Feng Shui for Today: Arranging Your Life for Health & Wealth

I've recently started reading about feng shui and chinese astrology and have read about 8 books so far. This was one of the best. It's an easy and entertaining read w/a lot of different info from the typical beginner feng shui book. Mr. Lau takes you through the whole process of feng shui w/an interesting history to help readers have a better understanding of why you're placing items where and what items not to use--he doesn't mention crystals and be VERY cautious w/bells and wind chimes. I would have liked to read even more of his practical cures since he also stresses that you don't need to spend a lot of money to cure most situations, that w/creativity, you can find cures w/in your budget. Well worth the time and money!

This is the most concise and honest book on Feng Shui I have read. Written by a practitioner who has a long family lineage of the Nine Stars Feng Shui school - the oldest in China - it provides an excellent in-sight on the origins of Feng Shui and traces its evolution throughout the dynasties. The author is more concerned with the wisdom of Feng Shui than with focusing on how to improve one's life. He remains faithful to the compass school which is the traditional way of exercising this ancient sacred art. Clearly, the author has chosen not to expand on the higher levels of Feng Shui, but prefers to guide the reader through the practical steps to apply it and bring harmony in the home. In its essence, this art has much to teach us and the author is to be commended for presenting it in such a simplified and authentic manner.

The book was not as easy to read as the usual Feng Shui book for the Westerner. Also, instead of the total Bagua influence, there is more focus on the compass directions, the combinations of the elements and influence of color. The space is regarded as a whole, not a room by room analysis. There is one practice study. I am not sure which approach is best in Feng Shui, but this book made me more focused on other aspects rather than total bagua approach. It also doesn't treat every space as wonderful, but points out much of the negative while offering solutions.