Feng shui and your house placement is all about understanding the way that qi (life force energy) comes to you. The flow of qi affects your ability to be safe, happy, healthy, and at ease. The better the feng shui of the location, the better your life goes. Unfortunately, there are definitely poor or “bad” feng shui locations for a house to avoid if at all possible. If moving is not an option, the best way to work with the exterior qi of the land is to hire a feng shui consultant. It can be complicated for each particular situation because there are many factors to consider. A feng shui consultant will have experience and offer a more fine-tuned and skillful correction. But in the meantime, here are some house locations to avoid and general ways to address the issue. This one can be corrected by placing a traditional bagua mirror (with the eight trigrams framing the perimeter) facing the oncoming traffic. If you work with a consultant they can advise you on how to place landscaping and other exterior objects. This one can also be corrected by placing a traditional bagua mirror (with the eight trigrams framing the perimeter) facing the oncoming traffic. The best way to correct this is to move to another home or relocate the door. It’s not good feng shui to cut down a healthy tree. You could also maintain and prune the tree so it does not block the view of the front door. If you have a “dustbin” shaped lot, place lights in the back corners directed up and toward the home or add a tree in each corner to get the compressed qi moving. The best way to handle this is to add some tall lamps or poles in the back two corners of the lot to lift the energy up.
