FLYING STAR PARADOX

Question:

I am an avid follower of your Blog. Being a FengShui enthusiast, I had taken up numerous courses in FengShui from various schools. Most of the schools emphasized on the Flying Star methodology as a predictive tool and 8 Mansions as the prescriptions. Honestly, I begin to doubt as both seem as contradictory in applications as one says favorable and the other says not favourable. How am I going to consolidate these differences and make good use out of it? I know, I should have asked in the forum, but it seems to be quiet lately. Then there is this thing between the grid and the pie approach. Which is which? At times, I found it difficult to divide the rooms into some reasonable sectors. Please help.

Answer:

I hesitate to jump into conclusion to say that Flying Stars and 8 Mansions are FLAWED methodology. I may just say, these are all stand alone methodology with very limited applications. In other words, they are just another end user methodology for interior applications. Someone else called it, entry level FengShui, but I stand to differ. The application as prescribed in most of the book available in the stores may seem simple, but the principles behind are complex and complicated. Without appreciating the principle behind this methodology, applications become a constraint as to what is what. So, it is also right to say that in this context, we only see the application and forgotten there is still the body as principles.

First, these 2 methods may be classified as SanYuan, in actual fact; they may not be of the same category. In SanYuan, elements follow the HeTu sequence. However in Flying Star available in the market, the elements are following the LoShu sequence. Worst, 8 mansions methodology followings the SanHe elements. So, how can these methods come from the same parent SanYuan?

So, you will NEVER get a satisfactory conclusion by applying these methods simultaneously. Therefore, it becomes a FLAW system. Yet, it is again taught all over the school.

Saying that these systems are entirely flawed is again, unjustifiable, because there are successful cases based solely on the application of this methodology. The key is in its applications.

As an end user methodology, it is not a full fledge FengShui method but a piecemeal of methods conjoining to make it as a method on its own rights. So there is a lot of patchwork here and there. These successful cases are largely stemmed out of one very singe fundamental approach. That is arraying Yin and Yang, before even the stars are being assigned in. When the YinYang has been established, Qi movement becomes smoother and ultimately things will change for the better. 

So, in a nutshell, I don’t even bother to say is the grid or the wedge approach is applicable. Once you understand, what is meant by arraying Yin and Yang, all other things will fall in place. That include among others, taking facing and sitting which are deemed so important to fly or flip the stars.