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Another common problem faced by novice practitioners, especially those who have read different books on the subject, is how to determine the general orientation of the inside of the home.

When you are advised to activate a specific corner of your home confusion arises when the corner is indicated by its direction. For instance, if you are asked to activate the north in order to energize your career luck, this immediately begs a whole series of questions. How do you determine the north corner? Does this mean the north corner of the entire home? And, if so, what if the north corner is missing? and so on.

Taking these practical dilemmas one at a time, the first matter to be resolved is to learn to determine the orientations of the home so you can identify the eight compass “corners” on your floor plan. To do this correctly, once again you will need to take directions with a compass. In authentic feng shui, orientations always require the compass and they are never determined by the location of the main door. Orientations should never be calculated according to the main door having a fixed direction. I have received thousands of emails asking about this, mainly because some practitioners trained in another method of feng shui use this method. In Chinese feng shui, this is not the way to do it.

Take compass directions inside the main door and again a few feet further inside.

Take a third compass direction from the center of your home. If your home is an irregular shape, mark in missing areas on your floor plan and draw diagonal lines (as shown) to find its center.