Traditional Metaphysics Library
Beginner guides to feng shui, fate charts, and divination—with cited sources
46 articles
Yin, Yang & Qi: What Feng Shui Is Really About
Energy in your space — explained in plain language
Feng Shui starts with how a room feels: calm or restless, open or cramped. Yin–yang and qi are simply ways to describe that balance.
Read more →Eight Directions: A Beginner’s Map
Link compass sectors to life themes — without memorizing jargon
Each direction is traditionally tied to themes like career, relationships, or study. Use a real compass in the home — not the top of a floor plan.
Read more →Five Elements: Colors, Materials & Directions
Support (generate) and balance (control) — made simple
Wood, fire, earth, metal, and water describe five qualities. Use them to choose colors and remedies, not as superstition.
Read more →Form School vs Compass School
Shapes first, compass and time second — they work together
Form School checks what you can see: doors, corridors, sharp angles. Compass School needs sitting direction and often birth data.
Read more →Reading a Floor Plan: Four Checks
Door, flow, kitchen/bath, missing corners
Before flying stars, ask where qi enters, where it rushes through, and what is missing.
Read more →The Entry Foyer: Your Home’s Buffer Zone
Slow the qi — do not expose the whole house at once
A foyer hides shoes, softens sightlines, and prevents rush energy from flooding in.
Read more →Through-Hall Qi: When Airflow Is Too Straight
Door to balcony — qi enters and leaves too fast
Fix with screens, plants, or furniture that turns the path — not by blocking all light.
Read more →Bedroom Feng Shui Basics
Sleep comes before lucky objects
Solid headboard, no door rush, no mirror on the bed — three priorities.
Read more →Mirrors: Where They Help and Hurt
Reflection doubles energy — use with care in bedrooms
Avoid mirrors facing the bed or entry. Hallways and dining can use mirrors to brighten.
Read more →Wealth Corners: More Than a Diagonal Line
Bright, tidy, and lived-in beats piles of charms
The diagonal from the door is a starting hint. Real work needs sitting direction or annual stars.
Read more →Eight Mansions: East vs West Life Groups
Match your personal gua to favorable directions
Birth year and gender give a gua number. Favorable directions suit sleep and desk; unfavorable suit storage or toilets.
Read more →Kitchen & Bathroom: Fire and Water
Keep them separate, ventilated, and clean
Kitchen feeds; bathroom drains. Door-to-door between them is best avoided.
Read more →Missing Corners in Floor Plans: Should You Worry?
Tell structural gaps from small rooms before buying cures
A missing corner means the building outline is clearly indented on one compass sector. Related life themes may feel weaker, but panic is rarely warranted.
Read more →Living Room Feng Shui: Where the Family Gathers
Solid backing, open ming tang, smooth flow—more than décor
The living room is the home’s main yang space. Keep it bright, tidy, and good for conversation. Sofa placement and the view from the door matter most.
Read more →Study & Desk Feng Shui: Focus-Friendly Layout
Backing behind you, open space ahead, good light from the left-front
A study needs calm and focus. Desk position beats bookshelf style: avoid back to door, facing bed, or under a beam.
Read more →Beam Overhead: Why It Feels Pressuring
Beams over bed, sofa, or stove are best avoided or visually softened
Beams are structural, but sleeping, sitting, or cooking directly under one is traditionally considered heavy and restless.
Read more →External Sha: Roads, Sharp Corners, and Curved Traffic
What you see outside the window still matters—separate fear from facts
Straight roads at the door, sharp building corners at windows, and curved roads outside are classic form sha. Check noise, light, and privacy first.
Read more →Annual Afflictions: Tai Sui, Sui Po, and Five Yellow
Directions change every year—check before renovation
Annual stars shift with the lunar year. Tai Sui sectors prefer quiet; Five Yellow dislikes red earth-breaking work.
Read more →Flying Stars Intro: Time, Direction, and Luck Cycles
Twenty-year periods; stars change with time and sitting/facing
Flying Star feng shui links time and compass sectors. You need accurate sitting/facing and move-in timing for a full chart.
Read more →Period 9 (2024–2043): What It Means for Homes
Fire period—light, culture, tech themes without painting everything red
Period 9 is fire element. South, brightness, and cultural spaces gain attention—but balance still matters.
Read more →Apartment Feng Shui: Five Common High-Rise Issues
Elevators, corridors, neighbors, height, and balcony
You cannot control the whole neighborhood—focus on entry, flow, bedroom, kitchen, and balcony.
Read more →Office Feng Shui: Desk and Leadership Layout
Backing, open front, less clutter—steadier career energy
Avoid back to door, facing toilet, or shelves over your head. Leaders prefer solid wall behind and open space ahead.
Read more →Colors & Materials: Five Elements in Interior Design
Room function and sector accents—not one color for the whole home
Colors express the five elements. Bedrooms soft, kitchen warm, study woody/green, bathroom white and light gray.
Read more →Indoor Plants: What to Grow and Where
Life energy yes—avoid a jungle in the bedroom at night
Plants are wood element—good for living room, balcony, study, southeast. Remove dead plants; limit spikes facing bed or sofa.
Read more →Aquariums & Water Features: Wealth Symbolism and Rules
Moving clean water—not in bedroom, kitchen, or dirty tanks
Water symbolizes flow and wealth, but placement matters. Small clean tanks beat huge neglected water.
Read more →Balcony & Windows: Light, Air, and Safety
Tidy balcony, working windows—curtains beat mirrors
Balconies bring light and qi; windows affect privacy. Curtains and plants solve many external sha views.
Read more →Children’s Room: Sleep, Study, and Security
Bed backing, desk zone, toy storage—more than posters
Kids need stable sleep and a separate study zone. Soft colors, less overstimulation.
Read more →Four Celestial Animals: Back, Front, Left, Right
Green Dragon left higher, White Tiger right lower, open front, solid back
Classic form language: support behind, open space ahead, slightly higher left, calmer right.
Read more →What Is Bazi (Four Pillars)? How Is It Different from Zodiac?
Birth date and time chart—not horror-story fortune telling
Bazi uses year, month, day, and hour pillars of stems and branches. With feng shui it can personalize colors and sectors.
Read more →Four Pillars: What Year, Month, Day, Hour Mean
Day stem is the Day Master—you
Year links ancestors and early life; month to parents and youth; day to self and spouse; hour to children and later life.
Read more →Day Master Strength: Strong vs. Weak Self
Energy balance in the chart—not physical fitness
Strong day master is not automatically good; weak is not bad. Balance matters. Strong needs output; weak needs support.
Read more →Useful God & Taboo God: Colors and Directions in Life
Elements that help you feel balanced
Useful god elements help balance; taboo elements over-emphasize imbalance. Use for colors, career, and sector hints.
Read more →Bazi + Feng Shui: Which Comes First?
Bedroom by person; living room by layout
Fix layout sha first. Then personalize bedroom/study by useful god. When they conflict, bedroom priority for the sleeper.
Read more →Lunar Calendar, Solar Terms, and Feng Shui Years
Bazi year often changes at Lichun (Start of Spring), not Lunar New Year
Annual stars and Bazi year pillars often use Lichun, not the first day of Lunar New Year.
Read more →Zi Wei Dou Shu: Twelve Palaces and the Life Palace
Chart from birth date and hour—structure first, annual luck second
Zi Wei is a major Chinese fate system using stars in twelve palaces. Beginners learn the Life Palace, Body Palace, and main stars before memorizing every star name.
Read more →Liu Yao Divination: One Question, One Hexagram
Based on the Zhou Yi; coins or numbers build the lines
Liu Yao uses the na-jia system for concrete questions. Clear questions, sincere intent, and moving lines are the core.
Read more →Mei Hua Yi Shu: Numbers and Time Can Cast Too
Shao Yong’s imagery school—quick questions, body vs function
Mei Hua uses early heaven bagua numbers. Body trigram vs function trigram and their five-phase relations judge luck. Context decides meaning.
Read more →Qi Men Dun Jia: Timing and Direction, Not Movie Magic
Heaven, earth, human, and spirit plates—choose when and where to act
Qi Men picks favorable time and facing for action. Learn the nine palaces, eight doors, nine stars, and eight spirits first.
Read more →Date Selection: Reading Almanac Auspice and Taboo
Moves, ground-breaking, and weddings need stars, zodiac, and personal charts
Date selection picks smoother qi in time. Almanacs give general rules; major events should also consider the person’s zodiac and Ba Zi useful gods.
Read more →Chinese Name Studies: Strokes, Five Phases, and Sound
Names are symbols and sound—balance the chart, don’t worship stroke counts
Name studies use five grids (heaven, human, earth, outer, total) and radical elements. Modern naming also needs pronunciation, meaning, and legal forms.
Read more →Dream Interpretation: Omen, Symbol, or Mind Signal?
Blend classic imagery with emotion and recent stress
Tradition reads water, houses, snakes, flight, etc.; psychology stresses subconscious processing. Journal the dream, then link to waking life.
Read more →Ten Gods in Ba Zi: Officer, Wealth, Seal, Output, Peer
Roles other stems play toward the day master
Ten Gods personalize five-phase relations: direct/indirect officer, wealth, seal, output, and peer stars. They decode personality and event types.
Read more →Major Luck and Annual Luck: Ten-Year Cycles, Yearly Triggers
Direction by year stem yin/yang and sex; start age from solar terms
Major luck is the ten-year backdrop; annual luck is the yearly trigger. Learn direction, start age, and how years interact with the natal chart.
Read more →Liu Ren Shen Ke: Heaven, Earth, and the Three Transmissions
One of the “Three Styles” with Qi Men and Tai Yi—strong on concrete affairs
Liu Ren builds a lesson from four classes and three transmissions with twelve sky generals. Beginners learn the flow before memorizing every deity name.
Read more →Tai Yi Shen Shu: Nine Palaces and Big-Picture Cycles
Historically for cosmic timing; today for macro rhythm, not daily trivia
Tai Yi uses palace numbers and spirits to model large cycles—paired with Qi Men and Liu Ren as a Three Style. Modern study focuses on structure, not political fortune-telling.
Read more →Qi Men, Liu Ren, Tai Yi: What Each “Three Style” Answers
Pick the right tool—don’t mix three different systems into one verdict
All three are advanced, but Qi Men picks time and facing, Liu Ren traces human affairs through transmissions, Tai Yi models large cycles. Master one before sampling all three.
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