Feng Shui, which literally translates into Wind and Water, has its roots in ancient China and is an ancient Chinese practice that archaeological evidence suggests to be at least 6000 years old. Amongst the first practitioners of Feng Shui in ancient China were the farmers. Since good harvests were essential for the survival of communities, the need to identify land that could sustain prolonged farming activities became very important.

Your auspicious facing directions are based on your Gua Number which could be calculated by using the given formula at the bottom of this page or by using the Gua Calculator in our website. The Gua Number (1 to 9) then determines which of the 8 different BaGua diagrams relates to your home and life style.

Legend has it that, just before entering heaven, a mythical king summoned all the animals in the kingdom for an audience. For reasons unknown, only 12 animals heeded his call; and to reward the 12 animals, he named a year after each of the animals, in the order of its arrival.

The famous T’ai Chi symbol, representing many of the basic ideas of Taoist philosophy, some of which are outlined below. However, one question that often arises is "Which way should one draw the T’ai Chi?".

The T’ai Chi symbol represents the endless cycle of Yin and Yang, and how each contains the seed of the other. The T’ai Chi and Yin/Yang are one of the central ideas of Taoist philosophy, symbolic of the Eastern view of opposites being two halves on the one entity, such as Heaven and Earth, Light and Dark, Male and Female, Good and Evil.

If our three-dimensional world is void of colours, then the beauty of the living Earth would be lost in a murky cloud of grayish gloom. Colours accentuate dimensions, textures, depths and perceptions of all things in the Universe. They are the essence of the vibrant energies we see and feel all around us.