Water and Fengshui

In the theory of the subject "Feng Shui 風水" the word water has frequently been used to describe or represent many things. It has also been used to represent the blood of the dragon. Why is the word water being used? Water can flows in any direction, nothing can stop in its way, the flow can either be a fast or slow flow. It can be natural, it can also be created. When a Feng Shui Practitioner uses the word water, it can meant the flow of chi "Shui Loo 水路",the water features around your home, the dragon's blood "Suen Loong Tien Siek 寻龍點穴" etc and the lists goes on.

While water also represents wealth, ancient text on water in Feng Shui has a saying that goes, "The mountain represents sons, and water represents wealth 山管人丁，水管財". That's where, the water flow in your home compound can be arrange to attract and capture the dragon's cosmic breathe. Some say, to tap the chi, so the chi has to be found, then collected. Your home compound landscape plays a role in this. The flow of water when correctly positioned can be altered to capture or harness auspicious chi to bring good fortune to the house occupants. Likewise it can also be altered or created to disperse bad chi that causes misfortune etc.

Below are some explanations on the symbols of water:

1. Chou Shui 朝水 - Water feature which is in front of your house.

2. Chi Shui 去水 - Water which flows out of your house, if the flow is fast and strong, it creates the poison arrow effect "Lou Chi"( bad chi). If you have a drain which the flow is strong, cover the drain.


3. Chit Shui 聚水 - Whirlpool or lake in front of a house, such flow of chi is good for the house as the energy/chi will concentrate in that area collecting auspicious chi bringing wealth to its occupants.


4. Fan Shui 放水 - Water that comes from the drain or from hilly ground.
If the water is clean water, it's best to arranged the flow to the green dragon position "Qing Loong Fang 青龍方". If it is contaminated water, arrange the flow to the white tiger position "Pai Hu Fang 白虎方".

Many modern homes today are installed with some water features. It is advisable to seriously study if the placing is correct. When wrongly placed, the effects that comes with it effecting the house occupants are bad health, adultery, and if serious case, death. For a home, the erection of a pond or well, it is advisable not be erect a well in a house that has been occupied for a long time as when wrongly placed causes death. "Siat Pern Chow Jing 血盆照鏡". If there is a need to erect a pond or a swimming pool,
it is advisable to erect it further away from the house avoiding the front door, adultery position "桃花方" in your home and the enemy position "Wu Kui Fang 五鬼方". Water enhances the bad chi at the adultery position "桃花方" and the enemy position "Wu Kui Fang 五鬼方" increasing its effects. When this happens, it not only affects the man in the house, it also affects the female occupants in the house. An issue, best to avoid.

There is no fix design or shape on your pond, carefully study the position, locate the right place then only decide on the right shape or design. In my travels, I have come across some homes where two ponds or water features were erected in front of the house, one positioned on the right hand side, the other on the left hand side. This scenerio is also found everywhere at the Forbidden Palace in Beijing, China.
Two huge jars filled with water sits on each side of the doors, left and right. In the subject "Feng Shui 風水" your front door represent your mouth, so when you have two water features placed on each side, it represents the two eyes with tears. That's why so much tears were shed at the Forbidden Palace.
If you have two water features each on the right and left side of your house, it is advisable to keep only one of the water feature. Dispose or cover the other one, if it is a pond. Stories extracted from the Forbidden Palace, the effects of the water features created effecting the occupants there is already a lesson for all of us to learn, so seriously study the placing of the water features in your home to avoid such unnecessary tragedies.