Ever walked into a house and just felt… something? We may think our homes are a blank canvas and, with the right colour scheme and a strategically placed money frog, it can also be a cash cow. Forgive the mixed metaphors, we’ll stick with this one:

In classical Feng Shui, the home is no blank canvas but a painting that tells a surprisingly detailed story about its occupants.

Just as a person has a birth or natal chart, a building has one too. This is its natal Feng Shui chart, and a practitioner can use it to assess the circumstances of its occupants and how they might yet unfold.

Your natal BaZi chart and the natal Feng Shui chart of your home tend to find each other. It’s rare to see someone with an eventful BaZi chart whose home has the serene Feng Shui of a mountain-top retreat.

It seems we have to deserve a good home and that the universe is a demanding landlord.

This brings us to the biggest, most entertaining myth: a Feng Shui consultant can make a “bad” house “good”.

People expect a Feng Shui audit to be a bit like a home makeover show, but with more chanting. They hope I’ll declare, “I have activated the good Qi! Your house is now Grade A!” and all their problems will vanish.

The reality is, I can’t just move your main door, and your kitchen isn’t on wheels. My job is to read the story, not rewrite the ending. That’s your job.

I’ve seen it all. The most common request is to solve deep-seated life problems by rearranging furniture. Someone with health issues pointed out by the house’s chart might ask if placing a plant in the corner will fix it. 

With all due respect, if your house is giving you a heads-up about your health, the practical response isn’t a ficus tree; it’s a doctor’s appointment.

If your home highlights your personal challenges, don’t see it as a curse. You’re the privileged recipient of a to-do list to improve and transform your life. The home reflects a chapter you were always meant to live.

Your job isn’t to fix the house with trinkets, but to use the information of its Feng Shui chart to make practical, real-world choices for your own good, and everyone who relies on it.