Master Boon Yap

The Building Whisperer, is a Feng Shui Master of note. Already well known in Malaysia (her country of birth) and Australia (her country of residence), Boon is an effective teacher from a prominent lineage, a consultant and writer, and her services are increasingly sought after around the world.
Master Boon grew up surrounded by the ancient wisdom of Chinese Philosophy, where the traditions and practices of Feng Shui, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Wushu were part of everyday life. In this
environment Feng Shui became part of her, because she saw the benefits that it brought.
Her early calling was to the study of science and she became a leading researcher in blood plasma science and then a corporate leader introducing life-saving technologies from the West to Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Now, she is fulfilling her vision to enrich people’s lives by spreading Chinese wisdom reinterpreted for our modern times.

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We have now welcomed the year of Bing-xu or the Fire Dog. It can be an unpredictable year, but if you know
how to apply feng shui and take appropriate action and caution, 2006 can be a very successful year. First, it
is important to get your Gua number right and facing the right direction.
Feng shui for 2006 began on Jan 29.
You should be practical this year and not let the imagination run wild. Also be careful with your food intake and what you say. If you are reckless and do not heed good sense and advice, bad luck such as sackings, legal proceedings or sickness can befall you.
Be watchful over young children’s health this year, as there is a possibility of a new epidemic. On the political front, disputes can easily occur alliances will be formed.
On the personal front, there will be many arguments and threats of divorce. There will also be lay-offs or sacking of workers. So everyone should remain calm and think rationally and logically. Abide by the law; otherwise, misfortune can be quite severe.
This prediction is done based on the Xuan Kong System, which uses the two Flying Star charts. The black
font depicts the 20-year Xuan Kong Fei Xing Flying Star Chart while the blue font is the annual Xuan Ong Fei
Xing Flying Star Chart. The Flying Star feng shui is the most powerful form. It is an analysis of the five star elements and star combinations that occupy a home/building. These stars change every year, bringing good and bad energy.
Next year, 5 yellow is in West, so do not do any renovation or extensions if your house is facing or sitting West.
The 5 yellow is the worst star as it brings with it sickness and many other calamities.
The Three Killings (San Sha) is Disclaimer: Yap Cheng Hai Academy Sdn Bhd does not, and cannot, in any way whatsoever or howsoever represent, warrant or guarantee that the recommendations given in this column mean that the happiness and good fortune of the person(s) who put these recommendations into practice will naturally or necessarily follow
FENG SHUI with Boon Yap

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The theory of colours in Feng Shui is derived from one of the major principles of the classics, the Five Element Transformation, known as Wu Xing.
The Five Element Transformation
The Five Elements Transformation is about the interaction of each element with the other via a producing, weakening and destroying relationships.

The Producing Cycle
The elements presented in a clockwise direction depict their productive interaction. From
Earth comes mineral that is refined to produce the base Metals. Metal has to be converted
to the molten (liquid) phase to be worked. Water grows wood. Wood fuels Fire, and
produces Earth.

The Weakening Cycle
Depicts the exhaustive interaction between the elements in an anticlockwise direction.
Earth thrown on fire will quell its flames. When Fire burns, wood is depleted. Wood diminishes Water and Water rusts Metal. Earth is exhausted when mineral is mined.

The Destroying Cycle
The arrows indicate the destructive interaction of the five elements. Earth controls Water in situations of floods. Water puts out Fire. Fire melts Metal. Metal chops Wood and Wood uses up the minerals in Earth.

The Five Element Theory of Colours in Feng Shui
Each element has specific colours associated with it. In addition, the Five Elements are also associated with shape, matter and forms from our natural world, plus the eight numbers of the Ba Gua and the central number of 5. But for the purpose of this article, we will focus on colours and its significance in Feng Shui.

Fire is represented by the colour red and its associated red spectrum comprising the purple, crimson, magenta, red, vermilion, sienna, orange.

Earth is represented by the earthy hues of yellow, chocolate, brown, tan, ochre, fawn and beige.

Metal is denoted by the colour of metal such as silver, gold and white.

Water is represented by the black murky depths of the ocean to the clear blue of a fresh spring or brook.

Wood colours are the greens hues of living plants.

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COLOURS HAVE AN important effect on our behaviour and our emotions. There are various disciplines that describe the impact of colours on our lives and their use in evoking particular feelings and outcomes. But like so many “alternative” subject matters, some have their basis in deep, albeit empirical, knowledge, while others are subjective interpretations of the original. True knowledge works regardless of whether or not we believe it, while improvised content will only work if we believe in it.
The concept of colours in feng shui comes from the Five Element Theory and the proper application of colours to derive feng shui benefi ts must follow the Five Element Transformation principle, also known as Wu Xing. The five element transformation describes the interaction of the five elements of Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. Each element is represented by specific colours, which can be used to enhance, weaken or control different qualities of qi that affect an individual. But which colours to use and when?

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This principle tells you the correct placement of feng shui ornaments.

OUR HOMES ARE filled with numerous ornaments for functional and aesthetic reasons. The latter is purely decorative, placed in a particular spot to fill the space or to accentuate a certain aspect of the room. More recently, however, many have been enticed to purchase ornaments for feng shui reasons, which leads to the inevitable question: Does it work? If one knows what one is doing, then the answer is “yes”.
If the placement choice of the item is based on the classical principles of feng shui, the effects are real. This is to say that the effects will manifest whether or not we believe in them.
Modern improvisations of feng shui only give rise to a placebo effect, which means it will work only if we believe it will.

The concept of placement of feng shui ornaments in classical feng shui is grounded in the Five Element Transformation principle (also known as Wu Xing), which describes the interaction of the five elements of Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. Since objects are made of matter and the five elements constitute matter, feng shui ornaments must be constructed from or representative of one of the five elements.

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The landscape of your environment can affect your life.

FENG SHUI is all about a person’s ‘Earth’ luck and the study of how the environment affects us. However, popular feng shui so often talks about the arrangement of furniture and feng shui ornaments in the home that we forget classical feng shui covers a much broader spectrum. How often have we thought about the landscape of our environment beyond the walls of our home and how it may affect our lives? What about the immediate environment of our home — the garden?
In ancient China, traditional feng shui began as a method for selecting propitious burial sites of rulers to ensure the fortune of their descendants. These ancient feng shui sages were masters in understanding the effect of conformation, shape, size, height, appearance, texture, and colour of the land. Through the ages, these feng shui masters’ expertise was employed to select ideal settlements, townships, and cities for dynasties.
As feng shui became accessible to common people in townships with limited land space, feng shui masters turned their focus to the positioning of a property and its interior.
This is increasingly true in our modern society of apartment living, where today’s masters are focusing their attention on interior space. But for those of us who live in a landed property and have a garden, we can make feng shui relevant to the space regardless of the garden’s size.

THE GARDEN ENVIRONMENT
The layout of your garden has critical implications on the feng shui of your home — the location of the swimming pool or the pond, the alignment of your waterfall or stream, the positioning of sculptures, lighting or landscape boulders are all environmental factors that can bring you fortune or misfortune.

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The sage-king credited with the creation of the Ba Gua.

READERS FAMILIAR WITH feng shui will no doubt be familiar with the Eight Trigram symbol known as the Ba Gua.
If you ever wondered where or when this symbol came about and its significance, then follow me on a journey to the source of all esoteric wisdom in Chinese culture.
Two months ago, I / Master Boon set off in search of the legendary Fuxi, the sage-king credited with the creation of the Ba Gua and said to be the forefather of all Chinese people. Because Fuxi was thought to have lived prior to written history, it is uncertain if he was a real person, a chieftain or an ancient tribe. However, ancient texts refer to his reign as the dawn of Chinese civilization because of his knowledge of heaven and earth, and point to Tianshui as his birthplace. And he has since been revered by many as the ancestor of the legendary five emperors (the Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Ku, Yao and Shun) and the head of three august ones (Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong).
Tianshui has the only temple dedicated to Fuxi that contains his image. First built in 1490, and rebuilt in 1597 during the Ming Dynasty, it is exquisite and quite different from many Buddhist or Daoist temples in its quiet elegance.
In the footsteps of FUXI The city is a key settlement of early Chinese civilization, an ancient city with the oldest Chinese archaeological record. The discovery of a sophisticated Neolithic culture in nearby Dadiwan spanning 6000-3000 BC, lends credence to Fuxi’s legend. The archaeological site shows evidence of agriculture, pottery-making, Chinese character writing, building construction, and drawing as far back as 8,000 years ago, preceding previous finds by 1,000 years. In addition, he was also credited with inventing netting, taught his people the use of fi re, musical instrument making, record-keeping and united nine tribes.
Fuxi’s acute observation of nature inspired him to develop the Ba Gua that helped him to explain the laws of the universe.
Fuxi’s Ba Gua arrangement depicts the dual nature of the universe, and is commonly referred to as Early Heaven Trigram (Xian Tian Ba Gua). Fuxi was also credited with developing the inspirational River Picture (He Tu), a numerical model of ancient cosmology representing the beginnings of the Universe.

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Sneak preview into what is in store for all of us in the Year of the Fire Boar.

WE ARE COMING to that time of the year where we reflect on the year that has gone by so quickly, and anticipate with bated breath what the new year has in store for us.
So, it is timely for me to introduce you to the time aspects of feng shui. Not only is feng shui used for ensuring the luck of occupants in a residence, it is also frequently used for prediction purposes.
When we employ feng shui for prediction, we essentially deal with the time aspect of feng shui. One of the major feng shui systems that focuses on time is the San Yuan (three circle) system.
As the name suggests, time can be divided into three cycles (reflecting the changing quality of qi) spanning 60 years per cycle, and further divided into three periods of luck that spans 20 years per period. Between each 20-year period of luck, the quality of qi changes, but within a 20-year period of luck, the quality of qi in a particular enclosed space is relatively stable..

Master BOON YAP is the daughter of Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai and the principal of Feng Shui for Enriching Lives. She consults and teaches classical feng shui worldwide.

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