In a branch of Feng Shui called the Flying Star School, factors of time are extremely relevant. We can predict not only what may transpire for occupants in a certain house type, but also when those events or circumstances may occur.
All structures (houses and buildings) are built facing a certain direction, in conjunction with a time Period. We have nine Periods, each lasting 20 years. This creates a complete cycle of 180 years. We also have 9 stars (energy that is noted numerically). Those stars park themselves in eight directional zones of a floor plan at the time a structure is built. These stars go through phases, metaphorically like a human’s journey from infancy through childhood, adolescence, young adult, middle-age, older and elderly until a star’s death begins a cycle all over again.
The stars go through their “aging” process, casting a positive or negative influence on occupants depending on the progression of the star’s cycle. With one example: we live in Period 9 currently (2024-2043) and now the 9 star is known as the major health and wealth star. But if you go back 60+ years, the influence of the 9 star was very negative and included an aspect to it that could trigger mental illness. Upon reflection, we do seem to have an uptick in mental illness on our planet now (Big Picture observation), but within the home on a microcosmic level, the 9 “water dragon” star in your home is a good place to dwell for financial luck.
Just as the individual stars in a structure go through a cycle, so do the Periods. This implies that a house will have another layer of influence on the occupants, just based on what Period it was built in. With the individual flying stars, the pattern of “Birth, Maturation, Decline and Death” is equally dispersed, as shown in the chart at the top of the article.
With the 180 Year Chart, we can see the impact of each star in each Period. Just before a star is in its “wang” phase (extremely positive), there are two periods (40 year span) before it called the Sheng Cycle. Once the star completes its Wang Phase, there are two more Periods to follow called the “shuai” cycles which translates as “decay.” This is like old age for a person. Finally, there is a “si” cycle that lasts for three Periods (60 years) and it is called a death phase.
If we take one star as an example: the 6 star begins a positive (sheng) influence in Period 4 and 5 and then it becomes Wang in its own Period 6, followed by a downward trajectory in Periods 7 through the next Period 3. You can see from the first chart, taken from my book, The Feng Shui Continuum, the phases follow the same pattern for all stars.
What About the Periods?
The Period in which a structure has been built has a unique cycle that is not evenly distributed like the first chart’s depiction of individual stars. I have not located a source to explain why some Periods fair better than others over these 180 stretches of time. The following charts shows how different the Construction Periods are from each other.
First, let’s get familiar with a coding system which identifies the positive, negative, very destructive, benign, weakening or neutral phases a house can go through during one complete 180 year cycle.
The next chart shows those 7 phases a house goes through from one Period to the next.
For instance, the influence of a Period 5 house appears to be only really good (A) in during Period 5 (matching its Wang cycle from the other chart). Then things go downhill rather quickly until the following Period 4, just 20 years before it becomes Wang again. (There are a lot of Period 5 houses in the United States, roughly matching the Baby Boomer Years. The most recent Period 5 houses were built between 1944-1963). We can compare this to the Period 6 house, which has an enduring quality where it can be very good and pretty good throughout the full 180 year cycle.
Comparing the charts, we can corroborate a nuance between the experience one person may have with a flying star and another person living in a different house. For example, if a Period 6 house never goes through a dead or dormant phase, then perhaps the annual 5 star in that house may not be as serious as an annual 5 star in another house from another Period. Just speculating.
This is just one other layer to consider in the full analysis of a home and it can help explain why occupants may do better in one house type or another, not just based on the influence of the flying stars in important areas, but for the whole house, what Period it came from and what Period someone lives in it. Keep in mind, these cycles are not the full understanding of a structure’s influence, rather just one layer. Don’t fret about the cycle your house might be in without having a proper and comprehensive evaluation done on it, as there could be many redeeming features to it.
All houses get “refreshed” in their Qi, like being born again, if they survive a return to their original Construction Period. In the United States, we don’t see that too often, because there are not many structures which are over 180 years old, compared to other countries with much older societies with structures hundreds or thousands of years old which have survived.
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions (R)
From the Feng Shui Theory Blog Series
