Dear Ira,
A bed is a place where we spend one third of the time. It is therefore very important to pamper ourselves with a solid and stable bed. It is the most private piece of furniture in our home. I guess the best material for constructing the bed is wood. Metal and any other synthetic material may not be so desired. Wood is a stable material and does not have its temperature change according to its surrounding. It also does not send out electromagnetic waves that radiates and could affect our sleep. The fact is backed up by the reason why the ancient chinese emperors never sleep on beds made from bronze even though bronze had been china's main produce for over 2000 years. Instead, wood had always been their choice.

Mandarin Ducks Biting Lotus and Rose Quartz Hearts

If you wish to find a compatible partner, please focus on activating a few items to activate certain areas to increase your love luck:
1. Activate the center of your house with the Mandarin Ducks Biting Lotus to tap on the romance star#4 which flies to the center and rule the luck for the whole of year 2005. Remember that this romance star#4 flies to the center only once in every nine year cycle, therefore do not miss this opportunity at all, else you will have to wait for another cycle.
2. Place the Rose Quartz Mandarin Ducks, a pair of Rose Quartz Love Hearts and a Love Fulfilling Tree in your nien yen direction and the southwest corners of your living room and bedroom. These are your love corners that needs to be nourished with love energy, else your love luck would be hard to activate in case your year is not so good for such luck.
3. Activate your Peach Blossom Luck with your peach blossom animal made from rose quartz in your peach blossom direction.
4. Activate your Mountain Star#8 to increase your good relationship luck and networking with people. Gaining good relationship will automatically draw marriage opportunities for you. You can place a Crystal Mountain in that location. This is a method adapted from Flying Stars Classical Feng Shui normally recommended by authentic masters.

Yellow Jasper Mountain being the most powerful activator for Mountain Star#8

5. And also assure you place "a pair" of Wish Fulfilling Birds in your bedroom, write your love wish and place them inside the special compartment for this item. Birds bring you incredibly good news for love!
6. Next, you are also advised to wear lingerie that brings love luck, such as the peony necklace and bracelet as part of your costume jewellery. The peony is a love potion that would boost up your love energy incredibly.

Peony Pendant Necklace and Dragon-Phoenix Crystal Ball

7. If you are seeking for marriage luck also, then dont forget to use the powerful Dragon Phoenix Crystal Ball and place in the southwest. Also carry along the peach aventurine Double Happiness symbol with Dragon Phoenix on your bag.

Bodhi Dzi Bracelet

8. Last but not least, it would be also a good idea to seek help from the popular dzi talisman. If you are setting special goals in life such as "finding love luck", the best dzi for setting goals that you can go for is the Bodhi Dzi bracelet in order for your goals to attain. Bodhi tree is regarded as sacred and magical in feng shui in fulfilling everyone's wishes, providing protection against failure and assist one in achieving desires goals.

With all these recommendations, you are sure to be able to activate your love luck to tip top condition. Next step will depend on yourself...you got to go work hard on finding a partner and creating opportunities also. Don't just sit there and wait, okay?

Good luck to you!

Warmest regards,
Feng Shui Scholar

Dear Celeste,

Please try to avoid enhancers that give out too much "yang" energy to be placed in bedrooms. Bedrooms are places for a good rest and it does not make sense to place dragons and fu dogs in it, unless there is no choice.

Red Robe Chung Kwei to overpower the clashing of #5 Yellow and Li Shi.

To counter 5-Yellow in NW in year 2005, I suggest you place the 5 Element Pagoda and also a Red Robe Chung Kwei in your bedroom this year to terminate off that evil energy. This is because of the meeting between #5-Yellow and another bad star Li Shi which indicates high amplification of obstruction, family harmony, family breakup, injuries, ailment, fatality and bankruptcy. Plus these gathering is occuring in the most important Northwest corner which signifies PATRIARCH'S CORNER in the bagua. When the Patriach's luck is affected, there will be termination of important network, support from important people, management position and heaven's blessings which leads to failure in all areas of life. Chung Kwei wearing a bright red robe is in his most powerful form of all, when he carries out his duties to fight evil forces. This protective Chung Kwei is depicted holding an opened sword and successfully subduing an evil under his sword. It represents him successfully arresting, controlling and terminating the evil. Such an image will powerfully counter and overpowering the clashing of #5 Yellow and Li-Shi.

And yes, absolutely, a brass wulou, especially the ones that has the shape of a "dui trigram" and tied with first six emperor coins will be extremely beneficial.

Good luck!

Warmest Regards,
Feng Shui Scholar

Dear Ginger,
Normally the bedroom is a place for rest and sleep, therefore maybe you should not place anything to "yang" in it. If you wish to activate wealth luck while you sleep, you can place items that will not obstruct your sleep yet powerful, for example:
1. Yellow Wishgranting Jewel - this jewel possesses a great deal of sparkle and are used to diffuse light into wealth energy over a wide area.
2. 5 Element Ingots - the five element gold ingots are used to draw wealth to all sectors using the constructive cycle of 5 Elements because it possesses power in accumulating wealth for any sector with different base element.
3. Starlite Citrine Spheres - citrine is a wealth crystal for period 8 and will itself generate such energy within.

Yellow Wishgranting Jewel and natural 5 Element Gold Ingots

As for health, very simple. The most powerful of all is to place the 6 Emperors Coins Wulou in the bedroom to counter any potential illness energy.

A Pair of Ceramic Peaches

To ensure a life that will go right to a ripe age, it would be beneficial to have the beautiful ceramic peaches by your bedside or in your dining area. The peaches are great fruits of immortality.

Regarding your husband's needs to excel in his job, there are a couple of enhancers which could benefit him:
1. Queen's Cicada - The cicada is the best emblem of protection against office politics. Displaying the symbol in the office would benefit those who require protection against jealousy and scheming boss. Displaying it at home would protect you from unfaithful friends, danger and enemies.

Queen's Cicada and Queen's Camel

2. Queen's Camel - The camel is often used in feng shui for those who are carrying out an important undertaking and needs good luck to ensure that the undertaking will not fail. It is also the main ingredient to remedy for those who are facing a tough time at work, experiencing financial problems or have personal problems in personal life. It will bring you out of troubled times so that you will be unharmed and blessed with good luck. The camel is best to bring out someone's talents so that he will not be left unnoticed, and at the same time overcoming difficulties and nourishing him with good luck.

Gemstone Globe Keychain and Water Dragon Tortoise Biting Coin

3. Carry along with him the Gemstone Globe Keychain to enhance networking and getting global support.This is because Wen Chang Star #4 rules feng shui for 2005 which spreads its properties and influences in all 8 directions. Carrying the globe and twirling it daily will ensure you personally tap to this lucky star's influences. In today's environment, knowledge is equivalent to success. All kinds of work involves some sort of knowledge, literature, skills and information. And to excel in our work, we ought to have literary luck to always stay at the forefront of competition. To crystallize such luck for both working people and students, it is therefore best to carry along this keychain all the time.
4. Place the special Water Dragon Tortoise in the north to enhance the water element to increase career luck. This Water Dragon Tortoise made from immitation blue obsidian material is specially made for those who wants to practise the 5 Element Method in activating the water element in the north career corner.

Four Seasons Ru Yi

5. Four Seasons Ru Yi - which could bring him up for promotion opportunities and making him more authoritive. This colorful Ru Yi with special "four seasons characters" and sitting on a beautifully crafted stand ensure smoothness of all your endeavours throughout the four seasons, free from any obstructions and problems. The head of the sceptre has the image of the dragon which promises ultimate success to endeavours, career and leadership. Suitable for those seeking to increase networking luck and authority and most suitably placed in offices for executives, managers, businessmen and executives who are climbing corporate career ladders. The tail of the ruyi has the image of the phoenix which promises fame, recognition, respect and a colorful year ahead.

Warmest Regards,
Feng Shui Scholar

Dear Marie,
For the specific situation you are facing, you should be getting the Peony Magpies. Magpies are known as the "bird of happiness" and have been regarded as the bird that connects earth to heaven. It is believed that the the presence of magpies brought happiness and unlimited opportunities, and is considered as an auspicious omen. You will succeed in finding a new job, starting a new venture, finding a new love, getting rich, getting children, obtaining recovery from illness, finding popularity, passing examinations and getting promotion if you see a pair of magpies in your home or living space.The magpies is also the best means of connecting and strengthening the love relationship for those lovers facing all sorts of resistance and experiencing objections from family members. They will make your relationship work for you.

Peony Magpies

Next, you should also not forget to wear the Double Happiness Symbol with you during this period of wedding. The double happiness symbol is for conjugal bliss for marriages.

Powerful wealth amplifier Yellow Jasper Mystic Knot and Chu Ke Liang

You also ought to increase your wealth luck status by going after the powerful Yellow Jasper Mystic knot. This is the most ideal wealth energizer for this twenty years, and you should be carrying along with you on your handbag all the time besides hanging it in your car or prominent areas of your house. You will benefit from it greatly in monetary terms.

In order to ensure you can fair better in the next interview, you ought to seek help from Chu Ke Liang. Chu Ke Liang is known to be the cleverest historical figure in China dated back in 169-280 A.C., during the times of the famous God of War Kwan Kung in Romance of Three Kingdoms. He was the minister of Shu Kingdom and all the wars won by the righteous Kwan Kung were attributed to Chu Ke Liang's strategies and intelligence. In Feng Shui, masters devoted Chu Ke Liang's presence in our space as enabling us to think out-of-the-box, foresee the unforeseen, defeat our competitors, leap frog to the next level of excellence and heighten our wisdom. His statue is best to activate career/business/political luck at the Northwest and literary luck in the NE.

6 Emperors' Coins Wulou

And don't forget to cure the east with the Six Emperors' coins Wulou so that your fiance can heal fast. The 6 Emperors' Coins wulou has the shape of a dui trigram to represent the heavenly doctor and it consists of coins from first 6 reigns of the Ching Dynasty.

Warmest Regards,
Feng Shui Scholar