There is absolutely no reason to believe in the legitimacy of using items or charms. Feng shui does not work this way. I have no idea when this trend started, but it has to stop.

From a theoretical and historical perspective, there is no reason to believe why our ancestors would think colours or inanimate objects can change our lives. Colours and items do note define who we are, our character, and the decisions we make in our lives.

Using colours and items isn’t suddenly going to turn you into a better spouse, a more knowledgeable person, or a healthier person.

Trust me when I say this: Only people with the worst BaZi and Zi Wei Dou Shu charts will believe in nonsense like this, and please bear in mind that the quality of someone’s chart and life is not measured by wealth and status alone.

This is purely because of your own cognitive biases. Feng shui is a study of nature’s laws, and there is no reason why items or colours have a way of interfering or altering these laws.

You may have come across cases where an item or charm seems to have helped someone, but that’s because it’s already written in their charts and buying an item is just another trivial shopping trip for furniture. Commercialised ‘practitioners’ who may have a bit of proficiency in chart reading may tap into this and sell the person an item to reinforce the belief that an object can bring good luck in hopes that this person will either refer people and keep the lie going, or come back in future to purchase something even more expensive.

These people whose luck seem to have changed would have been able to achieve what they did even without spending tens of thousands on so-called ‘feng shui cures’ if their charts are good.

Don’t just look at cases where these items or charms seemed to have worked – pay attention to the thousands of cases where it didn’t.

I’ve met countless successful people who got to where they are without using crystals, figurines, or whatever else that’s being pushed out there by ‘practitioners’. They got there because of the core of their character, and these are the people who have true, long-lasting success in all areas of their lives.

Practitioners are armed with the knowledge of the makings of a good house, but the notion of practitioners having the ability to turn a bad house into a good one is a myth. Laymen have been made to believe that practitioners can remedy all the flaws of a house – no thanks to commercialism. I am sick of trying to explain this, which is why I screen my feng shui clients and only take on cases where our principles are aligned.

A practitioner cannot change the layout of your house, and neither can they shift the orientation of the building – all of which matter a lot when it comes to feng shui. The ‘show’ that some practitioners put up using items or colours are but a way to appease clients who just can’t accept that they bought a bad house. The easy thing to do is to tell clients what they want to hear, have them walk away happily and close the case, especially when some clients wish to insist they know more than a genuine practitioner.

If a ‘show’ is what you’re looking for, then I’m not the practitioner for you. If you feel that items and colours can change your life, I can assure you that I won’t have much positive things to say about your BaZi or Zi Wei Dou Shu chart.

The harsh reality is that not everyone gets to stay in a house with good feng shui. This is the reason why I encourage people to hunt for a house together with me because there’s really not much I can do to remedy a house. Unless you own a piece of land and are building a house from ground up, what a practitioner can do is severely limited.

Good question.

A BaZi or Zi Wei Dou Shu reading should be more than enough to give you a heads up on what to look out for in future. Your charts come before feng shui after all. For a start, getting a chart reading is often good enough. That being said, the feng shui of your house still matters and it can be seen as a complement to your chart.

People with good charts usually end up with good houses vice versa – keyword being “usually”. There are cases where people with relatively good charts ending up in bad houses, and it may be due to the a particular phase they are going through. Likewise, people with challenging charts may get a chance with a good house as well. My job is to get people to find a good house regardless of what their chart says.

An audit is usually considered when one is moving houses, but most people only do say after the purchase is done, not knowing that what a practitioner can do to remedy the house is extremely limited for reasons I’ve explained above.

90% of my feng shui clients only engage me after they’ve purchased a house, and I’ve had to deliver the bad news that they bought a bad house on several occasions. 

If you find yourself in such a position, an audit can still give you additional insights on what to look out for in the years ahead. You can also plan ahead and decide on issues like the duration of your tenancy, and/or how much you wish to spend on your renovation.

It’s really up to you. My job is to take all the information you’ve provided, and piece together a story of how things might unfold for you and your family so that you can alter the course.

Ideally, you should be engaging me to hunt for a house together. The prices are higher of course, but hear me out and understand why this is important and the ideal way to go.

If you’ve already purchased a house and it happens to be a really bad one in terms of feng shui, what I can do to remedy it is extremely limited. The layout of the house (where your main door, kitchen and master bedroom is) and orientation of the building matters, and these are things that I won’t be able to alter even if I wanted to. Combining rooms may help in some occasions, but it’s not always applicable.

No feng shui practitioner should ever tell you they can remedy the house using items or charms, or using colours and arranging furniture. 

The house we eventually end up with is, in a way, destined. Someone with a bad BaZi or Zi Wei Dou Shu chart will not be able to find a house with good feng shui easily, let alone a good practitioner.

Unless you have a plot of land where you can build a home from ground up, my job as a practitioner is to do what I can to find you a good house and foresee what may happen to you and your family as a result of residing there. My job is NOT to turn a bad house into a good one – this is one huge misconception that needs to be dispelled.