Different Feng Shui Schools of Thought

I was with a new client yesterday. She knows quite a bit about Feng Shui so we had a discussion of what kind of homes we're going to find for her in Portland. Her knowledge of Feng Shui leans more towards the Compass school. So she wants a home with a certain compass facing.

From our personal experience, the Compass School branch of Feng Shui hasn't given us great results. For one, it's so hard to find a home with a certain directional facing and with good chi from the environment at the same time. A lot of times, when we find one with the right direction, there might be bad chi or worse, no chi at all. When a home doesn't have good chi reaching it, no matter how good the direction facing is, it's not going to help. Chi or energy is the center premise of Feng Shui, of Chinese medicine, of live, of the universe. Without energy, everything else is secondary.

So without chi, nothing else matters. However, if we find a home that's not the best directional facing for the particular person, but the chi is good. Then it's something that can be remedied. If it's the other way around, we can't bring the chi in if it simply isn't there.

After our conversation, we're both convinced that finding a home with good chi should take priority over directional facing. I thought I'd share this in the blog in case anyone else is wondering about the same dilemma.