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Feng Shui in Southern
Hemisphere - Does Feng Shui Work in Southern Hemisphere?
China is in the northern
hemisphere of the earth. When the framework of Feng Shui was
developed, it was based on the characteristics of the northern
hemisphere. The question we naturally have is: Does Feng Shui
Work in Southern Hemisphere?
Both northern and southern
hemispheres are in earth, their natures are the same:
Water runs from top of hill to
the bottom; river runs from highland to sea or lake; trees grow from
earth & etc. Sun, bright, hot, male, dry are Yang; moon, dark,
cold, female and wet are Yin. They are the same in southern
hemisphere, so Qi and Ying Yang theories are the same in both
hemispheres.
The 5 elements have the same
natures in the southern hemisphere too. That is, Water
controls Fire, Fire controls Metal, Metal controls Wood, Wood
controls Earth, Earth controls Water; Water nurtures Wood, Wood
nurtures Fire, Fire nurtures Earth, Earth nurtures Metal, Metal
nurtures Water. Therefore, the Five Element Theory should
apply to southern hemisphere too.
However, part of the 5 Elements
Theory is based on the 5
planets in solar system: Mercury (Water), Venus (Metal), Mars
(Fire), Jupiter (Wood) and Saturn (Earth). These planets
may have different magnitudes of the effects on southern hemisphere
than northern hemisphere.
The Bagua diagram has southern
part as Yang (hot) and northern part as Yin (cold). In
southern hemisphere we have cold southern part and hot northern
part, which is the opposite of the Bagua diagram.
The Flying Stars Theory is based
on the 9 stars of the constellation Ursa Major (the Big Dipper).
It is a constellation that only people in the northern hemisphere can see.
As a result, its effects on southern hemisphere are in doubt.
In other words, the Flying Stars Theory in Feng Shui may not be
applicable to southern hemisphere.
The 'only' constellation that
southern hemisphere can see is the Crux (commonly known as the
Southern Cross). Maybe we have to spend another thousand of
years to study the effect of Crux on southern hemisphere and
establish another Flyer Stars Theory for southern hemisphere.
It is fair to say that the Form
Stream Feng Shui should work the same way in southern hemisphere as
it does in northern hemisphere. For the Compass Stream, which
is mainly based on Bagua and Flying Stars, the effect is uncertain
and we may have to rely on other constellations and planets to study
the Feng Shui there.
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