Chinese feng shui: its theory and basic concepts, essentials for the home, resolving sha qi inside and outside the house, and objects such as the dragon turtle.
The dragon turtle, said to be one of the dragon's nine sons, combines the dragon's might with the turtle's longevity. This article explains its feng shui uses—attracting wealth, blocking sha qi, warding off petty people, and blessing long life—and the rules for placing and caring for it.
Cinnabar has long been used in Chinese tradition for drawing talismans, consecration, guarding the home, and warding off evil. This article covers five of its uses, who is suited to wearing it, and the taboos and precautions for wearing it.
In feng shui, warding off evil and ghosts rests on adjusting the energy of a home so that “when upright qi is kept within, evil cannot intrude.” This article covers light and air, Mount Tai stones and screens, peach wood, Five Emperors' coins and other protective objects, emergency measures, and everyday precautions.
Basic feng shui for the home, covering the front door, windows, living room, kitchen, toilet, and bedroom—from the proportions of doors and windows to keeping the stove out of drafts and the toilet door from facing the bed.
Roads, buildings, bridges, trees, and other surroundings affect the fortunes of a home's occupants. This article lists twenty common kinds of external sha qi, from Spear Sha and Heaven-Cleaving Sha to Solitary Yang Sha and Sound Sha, describing the form, effects, and remedy of each.
This article describes six common kinds of sha qi in home feng shui—Open-Mouth, Heaven-Cleaving, outdoor form sha, Door-Clash, Sickle, and Reflected-Light sha—their causes and possible effects, and remedies such as screens, door curtains, drapes, and potted plants.
This article sets out the theoretical foundations of Chinese feng shui: how the Supreme Ultimate arises from the Ultimate of Nothingness and unfolds into the Two Modes, Four Symbols, eight trigrams, and sixty-four hexagrams, and how the Five Elements, their cycles, and their seasonal strength underpin feng shui practice.
A systematic introduction to the basic concepts of feng shui: the Qi Pattern and Landform methods (dragon, lair, sand, and water), the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Five Elements, yin and yang and the Three Primes dragons, the River Chart and Luo Writing, the Twenty-Four Mountains, the bagua, the Nine Palaces, and the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions.
A history of Chinese feng shui by era—originating in the Shang, taking shape in the Qin and Han, spreading in the Sui and Tang, flourishing in the Song, and peaking in the Ming and Qing—illustrated with stories of emperors, ministers, and scholars.
An introduction to the basics of Eastern feng shui: the meaning of feng shui and kanyu, its elements of wind, water, qi, and the Five Elements, the tools feng shui masters use, from the luopan and bagua mirror to auspicious beasts, and the landform and qi-pattern schools.