When choosing a site remember the following:
- Select a site that has healthy greenery (trees, plants, etc.). Dry, brown land has little chi.
- Ideal locations for banks, retail shops, restaurants are on street corners. The main door should be diagonal to catch the chi
of pedestrians and money from all directions.
- Research the history of the land: Was it a burial ground? Death has strong Yin energy and can cause sickness or bad luck. The Denver International Airport was built on an Indian burial site. The airport's opening was saddled with problems. Is there water diversion or a well underground? Since water is associated with abundance, wealth will be drained away. If you're renovating a building, were the previous occupants financially successful, healthy? If not, the bad chi lingers. (A Feng Shui ritual can be performed to get rid of it.)
- Avoid building across from police stations, funeral homes, churches, and hospitals. They have too much negative chi and hinder opportunities.
- Avoid overshadowing buildings, especially ones shaped like dangerous symbols, i.e. knives, arrows.
- Power lines emit bad chi that can cause illness. Never build an entry directly across from one.
- Property Shapes: Rectangular is best. Triangles and irregular shapes upset the harmony of the land.
- Building Design: L, T and U-shaped structures have missing corners and feel incomplete, unbalanced. They also have several areas missing on the Ba-gua. If the "wealth" and "fame" are missing, it means that occupants will face possible bankruptcy and lawsuits. The problem can be resolved through landscaping.
- Rounding off building corners creates good chi flow and good relations with neighboring companies. Round corners don't create poison arrows.
- Paint the exterior of large buildings an earth element: gold, yellow, sienna, bronze, or brown to be compatible with the energy of the land (earth).
- A water fountain near a building's entry will promote prosperity. Water symbolizes abundance and has active Yang chi that attracts business.
- Escalators or stairs should not directly face the main entrance. The chi of money and opportunities is directed out the door.
- Try to locate the CEO's/principal's office in the "command position"-at the rear of an office space where one benefits from maximum chi flow.
- Avoid address numbers containing 4 or 7 (associated with death).
Good Feng Shui is good city planning and land use. Architectural structures should have synergy with the environment, not dominate it. With Feng Shui, you invoke the power of nature to create harmony-and perhaps give your destiny a nudge.
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