To use the BTB bagua in your home or office, you align the bottom part of the bagua with the wall of the front door, so your front door is always in one of the three lower rows of the bagua. Also called the Western bagua, the BTB bagua has given birth to a variety of modern feng shui schools that often use the words Intuitive in their name. Here is the basic BTB bagua. The most important thing to know is that you should choose one bagua style, and base all your feng shui work on it.
Trying to apply both baguas in your feng shui work can bring a lot of confusion to your space and to your personal energy. And here is an interesting thing that I would like to share with you. Once you have worked with one bagua style for at least a few years and have based all your feng shui work on it, you can reach a place where you will just know, energetically speaking, how to invite, or apply the wisdom of another bagua in your work.
This is a level that is definitely not for beginners, nor is this a level that is necessary to strive towards. More often than not, it happens by itself once you are comfortable and confident in working with the energy of your home.
Here is an example to make it easier to understand when you reach the level of confidence in adding the wisdom of another bagua in your feng shui work. Feng shui-wise, the wall that you first see — unless it is a blocking wall that is too close to the door — is a very powerful wall. The bagua is the feng shui energy map. It is one of the main principles of feng shui practice and one of the most powerful tools we use.
The bagua offers a systematic way to evaluate the energy field of your environment. Therefore, the bagua is eight areas around a center. These areas are connected to different aspects of life. Each gua or area also has countless other layered meanings such as colors, elements, shapes, organs, and so much more. The ancient Chinese developed the bagua along with many other philosophies. The principles of yin and yang, the I-Ching, the five elements and more are interwoven and are the foundation of the bagua.
All of these Asian ideologies were inspired by nature and sought to balance how humans can live in harmony in the natural world. The bagua is sometimes depicted as an octagon, other times a square.
In either case, the bagua consists of eight areas around a center. East -- The first Feng Shui practitioners placed great importance on the compass direction of a property. Before electricity, the quality of sunlight that a place received had a tremendous influence on people's livelihoods.
Compass directions continue to play an important role in Eastern Feng Shui, and are often the guiding principle behind its cures. West -- Technological advancements have changed the way people lead their lives. People who live in industrialized countries have far more flexibility when it comes to choosing a place to live, because their livelihoods don't depend as much on the Sun or the seasons. Therefore, modern Feng Shui practitioners use the front door as the point of reference for cures.
East -- Eastern Feng Shui originated in a time of strict social order. The roles of fathers, mothers and children were clear and indisputable. Therefore, Eastern Feng Shui practitioners believe there is a prescribed position for each member of the household, based on their gender and birth position. For instance, they believe that the master bedroom should always be located at the back of the house, to confer honor and protection to the most important members of the household.
West -- Western Feng Shui practitioners come from a more fluid society. Fathers aren't automatically the sole bread-winners, and mothers don't necessarily play the nurturing role in families. Children's needs are assessed in terms of their personalities, rather than by their birth order. Therefore, Western Feng Shui practitioners take into account the emotional as well as the physical landscape of a home before prescribing cures.
East -- The first Feng Shui cures were developed in accordance with eastern sensibilities. Symbols like the tortoise, bamboo flutes, fans and firecrackers are used to alter the energy in a given place. While these symbols remain powerful to people in eastern cultures, they don't resonate the same for westerners.
West -- Symbols in western culture tend to be highly personal. This, too, is a significant difference between Black Hat and classical Chinese feng shui. Classical feng shui also has a much wider array of enhancers — from conch shells to mystic knots, coins, and wealth vases.
Red envelopes are auspicious to be sure. They are called hong bao, and are most commonly seen at the lunar New Year to be given freely with money inside, especially for children. Often practitioners of Black Hat will ask for payment to be given in three red envelopes, which can be construed as having a mystical element. A classical feng shui consultant will not ask for this type of payment and will take payment in whatever way is easiest for the client.
In classical feng shui, bathrooms are looked at as something that presses down luck. As such, they should not be made into feng shui shrines with flowers, plants, candles, and lots of decorating.
In Black Hat, bathrooms are often enhanced with all manner of activators, such as fountains and flowers. Drains are recommended to be plugged at all times in Black Hat, which is always practical, whereas classical feng shui simply recommends that the bathroom door should be closed at all times.
Time is the single most important difference between the types of feng shui. Time is a very important construct of classical feng shui. Feng shui is a dynamic living energy that shifts and changes with the months and year. When I started as a feng shui practitioner, I began with Black Hat because that was the only information available in that I could find.
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