There is a major distinction between the serious, authentic styles of Feng Shui and the fashionable but limited “pop” (popular) Feng Shui.
Serious practitioners of Feng Shui have spent years learning their craft and have taken the time to learn basic Chinese in order to decipher original source texts. Chue Feng Shui, also known as Imperial Feng Shui, is the most comprehensive and accurate style available in the world today and successfully incorporates techniques and methodologies from all the major Feng Shui styles to offer a truly balanced approach to professional consulting. Practitioners of Chue style use calendars and compasses specially designed in Hong Kong, and techniques that ensure high quality and lasting solutions. Popular Feng Shui advice you read on the internet, in newspapers, magazines and most books is usually founded solely upon the Bagua approach with a very simplistic and limited criteria of factors often resulting in quick fix and short-term results and in our opinion actually are dangerous and are known to have caused harm.
Refined techniques
Would you trust a brain surgeon who only knows the simple divisions of the brain, rather than the intricate network of connections? Most self-qualified consultants only know how to work with 8 directions on the compass, at best 24, whereas Chue Style specialises in 64 Hexagram Feng Shui. What this means in practical terms is that we can offer clients highly bespoke solutions rather than general strategies that could apply to virtually anyone.
64 Hexagrams of the I Ching
Many of our most powerful techniques originate from the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, which is an ancient text dealing with energy ‘forecasting’ that still amazes people with its accuracy when used professionally. The way the 64 hexagrams relate and connect with one another can be compared to an electrical circuit and if you can get the energy flowing you can increase your luck and wellbeing. If the energy is blocked then the circuit cannot operate or if it is incorrectly wired then it can cause damage.
A house or building and neighbourhood connects with this type of energy through its facing and sitting directions, doors, pathways, major roadways, river courses, topographical features and so on. These hexagrams also influence us by way of time, so the occupants are in a natural alignment with these energies by virtue of their date and hour of birth. This adds another dimension to our consulting, quite literally.
Technique names and application
Our techniques are tailored to specific types of space. For example, we would tend to use the following for certain environments:
Sang Set - Room by room calculation – a general technique dependent on the overall direction of a room – Suitable for small spaces such as studio flats
Sam Hap Double Mountain (Rescue of the Poor) - Works with the source of Chi (vital energy)and is suitable for large external areas such as housing developments and urban planning incorporating thoroughfares carrying pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Yuen Hom Flying Star - Literally translated Yuen Hom means “mystery of the void”. This technique is time sensitive (hence ‘flying’ as in moving over time) and provides information about the current quality of chi affecting a space. It helps us decide which rooms are best to use and how we can bring elemental balance. It is used predominantly for the interiors of properties such as flats, houses and offices.
Ba Chop – 8 mansions or palaces - A technique used for both exterior and interior spaces that tells us the constitutional energy of a property, and does not change over time, unless the front door or entrance gate changes position. Good for most properties, especially those with large grounds.
Kua date selection, Ba Zi horoscope analysis and I Ching readings – These represent the timing aspects of Feng Shui and are used by practitioners to determine the most auspicious dates and times for changes to be made. These complex techniques are learned upon completion of the 2 yr practitioner training course.
Yin/Yang – The Chinese call these two raw energies Yin and Yang which represent the interplay and opposition of two different poles of energy, plus/minus, positive/negative, and is acknowledged by scientists to be a basic premise for change. The feminine principle is associated with Yin and the male principle with Yang.
YIN / YANG
Female/Male
Conceptive/Creative
Still/Movement
Quiet/Noise
Rest/Action
Cooling/Warming
Dark/Light
Night/Day
Black/White
Soft/Hard
Hidden/Visible
Curved/Angular
In order for yang to express itself energetically it must be defined by its opposite yin and vice versa. There can be no day without night…
Form School
Form School theory, as the name suggests, originates from observing the interaction between landform and people and is based upon a sensitive and down to earth awareness of the impact of shape, colour and texture within the external landscape upon the energy surrounding a house, office, town, island resort: Feng Shui can be applied to any scale or landscape.
In ancient times waterways were vital for the flourishing of a town because they transported boats full of supplies and workers. Todays “waterways” are motorways, roads and rail networks and the arrangement of these routes of activity surrounding a building will impact how energy is drawn inside.
A mountain behind a village was seen as protection from enemies and a vista point considered advantageous in order that people could see any approaching danger. In applying this to buildings the ideal position would be having the back nestled against a mountainside with an unobstructed view to the front. The mountain is known as Tortoise, the view as Phoenix, and the left and right as Dragon and Tiger, referring to male/female balance both within and surrounding the building.
Form School principles can tell us where it is best to place a sofa, bed or a desk within a room in order that the layout of that space is supportive and ergonomic.
Compass School
The advantage of being trained in the use of a LoPan compass is that we access a more precise and subtle reading of the energy and dynamics within a property. In addition to this we use numerous other methods such as Ba Chop, Sam Hap Double Mountain, 24 Imperial Stars and Yuen Hom Flying Stars calculations, including powerful techniques exclusive to senior Feng Shui practitioners.
Chue Style Lo Pan Compass
My Lo-Pan compass has been specially designed in Hong Kong for practitioners and graduates of the Chue style of Feng Shui. The information contained within it is owned by Grand Master Chan Kun Wah, founder of the Chue Foundation and the Imperial School of Feng Shui. Students must have completed a year of study and be familiar with basic Cantonese before being deemed ready to work with such a precious instrument.
It is impossible and misleading to distill the teachings of our tradition into a few webpages. The Feng Shui Agency runs Introductory and Practitioner Courses. Please contact us for further information. Tel 0844 848 4099 or email info@fengshuiagency.com.
