Feng Shui Made Really Easy XII
Level 3: The Xuan Kong School
Master Joseph Yu
Copyright 1999
Many people have attempted to interpret the name of this school. Master Shen explained this in the beginning of his book. All the explanations seem to make the name more difficult to comprehend. In examination of the ancient classics there is no mention of the name "Xuan Kong", but rather "Yuan Kong".
Yuan is equivalent to Cycle while Kong is equivalent to Space. The term simply means "Time and Space". This school of Feng Shui deals with the analysis of Time and Space. It was later that some Feng Shui masters thought that Xuan was a more mystical word than Yuan. The name was then changed to Xuan Kong.
There are two schools of Xuan Kong Feng Shui. One is the Xuan Kong Fei Xing Feng Shui and the other is the Xuan Kong Da Gua Feng Shui. These two schools are entirely different.
The difference is that Fei Xing (Flying Stars) is the result of playing with the Luo Shu while Da Gua (Great Trigrams) is the result of playing with the 8 Trigrams and the 64 Hexagrams.
There are two types of Da Gua. Da Yuan Gua are the original 8 trigrams and Da Cheng Gua are the 64 hexagrams.
The basis of the Da Gua School is to locate the Holy 0 (Water) and Holy 1 (Mountain) directions based on the Da Yuan Gua.
Da Gua School also recognizes 8 Periods instead of the 9 Periods recognized in Fei Xing. Da Gua advocates that there are two subcycles each of 90 years. The Upper Cycle consists of Periods 1, 2, 3, and 4. The Lower Cycle consists of Periods 6, 7, 8, and 9. There is no Period 5.
Fei Xing School is based on mathematical formulae involving the Luo Shu. The mathematical progressions of the 9 Stars moving through the Luo Shu afford us interpretations of qi as it moves through a structure. The mathematics of time is observed in the 9 Periods recognized in Fei Xing. These periods are also based on the Luo Shu.
Some play with the Luo Shu and make Feng Shui a "numbers game", ignoring the Forms. This is a departure from the origins of Feng (Wind) and Shui (Water). Forms are a considerable factor in the assessments of Fei Xing. When practiced properly, Fei Xing is not merely a numbers game, it is much more.
The term Feng Shui comes from Guo Po's Burial Book. Feng Shui is the study of how to use mountain to prevent qi from being dispersed and how to use water to retain qi for our use.
To have good Feng Shui, we need nothing more than having mountain where we need mountain and having water where we need water. All Feng Shui "cures" are based on this simple theory.
How do we know where we need mountain and where we need water? The answer is in the so-called "Flying Star Chart".
There are three charts we have to consider.
[1] The Earth Chart - it is the Luo Shu magic square.
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
This denotes the basic energy coming from the eight directions with the Earth energy at the centre point of reference. This was probably what gave King Wen the inspiration to modify the Ba Gua from Xian Tian to Hou Tian.
[2] The Heaven Chart - it is the varying (with time) Luo Shu.
20 years form a Period.
3 Periods form a Cycle.
3 Cycles form a Complete Cycle.
The 9 Periods in a Complete Cycle are numbered 1 to 9.
Periods 1, 2, and 3 form the Upper Cycle.
Periods 4, 5, and 6 form the Middle Cycle.
Periods 7, 8 and 9 form the Lower Cycle.
Each cycle of 60 years begins with Yang Wood Rat (Jia Zi) and ends with Yin Water Pig (Gui Hai).
With a different number placed at the center of the magic square and the numbers run in the same locus as in the Luo Shu, we get 9 different derivatives of the Luo Shu. These are called the Heaven Charts for the 9 Periods of time.
[3] The Man Chart - it is the energy chart in a house when it is built in a certain Period with a specified orientation.
The Man Chart is divided into two parts - the Mountain Chart and the Water Chart. Remembering that Mountain governs People while Water governs Wealth, then the two charts will reveal the energies from the 8 directions affecting the two different aspects of the lives of the occupants.
We call the two energies the Mountain Star and the Water Star respectively. These are also called the Sitting Star and the Facing Star.
The nine stars have different personalities, different five-element structure. The nine stars behave differently in different Periods of time. During a specified Period of time, some stars are good while others are bad.
The Fundamental Principle of Feng Shui is to place the good Water Stars in water and they will bring wealth, to place the good Mountain Stars on mountain and they will take care of the health and relationship of the people.
This Fundamental Principle is extended to the opposite way of manipulating forms. Place the bad Water Stars on mountain and they will be disabled to bring bad wealth luck. Place the bad Mountain Stars in water and they will be disabled to bring sickness and disharmony among people.
The proper use of the five elements will help the stars to perform their duties and not to insert their evil influence.
Knowing the principles well, there is no need to study by rote learning the so-called combinations of stars. Ancient classics like Xuan Kong Mi Zhi, Xuan Ji Fu and Fei Xing Fu are to be digested and not committed to memory.
Learning the Flying Stars is exciting. Using the Flying Stars provides amazing satisfaction. There is no unexplained mystery in this school of Feng Shui. There is no superstition involved. Everything is simple and beautiful. If, after learning the Flying Stars, there are still situations you cannot handle, then you have not learned this properly.
Joseph Yu, ?1999, All Rights Reserved
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