Don't Ignore Landform Fengshui 气无形不成，形无气不应。

This is another residential Fengshui case from the book 二宅实验, a collection of Fengshui cases by practitioners of San Yuan Xuan Kong (三元玄空) Fengshui published in 1927. Previously, I have  mentioned that there are other factors regarding the cases that are not considered in this book, such as Landform Fengshui (形), as the book primarily focuses on Li Qi Fengshui (气). Thus it is prudent not to assume that the causes of serious events as written in the book are the sole reasons. Here is one such example. Italic words in square brackets [ ] are my own comments.

Case: 何宅损小口者 (Harm to Children; 何家巷 He Jia Xiang)

Period 1, Sitting Jia Facing Geng House (甲山庚向, Sitting East Facing West). Close to the back of the house is a stretch of water/ river. The Facing Stars for this stretch of water are Star #1 White Water (一白水星), Star #2 Black Earth (二黑土星) and Star #6 White Metal (六白金星). [River stretches Gen (Northeast), Zhen (East) and Xun (Southeast) Palaces].

 

The Main Door and the Pathway [Active Route 动线] from the Internal Door is at Qian (Northwest) Direction which has the Facing Star #4 Green Wood (四绿木星). From Period 1 till to date [Period 1 begins from 1864; Book published in early Period 4], the wealth luck has been favorable. The left bedroom has both its room door [Room Tai Ji] and the pathway [from internal door to room door] at Qian (Northwest) Palace, which has the Facing Star #4 Green Wood (四绿木星) and Mountain Star #7 Red Metal (七赤金星) in a conflict; Metal controls/ weakens Wood (金克木). During Period 2 and 3, there have been 5 to 6 premature deaths occurring in this room.

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Comments:
In this book, there are other Fengshui residential cases from the same vicinity i.e., He Jia Xiang (何家巷). Located in 斜滩镇, the houses are built on both sides of the river and tributaries. From the text, the cause of the dire outcome stem from the conflicting energies of the Five Elements from the Qian (Northwest) Direction/ Palace. This negative affliction are repeated throughout; from the location of the Main Door, Internal Door, Room Door and Pathway/ Active Route, which all points to Qian (Northwest). However, for the 5 to 6 premature deaths, this reason alone cannot be the sole cause. It is not significant enough. 气无形不成，形无气不应。

From the perspective of Landform Fengshui, the stretch of water/ river close to the entire back of the house is one prominent negative factor for the health of the children and descendants of the occupants. This alone already cannot be overstated. Of course, it also does not help when the bed layout in the room is not conducive for the well-being of the occupants. Could there be more reasons that contributed to such dire outcome in this particular case? Could be, but one can only know what is provided in the text and drawings. Nevertheless, this case is one example where, when studying historical cases of the past whether it is Fengshui or Astrology texts, we should be mindful of the context.