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Dear Cecil,

If the direction of the house is determined by the location of the front door, does it matter if the front door is not the entrance that you use? For example, if you mostly use the back entrance.

Cheui May



On 2/20/00 8:06:00 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
>Dear Anon,
>
>1. I always like to "caution"
>everyone to accept information
>on a `total basis' and not on
>a piecemeal basis.
>
>What this means is that if one
>reads a book and follow the
>`method' used to derive the
>result, try to follow the
>method used `totally'.
>
>2. It is not wrong for the
>practitioner to say that
>`sitting' should be the
>location to determine the
>front door.
>
>This is because, based on the
>original or traditional
>method, under the Eight House,
>if the sitting position is
>South-East, this house is
>considered a `South-East'
>house.
>
>Where else, if you take the
>`method' used under this site
>e.g.
>https://www.geomancy.net/fs/hou
>se1.htm
>
>Here, when we say a South-East
>house, it means that the main
>door is at the South-East
>(i.e. when u stand at the
>centrepoint of the house, and
>use the ordinary compass to
>check, the main door is at the
>South-East).
>
>3. So which is right or wrong?
>
>As mentioned under Para 1,
>there is no wrong answers.
>Both methods if used
>correctly, will come to the
>same conclusions especially if
>the template used are
>similiar.
>
>4. We must remember that under
>the `first' method based on
>the `sitting' position, this
>is usually done (sometimes)
>with a Luo pan or Chinese
>compass where there is a
>sitting and facing position.
>
>5. However, I believe,
>practitioners must keep up
>with times. The reason why, I
>`devised' method used under
>https://www.geomancy.net/fs/hou
>se1.htm is to cater to those
>who use an ordinary compass
>and this model has been
>"copied" by several book
>authors and now becomes a
>defacto method.
>
>6. If you have used the method
>first devised by me and posted
>on the website, it is simply
>the ease of use and one do not
>need to remember either a
>formula etc... This method has
>thus stood the test of time as
>it remains unchanged till
>today.
>
>Warmest Regards,
>Cecil
>
>On 2/19/00 8:18:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
>>If my best direction is
>>Southeast.
>>Should my house be sitting at
>>southeast and my front door is
>>at northwest? That is the
>>explanation of one
>>practitioner? It contradict
>>with those I read from the
>>books?
>>And can feng shui help make
>>the children obedient and good
>>at school too???
>
>
>