Now
that we have the orientation of the Flying Star map out
of the way, it's time to start talking about Time.
In
both Western and Vedic astrology, knowing the exact minute
when someone was born is extremely important. Whole
books have been written about techniques for astrologically
rectifying times so that the astrologer won't know just
the minute, but can even figure out the second that
someone was born! That's how important timing is
to the astrologer. Astrologers get pretty wound
up about exact timing. But, luckily, Feng Shui isn't
astrology.
We
have it a whole bunch easier.
As
long as we can figure out the birthtime of our house to
within a good twenty-year span, we're right on the money.
We've got what you call leeway.
That
doesn't mean we can be sloppy about it, though.
It just means we don't have to get quite as uptight if
we're off by even a couple of years (in most - though
not all - cases).
So,
the first thing we need to do is figure out the year that
our house was built. Although there is some controversy
sometimes about when that might be - since houses don't
just pop up overnight (unless you live in California),
but are built over a period of sometimes months - it is
generally accepted that the year in which the roof was
put on is the year of "birth" for a structure.
One
thing to remember, though: the years we are talking
about don't start on January 1. This is an Asian
art, remember? Feng Shui years start on the Chinese
New Year, which is slightly different from western year
to year. However, it is usually on or about
February 4. Sometimes it's a day earlier, sometimes
a day later, but it's usually pretty close to February
4.
So,
if you figure that the roof of your house went on on January
16, 1984, well then, since that is before the Chinese
New Years, you need to consider it as having been built
in the previous year: 1983.
Generally
it won't make a difference. But every twenty-years
or so it does. In the above example, for example,
it does makes a difference, because - as chance
would have it - the period actually changed on Chinese
New Years Day, 1984. Like I said, we might have
a lot of leeway, but that doesn't mean we can be sloppy
about it.
Following
is a chart that will enable you to figure out the period
in which your house was built:
|
Year
Range
|
Period
Number
|
|
1904
to 1923
|
3
|
|
1924
to 1943
|
4
|
|
1944
to 1963
|
5
|
|
1964
to 1983
|
6
|
|
1984
to 2003
|
7
|
If
your house was built well into the middle of one of
those twenty-year ranges, you don't even have to worry
about when the Chinese New Years was that year.
Only in those years when the period changes does it
make any difference at all.
What
if the year my house was built isn't on the above chart?
Not
a problem. Or, at least, it shouldn't be if you
have even average intelligence.
You
should be able to detect a pattern in the above chart.
Every range is exactly twenty years long, and the period
numbers go in numerical order. There are nine
periods in all (labelled 1 - 9, surprisingly), and when
the ninth one ends they start over again at one.
So 1901 was in period 2, and 2006 will be in period
8. 2050 will fall in period 1. You should
be able to extend the chart all on your own if your
house is really old - or hasn't been built yet.
If
you find you can't extend the chart all on your own
- stop here. Not to be insulting, but if you find
the above too complicated, the rest of this tutorial
is going to be a nightmare. It doesn't get much
harder than the above, but it isn't much easier, either.
Sorry.
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