Changing the Age of a Building

June 26, 2019

As we approach Period 9 it’s time to discuss what it means in terms of your renovation plans and how this will affect your Feng Shui.

When a building is constructed it takes on the age in which it was built, this is like the ‘birthdate’ of the house. There’s 9 Periods totaling 180 years, they are:

Upper Cycle

February 4^th 1864 – February 3^rd 1884 Period 1

February 4^th 1884 – February 4^th 1904 Period 2

February 5^th 1904 – February 4^th 1924 Period 3

Middle Cycle

February 5^th 1924 – February 4^th 1944 Period 4

February 5^th 1944 – February 4^th 1964 Period 5

February 5^th 1964 – February 3^rd 1984 Period 6

Lower Cycle

February 4^th 1984 – February 3^rd 2004 Period 7

February 4^th 2004 – February 3^rd 2024 Period 8

February 4^th 2024 – February 3^rd 2044 Period 9

So when your house is built, it will remain the same age unless there is a total renovation to ‘rebirth’ the house.

The age of a house, coupled with the direction in which it faces is the data required to draw up a ‘chart’ for the house using the Flying Stars (Fei Xing) method:

So how and why would you need to change the age of a house? In different Periods, the ‘ruling star’ changes. For instance in Period 8, star 8 is the ruler (Ling Xing). That means in the star chart, the location of star 8 in your house is paramount to achieving good Feng Shui.

If the water star 8 is located in a yang room and if the mountain star 8 is located in a yin room; and the external forms (mountains and water) also support these locations, then you can achieve the best Feng Shui. If not, then either the house or how you use it, should be modified.

If in Period 8, the star 8 is not located in a good place, then the Feng Shui setting is ruined, it’s a simple as that.

So as we approach Period 9 we need to consider whether the current chart for your house will also support the star 9 in a few years time. If not there’s really only two options: renovate, or sell.

Renovating now will change the age of your house to a Period 8 house (because we are still in Period 8 until 2024). Or, it may be more beneficial to wait until Period 9 and then do the renovation after the start of Period 9, making the house a Period 9 house. That will depend on the direction the house faces and the internal and external layout (or ‘forms’).

So, cutting to the chase, how to change the age of a house?

You need to change heaven, earth and people:

Change Heaven

In the ‘cosmic trinity’, heaven represents time, the sky, wind. So during the course of the renovation the house should be kept open so that the wind and light can enter every day (and if possible, night too).

There are some who say that the centre of the house must be opened up (ie a hole cut in the roof and ceiling).

If this were the case, how would we be able to change the age of a two-storey house, or an apartment? In my 24+ years of experience, I have found several cases where the house underwent a total renovation and the before/after effect changed the lives of the people living there.

Change Earth

Renovate all parts of the house, including:

remove carpets
remove curtains and window dressings
change bathrooms
change kitchen
repaint or wallpaper all the walls
remove or repaint cupboards and wardrobes

…in other words, change the ‘earth’. The extent to which you need to do this depends on the house.

Here is an example:

Change People

People carry qi so must also be removed from the house for at least a month, including all the furniture in the house. In some instances I have seen clients put all the furniture in one room and move out. Sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn’t.

How can I tell? If the house hasn’t changed age during a renovation, then the people’s lives will still be the same as they were before.

If on the other hand the renovation successfully changes the age of the house, then under my guidance, the health, wealth and luck of the occupants improves.