Feng Shui Advice- Buying Property in Sydney next to a cemetery
A lady recently called me to say she was buying a home in a lovely suburb near the water, but her home backed onto a cemetery. She fell in love with the house and so did her husband, but she was also familiar with Feng Shui and teachings that one should definitely NOT live near a cemetery. In response to her question, I had to ask additional questions relevant to giving any sort of advice without having physically seen the house or performed a flying star analysis.
Q) Where is the cemetery in relation to the house? How close is it?
A) At the back. There is a nature strip and it is directly across the road.
Q) What is the house like?
A) It is new, open and airy
Q) Do you feel like things are going well and you are in good luck?
A) Yes, family is well, no one has an illness. Both have a good feeling about the house
My recommendations followed:
1) I personally would not buy next to a cemetery – this is a personal thing because I feel ‘spirits’ around and cannot block them.Cemetaries are extremely Yin (dark, cool, passive) and a place where people mourn and their hearts are heavy. Cemetaries in Feng Shui represent a Spiritual Shar because of its purpose and symbolism.
2) Even if you cannot feel the ‘spirits’ around (and these are only the ones that have not passed on) they could be mischievous and children are particularly prone to their influence
3) A cemetery at the back is better than having it at your front door and without knowing the Flying stars at the back, I can only say there are 2 main traditional Chinese remedies – Feng Shui Foo Dogs and Bagwa mirror facing outward and at the cemetery. From a form school point of view, you could block the view with a hedge of some description, but I wouldn’t recommend without knowing the home’s Flying Star energies.
4) If someone lived here before (although I think you said they were new) then ask the question, why did they leave? Also, if you are unsure of buying near a cemetery, you can easily do a background check with Residex to see how often people moved or sold their house – those in close proximity to the cemetery. If there was a lot of activity, then I wouldn’t buy. However, if there has been little activity, then you may be lucky – the area, given it’s yang energy may be compensating for the yin cemetery.,
5) Lastly, if you go ahead and live next to a cemetery I would highly recommend getting a consultant in to do Flying Star analysis to give you recommendations on what you can lift in the rest of your home to negate the very Yin energy of the cemetery. Because this is a cost upfront, why don’t you spend 6 months adjusting and moving in and monitoring your lifestyle, then, if you feel things are starting to deteriorate all of a sudden, get someone in. I would of course be happy to come, but you need to feel comfortable with the consultant you select and you need to make sure they do traditional Flying Star School Feng Shui. Also, make sure your consultant performs a destiny analysis on your birth date. For example if there is anyone in your family coming into luck that makes them more introverted or at risk of mental pressure and depression etc, then this house may exacerbate what that person feels (and I am not saying that this is the case – it is an example only)
