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Ghosts and Feng
Shui
Many people are
fascinated with the idea of ghosts. Certainly the feng shui of a house has a
powerful impact on its occupants and their well being, but did you know that
certain houses are more likely to be haunted than others? I have consulted
on such homes where the owners complained of ghostly occurrences.
The purpose of
feng shui is to identify and correct the imbalance of yin and yang energy in
a home or other building. There are several factors that can invite the
supernatural into a house, but the most influential is the strong presence
of yin energy.
Yin qi is
feminine, cool, dark, receptive and still while yang qi is masculine, warm,
bright, assertive and active. Houses for the living are yang while houses
for the dead (gravesites) are yin. Living people are yang and thus need yang
qi - bright light and fresh air - to thrive. The deceased are yin so it is
generally preferred for gravesites to be quiet and darker.
Here are some
things to look for and consider when studying a haunted house:
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The needle
on the luopan (Chinese geomancy compass) may vibrate or spin if ghostly
energy is present.
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Houses near
hospitals, where someone has died or that are built over burial sites or
areas where violent deaths have occurred (e.g., a Civil War
battlefield).
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Houses
within view of a cemetery or places of worship. While places of worship
give many people comfort, the nature of these buildings is very yin.
They are where one goes within to communicate with God or their higher
power.
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Houses with
banana trees on the property.
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Houses that
are very dim inside (yin) due to excessive plant growth outside blocking
the sunlight, an insufficient number of windows, curtains are kept
closed, etc.
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Houses that
are in their Shuai (Decline) or Si (Death) cycles. The qi of these
houses is much weaker than houses that are in their Wang (Prosperous) or
Sheng (Life) cycles. For example, we are currently at the end of the
20-year cycle of 7, so a house built in Cycle 4 is already in its Si
cycle, while a house built in 2002 (Cycle 7) is in its Wang cycle. A
Cycle 6 house will go into its Si cycle by February 2004, when Cycle 8
officially begins.
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This is also
true for the main entrance. If the entrance does not have Wang or Sheng
numbers present (7,8,9), the qi entering the house is weakened and more
yin.
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A dark or
dim main entrance.
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It is easier
for ghosts to appear in houses that are:
Shuang Xing Hui Xiang (not good for health/relationships
but good for money, or "double facing". Both the mountain and water
stars are in the facing section of the house), or
Shang Shan Xia Shui (not good for health/relationships and
money, or "reversed". The mountain star is in the facing section and the
water star is in the sitting section of the house). In either case, the
energies for the people are not inherently supportive.
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The presence
of a flying star 5 in the affected area can also help support ghostly
energy. 5 has no gender, but brings problems wherever it appears -
obstacles, illness and delays. It may be that a 5 also delays the
spirit's ability to move on.
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Houses with
wind chimes incorrectly placed inside the house. Many feng shui
practitioners routinely advise placing wind chimes inside houses to
correct angle sha (among other purposes), but take care as wind chimes
can invite unwanted spirits into your house!
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