Ms.
Li has been reading about Feng Shui, she asks me if it is
true when stairs run in line with the main door, it causes
money loss. Many people ask about this and I always tell them
that this is not necessarily true.
First,
we must understand what a staircase is before we can know howit
affects us. Staircases are made up of many steps, each protruding
out as a potential source of danger. When we are not careful,
it is easy to stumble or hurt ourselves on the steps. Staircases
are also vertical shafts that penetrate through each floor,
making a "hole" in the building, especially in high rises. In
Feng Shui, staircases are known as a source of sha chi or potentially
harmful or degenerating energy. Therefore, in order to understand
what effect it has on us, we must know the residents' birth
elements and where the staircase is located. Different people
and different stair locations have different effects
 When
the stair's mouth lines up with the front door, the influence
it has on the residents is not necessarily money loss. For
instance, if the resident is born under the dui or the metal
element and their door opens to the west - the stair's sha
chi placed in this direction may cause this person to have
respiratory problems or love affairs because the lungs and
adultery are associated with the dui or western metal frequencies
(from the Yi-Jing or Book of Changes
If
the stair aligns with a door that opens to the south or fire
energies, its negative energies conflict with the fire frequencies.
The resident may likely suffer circulatory problems because
the heart is associated with the south and fire. However,
if the person involved exercises daily and maintains good
health, they may not suffer these problems at all. Apparently,
looking only at the staircase is not enough to make a logical
conclusion.
In
Feng Shui, the house is analogous to the body. Having a staircase
at the
center or "heart" of the house is like having a hole pierced
or knife stuck in your heart. The residents may feel stressed
living in this type of environment. However, this stress may
not affect every house member in the same way.
For
someone who is born under the wood element sleeping in thenorthwest
room, the staircase in the middle of the house may cause them
to have headaches or get tired easily. This is because the wood
frequency is associated with the liver energies while the northwest
is associated with the metal element and the head energies.
When these energies are interrupted, they do not function normally.
Abnormal liver energies cause one to be prone to temper, stuffiness
and quick exhaustion. With or without the staircase in the center,
there is already a tendency for headaches and easy exhaustion
when the two conflicting energies of wood and metal come together.
With the staircase's sha chi compounding the effect, the negativity
or symptoms may be worst.
Likewise,
when the front of a staircase is aligned with a bedroom door,the
effect it has on the person living in this room varies depending
on his or her birth element and the location of their bedroom.
For instance, a person born under the gen or northeast earth
element sleeping in the northeast room has a staircase directly
in front of her door. The staircase's negative energy interrupts
this person's gen related energies; resulting in arguments,
back tension, low energy or sinus allergies. If this same person
had their bedroom in the north, which is associated with the
water element, having the staircase's opening pointing straight
into their room brings a negative source of water frequencies
that conflicts with the person's gen or earth frequencies.
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When
earth energies encounter water energies, there is a higher
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for
the person to commit adultery, suffer dizziness, back stress,
or nasal congestion. Again, these are potential effects; there
are other factors to consider before making an accurate conclusion
about how the house's Feng Shui actually influences a person's
well being.
 In
some apartments, there are staircases that cross right over
a door. As mentioned earlier, depending on the resident's
birth element and direction of the door, there are various
possible effects. If the door is opened to the east and the
person living inside is born under the Kan or water element,
having the stair's sha chi suppressing their door or eastern
energies places stress or interrupts the associated liver
energies. The results of weak liver energies are easy tiredness,
emotional agitation, and mugginess.
Because
the staircase is where people go up and down, the energies
are constantly moving. It is best to locate it on the left
hand or masculine side when one leaves the house. The masculine
or "dragon" side contains the energies that guard the constantly
changing or moving energies of family relationships, personal
activity and health. Placing the staircase, which is also
an active source of energy here, puts similar energies together
to enhance harmony.
To
minimize the sha chi of the staircases, they should not be straight;
rather,
they should be curvaceously embracing the energy that comes
in from the front door. For safety, they should also be wide
and well lit.
Therefore,
like Ms. Lee, we need to question "general" rules in Feng Shui.
Because generalities are obviously not always true, they tend
to bring about skepticism towards Feng Shui. We must be careful
about what we read and hear in piecemeal. Like a jigsaw puzzle,
we need to put the pieces together to get a bigger picture that
better represents reality.
For
those who have studied Feng Shui in depth understand that thereare
many levels of Feng Shui - few generalities can be made without
misleading people into thinking that the same rule applies to
everyone. We are all different and are affected differently
by our Feng Shui. The more factors taken into consideration,
the more detailed and accurate the Feng Shui analysis. Remember,
staircases are only ONE factor in Feng Shui and as you can see,
there are numerous variations and conditions to be considered.
There are 60 factors involved in making an accurate conclusion
about the Feng Shui of your house and its effect on you.
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