I have learned to activate Mountain Star with earthy feature and Water Star with water feature in the Period chart.

Please look at the period 8 chart below:



Question 1: At SW, the Mountain Star is 1. By looking at the Mountain Star itself there, adding the earthy feature to activate this mountain star actually "destroys" #1, because #1 itself is water, according to the element cycle. However, it does make sense if the water star 6 there is considered as a whole. Water Star 6 is metal and would be enhanced by earth feature. Adding earthy feature would benefit metal and then metal element helps water element. Thus, adding earthy feature would activate Mountain Star 1. Especially the visitation of the yearly and monthly stars would destroy the earth element, so by adding more earthy feature would balance things out in this location? Anybody can connect one thing to another with imaginations based on little understanding. Thus, according to my shallow analysis, am I on the right track?

Question 2: at NE, the Water Star is 9. 9 itself is a fire element. Activate this Water Star with water would simply extinguish this fire element but at the same time drain the bad Mountain Star 7. Logically, adding the water feature here would neutralize the Mountain and the Water Stars, wouldn't it? Since the yearly star is 1, adding water feature would support the yearly star, yet extinguish the monthly star 9. However, monthly star is a visitor, it would have little impact on this location. Furthermore, adding some wood feature here would help balancing the entire condition and enhance the monthly 9. Am I on the right track? Is there a better way to make it harmonize better?

Question 3: at S, both Mountain and Water Star are 8, the most auspicious number of all. However, I am lost here.... Both #8 and #2 (as yearly star) are earth elements. If I activate earth element, then this year is not going to be (despite the fact that it's almost at the end of the year. Anyway, i just want to learn how to solve this problem. i am sure in the future it will pop up again). Also, earth element would destroy the monthly star 1... What can I do to ease the fights?

Thanks

What do you mean by "earthy features"?
Do you think only a water fountain can activate a water star?

The term "water star" has nothing to do with the element water
The term "mountain star" has nothing to do with the Earth

Yang and yin

If a room is yang, you can do nothing to benefit from it's mountain star
If a room is yin, the water star does not get activated

This makes no sense to you because your basic assumptions are incorrect

And if I may offer some practical advice: you cannot attempt to cure or alter every sector. This is not a complex machine with lots of knobs to fine tune.
If you were interested in results, you'd start with one small thing and monitor the results (if any)
If you were interested in learning, you'd try to comprehend the big picture and let all the little details come after

Since none of the numbers are real things, you will achieve little (in results or understanding) by focusing on them.
The numbers merely represent potentials. Without the right environment and external triggers they do nothing. Taken out of context, they mean nothing.
Just squiggles on a piece of paper

I also drove myself crazy with this for quite some time in the beginning.
It didn't lead anywhere

That was basically what I understood at the beginning; the Water Star only does the job to start the chart with the facing, whereas the Mountain with the sitting. Then, I got the information about activating water star with water online today. That made me confused more.

No, I was trying to differentiate the element that can be added to offset the natural condition. I meant anything that's irregular or wavy shaped, blue or black colors, night scene picture, and etc and representing water element symbolically but not literally


I understand what you said . However, I thought I needed to put all the numbers together in order to make out their relationships with one another. I kept the example you gave me in mind about what to do when the red light of the airplane is lit. That's why I tried figuring out all the numbers together...But obviously i did not use the right context or application

Would you mind explaining

thanks

A yang space (like the main door, the home office, places with activity) are "connected" to the "water" star. The mountain star is "de-activated" by that activity. It may support of drain or clash with the "water" star, but the mountain star is a secondary guest.

With yin spaces (bedroom, places of quiet) it is all about the mountain star. If there is activity then the mountain star cannot work. If you want to activate the mountain star at the Main door then remove the door, and turn the foyer into a meditation room.

"Water stars" are activated by activity. The Main door has the normal activity of people coming and going, the door opening, etc. An Office is already activated by someone using it. If you want to activate an area that is less "popular", you might use a water feature or a clock with a pendulum or leaving the radio on to appropriate music. All depends of what star you are trying to activate.

There are some schools of fs that insist water features should never be used inside.

What I meant by concentrating on one thing is to not try to activate multiple sectors.
If you are concerned about income, then you look for the stars that might assist and look to see whether they are in any position or condition to help. Same if you are concerned about your health. You look for any stars of sha qi that might be connected to the problem and then analyze the situation.
In short, determine the problem, diagnose it, and plan the right therapy

There are issues with form that are far more important then any star

Very clear. I see now. Thanks much

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Don't over think or over do it. The most important stars with the strongest effects are the mountain, water and base/period stars. Here are the areas I'd try to cure and what I would do if I had your chart.

2-6-5 and 5-9-2 I would avoid using. Sometime the best cure is to minimize the activity in that area. If you do use it regularly then I would use a metal cure.

7-2-9 wood cure and 9-4-7 fire cure.

The only time I would activate an area is when all three stars are timely and good. For your chart it's the 6-1-1 area. You can add metal there to activate the 6 star and since metal creates more water it'll also support the 1 stars.

I would also implement mountain features (Trees, hedges, stones) and water features (Fountain) in your front yard where the 8-3-8 is located. You have a double facing chart.

Of course any cures or enhancements you put in, make sure it looks good and appropriate for the space. Sometimes people go overboard and it looks goofy negating it's purpose.

Hope this helps!

Smadsask wrote:

I would be careful with this. If there are Fire forms outside the 7-2-9 sector then more wood could get dangerous. 9-facing with hetu Fire of Mountain/Base

May I ask why you advise fire for the metal heavy 9-4-7 (again a metal facing star with hetu metal mountain/base). Metal in the North could be helpful if the sector is auspicious. But why Fire? If the metal disturbs you, why not water?

Smadsask wrote:

Is the metal of the West not sufficient? Is the hetu water not sufficient?

7-2-9 wood cure and 9-4-7 fire cure.
What I usually do is identify the timely star in an area that needs curing and use elements that will weaken the untimely stars while supporting the timely ones. The 9 fire star is a timely star for this period and next period.

6-1-1
I just wanted to point out if one wants to activate or add enhancer a certain area, then I think all three stars should be timely. Otherwise leave it alone. This is a great area by itself and no cures or enhancers are needed for this period but if you do want to enhance the good stars in a chart, then this is the area to do it for this chart.

Hope that clarifies my approach. Cheers!

Smadsask wrote:

Thank-you for the explanation.

My own opinion is that the best use for the 6-1-1 combo (assuming all else makes it an auspicious sector and not merely these stars) is to use it. No water, statues, pictures can compare. The water here is strong, it only needs to be "tapped."
As to the 9-4-7 in the NE, the best "cure" for inauspicious metal would be water to weaken it. And with the 9-4 metal hetu combo that makes even more sense. But water in the NE in period 8 is not a wise idea so wood might be a smart approach to dissipate the metal.
On the other hand, I never use any "cures" such as this.