Feng Shui - Flying Star

There are several Flying Star calculations and variations which can be used to assess the auspicious and inauspicious influences on a building during various periods and cycles of time.

The best known is the 20 year, (or Sam Yuen) Flying Star calculation, but others include the more powerful Yuen Hom Flying Star and Ba Chop Flying Star calculations.

The principles are similar for each of them, but the detailed method of calculation differs, so that each adds its own unique information to the total picture.

The Sam Yuen Flying Star method is used to assess the changes (or “Periods”) that occur in the Feng Shui cycles every 20 years.

By using the numbers 1 to 9, and equating them with the Five Elements, the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of a place can be assessed according to the portents of the Age.

To assess the Feng Shui of a building, the birth date of the building has to be noted, the orientation studied and the base plate created. e.g. a building constructed in 1987 would have the following plate

Date	Period	Element	Fate

1864 - 1883	1	Water	Upper
1884 - 1903	2	Earth	Upper
1904 - 1923	3	Wood	Upper

1924 - 1943	4	Wood	Middle
1944 - 1963	5	Earth	Middle
1964 - 1983	6	Metal	Middle

1984 - 2003	7	Metal	Lower
2004 - 2023	8	Earth	Lower
2024 - 2043	9	Fire	Lower

The next stage is to determine the Water Star and the Mountain Star.

Lets say the building faces South, which gives 3 as the Mountain Star, and 2 as the Water Star. (as shown on the right

Now the Water Star and the Mountain Star can be “flown. To give the completed flying star chart like the one following.

The final stage is to analyse what it all means and what actions to take.

Each year, month, day and hour also has a number associated with it so whilst analysing the basic chart it’s also possible (and sometimes necessary) to take these into account as well.

e.g. lets say we’re interested in April 1987.

We can create the two following charts for the Year and Month and look at how they interact with the chart above.

Year	Number
1987	4
1988	3
1989	2
1990	1
1991	9
1992	8
1993	7
1994	6
1995	5

Month	Number
January 1987	9
February	8
March	7
April	6
May	5
June	4
July	3
August	2
September	1
October	9
November	8
December	7
January 1988	6

Year Chart

Month Chart

These charts are also influenced by the shapes (Form School) both inside and outside the building, so the whole flying star analysis can go quite deep.

The results of a flying star analysis though are worth the effort as the influences identified by these charts are quite powerful.

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