In Feng Shui, timing is everything, especially when renovating your home or office or applying specific remedies. The energies present at that moment can significantly impact the effectiveness of remedies or trigger unfavorable outcomes in certain sectors, affecting all occupants of the space.
Before engaging in Feng Shui activities such as rearranging furniture or applying remedies in your home or office based on favorable Feng Shui directions, or Flying Stars, it's wise to consult your personal horoscope in Ba Zi Advisor. This will help you identify recommended days for Feng Shui activities and, crucially, avoid those that are not recommended or have Breaker Stars.
Choosing the most favorable dates for renovations or for efficiently applying Feng Shui remedies is not always straightforward. BaZi Advisor provides the necessary assistance and suggests, in the Choosing Optimal Feng Shui Timing panel on the Feng Shui page, a series of favorable dates from which you can choose, as well as a set of sectors where you should avoid any major works in the current year.
Choosing the Perfect Date for Renovation or Remedies
The Influence of Facing, Sitting, and 3 Harmony Dates
As the Earth orbits the Sun yearly, specific sectors of the Luo Pan receive the Sun's beneficial energy during particular periods relative to the house's facing. This surge of positive energy, known as the Great Yang, nullifies negativity within the house, making these periods ideal for renovations. Moreover, three additional periods, corresponding to three harmonious directions, offer favorable conditions for renovation projects. In essence, there are four prime periods throughout the year for renovation endeavors.
The Influence of the 12 Officers
The 12 Officers, governing daily energies, dictate suitable or unsuitable times for various activities.
The 12 Officers with their main attributes are:
- Establish 建 - Beginnings and requests, everything you do on this day tends to perpetuate indefinitely
- Remove 除 - Cleansing, removal, removing what is negative in your life
- Full 滿 - Much, full, abundant
- Balance 平 - Balance is not a good officer, brings balance between parts, anything you start you cannot dominate, win, or defeat your opponent
- Stable 定 - Long-term, use for activities or actions that you want to go on in perpetuity or forever
- Initiate 執 - Start-ups, good to start something, good for accepting things
- Destruction 破 - Destruction, or activities that involve destroying something
- Danger 危 - Danger, this day generates uncertainty, and may bring danger
- Success 成 - Success, this day amplifies everything
- Receive 收 - Reception, if you receive something that you do not want to receive you will not enjoy it
- Open 開 - Openings, for openings of any sort, when you are looking for a positive result, outcome
- Close 閉 - Very weak Qi, stagnation, anything that you start will progress very slowly
The Success, Open, Remove, Stable, Initiate, and Danger Officers are ideal for renovation projects. Choosing one of these days ensures a propitious start to your desired work.
Clashing Days
Through the methods above, we've selected a series of favorable dates for house renovation works. In the following, we'll present one last aspect to consider: avoiding clashes between the Day Animal (Earthly Branch) and the corresponding Birth Year Animal of the house's residents. Of course, this becomes more challenging as the house accommodates more occupants. In such cases, it's advisable to focus on those who are the "pillars" of the house. Don't worry, if you personally clash with the chosen day, nothing bad will happen to you; it just means that any remedies applied won't have an effect on you.
28 Constellations
The 28 Constellations, in turn, represent Bodies of Qi that cyclically influence the accumulated energy of a specific day. Each of them favors certain activities while advising against others. It's wise to consult the horoscope when engaging in Feng Shui-related activities and, whenever possible, choose a date from the already selected favorable ones that contain one of the following favorable stars like Basket, Dipper, Orion, Tail, or Well, and avoid Wing or Willow stars.
Avoiding Renovations in Negative Energy Sectors
Each year presents three specific sectors where any renovation or Feng Shui remedy placement should be avoided to prevent activating negative energies detrimental to residents.
The Three Killings
The Animal of the Year also determines the sector where the so-called Three Killings reside. Activating their energy through renovation works can lead to physical harm, minor accidents, and emotional distress for residents.
It's advisable to identify and avoid any renovation activities throughout the year. Each year, the corresponding Three Killings sector varies. Simply residing in this sector isn't detrimental as long as you're mindful of the people you associate with, as they may push legal and ethical boundaries.
The Flying Stars in this sector can provide insights into potential consequences, some of which may be positive if you engage in activities there. For some, although risky, forcibly activating this 'controlling Three Killings' sector can bring substantial benefits.
The Grand Duke
Each year corresponds to an animal, and each animal corresponds to a sector. The Grand Duke is the sector with the same energy as the year, essentially the strongest energy manifesting during that period.
This energy is no joke; activating it through renovation works can have negative effects on the residents, especially the elderly or those with sensitive health. These negative effects generally affect health. Offending these energies could affect your relationship with authority, whether legal or career-related.
However, you can capitalize on these powerful energies when spending time in this sector, essentially "recharging your batteries"; if you're cautious, this can make you stronger.
To see in more detail the potential effects of this negative impact, what could happen, you need to analyze the Flying Stars in this sector. If the Flying Stars are positive, then the negative effects are greatly diminished or somehow compensated for, depending on the attributes exhibited by these stars.
For details on the effects of the Flying Stars in these sectors, refer to the Flying Stars Analysis section.
Annual Star 5
The sector housing the Annual Star 5 is essentially the most precarious of all if activated by renovations or extensive works that trigger its potent negative energy. Such activities can lead to immediate troubles. It could bring danger, calamities, loss of wealth or trust.
If, by luck, in the current year, Star 5 resides in the center of the house (which generally isn't a true sector, often just a point), then you need not fear its negative effects throughout the year. However, when it's located in the 'sitting' sector of the house, activating it can be extremely perilous. As with other cases, to understand more about the effects of renovating this sector, you can explore the Flying Stars' impacts here. Nonetheless, if the Flying Stars are positive, they significantly mitigate the adverse consequences, eventually leading to a favorable outcome. Very crucial: avoid moving into a house where the Annual Star 5 is facing or sitting sectors. Negative effects will manifest swiftly. Wait a year if you must. For those engaged in relatively dubious dealings, activating this star, even overlapping with the Three Killings, can prove beneficial. Exercise great caution, though!
The Earth Star 5 can be weakened or mitigated using a metal remedy. It's crucial that if Star 5 is in a "sitting" position, to not make noise. The extent of mitigation depends on the severity of the issue and the negativity of the Flying Stars in Star 5's sector. However, the most important factor is choosing the optimal moment to place this remedy, as otherwise, it may not be effective.
What are the best hours in a day?
Selecting the appropriate time of day for your activities is crucial. As you may already be aware, Chinese Metaphysics divides the day into 12 intervals of two hours, each influenced by various stars with either auspicious or inauspicious effects.
On the Horoscope page of BaZi Advisor, there is a dedicated panel for consulting the auspicious hours for any date selected.
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