November 28th, 2011 
Thomas Drake Written by professional Feng Shui Consultant, Nicola Elizabeth Jones BA FSSA FSN, here is the mini guide to the Feng Shui 8 Mansions House Kua for your home. Using expert guidance and knowledge to apply orientation analysis to your property.
Learn how to map the Feng Shui Sectors Using our ‘how to guide’ to drawing your own floor plan with accuracy. Follow the instructions to take an accurate compass measurement. Map out the different sectors to create a permanent blueprint of the energy in each sector.
8 Mansions and your Home Using the Feng Shui 8 Mansions House Kua, looking at orientation, location and room function. The findings are permanent and do not change with time. The only way to manipulate them is with room function, so where you place yourself in the property is important. The 8 Mansions make up part of a full Feng Shui survey, as one of the methods used with compass measurements. Read more about the 8 Mansions here.
Author Nicola Elizabeth Jones BA FSSA FSN is the owner of Earth Balance Interiors. Classical Feng Shui Practitioner providing professional surveys across Ireland.
“Shape clay into a vessel;? It is the space within that makes it useful. ?Cut doors and windows for a room;? It is the holes which make it useful. ?Therefore benefit comes from what is there; ?Usefulness from what is not there.” Read more…
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