FENG SHUI..what can i do about sharp wall corners/divider wall ends?
especially the divider wall ends…they jut out at both my living room entrance at the front door…and my kitchen entrance from the garage like they are “attacking” people who are entering….thanks
There are different schools of Feng Shui which sometimes seem to contradict each other. In the West there are four popular styles: Eight Directions or Compass Method; Eight House Method; Flying Star School; and, the Form School or Black Hat Sect. The first three use a compass to section a home or building into areas that relate to life energies. The Form School originated in mountainous areas, and uses the shape of the surrounding landscape and the building’s entrance to determine energy flows.
Feng Shui is a combination of intuition, astrology, numerology, and prejudice. For instance, when Feng Shui was invented there were no bathrooms. Bathing required fire to heat the water, and servants to carry it to the tub. Bathing was therefore expensive, so the bath is viewed negatively as a drain on finances, and to a larger extent a drain on energies. In Western culture the bath is a place of rejuvenation, and is viewed positively. I am explaining my thoughts on this because the second answerer was so vehement, so demanding that there was only one way. There is ALWAYS another way to deal with a problem.
The most common method to diffuse cutting chi is to place a plant in front of the corner. Lillian Too, who has published many Feng Shui books, says even fake plants are quite acceptable as a fix. The first answerer gave you a good fix by suggesting curtains that soften the corner or protrusion. Note that open shelves on a bookcase are said to produce cutting chi, and that all the books should be placed so their spines are even with the front edge of the shelf. Better yet, all cabinets should have solid doors.
Books that I found very helpful are Practical Feng Shui by Simon Brown, Feng Shui Step By Step by T. Raphael Simons, and those by Lillian Too.
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