The Kitchen reflects the authority of the female household in a family. It traditionally reflects the power of Kun or the matron of the family. Kitchen is also a location for the female members to mingle and socializes which also include receiving friends of the female gender. Therefore, a kitchen is associated to the feminine side of the household as most of the time it will be occupied by the female of the house. It is therefore the noisiest and happening place for gossips and the sorts. It is therefore, a Yang sector of the house and should occupy the 4 Yang locations of TianYi, YanNian, ShengQi and FuWei.
Being a location for the females, it governs the reproduction organs, health and family upbringing of the household. The state of the kitchen will reflect the situation of one’s well being. If it is disorder, dirty and messy, it reflects the downside of the matron and all sorts of illness connected to the female of the house liked childlessness and so forth. Thus a Kitchen is one of the important sectors for a house.
A kitchen traditionally consists of a stove location, well and grinder. The dining table is usually located at the living although some may be located within the kitchen compound. Among this items liked the stove, grinder and well, the stove place the most important role in the Kitchen setup. Inevitably, kitchen liked any other rooms must receive good Qi.
There is a saying of Fire and Water clashes due to stove facing the well. Much applied in a traditional sense were the stoves is smoky and it poses an occupational hazard of falling into the well. In the modern context, it is somewhat inapplicable. However, to the FengShui purist, it is better to abstain having the sink opposite the stove whereas side by side is consider acceptable.
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Hi David,
Is Fu Wei 8-mansion star governed by the Fu Bi wood has Yang Polarity? Not Yin?
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Robert,
Possible to elaborate your question?
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David, I mean the polarity of the star. Refers to common taught, sheng qi=yang wood, Tian Yi= Yang Earth, Fu Wei= Yin Wood?
When you said "...should occupy 4 yang location TianYi, YanNian, ShengQi and FuWei." isn't it refers to polarity of the star?
Hi Robert,
I see what you meant. The general understanding of YinYang denotes how you apply a set of formula to create balance. This is a delicate art of what is termed balancing YinYang. Overly Yin or Yang, ShengQi would not grow. So a master's role is first to identify the YinYang of a given environment in the audit. For example, Yin can means Yin cycle or right turning. It can also mean stillness as opposite of Yang, active. Here, it is not so much of a polarity of an element. It is more of a nature of a given space.
TianYi, YanNian, ShengQi and FuWei are known to be favorable locations because of a reason. Its internal YinYang is balance. So technically these stars can be made "active". So it is Yang in nature.
Whereas, common knowledge as you specify is overgeneralization. ShengQi, as Qi is Jia Wood but also can be Yi wood. As Shu, it takes 1 can also be water. As Xiang, it takes Kan, more then being water, as north, abyss, winter so on and so forth... So, which is which?
As a competent BaZhai practitioner, one has to understand what sort of human activities are considered Yang or Yin. You would not want to end up sleeping (Yin) in a Yang (vibrant) room, which make one cannot sleep. Similarly, you would not want to tap into Yin Qi when you cook.
Within YinYang, there is another layers of YinYang and it goes on ad-infinitum.
I had given more then usual due to your interest in this topic. Perhaps we could deliberate more via private mail.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
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