Years back when I dabbled in Feng Shui without any training, I read many articles online on finding the center of the house. It was confusing to say the least. I recall there was an article that connected every outer corner of the house to the opposite corner, that raised even more questions. Let’s be practical, let’s keep it simple.
Remember that Qi has no form. It enters the house and fills an the area and then gently continues its journey to the other parts of the home. The walls serves as separations. After all, wind cannot flow through walls, but it does enter / exit from doors and windows aka large openings.
So, let’s look at finding the center of the house. First off, you need the floor plan. Typically you’d find it in the Sales & Purchase agreement. If you don’t have it, well, drawing it to scale isn’t too hard.
Imagine having a piece of A4 paper, how would you mark the center of the sheet? Well you can go all origami style and start folding, or couple of diagonal lines will do the trick.
Marking the center of a floor plan doesn’t differ much.
- Draw a square / rectangle (the imaginary A4 paper)
- Draw a couple of diagonal lines
- Mark the center
Simple isn’t it? I understand a whole lot of questions around where should the square / rectangle start and end, which walls do I include or omit. Now do you see why Feng Shui likes square / rectangle houses? Before you get all frantic, remember that Qi has no form. It doesn’t see an imaginary demarcation and say, hey I’m not gonna cross that line thus I will simply make a left turn. So fret not, let the walls do their jobs (besides keeping the animals out).
The floor plan below is designed pretty well. Bedroom 3 has lots of light from the window while bedroom 2 has decent amount of light from the window. However, the typical question would be, how do I overlay a square / rectangle? Do I include all of bedroom 2 or do I slice it off? The general rule of thumb is, if the anomaly area is more than 1/3 of the said area, include it.
Now, every so often you’d be working on floor plans that are, well, unique. Say an L shaped house, or a house that has 1/4 of a corner missing, all in the name or architectural beauty. In Feng Shui, we would consider this a missing sector or missing sectors, which we’d cover in future writings. Anyhow, you would still use a square or rectangle overlay, while having missing sectors.
Go along and practice with your own floor plan or others that you can conveniently find on the internet. Practice makes perfect :-).
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