Online Class: Feng Shui 101

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Course Description
Introduction to Feng Shui: Unveiling the Ancient Chinese Art
Course Overview
Delve into the intricate world of Feng Shui, a time-honored Chinese discipline that harmonizes people with their surroundings. As urbanization and modernization increase, many seek a balance between contemporary life and age-old wisdom. Feng Shui, with its roots in ancient Chinese philosophy and cosmic understanding, offers a holistic solution to achieve that equilibrium.
Course Breakdown:
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Introduction to Feng Shui: Understand the foundational principles behind Feng Shui, exploring its origins and significance.
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Heaven, Earth, Man, and Chi: Discover the interconnectedness of these entities, emphasizing the vitality of chi or energy, the force that binds the universe.
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Yin and Yang: Delve deep into the binary forces driving the universe, highlighting their complementary nature and importance in maintaining balance.
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The Five Elements: Explore the critical elements - wood, fire, earth, metal, and water - that define and influence our surroundings.
5-8. The Nine Stars (Parts 1-4): Unfold the mysteries of the 'nine stars' or Jyo Hsing - an essential component of Feng Shui and its astrological connections.
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The Three Diagnostic Methods: Familiarize yourself with diagnostic tools that assist in evaluating energy flow and balance within spaces.
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Clutter and Its Effects on Your Chi: Understand the implications of clutter on energy flow and how an organized environment can enhance positivity.
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Placement of Doors and Windows: Discover how strategic placements can optimize energy flow and positively influence living spaces.
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The Shape of Your Space: Determine how varying shapes influence energy dynamics and how to best arrange spaces for optimal chi flow.
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Harmonizing Your Chi Through Color and Other Elements: Utilize colors and specific elements to attract and harmonize energy within spaces.
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Using Furniture and Decor to Harmonize: Optimize living and working areas by strategically positioning furniture and utilizing decor to enhance balance and positivity.
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Symbolic Decorations, Space Divining, and Purification: Integrate symbolic decor and practice space purification to cleanse and rejuvenate environments.
Course Detailing:
Feng Shui, often perceived as a mere aesthetic discipline, delves far deeper. At its core, it's a fusion of two pivotal Chinese astrological systems - Ba Tzu (the "eight words" or "four pillars") and Jyo Hsing (the "nine stars" or "study of chi"). Traditionally, implementing Feng Shui demanded familiarity with the Chinese lunar calendar and Chinese characters, barriers for those unfamiliar with the language.
This course revolutionizes traditional teaching methods, offering a pragmatic approach. It strips away linguistic and cultural complexities, making Feng Shui universally accessible. With a comprehensive and logical structure, the teachings pave the way for students to incorporate Feng Shui seamlessly into their lives.
Misconceptions abound in the realm of Feng Shui, with claims of multiple schools and methods. In reality, authentic Feng Shui is a singular school rooted in ancient Taoist traditions. By harnessing a blend of Chinese astrology, compass techniques, divining methods, and form methods, Feng Shui becomes a universal tool for harmony and balance.
Through this course, primarily focusing on the powerful nine-star astrology, students gain actionable insights into restructuring their environments for enhanced harmony and vitality. Enroll today and step into a world where ancient wisdom meets modern life, guiding you towards a balanced and harmonious existence.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1. Energy Flow and You: An Introduction to Feng Shui
Feng Shui uses a compass to align interior arrangements with beneficial directional energies, impacting areas like relationships and career. Strategic placement of elements, such as desks or beds, can enhance positive energy flow, fostering balance across various life aspects.Lesson 2. Understanding Chi: The Lifeblood of Feng Shui
The three coordinate powers—heaven, earth, and man—guide energy flow in Feng Shui, combining cosmic, spatial, and human elements for harmony. Their alignment fosters prosperity and health, while imbalance leads to stress and misfortune.Lesson 3. Yin and Yang: The Art of Equilibrium
People often select professions that align with their dominant energy type—be it yin, favoring introspection, or yang, thriving on activity. Balancing workplace environments with opposite energies can enhance productivity and satisfaction.Lesson 4. Unveiling the Moods of Chi: A Deep Dive into the Five Elements
Earth offers stability and nourishment, providing foundational support and fostering patience and reliability. Associated with late summer, Earth individuals excel in caregiving roles, yet excess Earth energy can lead to stagnation or anxiety.Lesson 5. Unlocking Your Star's Influence: Mastering Nine Star Ki for Personal Harmony
The Nine Star Ki system refines the traditional five elements by associating them with nine stars, which influence personality, relationships, and home environments. By identifying your personal star, you can optimize the flow of chi in your life, creating harmony and supporting your goals.Lesson 6. Nine Stars Unveiled: Designing Spaces for Harmony
The 4 Wood Star symbolizes movement and adaptability, thriving on change and versatile career choices like communications or travel. To balance their indecisiveness, incorporating earth elements in their environment can offer them stability without stifling creativity.Lesson 7. Nine Stars in Feng Shui: Harmonizing Energies for Success
The Nine Stars system in Feng Shui reveals the connection between elemental energies and personal aspects like career and relationships, facilitating harmony and success. Understanding your unique birth star and how the 6 and 7 Metal Stars interact with environments empowers profound life transformation.Lesson 8. Understanding Your Lucky Stars: A Feng Shui Guide
In Feng Shui, blending your birth star with your month star uncovers lucky stars that guide you in aligning your environment with chi for greater harmony. By harmonizing your space with these stars, through color and decor, your living area supports personal wealth, health, and happiness.Lesson 9. Embracing Harmony: A Deep Dive into Feng Shui's Diagnostic Methods
The Eight Point Method divides your space into zones like Career, Family, and Money, aligning them for optimal energy support. In contrast, the Five Elements method assigns elements like Water or Fire to directions, while the Stick Figure method simplifies energy flow assessment.Lesson 10. The Energetic Consequences of Clutter
The locations where clutter gathers in your home can reveal important insights about your emotional state. Clearing clutter from key areas can break down physical and metaphorical barriers, opening pathways for growth.Lesson 11. Harmonious Spaces for Improved Well-being
Chi, the life force that sustains balance in life, is significantly affected by how doors and windows are positioned, as they dictate the energy movement in your home. According to Feng Shui’s Eight Point Method, strategically placed doors and windows prevent chi from draining too quickly or getting trapped, which can alleviate issues from financial instability to relationship troubles.Lesson 12. Feng Shui Techniques for Balancing Energy in Irregular Spaces
Feng Shui principles suggest that architectural imbalances in homes can negatively affect energy flow, leading to various life disruptions. Simple solutions involving decor and color can effectively address these imbalances, creating a more positive environment.Lesson 13. Color Philosophy and Feng Shui: Creating a Harmonious Home
Utilizing Feng Shui, the lesson explores the way your home's energy is shaped by its layout and color scheme, crucial for health and prosperity. By understanding the compass directions and associating colors, you can restore energy balance within your spaces.Lesson 14. Creating Spaces That Breathe: A Guide to Harmonizing Energy Through Furniture and Decor
Avoid sharp energy flows by not arranging furniture in bow configurations, which can create agitation and imbalance in the home. Use strategic focal points and strong support from walls to anchor household comfort and security.Lesson 15. Home Energy Magic: Symbolic Decor and Space Purification
Space purification is a method to cleanse negative energy, such as unwanted emotions or historical imprints, using techniques like meditation, sound, or salt to revitalize the home atmosphere. Incorporating purification rituals in specific areas helps transform spaces, fostering a nurturing and joyful environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Define how the Nine Star system influences personal health by arranging home elements to align with individual star energies.
- Demonstrate the use of a compass to identify harmonious directions in a home that supports specific life aspects such as health or prosperity.
- Define the four fundamental elements of Feng Shui—heaven, earth, man, and chi—and describe their roles in influencing energy flow and personal well-being.
- Identify Sheng Chi, Si Chi, and Sha Chi in various environments and demonstrate methods to transform negative energy into positive energy through Feng Shui practices.
- Define the characteristics of yin and yang energies within various environments and explain their implications on emotional and physical well-being.
- Identify personal physical traits and occupational environments as predominantly yin or yang, and propose adjustments to enhance balance and productivity.
- Demonstrate practical ways to incorporate and balance the Five Elements in personal environments to promote harmony and well-being.
- Recognize and describe the characteristics and influences of each of the Five Elements in Feng Shui, including their positive and negative mental states.
- Define your personal birth star and its corresponding element using the Nine Star Ki system, enhancing personal alignment by recording this information.
- Identify at least two favorable compass directions based on your star to optimize chi flow in your home, as evidenced by room arrangement changes.#
- Demonstrate the ability to apply career path recommendations and decorating guidelines for individuals influenced by the 4 Wood, 9 Fire, and 2 Earth Stars.
- Recognize the personality traits and compatible relationships associated with the 4 Wood, 9 Fire, and 2 Earth Stars in Feng Shui.
- Understand and describe the personality traits and career paths associated with the 6 Metal and 7 Metal Stars in Feng Shui.
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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Student Testimonials
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- "The course was well presented. I was pleased by how fast the assignments were graded. It added to the feeling of availability from the instructor and seemed to convey that he was also interested in presiding over the material." -- Diane M.
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