FENG SHUI FUNDAMENTALS
with T. Raphael Simons

The Harmony of Your House and Doorway Part II: Front Door Colors

In our prior feng shui article (June/July 2007 Innerchange), we opened a discussion of the relationship between the way a house sits on the land and the compass orientation of its main door. Using eight sitting directions and eight door positions, we found that each sitting has four negative and four positive house door combinations. While positive combinations apparently offer us no puzzles to solve, negative combinations offer interesting creative problems.

To sum up, for a house sitting on land that rises to its north, east, southeast or south, the positive door positions and compass orientations are north, east, southeast and south. For a house that sits northeast, southwest, west or northwest, the positive door positions and compass orientations are northeast, southwest, west or northwest.

Conversely, for a house that sits north, east, southeast, or south, the negative door positions and orientations are northeast, southwest, west, and northwest. For a house sitting northeast, southwest, west, or northwest, the negative door positions and compass orientations are north, east, southeast, and south.

Please note, the method I am describing here is a handy simplification of the compass method called Ba Chai that uses 24 house positions with more subtle door positions and orientations. If your door’s position or compass orientation is in a negative relation with your house’s sitting, you can use colors to create needed harmony as follows:

For a house sitting north, use white or grey at the door ff the door faces northeast or southwest, or is positioned in the northeast or southwest division of the house. Use green if the door either faces west or northwest or is positioned in the west or northwest quadrant of the house.

For a house sitting northeast or southwest, use red or purple at the door if the door faces east or southeast, or is positioned in the east or southeast quadrant of the house. Use white if the door faces north or south, or is positioned in the north or south quadrant of the house.

For a house sitting east or southeast, use red or purple at the door if the door faces northeast or southwest, or is positioned in the northeast or southwest quadrant of the house. Use blue or black at the door if the door either faces west or northwest, or is positioned in the west or northwest quadrant of the house.

For a house sitting south, use white or grey at the door if the door faces northeast or southwest, or is positioned in the northeast or southwest quadrant of the house. Use yellow or brown if the door either faces west or northwest, or is positioned in the west or northwest quadrant of the house.

For a house sitting west or northwest, use blue or black at the door if the door faces east or southeast, or is positioned in the east or southeast quadrant of the house. Use yellow or brown at the door if the door either faces south, or is positioned in the south quadrant of the house. Use green at the door if it either faces north, or is in the north quadrant of the house.

For doors in a positive relation to the house, the choice of color depends ideally on the interaction of the element of the door’s compass direction with the elements of your Chinese astrological chart. If the land around your house has no discernible rise or fall, we use the element of the compass orientation of the door and the elements of your Chinese astrological chart to determine the meanings and choice of colors.

T. Raphael Simons, author of Feng Shui Step by Step, began practicing and teaching feng shui in 1988. He studied with Chinese astrologer and feng shui expert Terry Lee, and was a student and teaching assistant of Ivy Jacobson, a great Western astrologer. In addition to feng shui and astrology, he practices as a psychic and a hypnotherapist. His latest book, The Feng Shui of Love, is available through his website, www.trs-fengshui.com. It can also be purchased through Amazon.com and other major booksellers. For more information about Raphael, visit www.PsychicArts.net.

Appeared in the August/September 2007 issue of Innerchange.

Articles by T. Raphael Simons:

Harmony of House & Doorway

Indoor Shars

Secret Arrows

Underground Shars

Positioning Yourself for POWER

The Balance of Your Relationship: Who Goes on Which Side of the Bed?

Spiritual House Cleansing

The Year of the Firedog

The Number 10 in Feng Shui

Peace in Your Home

Finding a New Home

Money Point

2005 in Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui

Feng Shui and Healing

Equilibrium

Mirrors in Feng Shui

Form Methods in Feng Shui

Feng Shui and Recreating Oneself

Interview with a Feng Shui Expert