Teach Yourself Feng Shui Book

	Introduction	1
Part 1	The principles of feng shui	3
01	The philosophy	5
	What is feng shui?	6
	A brief outline of Taoism	8
	The four seasons	11
	The eight trigrams	12
	The I Ching	14
	The five elements	14
	Chinese animals and their key words	16
	Characteristics of the five elements	17
	Natural elements	22
	The four compass directions	23
	The four quadrantal points	25
02	Energy and feng shui	27
	Ch'i and sha	28
	The movement of ch'i through the year and seasons	30
	Ch'i and the Pah Kwa	30
	How feng shui is used in China	30
	Modern feng shui in Asia	31
	Temple feng shui	31
	The ancient wisdom of the East	34
	How feng shui is used in the West	35
	Summary	36
03	Putting feng shui into practice	37
	The eight enrichments	38
	The Pah Kwa	38
	The lo shu magic square	39
	The eight remedies	45
	Using remedies	49
	What ch'i likes and dislikes	50
	The eight remedies and their ideal enrichments	51
	Which way does your house face?	51
	Yin and yang aspects of the home	53
	Walking the Nine Palaces	54
04	The mechanics of feng shui	59
	Making the home pleasant and harmonious	60
	The eight types of house	65
	Overlaying the Pah Kwa	74
Part 2	Applying the principles	77
05	Feng shui in the house	79
	The layout of your home	80
	General design	85
	Rooms and their feng shui	93
06	Feng shui in the garden	108
	The Pah Kwa and your garden	109
	Matching the garden to its enrichments	112
	Features of your garden	117
	The garden through the year	125
	Tiny gardens	128
07	Feng shui for work and business	130
	Feng shui at work	131
	Feng shui in business	138
08	Feng shui and your life	144
	Feng shui and relationships	145
	Feng shui and money	154
	Feng shui and health	156
	Feng shui and children	158
	Taking it further	163
	Further reading	163
	Useful addresses	165
	Websites	165
	Index	169