Troubleshooting the Octagon
For many homes, placing the
Octagon on the floor plan is easy and straight-forward. However questions arise
in several common situations.
Missing areas and projections
The ideal house shape is a
regular one – square or rectangle. A regular shape supports a natural, positive
balance. Yet an irregular house shape isn’t necessarily negative, but can bode
either good or ill for the home’s occupants depending upon the shape and on the
Feng Shui cures you use or fail to use. Missing areas of your floor plan are
negative features that block chi flow in the corresponding life area.
Projections, on the other hand, represent extra areas where energy circulates,
providing additional chi, and thereby improving one’s fortune in that life
area. You can have both at once in the same floor plan. To illustrate, if you
have a missing area in the Children Area of the Octagon and a projection in the
Fame Area, you are likely to have a good reputation but may have problems with
your children. These principles hold true for the shape of your lot as well.
Difficult Floor Plans
If your floor plan is too
complex, correctly placing the Octagon can be difficult. Or your floor plan ma
be unusually odd-shaped, also making correct Octagon placement difficult. A
potential solution for such cases is simply to use the Octagon on each room in
the house. Or you may want to seek a professional Feng Shui Consultant for
assistance.
Entrances with turns
The situation can be a little
tricky if you enter the house in one direction, yet turn to continue into the
body of the house in another direction. In such cases, you can orient the
Octagon according the direction of greatest traffic flow coming into the house.
Angled entrances
A front door at 45 degree angle,
present two possible ways to place the Octagon on the floor plan. Which is
correct? The solution comes in two steps: First determine which of the two
sides of the house experiences greater traffic flow. Then place the Octagon at
90-degree angle to this direction.
Placing the Octagon upstairs and
down
The main floor of the house is
the most important in terms of Octagon assessment. If you wish to place the
Octagon on an upper floor or basement, keep in mind these tips:
- The entrance (main door/Mouth of Chi) of any floor other than the ground level floor (meaning a floor accessed by stairs) is its landing.
- Internal stairways constitute missing areas of the Feng Shui Octagon of both floors that the stairway connects.
Changing your Life with the
Octagon
A good way to use the Octagon is
to select the areas that correspond to the most important life changes you want
to make. If you want to increase family harmony, the Family Area is good place
to begin. Go to this area of your home. Quite down and take a look. Feel the
energy using the methods. Things may jump out at you and clamor for changes and
cures.
Another good way to use the
Octagon is to look for correlations between each Octagon Area of the house and
the corresponding life patterns you’re experiencing. For example, if the Wealth
Area of your house is cluttered and messy and your finances are in complete
disarray, the correlation is easy to make. Cleaning up the area and keeping it
clean can bring about some noticeable effect in your financial circumstance.
Even room looks much nicer with these. Feng shui is nothing if not practical.
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