Feng Shui Property Knowledge
Plain-language articles on reading a home through traditional Chinese feng shui — orientation, sha formations, sloping blocks, apartments, and more.
- How to read a property's facing direction (坐向)
Orientation — a home's sitting and facing direction — is one of the first things traditional feng shui establishes. Here is what it means and how it is determined.
- A feng shui checklist before buying a home
A short, plain-language list of what traditional feng shui looks at around and inside a property — useful as one perspective among the many factors buyers weigh.
- Feng shui for sloping blocks and hillside homes
Sloping sites are common in cities like Sydney, Wellington, and San Francisco. Here is how traditional feng shui reads a block that rises or falls.
- Apartment feng shui: what to look for
Most city dwellers in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo and beyond live in apartments. Traditional feng shui still applies — here is where to focus.
- Embracing vs reverse: why the way a road or river curves matters
The same curve can be auspicious or cautionary in traditional feng shui, depending on which side a home sits. Here is the distinction.
- Feng shui and the front door (大门)
The main door is where energy enters a home in traditional feng shui. Here is why it matters and what the tradition looks at.
- The five elements (五行) in your home
Wood, fire, earth, metal, and water — the five elements are the vocabulary traditional feng shui uses to describe balance. Here is a plain-language introduction.
- Feng shui myths and what traditional practice actually says
Feng shui is often reduced to a few clichés. Here we separate popular myths from what traditional practice — and DaoShu Energy — actually focuses on.
- Personal energy and the home (人物能量)
Traditional feng shui reads not just the building but the people in it. Here is what 'personal energy' means and why DaoShu treats it as one of three lenses.
- Space-time energy: why timing and the year matter (时空能量)
Traditional feng shui treats time as well as space. Here is what 'space-time energy' means and how the changing year fits into a reading.