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Practical writing on a 4,000-year-old discipline.
Plain-English insights on Classical Feng Shui, BaZi and Qi Men Dun Jia — for property owners, founders and decision-makers.
Feng Shui · Home Layout
Is a Main Door Facing a Balcony Bad Feng Shui?
Why classical feng shui worries when the front door lines up with the balcony, how serious it really is, and the furniture fixes that slow the flow without renovation.
Feng Shui · Singapore
Resale HDB Feng Shui: What to Check Before You Pay the Option Fee
Take the facing on site, read the block's completion period, look out of every window and compare the as-built layout with the original plan. Six checks for your next viewing.
Feng Shui · Singapore
BTO Feng Shui: How to Check a Floor Plan Before You Select Your Flat
Facing, surroundings, and the nine-palace grid on every shortlisted unit. The five checks to run on a BTO site plan and floor plan in the week before your flat selection appointment.
New Build
When Should Feng Shui Start When You Are Building a House?
Ideally while you are choosing land, and no later than early concept design. A stage-by-stage guide to what is still possible, from vacant land to a finished house.
New Build
How Feng Shui Decides Where a House Sits on the Land and Which Way It Faces
Landform first, compass second. How building position and sitting-and-facing are set on a new build, and why one compass number is never enough.
Before You Build
Feng Shui Consultant, Architect or Interior Designer: Who Do You See First?
See the feng shui consultant before anything is drawn. The order, who decides what, and what to do if the drawings have already started.
Renovation
Feng Shui Renovation Checklist: 10 Things to Settle Before You Hack a Wall
Ten steps, in order, before a renovation starts. Includes the two 2026 periods to avoid and the parts of the home that need a selected date this year.
New Build
What Your Architect Receives From a Feng Shui Planning Brief
What goes into a Feng Shui planning brief, what stays with the architect and engineer, and how the first plan and revised plan are checked.
Feng Shui · Layout
Toilet in the Centre of the House: Why This Feng Shui Rule Matters
Why classical Feng Shui treats a toilet in the exact centre of a home as a serious flaw, what the centre actually affects, and what to do if you already live in one.
Renovation
Feng Shui Before Your Renovation: The 2026 Singapore Guide
See the feng shui master before the interior designer. Includes a free 3-tap tool that tells you whether your sector, scope and start date can proceed in 2026.
Tools
Free Feng Shui Floor Plan Tools Compared (2026)
Six free tools, compared fairly, including my own. What each one does well, where each stops, and the one thing none of them can do.
Feng Shui
How Much Does a Feng Shui Consultation Cost? A Straight Guide
A straight, practitioner's guide to what a feng shui consultation actually costs, what drives the price, and how to tell a fair fee from an inflated one.
Feng Shui
Is Feng Shui Real? An Honest Answer From a Classical Practitioner
Yes and no. Feng shui is real as a system for reading how a building affects the people inside it. It is not magic, luck-charms or fortune-telling — and here is where the skepticism is fair.
Feng Shui · Singapore
Feng Shui for HDB Flats in Singapore — A Classical Guide
Most Feng Shui writing assumes a landed house. Here is how Classical Feng Shui actually applies to a HDB flat — finding your true facing direction, the most common layout issues, and where the 2026 Flying Stars land in your unit.
Feng Shui · Singapore
Feng Shui for Singapore Condos — Choosing and Living in a High-Rise Unit
Tower facing, stack selection, pool placement and poison arrows from neighbouring towers — the classical layers of a Singapore condo assessment, before and after the option fee is committed.
Date Selection · Singapore
Choosing an Auspicious Date for Moving House in Singapore
Why a Tong Shu date that is "good for everyone" may not be good for you, what classically counts as moving in, and how the keys–renovation–move-in sequence should be timed in Singapore.
Case story · Perth
The Perth Bungalow That Triggered Illness After Knocking Down One Wall
A family's health fell apart weeks after a kitchen wall came down. The wall sat in 2026's Sui Po direction, over an Illness Star sealed behind it for 58 years. Why renovation timing matters as much as design.
Case story · Birmingham
The Birmingham Couple Who Couldn't Conceive: The 4 Intelligence Star Story
The master bedroom had its own Flying Star chart, dated to the extension's new roof, with the 4 star drained by an en-suite behind the headboard. Reading a room, not just a house.
Case story · Penang
The Penang Heritage Shophouse That Quietly Made Three Generations Rich
A rare 'combination of ten' chart pivoting on the open air well at the centre of the house, the exact feature the next generation planned to seal over.
Case story · Edinburgh
The Edinburgh Townhouse Where Money Always Flowed In
A rare prosperous mountain, prosperous water chart with the 8 White at the facing. A story about protecting good Feng Shui, and renewing it for Period 9.
Case story · Melbourne
The Melbourne Family Who Argued for a Year, Until We Cleared the West Sector
The 2026 annual 3 star over the natal 2 Black in the West, fed every day by a water feature and plants. Clearing one sector ended the arguing.
Case story · Singapore
The Singapore HDB With the 5 Disaster Star Over the Master Bedroom
A family fell quietly ill within a year of moving in. The 5 Yellow sat over the natal Illness Star, right above the bed. Moving the bedroom turned their health around.
Case story · Manchester
The Manchester Restaurant That Kept Failing, Until the Front Door Was Re-Aligned
The right chef, the right room and the wrong door. The entrance sat on a void line; re-aligning it turned the business around in a season.
Case story · Kuala Lumpur
The Kuala Lumpur Couple Whose Wealth Vanished After Renovating the Wrong Sector
A beautiful renovation, then six months of vanishing income. They had broken ground on the 5 Yellow, directly over the home's wealth position. The fix was settled in one afternoon.
Case story · London
The London Founder Whose Office Lost Him Every Deal, Until He Turned the Desk 90°
Six deals lost in the final week of close. The 3 and 7 stars sat in the West palace, directly behind his desk. The fix took a fortnight.
Case story · Sydney
The Sydney Family Who Couldn't Sleep, Until They Moved One Mirror
Eighteen months of broken sleep. The cause was a wall-length mirror on the wrong axis of the master bedroom, directly opposite the bed.
Free Tool · Feng Shui
Free Feng Shui Analyzer 2026 — How to Read the Flying Star Map on Your Floor Plan
Upload your floor plan, select your compass direction, and see the 2026 Flying Star 9-Palace grid overlaid on your home. A full guide to using Daniel's free analyzer — and understanding what it means.
Qi Men Dun Jia
What Is Qi Men Dun Jia — and Why Entrepreneurs Use It
Qi Men Dun Jia is not divination. It is a classical Chinese strategic system built on time cycles, spatial mapping and probability — used by generals, merchants and now modern founders to time their decisions.
Feng Shui
Classical Feng Shui vs Popular Feng Shui — What's the Real Difference?
Most people's idea of Feng Shui involves crystals, lucky cats and colour theory. Classical Feng Shui is something else entirely — rooted in compass direction, landform analysis and time cycles.
BaZi
What to Expect from a BaZi Reading — and What It Cannot Tell You
A BaZi reading maps your personal energy structure — career cycles, wealth windows, relationship patterns, health tendencies. Here is what a proper reading covers, and where its limits are.