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Explore Feng Shui

Clear, contextual guides to the ideas, history and traditions that shape Feng Shui.

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The foundations

Begin with the core concepts, then move into history and the major schools of practice.

Fundamentals

What Is Feng Shui?

Discover what Feng Shui is, where it comes from, and how Qi, Yin and Yang, the Five Elements and Bagua shape this Chinese tradition.
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Fundamentals

Qi in Feng Shui: Meaning, Flow and Context

Understand Qi, one of the central concepts of Feng Shui and Chinese thought: what it means, how Feng Shui traditions describe its movement, and why translating it simply…
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Fundamentals

Yin and Yang in Feng Shui: Balance, Polarity and Change

Learn how Yin and Yang express complementary and changing qualities in Chinese thought, and how Feng Shui applies them to light, movement, activity, enclosure and the character of…
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Fundamentals

The Five Elements in Feng Shui: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water

Understand the Five Elements, or Five Phases, of Feng Shui: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, their cycles, associations and role in Chinese cosmology.
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Fundamentals

Bagua in Feng Shui: The Eight Trigrams and Direction

Understand the Bagua, the Eight Trigrams of Chinese cosmology, and how Feng Shui traditions use them to relate direction, symbolism and spatial interpretation.
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History

The History of Feng Shui: From Ancient China to the Modern World

Explore the history of Feng Shui, from early Chinese divination and site selection to Song dynasty terminology, later schools, suppression in modern China and global reinterpretation.
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Schools

Form School Feng Shui: Landscape, Shapes and the Flow of Qi

Discover Form School Feng Shui, the landscape-centered tradition that interprets mountains, water, protection, exposure and the visible shape of a site.
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