LILLIAN TOO

MASTER PRACTITIONERS COURSE

IN FENG SHUI
LILLIAN TOO

CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS INSTITUTE

The Practice Of Feng Shui

Behind The Feng Shui Charts - Part 2

Module 10

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SUPERIMPOSING THE CHART

When you are have thoroughly familiarized yourself with the flying star charts, annual and monthly
charts, the next crucial step in practicing this method of feng shui is to transfer the chart numbers of
the different sectors onto the actual spaces of your home.
The most efficient way of doing this is to use a floor plan of the house and to then superimpose the
flying star chart onto the plan using the compass directions as a rough guide.
There is some disagreement regarding how charts should be transferred onto the floor plan. Practitioners
in Hong Kong use the PIE CHART method in that they actually superimpose the circular compass onto
the floor plan and subdivide your house space according to the compass demarcations of directions.
This is similar to a pie chart.
A second method of superimposing the chart is to use the Lo Shu grid of nine squares to place the
numbers onto the floor space. This appears to be the more logical way to do it and I prefer to use the
nine sector grid method myself. However, here some practitioners feel that the entire Lo Shu grid chart
should be superimposed onto the floor plan equally while others are of the opinion that the numbers
of each grid should be placed into the different rooms based on compass directions and the way the
walls of the house have been erected.
I use this last method to transfer the flying star numbers onto the floor plan. Using the compass to
identify the sectors I take note of walls that have already been built to make my flying star readings.
Using this method, some rooms being smaller than others mean certain set of numbers (comprising
water and mountain stars) will exert a greater influence than other numbers. I feel that the walls of
any building do create a natural demarcation of the flying star grids. This also offers greater accuracy
in determining the energy of the home.
Superimposing The Flying Star Chart

Downstairs

7 9

2+

3- 4

7 3

3 8

2+

3- 4

House facing N2/3

SE
1

Upstairs

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4 6 8 8

SW
6

6 2 4
9 5 2 3 4 1
E
5 7 9 W
5 9
7 7 3 2
1 3 8
+

NE

NW

The flying star chart has been

superimposed onto the two levels of this
house using the equal grids method.
Another way of doing it is to use the
natural walls of the house to superimpose
the chart. Practitioners who use the latter
method sometimes drop the center grid
when houses have a width of only two
rooms as is the case in this example.

SMALL AND BIG TAI CHI

One of the most important guidelines of practicing Flying Star feng shui is that all feng shui charts
be they period charts or annual or monthly charts - can be superimposed onto the whole house, or
they can be superimposed onto individual rooms. This follows the concept of big Tai Chi or small Tai
chi. This is the yin and yang symbol and it refers to the space we wish to feng shui.
Not many people realize this, but in planning our feng shui, we demarcate the space and it is up to us
where we wish to create the parameters of space to include into our investigation.
Usually we refer to the whole house as the big Tai Chi of our space. Here we consider the whole
house as our Universe and we superimpose the Flying Star chart onto the whole house using compass
directions to give us our reference points for anchoring the relevant numbers. This enables us to make
an overall reading of the flying star energy of the home.
In addition, we can also look at each individual room as a microcosm of space as well, so that the
same chart can be also superimposed onto individual rooms. Here we will place the numbers of the
flying star chart onto different corners of the room using compass directions to guide us as to which
set of numbers goes where. Doing this enables us to know which corners are lucky and which have
unlucky numbers.
This is the Small Tai Chi usage of the flying star chart. Flying star charts can therefore be used to
demarcate energies based on either big or small tai Chi. Knowing this principle means we also know
that the auspicious stars of water and mountain can be activated for the whole house as well as for
individual rooms.

Whole House Big Tai Chi

Each Room Analysed Separately

Small Tai Chi

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CHART OVER THE WHOLE HOUSE

It is very important to superimpose the chart over the whole house as a first step to deciphering the
flying star numbers and investigating what they are telling us about the different corners and sectors of
the house. And since houses have layouts and rooms the best way of applying Flying Star is to identify
rooms of the house and label them according to their compass directions.
Thus, for instance, we should try to determine in which compass sector the main door into the house
is located and then we determine the relevant flying star numbers from the chart that apply to that
compass sector. For example if the main door is located in the South sector then we look at the set of
numbers comprising Period Star, Water Star and Mountain Star that is in the South sector.
In the same manner, we determine the relevant set of numbers for the dining room, living room,
kitchen as well as main bedrooms in the home. Superimposing the numbers onto the home in this
way takes account of both the compass directions as well as the layout of the house. This method of
using the charts gives weight to the way the rooms of the house have been laid out.
Obviously we would want to ensure that the best stars i.e. the auspicious water and mountain stars are
captured in the sectors which house the important rooms of the house, such as the master bedroom,
as well as the facing palace where the main entrance door is located, as well as the sitting palace where
probably the back door is located.
Superimposing the chart over the whole house gives the practitioner a snapshot of the quality of
energies in every corner of the house, thereby making it easy to activate the sectors with lucky stars
and to suppress whatever afflictions may have been revealed via the unlucky stars.

Small link
house
6

SE
6

NE

Entrance

Busy Road

SW
3

2 3 9
1
6 3 4 5
2
E
6 8 1 W
2 5 8 8 9 7
7 4 5

8 8

1 7 9 4

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NW

Illustration shows how the numbers

of the Period 8 chart have been
superimposed onto a small link
house facing North.

FLYING STAR FOR APARTMENTS

If you live in a high-rise apartment or condominium, you need to make sure that you are using the
correct flying star chart for your home. The general rule is to assess the compass orientation of the
entire apartment building and use the facing direction of the whole building to determine the correct
flying star chart that is to be superimposed onto individual apartments.
Thus if the whole apartment building faces South 3, then it is the flying star chart facing S3 that is
then used to determine the flying star energies of your apartment. The numbers in this chart are then
superimposed onto your apartment floor plan using the real orientation of your apartment to guide
you. Thus if the master bedroom of your apartment is in the East sector of your apartment, then you
look for the set of numbers placed in the East sector of the relevant chart then depending on whether
the Water Star and Mountain Star is lucky or not you can then determine if the master bedroom has
lucky stars. In the same way, you can determine the luck of other rooms in the apartment as well as
also the luck of its facing palace.
Here the individual apartments of the whole building are viewed as the Small Tai Chi of the
building.
Generally, this method of superimposing the flying star numbers apply to apartments that go up to the
ninth level. Those apartments that are higher than the ninth floor, however, are deemed to be separate
units of dwellings and for these apartments, the facing direction that determines the correct flying
star chart does not depend on the facing direction of the whole building. Instead, here, the facing
direction would be the facing direction looking out from the largest picture window or if there is a
balcony, from the balcony. Hence looking out from the apartment you determine the facing direction
from the largest opening (can be a window or a sliding door) and this will determine the chart that
applies to the apartment. Once you have determined the correct chart you can undertake the analysis
and place the remedies and enhancers accordingly.

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CHART OVER INDIVIDUAL ROOMS

You can treat individual rooms in large houses in exactly the same way that you treat individual
apartment units in low rise apartment buildings using the Small Tai Chi approach. Hence it is
possible to superimpose the entire nine grid flying star chart into each of the rooms separately. This
then reveals the luck of the different compass sectors of the room and doing this helps you to arrange
your furniture to benefit the residents of the household. Beds and sofa chairs can be placed towards
the corners of rooms that are lucky. Similarly the unlucky or afflicted sectors can then be avoided OR
cures can be placed into corners that are negatively affected.
Using the Pa Kua which shows the eight compass directions to represent the flying star chart this is
shown in the illustration overleaf. Note that this application of the small tai chi of space applies to
all the compass methods of feng shui. The different charts that are drawn up based on the compass
can always be superimposed onto individual rooms as well as onto the entire abode for purposes of
deciphering the distribution of luck in houses according to the dynamics of space and time.
Superimposing Pa Kua Onto Individual Rooms Within The House

SOUTH
SE

SW

NE

NW

EAST

WEST

Like the Pa Kua, all flying

star charts can also
be superimposed onto
individual rooms to enable
practitioners to read the luck
of the corners of individual
rooms. This applies the
principle of Small Tai Chi.

SW

NE

NW

E S
E

NORTH

SW

Stand here to
take compass
reading

NE

NW

E S
E

NE

SW

SW

NW

E S
E

NE

NW

E S
E

Main Door
S

Extracted from Flying Star Feng Shui Made Easy by Lillian Too

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