This presentation of Feng Shui is here as an introduction to the art of Feng Shui and does not in any way pretend to offer counsel or diagnosis.
In fact, even if one defines Feng Shui as a Chinese Taoist Art form, it is, nevertheless, a very sophisticated science which was only passed from Master to Disciple after a long apprenticeship. It was only in the 1980's that it spread and became popularised in the West.
The goal of Feng Shui is to harmonise and equalise energy, leading to better health and/or prosperity. Litterally, Feng Shui means "Water Wind".
Several schools of Feng Shui developed in China, making the reading of the different elements more and more complex. These schools use a compass, the "bagua" (the octagonal diagram representing the 8 directions and containing the digraphs of the book of divinations, the Yi King), based on the theory of the five elements, which refer to the telluric forces, the temporal factor, the ying and yang, the nine shooting stars and their magic square of 9 numbers...So much knowledge of the diverse origins of the multiple interactions called for in addition to the training needed to master the diagnoses and remedies for the bad circulation of energy in a given area.
For centuries, the Chinese consulted the Masters to plan their cities and construct their homes; and businessmen called on the experts of Feng Shui to decide where to place and how to arrange their offices.
Since the 80's, Feng Shui has spread and become popular, first in the United States and then throughout the West. Along with this popularisation, Feng Shui has become impregnated with much superstition and is often a strange mixture of beliefs and recipes which are wrongly called Feng Shui.
A number of architects, above all Americans, have become interested in Feng Shui, and without pretending to be Masters on the subject, have acquired certain basic principles which have sensistised their way of feeling the circulation of energy.
Because of this popularistion, we have access to the basics which allow us to balance and enrich our lives and where we live.
