On a recent trip to China I saw an interesting form configuration that reminded me of a Feng Shui cure or remedy in action. There was a straight foot bridge aimed directly at the front door of a building. In Feng Shui this form set up represents sha Qi (inauspicious) in that it causes Qi to flow too fast in a straight line. This is never wanted as we always want Qi to flow in a meandering way.
Forms are things. Everything on this planet can be categorized into one of five types. They are labelled and some of their general characteristics are:
- · Wood, linear in shape, shoots upward, and can be green to light blue in colour.
- · Fire, pointed and radiates outward, red in colour.
- · Earth, square and solid, concentrates inward, and is brown in colour. Animals Ox.
- · Metal is generally gold in colour and circular in shape, it spirals forward.
- · Water is wavy and comes in black to navy while flowing downwards.
We have to keep in mind that the labels are just labels. Wood does not mean that the item is made of wood, but would have wood type properties. For example if we see a black metal lamp post. We would say that it is wood generated by water. The linear shape suggests Wood Qi, and the black colour represents Water Qi.
There is also an order.
- · Generating/Draining cycle is: Wood – Fire – Earth – Metal – Water – Wood
- · Attacking/Controlling cycle is: Wood – Earth – Water – Fire – Metal – Wood
When I was in Shanghai I happen to notice a golden coloured, mean faced ox facing a straight foot bridge. The bull statues were brought to Shanghai as a symbol of financial power as the city of Shanghai means to China.
In Feng Shui terms, one way of looking at this configuration is that wood qi (the straight bridge) is attacking and being weakened by the ox (earth qi). The golden colour (metal qi) then comes in attack mode and finishes off the tired (tired from being in battle) wood qi. Thus eliminating the sha qi caused by the foot bridge aimed directly at the business. This is one way you could use a Feng Shui remedy to correct an attacking form.
