Feng Shui Forensic

Note: The following was written on Feb.7, 2002

Here is a sample question from the Kenny Porter School for Feng Shui Wizards. The case is real. Someone actually had died.

The event had happened in a monastery in Nationalist China in July, 1924 (5th moon in Chinese calendar).

No construction date is given.

No move-in date is given.

1924 was Period 4.

Here is the case material:

Two monks were living in one of the rooms in the monastery. One was a senior and the other as a junior monk. The junior monk had a ming-gua of 9-purple fire.

In July 1924, the senior monk felt sick and moved out of that room. The junior monk stayed and died of sickness.

No info on the nature of sickness given.

Given the above data, how do you track down the Feng Shui "pathology" of this case? In other words, why did the poor monk die?

Now you can put on your thinking hat.


Ken Lai

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Construction date? move-in date? or what?

Note: The following was written on May 30, 2002

I have just done an audit of a Chinese restaurant in a Midwest state. It was built in 1977 (period 6) and located in front of a MacDonald.

P.6 Si Mountain/ Hai facing (needs replacement star, ms, ts,ws)

...........S...........

458 931 213

349 567 785 W

894 122 676

Early history is unknown, but the last three owners all filed bankruptcy. It was empty for 2 years until 1996 when my client bought it, remodeled it (new paint, carpets, furniture, but did not replace the roof). They are in business ever since.

Business is OK but the owner has problems keeping helpful employees.

Since they have moved in during Period 7, should I use move-in date or construction date?
Chart for period 7:

.........S..........

586 124 346

457 679 892 W

913 235 781

I'll let you guess which one that I've used. Hint: I'm no fanatic of following the doctrines of any master, including mine (read as: I follow the winner).

Ken Lai


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Strip Joint Feng Shui

Note: The following was written on Jan 2, 2004

I went to downtown Minneapolis today taking photos of buildings for my "Advanced Form Feng Shui" class (info: www.kenlaifengshui.com ). This city has a few buildings that are pretty famous in the architecture world. Some buildings here are great for illustrating Form Feng Shui concepts.

Like most U.S. cities, downtown Minneapolis has one side that has old buildings dating back to last century. The north side of the city was full of sex shops and adult entertainment establishment 28 years ago when I come here.

Now the area has re-developed with new buildings or renovation of old buildings for the "loft" craze, although a few adult shops are still in business.

I notice that the adult businesses here, including nightclubs, tend to paint black outside the building. In five element theory, black is water. Water is related to sex. Water also means intelligence. I guess one needs some IQ to get you know what.

I've passed by the "Dream xxxx" strip joint and am surprised that it is still in business.

I had visited this joint about 10 years ago. It has at most 6 performing girls whereas only a few blocks away there is a "Deja Vu" franchise with 60- 100 girls.

I'm not familiar how these adult businesses are operated. I just try to find some explanations from Feng Shui perspective.

What is unusual about this joint is that there is a big parking lot in front of it (not on its property)-- a big ming tang (bright hall), great for accumulating water.

Then it faces west-- the "wang" direction of Period 7.

There are both tall buildings on the left and right side of this joint-- strong green dragon and white tiger. It lacks a good support at the back though.

But I think "Dream xxxx" need to "dream" more to survive when Period 8 comes.

The city has built a light rail station in front of this joint (see photo). The roof has multiple iron bars pointing to the joint directly like arrows. This "form sha" can cause accidents to the owner and employees.

Or you may argue that people may be mad at the city when they leave the rail and see the joint point blank. So they may force the city to re-zone the area as "non-adult" business zone and drive this "Dream xxxx" out of business.

This case reminds me of a Chinese restaurant in Omaha with lousy food but still does brisk business due to good surrounding forms.


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A tale of 2 trees or Bird Feng Shui

Note: The following was written on Nov 16, 2003

I have visited my friend Tim's office last Friday. His office is located in a well-maintained office park. Regional office of Nike is also in the same park.

The weather was great, 48F or 9C degree, considered warm by local standard. We are used to - 20C weather here.

Tim is a computer product distributor. Upon seeing him, he asked me to refer a church to him.

He wants to be spiritual suddenly.

Before I answer him, I was distracted by a strange scene outside his office.

There are two trees of identical height (around 12 ft. tall, same type) and 10 feet apart. All leaves were shed due to winter, so I could see what's on the tree.

One tree has a bird-feeder and lots of spilled seeds on the ground. Apparently birds nearby have an all-you-can-eat buffet there.

What was strange is that the "buffet" tree has almost no bird standing on it. Instead, the tree in front of Jim's office has a large number of birds standing on it, like Hitchcock's "Bird" movie.

I told Jim, "Don't waste time going to church, just sit and meditate under that tree." He stared at me as if I were a nut.

"Go and stand under that tree and feel the qi yourself."

Tim did and said he felt a stream of warm energy and air that felt like ionized.

Energy points like this one are what the Feng Shui masters hunting for burial grounds or building sites.

Scenarios like this one are not difficult to find. All you need is to pay a little attention to the surrounding around us. Sometimes by paying attention to vegetation and trees around a site will tell you a lot about the residents there.

Ken Lai

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"Wall-knife Sha" and void line

This is an amazing case from my file.

A middle-aged Hong Kong couple immigrated to Toronto in 1994 and bought a 7th floor condo in Scarborough. The building has over 20 floors and is part of a big condo park with buildings which either parallel or perpendicular to each other. The buildings look like the following:

:===:

: A

: : :

===

============: : : :

Bldg. B

============: :

x

=========== : : : :

Bldg. C

===========: :

"X" is the location of the client's condo at 7th floor. X is also the location of main entrance of the building.

After moved in the condo, the couple's relationship deteriorates to the point that they sleep in separate beds and rarely talk to each other.

Relations between father and children are bad too. Both have problem getting employment or stuck in low-paying jobs. Both become socially isolated. Money luck is virtually gone. Health of children is OK but the couple gets chronic diseases. Wife lost hair and husband had thyroid problem and lost a lot of weight.

Measurement: Luopan reading at building main door is 0 degree-- big void line. To be sure, I took measurement at 4 corners of the building and get same results. I had taken readings of both apartment door and the "yang side" (balcony)-- the resulting flying star charts explain everything and explain nothing at the same time. But in the balcony, just move the luopan or compass 2 feet from one point, the reading changes 20-30 degrees. Owner said he had put plants in that area and they all died within a month or two.

This twilight zone area is exactly where the wall-edge of building "C" projects or cuts into building "B" and lands on the NW side of client's condo. In form Feng Shui, this is called "wall- knife sha". The master bedroom also locates at this junction. This explains the ill-health of the couple because their kids sleep at other side of the condo.

Owner has hanged a big mirror on the wall facing condo door.

According to the client, their across the corridor neighbor "N" had moved in with perfect health and moved out with an oxygen tank a few years later.

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If Einstein were given a Luopan

Note: The following was written on Nov. 4, 2003

I paged thru' a book with this title, "Dear Professor Einstein". It is about the correspondence between Albert Einstein and some school kids.

There is a timeline of Einstein's life in the book. He was born in 1879. In 1884, Einstein's father gave him a compass and he was deeply impressed.

According to "Elegant Universe", a PBS TV series, Einstein had tried to unified magnetism, gravity and electro-magnetic force into a grand theory.

Feng Shui is very magnetism-oriented. I wonder if Einstein's father had given him a luopan instead of a compass, will we have "quantum Feng Shui" today?

Nevertheless, it seemed that Einstein's home in Princeton (112 Mercer St.) had quite a few incidences of heart problems. Einstein himself had aorta problem and died from it. So it would be interested to do a "historical Feng Shui audit" of his former residence. But bear in mind that magnetic field changes over the years and adjustment may be needed.
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Modern Pharaohs-- episode II

Note: The following was written on Jul 5, 2003

I wrote about "modern Pharaohs" in last December. Here is two quotes to refresh your memory.

"Modern Pharaohs do not build tombs but grandeur office buildings. They are the CEOs and executives of big corporations."

"Call it the edifice complex or the headquarters hex. There is an uncanny link between the unveiling of a glorious new facility and a nosedive in a company's fortunes."


Now episode II....

Best Buy, a nationwide electronic store in the U.S., has just built a US$160 million campus in Richfield, Minneapolis, MN.

The campus consists of 4 big buildings in the shape of an ocean liner, with top levels bigger than the foundation (just like a boat!) and a sharp edge (boat spine) point outward. Each building points to a different direction.

There is a big fountain in the west (rough estimate by watching sun shadow, not measured) and an artificial pond in the east. The whole campus sits inside a big circle, with Hwy 494 encircles part of it.

When Best Buy begins moving into this new headquarter last April, they started their first layoff in corporate history.

Last week or so, they announced their first quarter loss in corporate history. They have dumped their Musicland group (consists of over 1000 Sam Goody, Gold coast and MediaPlay stores) free to another financial group for assuming the real estate leases and liabilities. This Musicland subsidiary has been bleeding money like hell for Best Buy.

Coincidence or what?

Without using any fancy Feng Shui theory, just by looking at the shape of Best Buy's HQ, one may deduce that big shots in the company are getting too ambitious without a big enough foundation to support their ideas. Then with 4 big ships sailing at different directions, one may deduce there may be internal discords and constant switching focuses. They has just changed their advertisement to attract older age group consumers and redesigned the layout of their stores to high end consumer electronics and cut down on software titles.

However, the land form of the whole campus is good because everything is inside a circle, esp. the Hwy 494 side that has over 100k vehicles passing by. So the company could still be prosperous in the future.

Oh, I do not even bother to mention the effects of the fountain and pond yet.


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