Feng Shui Demystified II

How the Different Systems deal with a
Change of Period

Period of Construction

The Period of Construction determines the Time Factor independent of any period, which may be ruling at present. This Time Factor remains the same throughout all nine periods.  Schools, which follow this system, believe in the waxing and waning of the Earth Base or Time Energy. That is to say, the level of energy of Earth Base Stars is not the same throughout the 9 Periods (see: The Timeliness of Energy). For example, the Earth Base energy of a building constructed during period 6 will be good in period 8, but the Earth Base energy of a period 7 building is failing in period 8.  When the energy of the Earth Base or Time Star is “failing” or “death” it is advised to remedy this energy deficiency.

1.         Buildings having “The Three-Combination Charts”, which can take in the strong period energy of all 9 periods (see: The Three-Combination Charts) receive the strong period energy of all periods automatically and nothing needs to be done.

2.         Buildings having a “ Seven Star Robbery Chart ” can take in automatically the strong period energy of the six periods, which have the numbers of the two Parent Trigrams that constitute the chart (see: The Seven Star Robbery Charts). In such a case nothing needs to be done.

3.         The method of “Inviting the Energy of a Different Period” is a well-known technique applied when a new period has started, which is different from the construction period of the building and the Earth Base energy turns failing or death. In such a case the Facing Star having the number of the new period has to be activated (see: Inviting the Energy of a Different Period).

4.         In case the chart based on the period of construction has a formation known as “Jailed Star”, which prevents the energy of the new period to enter the building, one should first apply the remedy (see: Jailed Period Star) and thereafter use the method of “Inviting the Energy of a Different Period”.

Curing the “Jailed Period Star” formation by changing the Facing Direction is the best way to overcome the problem. This may on the other hand not always be possible.

5.         The method of “Inviting the Energy of a Different Period” can also be applied when the Earth Base energy is still good in a new period. This is often done in order to benefit from the ruling period’s high level of energy. It may however not always be advisable to do so.

When the energies of the new period’s chart conflict to much  with  the  energies  of  the Construction  Period’s  chart  unwelcome  consequences  can  occur, which  are  better avoided.

The Current Period

Guided by the generally acknowledged view that the ruling period’s energy is strongest and has the greatest impact and therefore takes priority over any other energy, some schools make a new chart for the building based on the number of the new period. For example, a period 7 building with a Facing Direction N3 is changed into a period 8 building with Facing Direction N3.

While everyone agrees on the dominating strength of the ruling period’s energy, we also have to consider, if the new period’s energy is able to enter the building. Schools using the Current Period as Time Factor however do not pay any attention to this problem relying fully on the dominating strength of the new period’s energy.

Move-in Date

The Time Factor is based on the date on which the present occupants moved in. Residents who have moved in during period 7 can change the building’s energies from period 7 to period 8 by keeping the building vacant for 100 days and then move in again in period 8. In keeping with the rationale of this method the 100 days vacancy required to change the energies from one period to the next one should also be applied when for example new residents are moving in during a new period. This however is strangely not seen to be necessary.

When new residents move in during a new period, the general practice is that the Move-in Date of the new residents is understood to determine the Time Factor. In such a case the 100 days vacancy is not required and the building is deemed to have automatically the energies of the new period. This is even so when the former residents, who had occupied the building since the earlier period, had vacated it only a few days earlier and for that reason the “Man” part of the building’s energy was never missing.

From the above we can understand that the Move-in Date method is not consistent in its application and is in fact most of the time identical with the “Current Period” method.

It is also difficult to make out why the advocates of the “Move-in Date” system concern themselves with the  “Jailed Period Stars” and the “Seven Star Robbery Formations”, when all it takes to allow the strong energies of a new period to enter a building, would be a vacancy of 100 days. Surely this is a small price to pay for 20 years of strong period energies.