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Hi bepgof, I just saw this thread of yours. My reply is given in response to your earlier sharing on purple star astrology. I was introduced to this master in 1990s (in Singapore) when I first graduated & was working. Every business person will have their own styles of running & managing the business. They don't advertise & all referrals are by word-of-mouth because this FS master's skills were fantastic. The queue just got longer over the years I think. Snowballed. I do not know the real reason. The FS master tells me "no choice because too many clients" & he takes 1 hours per reading & more than half a day for a house audit. And he has overseas assignments too, etc... I've given feedback to the wife in a discrete & most polite manner & she tells me that you "can't finish earning $" because there's only 1 FS master & a limit to everything e.g. his health because he can't work 24 hrs aday to see every client who knocks on the door. His last purple star astrology session is at 12 midnight but that's only reserved for urgent cases (I felt that it was more for regular clients). My guy friend had his scheduled that late (no kidding) because he needs to obtain his directive on his fortune read before chinese new year this year. Another neighbour of mine had his scheduled at 11pm years ago & had his premises audit cramped into the following morning because he needs to get his office renovated by a certain date. But were his regular clients who uses his services every year. I felt that they are not as organised with good aftersales service if you compare them to other reputable FS masters like tan khoon yong. So this could have turned away many potential clients. Like when he told me to get my gate tilted & we couldn't get a decent contractor who knows how to do it nicely, we were unable to fall back on them because they had no recommendations. We had to find the right contractors on our own. One of my brother inlaws was so chissed off that he & his wife went to another FS master because they have a dateline for renovation of new flat last year.

U're interested enough to go into the fine prints & details of purple star astrology. I tried reading it up once in a book from MPH but it's mind-boggling. My Taiwanese FS master isn't commercialised like his counterparts in the geomency industry. He runs the show more like a family business. No retail shops, no office in commercial buildings, no advertisements & a one-man show because he doesn't hire any outsiders. It's tough because he travels overseas for clients who request for his geomency services. He has his own group of regular clientele whom I have a sneaky suspicion that he gives them the priority. Yes the aftersales service is somewhat lacking. But we have been putting up with it for the past 10 years because it's worth the wait for excellent geomency expertise. He has mentioned to us that he is a "one-man human" so could only do that much each day & no choice if he doesn't have the time for seeing new clients. Actually, the purple star astrology is interpreted by masters differently. I had gone to see other FS masters here in Singapore in 2007. We forgot to make a 1 year advance booking in 2006 when my hubby & myself were putting up in London. We were very disappointed with the outcome & realised that not every master would interpret the purple star astrology in the same manner. We went to one FS master who was affliated to wayonet but the outcome was disastrous & my hubby was annoyed as it was a waste of both time & $. So we've decided that it's our Taiwan FS master whom we would consult or none.

Hi there, please do not be rude & abusive in making such unkind remarks. It's not very polite of you to make such conclusions. I am a new user of reno forum & not well-versed like yourself in using the system. If you really think that I am advertising for them, then please do the wise move in reporting the matter to the renotalk forum to have my replies removed instead of making such insinuating remarks!

I'm just curious but whose your FS master?

There are plenty of such stuff on You-tube, especially from documentaries filmed in Taiwan. According to some of the masters there, this is viewed as unorthodox & not recommended because if the person doesn't have a pure state of mind (which many of us humans normally don't as we tend to err), the effect could be counterproductive. Some could get spooked by evil spirits or even have many unwanted "followers". And some others who had done it became rich but had to pay back in other ways.

Hi, although I am not an expert in advising about bed positionings & FS, I would definitely not recommend that you position your bed opposite windows (i.e. when u sleep on your back, the soles of your feet will be facing the window). This is definitely a no-no. And not directly facing the door too! ALL your "QI" will be sucked out through these 2 avenues and supposedly, causing a sickly constitution. And for some unfortunate souls, the results could be fatal too! I do not mean to scare you but this is based on my personal experience. When I first had a matrimonial flat, my bed was facing a full panel of windows. After sometime (maybe 6 months after), I had this numbing pain running down my right arm & fingers from my shoulder. I realised that I had difficulty typing on my keyboard while at work. To be honest, I was frightened, thinking that I was going to be down on a stroke at any point in time. After consulting a doctor from Gethin Jones & Partner, the doc referred me to a neurosurgeon who scheduled a surgical procedure to tighten the nerves under my right armpit. It was then that my hubby decided to engage a fengshui master because we had other concerns about the flat too. This FS whom we are still using (for the past 10 years already), audited the flat without any knowledge of my medical condition & other issues with our flat. When he entered our flat with the "luopan", he straight away told us to rectify our bed position, such that the bed post is against the panel of windows. He said no alternatives or shortcuts because it will affect the partner with the "lighter bazi", where in this case, I happen to be the one with the "lighter bazi". He also explained to me that if we were to position it sideways to the windows, both partners (i.e. me & my spouse whose sleeping in the bed) will suffer from the same nerve ailment & require surgical operations. Both of us were shocked by his explanation, especially my hubby whose a sceptic with geomency. The bed position was top-priority in instituting the changes for our flat. I told the FS master that I was supposed to go for the operation next week & he was so confident in telling me to cancel it, which of course, I did not. After the FS master left, my inlaws came with their drillers to bring apart the European king size bed. It took 4 of my brother inlaws & my hubby 3 hours to assemble that mammoth of a bed to the recommended position. At that juncture, I was worried about the after-effects. But miraculously, I was fully recovered on the third day, up till today. it's been 10 years already. The sleeping position is indeed very important. I've had an elderly friend who used to sleep with his bed facing the doorway. The results were a disaster after 2 years. He had stroke, became bed-ridden & slipped into a coma. And died after dragging on for 3 painful years in the nursing home. Another neighbour who did the same with his bed position, became very sick (not sure what medical condition) after 1 year, became bed-ridden too & passed on after suffering for 5 years in & out of hospice care.

Hi, have u engaged your fengshui master already? I use a Taiwanese master chen yin chieh (who is very well-versed in purple star astrology) for the past 10 years. He doesn't ask you to buy expensive stuff or anything from him because he doesn't believe in selling anything except his geomency expertise. He doesn't advertise & as a result is not as commercialised as the rest. But it's very difficult to engage him because there's always a long queue & his wife who serves as his secretary is impartial so no queue cutting. Back in year 2000, my hubby & myself waited for 3 weeks to get our flat audited. My inlaws were so chissed off when they got lost in the queue for fortune-telling after waiting for 5 years. Then finally, they managed to get their fortune interpreted by him after another 6-months waiting time for their new bungalow to be audited by him.

Hi, I use a Taiwanese master chen yin chieh who is very well-versed in purple star astrology for the past 10 years. He doesn't ask you to buy expensive stuff or anything from him because he doesn't believe in selling anything except his fengshui expertise. Let me know if you would like to engage him. Long queue.

Did you check with you FS master on his reasoning for such a recommendation? If you are doubtful or sceptical over such an arrangement, have you tried asking him for other alternatives? It would be good to speak to him if you have concerns over mirrors placed at main entrance doorway. Thus far, I've come across such a layout in a couture bridal shop at Tan Yoong's located at Lucky Plaza. But the interior for his shop has nothing to do with fengshui. Another was a Malay friend's flat on the ground floor. The effect is "glaring" & somewhat undesirable during the night. Quite a number of us who visited her flat had a shock when the main door opened. The first thing we saw were ourselves & the scenery behind us, especially the trees. We also had the tendency to turn behind & look at... not sure what but it was just an urge to turn behind & look out at the scenery behind us. In view of the above, I'm not suggesting that what your FS recommended is not advisable because I don't really know much about FS even though I have my own FS master from Taiwan. My rectangle mirror is custom-made such that it could fit into the space above the main door to deflect bad energies. It was mounted 10 years ago. But that panel of mirror is placed on the exterior of my flat, not the interior based on your FS master's recommendation. I also read somewhere that my mirror would double up as door guardians (门神) to ward off anything evil or bad. You really have to check with your FS why he is making such a recommendation.

hi muffin, I'll try to borrow a camera to upload a photo but nobody noticed that my gate was tilted unless they stood right infront of my gate. From afar, nobody noticed that it is skewed. I really love my gate even though I didn't strike any lottery altho' the opportunity was presented to us. The invoice number came up as 3rd prize & as a starter during the next 2 weekend's 4D results. We do not have the habit of buying any lotteries in view of religious reasons. But it seems a good enough omen for us to have such an invoice number coming from the tilted gate The contractor that I've engaged did such a neat, beautiful job. And they have great aftersales service with touching up of paint.

No it doesn't look weird at all. My gate is tilted on one side by only 2 inches from the pivot point (where the hinges) are based on my fengshui requirements 10 years ago. In fact, nobody realised that it's tilted unless they stand right infront of my gate close-up. I would give full credits to metalworld pte ltd because their foreman is very experienced & had engineered the gate so well that a few of my friends who required such "special" gates got from them.

I was advised by the FS master to tilt the gate (top priority) 10 years ago & we didn't adopt his recommendation until we had no choice after 10 years of going down & under... there seemed to be some "blockage". It'll require at least 3 months for the tilting to take effect.

Hi, I have just tilted my gate. I've engaged MetalWorld to fabricate & install my gate. They've done an excellent job in having it skewed on one side by 2 inches from the pivot point of the other side of the gate frame. They've done a very good job because the workmanship was seamless. But their retail staff was a let-down. If you would like to engage them, it's preferrable that u get in touch with their workshop directly as many of my neighbours have done so. Good luck!