Feng Shui Questions
How do I determine the facing direction of a house or an apartment?
Every house or apartment building has a sitting and a facing direction and in most cases, we can intuitively tell them apart. The facing is usually the side with the main road, more windows, main entrance door and heavier traffic while the sitting is the side with the back-lane, smaller exit and has less traffic.
The simple rule above allows us to identify the sitting and facing of most buildings. In practice you will however come across buildings with ambiguous or uncertain facing. In such circumstances you can use the additional rules below to assist you to identify the facing and sitting.
- The street address is usually at the facing.
- The facing is usually has a better view than the sitting.
- The facing is usually less obstructed and may have a view of water in the form of a fountain, lake, pool or river.
- The facing may be lower while the sitting may face higher grounds.
- The facing usually face the main gate or access.
- The living area is usually at the facing side of a house.
- The guard house is usually at the facing.
- The facing is usually the side with the maximum Yang energy.
I
am going to share with you a couple of examples that will show the difference
between the house or apartment building facing and the door facing.
In many building the main door is on the facing side as shown in the diagram on the left. This is often described in Feng Shui books as a house that sits North and face South. Note that both the house and the main door share the same facing direction i.e. South.
Can you see it?
It
is not necessary for the main door to have the same facing as the
house.
In the diagram on the right, the house is still sitting North and
facing South, but note that the main door is now facing East.
Understanding the difference is crucial.
In the Flying Star school, the facing of the house is used in
conjunction with the period of the house to draw the Flying Star
chart.
The main door (in this case facing East) is not the facing of the
house. The
facing of the house is still South!