A Master Course in Feng-Shui

Book excerpt: This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference manual. The text and exercises proceed in systematic fashion from basic principles to specific projects, covering the following lessons: • Evaluating the landscape and external environment by using the techniques of the Landform School • Using the geomantic compass to chart patterns of energy within a building • Planning the usage of space • Matching occupants to a house • Deciding on the placement of furniture • Improving the feng-shui of a building with countermeasures, enhancers, and renovations • Building a new house • Choosing or designing an apartment, business suite, or retail space