Between The Well And The Slippery Three Legged Toad

I remember a friend once said, the aquarium owner would have been filthy rich because he has most locations stacked with water features thus activating all the prosperous stars. Then, how I wish I could have been, what the Cantonese says, “Kum Yue Lo” or Gold Fish Uncle, with heavily clad gold chain, Rolex watch and a mole the size of a fifty cent Malaysian coin.

So how true was a water feature required? In the olden days, we do not have domestic water supply. All that is available was well water supply. So, the location of the well, usually in the kitchen becomes important and thus, it is reflected in some documented classics as water locations in response to the fire locations of the stove. We also being dished by the saying that fire and water clashed when we have stove opposite the kitchen sink. In the olden days, the stove is usually fuelled by wood often then not this will result in having lots of smoke. What happened when there is a well opposite the stove in a smoke filled kitchen? Occupational hazard for the home makers. So, this becomes FengShui commandment 101.

Beside the practical locations of this well at the kitchen, the next the location of this well for considerations are at the court yard. Some how, when a necessity for a location of a well is call for, within a household, the locations become important, just liked the location of the main door, the stove and the bed. Saying thus we tend to forget, it is not the location of these wells that is due for FengShui consideration but the activities that comes into the utilising of these wells. Yes, the keyword is MOVEMENT.

Now, that the well is obsolete, the closer we see as similar to the well would be the aqua plant, hydro therapy air purifier, water dispenser and of course, the famous aquarium. Could the rule be applied to these modern utensils? I personally feel that it can be applied, but not a necessity. There are even better and faster ways to move Qi around then the 100 tiers fountain or the 100ft aquarium. Unless the client has a big aquarium that he doesn’t know what to do about it, one may suggest locating it to a location that needs movement that is all about it.

One aspect of FengShui School that is famous of tapping into the water locations are XuanKong Flying Star. Remember the saying as activating the water star (wealth star) by locating a water feature of 8 tiers representing the facing star 8, most vibrant in the period 8 and just for the kick of it, place the 3 legged gold plated toad at the bottom of the tier, so each time the water hits its head, it will spur wealth from his mouth. We just cannot deny that there are tons of materials such as these filling up bookstores around the country and many more aspired famous FengShui master to come, would liked to add up to such a collections. Here, the genuine practitioners are trying to undo such public misconceptions, will have just a hell of the time to explain…

Personal experience state that I had encounter lots of good results from applying the principle of the PurpleWhite. No doubt someone did joke around by saying, you are just another 9 palace kids acting liked a toad at the bottom of the well, intended to be a pun, that XuanKong practitioners are a bunch of lazy arm chaired bound people that rely heavily on the 9 LoShu Grid that they loose sight of the vast environment and fundamental. Who cares, as scholarly pursuit, wealth and health can be achieved by a short period of time, a quicky? However, the key is not at the water feature but movements of Qi, Gua Image and numbers and how to mix them up in the salad bowl.

I always remember the saying, one cannot create a mountain but one can alter the water. So water locations are still sensible options although not the only options. However, the notion of “water” will need to be understood, unless one is willing to be another three legged toad sitting at the bottom of the well with 8 tiers cascading water. The options are wide open.