Foundations

How feng shui actually works.

Before the room guides and the yearly charts, these are the ideas underneath them all. Read them once and everything else clicks faster.

The Bagua Map Explained

Find the nine areas of your home — wealth, love, health, career — on one simple map.

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Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water

How the five elements generate and control each other, and how to use them at home.

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Colors Cheat Sheet

What color for each room, and why — the five-element shortcut.

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What Is Qi?

Energy flow in your home, explained without mystique.

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Yin and Yang at Home

Balance, not perfection — how opposites share a room.

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A Short History of Feng Shui

From burial sites to living rooms: how the practice grew.

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Feng Shui vs Superstition

What it is, what it isn't, and how to tell the difference.

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How to Take a Compass Reading in Your Home

Stand, aim, read — a practical walkthrough with a phone or a compass.

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Facing vs Sitting: The Two Directions of Every Home

The two directions that decide every chart — and how to find yours.

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How to Draw Your Floor Plan for Feng Shui

Measure, sketch, and overlay the bagua on your own home.

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Period 9 Explained: The 2024–2043 Energy Cycle

The twenty-year cycle we're living in, and what it favors.

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How Flying Stars Work

The basics before the 2027 chart: how stars move and why they matter.

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The Luo Pan Compass: What Its Rings Actually Mean

The traditional compass, ring by ring, in plain language.

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