can make a big difference.

Jenny T. Liu is a fourth generation practitioner who holds a BA in Environmental Design from UC Berkeley and an MA in Architecture from UCLA. Awarded for her Master's Thesis on Feng Shui, she is an expert in the ancient Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui. Please visit her website at: http://www.liu-fengshui.com.