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A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua: Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map
A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua: Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map
A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua: Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map
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A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua: Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map

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The feng shui Ba Gua is a map of the invisible world. It defines what areas within your home influence which aspects of your life experience. It’s an essential feng shui tool, and the source of a great deal of confusion to many newcomers to feng shui, who are likely to find conflicting or contradictory information in the various books and websites they encounter.

A key factor in the confusion that surrounds feng shui today is that different styles and methods of feng shui have developed over the centuries. Some very old methods are still practiced today, while new variations have evolved to meet the needs and expectations of a modern audience.

Traditional Chinese methods of feng shui have withstood the test of time, not just in China, but around the globe. Why, then, have new approaches – including the modern ba gua – emerged in recent decades? Is there really a need to reinvent the wheel? What does the modern ba gua have to offer, and why might you want to use it?

The purpose of this ebook is to answer those questions by providing you with an overview of the various methods of feng shui in use today. I’ll introduce you to the different forms of the ba gua, help you choose which style of feng shui will best suit your home and personality, and suggest some first steps for using feng shui successfully in your home. You’ll gain a basic understanding of the pros and cons of different feng shui systems, and learn why I’m a fan of the modern approach while honoring what the traditional schools have to offer.

Whether you are new to feng shui or just curious about what the different methods have to offer, A Beginner’s Guide to the Ba Gua provides valuable insight for your feng shui journey.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 18, 2016
ISBN9781931383202
A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua: Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map

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    Very upbeat voice but in this book she says "ba gua" translates as "8 areas." The 8 is correct but the "gua" usually refers to a trigram from the I-ching and I have never heard of them referred to as "areas." She does then correspond her 8 areas to the 8 trigrams. I know very little about feng shui so maybe that's a correct usage but it made me leary of learning from this book.

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A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua - Stephanie Serrano

A Beginner’s Guide to the Ba Gua

Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map

by

Stephanie Roberts Serrano

Lotus Pond Press, LLC

Olympia, WA

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A Beginner's Guide to the Ba Gua:

Understanding the Feng Shui Energy Map

published by

Lotus Pond Press, LLC

PO Box 7483

Olympia, WA 98507

ISBN-10: 1-931383-20-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-931383-20-2

copyright © 2016 Stephanie Roberts Serrano

all rights reserved

All photographs in this book are either public domain or used with permission.

Ba gua and house diagrams were created by the author.

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TABLE of CONTENTS

Introduction

Ba Gua Questions & Answers

My Feng Shui Story

The Clutter-Feng Shui Connection

Chapter 1: Evolution of the Modern Ba Gua

The Legend of Fu Xi

Eight Qualities of Energy

King Wen

The Eight Aspirations

Chapter 2: Other Energy Maps

Flying Stars

Lucky & Unlucky Directions

Modern Factors

Retroactive Misfits

A New Alternative

Chapter 3: The Compass or the Doorway?

Eight Trigrams, Two Ways

So Which One is Right?

Comparing the Compass and Doorway Ba Guas

Symbolic Experience

Which Ba Gua Will You Use?

Chapter 4: Next Steps

Essential Feng Shui Concepts

Fast Feng Shui Resources

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

Feng shui (say fung shway) began in China over 3000 years ago as a method for analyzing the chi, or energy, of a structure based on its location in the surrounding landscape. It was first used to locate auspicious burial sites, the belief being that happy, comfortable ancestors would ensure success and good fortune for their living descendants.

Over time, this practice began to be applied to the houses of the living, too, and theories about auspicious or unlucky arrangement of rooms developed.

A number of different styles and methods of feng shui have developed over the centuries. Some very old methods are still practiced today, and new variations on traditional feng shui have evolved to meet the needs and expectations of a modern audience. This can be a

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