Feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") is a 3,000-year-old Chinese practice of arranging space so it supports the life you want to live. Not magic, not superstition-as-a-service — just careful attention to light, layout, color, and clutter, and how they shape your mood, sleep, and focus.
Every guide on this site follows one rule: the rule, and the why. No $200 magic coins. No fear. Just things you can try tonight, in the home you already have.
The 3,000-year history, qi, yin and yang, and the five elements — in five minutes, in plain English.
Read the guide →Divide any home into nine life areas and find which corner of your house matches what's on your mind.
Map your home →Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water — five flavors of energy, and how to use them in decorating.
Learn the elements →The full annual map for the Fire Goat year: which sectors to enhance, which to leave calm.
See the 2027 chart →Command position, solid wall, mirrors, colors — the room where feng shui pays off fastest.
Fix your bedroom →Sofa command position, conversation-first seating, the rug rule, and layered lighting.
Arrange the living room →The stove is the star of the kitchen. Here's how to place it, and what to do when sink meets stove.
Fix your kitchen →Why it disturbs sleep, and three fixes that cost nothing — move it, cover it, or angle it away.
Fix the mirror →The annual stars change at Lichun, 4 February 2027, and run until 3 February 2028. The sectors to enhance this year are the Center (9 Purple), Southeast (8 White), Northwest (1 White), Southwest (6 White) and South (4 Green). The ones to keep calm are the North (5 Yellow), West (2 Black), Northeast (3 Jade) and East (7 Red). The full map, with a cure for every sector, is on the 2027 chart page — and the North's 5 Yellow gets its own guide in Five Yellow in the North 2027.
Which color suits your door's facing — and why the element behind it matters more than luck.
Pick your door color →How to wake up the year's wealth star — and what not to do in the Southeast.
Activate the Southeast →Command position for your desk, what to put behind you, and how to end the workday.
Fix your desk →What sharp angles do to a room's feel, and five softening fixes that cost nothing.
Soften the corners →Drains, lids, mirrors, and colors — small habits that keep a bathroom from draining the house.
Fix your bathroom →The year's most respected sector: what not to do there all year, and how to stay on its good side.
Respect the Southwest →Living wood energy for your home — which plants, which rooms, and which to avoid.
Place your plants →What the traditions actually disagree on, and what matters more than direction.
Point your bed right →The Southwest relationship corner — and the honest 2027 Tai Sui exception for it.
Care for the Southwest →No renovation, no landlord battles: everything in this guide is movable and reversible.
Rent-friendly fixes →Why a beam overhead feels heavy, and five ways to fix it without moving house.
Fix the beam →The mouth of qi — light, landing space, and what your front door says first.
Fix your entryway →The sector you must not disturb this year — no digging, no drilling, no renovation.
Leave the Northeast calm →Flowing water can help or hurt — placement rules that decide which.
Place water wisely →One room doing five jobs? Priorities, zones, and mirrors that double the space.
Make small feel big →The year's wisdom star: how to give it a quiet room and put it to work.
Work the Northwest →The verdict, and the fixes if it stays — cover it, time it, or move it.
Deal with the TV →One small job a day, a calmer house by Sunday. The plan from the book, free.
Start the reset →Why rushing energy at the door unsettles a home, and cures that actually work.
Slow the stairs →No, it won't make you rich. Ten popular claims, tested against the real tradition.
Bust the myths →These free guides teach the rule and the why. The books give you the complete system: room-by-room walkthroughs, checklists, and original diagrams.
The plain-English illustrated guide: 11 chapters, 9 original diagrams, a 7-day home reset plan. A4 + US Letter PDFs.
$12.99 →The annual companion: one chapter per star, the four no-go zones, and a pre-Lichun setup checklist.
$9.99 →Zhuge Jushi （诸葛居士） is a lay student of the old Chinese arts — someone who studies the tradition without claiming to be its master. He grew up with feng shui in China and now writes about it in plain English for readers between East and West. The project behind this site and both books is simple: real principles, honest explanations, steps you can use tonight. Read more on the About page.