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How to Overlay the Feng Shui Compass Grid over Odd Shaped Buildingsby Feng Shui Master Gayle Atherton

This Book is Dedicated toPeople who need to take charge of their own energy.

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Atherton, GayleHow to Overlay the Feng Shui Compass Grid over Odd Shaped Buildingsby Feng Shui Master Gayle Atherton

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In reality, overlaying the Feng Shui grid over the floor plan can be done in about 15 minutes. It willprobably take you a little bit longer the first time—because of all your reading—but, once you’vedone this once… you may find yourself doing it for a second building, your best friends building, abuilding you want to buy, the lady who lives down the road because she’s having a hard time atthe moment... etc, etc. In truth, Overlaying the Feng Shui Compass Grid over Floor Plan is reallyeasy to do—when you know WHAT to do. But let’s start off by reviewing some important thingsthat will help.

Things You Must Know All Magnetic Compasses Point to North (whether they are a western compass or a Chinese Lo

Pan). You do need a good quality compass (ie a Swiss oil compass) because cheap and nastycompasses can give false readings that can be out by many degrees!!

All compasses have 8 equal sections These 8 equal sections further divide into three sub-sections (per section ie 3 x sub-sections in

the main North section) making 24 main points on the compass. In Feng Shui: one sector is a location in a building as well as a direction the Ch'i comes from. There is a ninth “hidden” section which is located in the centre of the building. This area is

traditionally called the Tai Ch'i and it means “the source” or the space within a buildingwhere all energy travels to (from the 8 directions) and travels from back into the home.

I do not recommend you work off the “North” symbol on your architectural plan (if you haveone). Sometimes, this represents True North, sometimes Magnetic North, occasionally archi-tects or drafts people just plonk it on the plan. Sometimes getting the right answer is not easyor accurate. Its best if you do your own compass reading. Once you master this following mydirections… nothing will stop you!!

Quick Start GuideWhat you need1. A Ruler, Rubber and Pencil.2. A Floor plan that’s in scale.3. Access to a Photocopier that does A 4 and/or A3 copies.4. An Accurate Compass Measurement of your Building5. The Compass Grid we provide which is photocopied onto a transparency film6. The Yearly Stars Findings to reference how the findings will “pan out” over your building.7. The Feng Shui Remedies as recommended.

Recommended Checking Points:1. We need to know the direction the building faces and sits (and check this off against your

original compass reading). Be on guard against dyslexic moments such as putting the Northdirection where South should be, etc.

2. If I’ve completely lost my bearings I check where the sun rises and sets.3. Then I position my Feng Shui Compass Grid transparency back over the plan—making sure

all the directions correspond accurately to my compass degree and reading and I draw theactual directions on as soon as I can because this always helps me to get my bearings.Trust me… you'll open up new neurological pathways doing these exercises!


Diagram 2: Drawing Out the 8 Sectors.

We know we need to draw out the 8Sectors of the Building according to ourcompass reading and we know there are3 possible Sector directions.

Diagram 1: Finding the Centre

We know we have to find the Centre of thebuilding—even in an odd shaped building.

Depending on the shape of the building therecould be a different way we have to do this.

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Diagram 3: The 3 Possible Overlays


The Truth is… Buildings Come in All Shapes and Sizes…!!

But don't be put off by this!! Once you’ve seen enough examples and you know some of thesimple rules you’ll start to get the hang of this…


The Open Plan L-Shaped Building:When you have an L-Shaped building thatfalls over “Open Plan” layout—this typeof L-shaped Building automaticallyattracts “missing sectors.”

Diagram 4

Diagram 5

The First Thing to Know is There are 3 Types of L-Shaped Buildings

Overlaying the Feng Shui Compass Grid:This grid get’s overlayed in a verystraightforward way—as shown inDiagram 5. Ultimately the space itself“dictates” ie because its all open plan andits all connected physically it means thereis a “Missing Sector”

The Missing Sector is at the top left sectorand the missing part cuts in on two othersectors as well (so there are three missingsectors—even though 2 are only partiallymissing). This means the Ch'i cant flowwell!!


Open Plan and Enclosed Room L-ShapesIf you have Enclosed Rooms in one part ofthe L-Shape and Open Plan in the other partof the L-Shape then you can overlay the FengShui Compass Grid as shown in Diagram 7.

Ultimately, even though this is considered tobe an L-Shaped Building (and it is L-Shaped),There will not be an adverse effect inside thebuilding because the Ch'i can flow evenly inthe building.

Huh?What this means is the space itself dictateshow the Feng Shui Compass grid can beoverlaid. In Diagram 7 you have NOMissing Sectors—even though it is anL-shaped Building.

The open plan room has no sectors missing andthe rooms themselves have no sectors missing—the Ch'i can flow very evenly in the buildingso there is no adverse affect (compared toDiagrams 4 & 5—which do have missingsectors).

Diagram 6

Diagram 7

The Second Type of L-Shaped Building has Open Plan and Enclosed Rooms


Open Plan and Enclosed Room L-ShapesThis L-Shape has partial Open Plan in theother part of the L-Shape. This means thecompass grid cannot be overlayed evenly!

Ultimately, this means the Ch'i will not beable to flow evenly in the building and it willbe a funny room—unless it is divided off as itis in Diagram 6.

Huh?Again this means is the space itself dictateshow the Feng Shui Compass grid can beoverlayed and how the Ch'i will flow...

Diagram 8 and 9 brings back our MissingSectors—because the Ch'i does not flowproperly. It is better to section off the openplan study from the rest of the house becausethis will make the Ch'i flow better.

The exception to this rule would be when theFlying Stars Feng Shui shows it is an impor-tant area not to section off. The implicationsare: if good bits are missing—its serious!!!And if bad bits are missing—congratulations!

Diagram 8

Diagram 9

The Third Type of L-Shaped Building has Open Plan and Enclosed Roomsbut in a different way...


In Feng Shui Almost Everything Runs off The One Third Rule...So What is the One Third Rule…???

The One Third Rule is when a building is not a normal shape and it either has a piecemissing from the building or a piece added—like a protrusion (see Diagram 10).

The One Third Rule States:If the part that’s missing from the Building is equal to One Third of the entire length orwidth of the building—then it is deemed to be “Missing.”

If the part that’s Missing is less than One third of the Building then it can be ignored andnot considered to be missing (even though it might still be missing).

Exception Clause: if its important energy like the prosperity energy or human luck energy inthe flying stars—then it could still be significant.

Now Let’s Deal With The Protrusions:

Diagram 10 shows a front entrance wherebythe entire front entrance is a protrusion of thebuilding.

The Rule is:1. If the protrusion is more than one third of

the length or width of the building—it hasto be included.

2. If the protrusion is less than one third—itdoes not have to be included (and thiswhole grid would change/move overslightly to line up with the large squarespace because we wouldn't be includingthe protrusion).

If it has to be included because it is equal toOne Third of the Length or Width of the Build-ing—it means you will automatically have amissing sector and then you need to know whatthat is (that falls into the realm of the FlyingStars Chart).

Let’s do some more examples:

Diagram 10


Diagram 11

Diagram 11:This Diagram shows a Building that has amissing sector at the back…

If you take the measurement of the wholebuilding across the back you’ll find that thetwo wings (added up together) is more thanone third of the width of the overall building.

This makes the back middle part of thebuilding “missing.”

Diagram 12

Diagram 12:These two small missing parts are under onethird of the length of the building so they arenot considered to be “missing” (even thoughthey are technically “missing” from thebuilding). Remember if its “missing” thiswill determine how we overlay the compassover the building. In the case of this H-Shaped building—it will not make too muchdifference.

Only the Flying Stars Horoscope will be ableto tell you whether “the missing part” issignificant or not.


Diagram 13:

This Diagram show a missing front entrancebased upon the Rule of One Third.

Whether this is serious or not would have to bedetermined by the Flying Stars Chart. The goodthing about Feng Shui—which is little known—is that if the missing sector is bad energy its OKto have it missing. BUT if the missing sector isimportant energy… there will be significantimpact on the people who live there.

The Lucky things is—we can Remedy manythings in Feng Shui.

Diagram 13

Diagram 14

The Secrets To Odd Shaped Buildings:Here’s How You Can Do Your Best: Ultimately, we want to find the centre of the build-ing and this is determined by what is “missing” from the building (ie a missing sector) orsomething that’s “added” to the building…

For instance, a protrusion has to be added because of the one third rule—so this shifts theway the Feng Shui grid is positioned over the floor plan eg the way the Feng ShuiHoroscope Grid is Positioned over Diagram 5, 9 and 10 is different to the way we wouldposition the Feng Shui horoscope Grid over a normal shaped straightforward building.See diagrams 2, 7, 11, 12, 13 for reference.


Diagram 15:

Cross Shaped buildings are abound inHong Kong. It looks like 4 sectors aremissing but a closer look reveals thesesectors are only missing in a fewapartments.

This design was done in Age of 5—whenserious combinations were about like wehave now in an Age of 8…(Meaning: building in an Age of 8 isimportant because we can build negativeenergies out of our buildings…)

Diagram 15

Diagram 16

Diagram 16:

Here is how we remedy missing sectors—again if there are bad energies missing—its good and if the good energies aremissing its bad!!!


Diagram 17

Diagram 18

Diagram 17:

H-Shaped Buildings have missingsectors when one third of thebuilding is missing (so it has to beincluded when overlaying thecompass—even though it isactually not there…).

Diagram 18:

S-Shaped Buildings may have twomissing sectors when the third of thebuilding that is there is equal to onethird. Meaning: we have to count theother two thirds that are missing aspresent—when in reality they are not!This changes the way the Feng ShuiCompass Grid is overlayed (for betteror worse).


Summary: Expanding and Contracting the Feng Shui Compass Grid

The reality to the Feng Shui Compass Grid is that it expands and contracts according to thebuilding shape.

What this means is the space itself dictates how the Feng Shui Compass grid will be overlayed.Overlaying the Feng Shui Compass Grid and How the Grid is applied to the building is basedaround the One Third Rule.

If a Building has a Missing Part—if the missing part is up to One Third of the length or width ofthe building—it has to be included (as if its there—even though its not there). So this means thegrid has to expand as if that missing part was a part of the building (see Diagram 5).

If the Building has got a missing part but that part is less than One Third of the length or widthof the building—it doesn't have to be included—so this will shrink the way the Feng ShuiCompass Grid is overlayed over the building plan.

If there is a protrusion—again the One Third Rule dictates whether the Feng ShuiCompass Grid will expand or contract.

Other than this, we are mainly trying to locate the centre of the building and position the gridon this basis.

When we overlay the Feng Shui Compass Grid over Apartments, each Apartment is seen as a“Separate Universe” and the real thing to determine is which way does the building/apartmentactually face.

Beyond This ModuleIf you live in a really tricky Apartmentbuilding more information can bediscovered in the “Advanced CompassSecrets…” ebook.

This ebook goes into great depth onmany more different Laws and RulesFeng Shui uses to determine thebuilding direction (in super weirdbuilding shapes, difficult or complicatedbuilding layouts).Diagram 19

This diagram shows hoe the Feng Shui Compass Grid isoverlayed over each apartment in any apartment block.Feng Shui recognises that each apartment within an apart-ment block is its own universe.

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