Feng Shui Step by Step : Arranging Your Home for Health and Happiness--with Personalized Astrological Charts

by T. Raphael Simons

Simons, a feng shui master and astrologer, teaches readers how to feng shui their homes in a clear, step-by-step fashion and gives personalized advice based on readers' dates of birth. Simons presents not only the popular eight-point method but also divining techniques and other authentic Chinese methods that make analysis more complete. Illustrations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Self Help, New Age

243 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

i've used this book over and over and over again for my various dwellings. it's clear, concise, and helpful for all living situations.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun and enjoyable read for me. I read this many years ago and at the time I was in the process of rearranging and redecorating my home. This book is an easy read. It's clean and it's clear. It helps you focus on the location and placement of objects. It helps you focus on colour. It helps you focus on de-cluttering or un-cluttering your life and your living and work spaces. What possessions do you really need or want? The text helps you focus on mirrors in the sense of their placement and location and whether or not you place any value in them at all. The clean and natural flow of air and movement in your home is of great importance. Professionally, I design, write, and focus on the creative. There are charts and exercises interspersed within the pages of this book that you can view as being somewhat superstitious or fun or quirky, or, if you like, you may ignore them completely. This book helps you to hone in on your talents, preferences, taste, styles, creative flair, etc., and it is intended to help you focus on what works for you in your life. The choices you make are variable and the optional possibilities, endless and infinite. You can copy or you can create your own. If you want to create your own using your own unique instincts and talents then this book could be of some value to you.

[Alison Frost · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is THE book on feng shui in print. To gain better knowledge, you would have to take a class. Other books contain an ounce of knowledge compared to this one. I have many copies and give them away often --I can't say enough about how good this book is.

[~☆~Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually read this about 1997 and so don't know how it got on this year! Baffled as usual.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have read several books on feng shui and this one was by far the most confusing. Any usable info I received came from the opening paragraph of each chapter. But once it got to the nitty-gritty details, it was too overwhelming. I am a novice with this topic. This is definitely for someone who has been practicing this for quite a while.

[Dannee · Rating 5 out of 5]

sooo damn good, finished a while ago but forgot to update.

very interesting way to get to know yourself. it’s one of those books where you can just read over & over again & find new things to put into use in your own life.

feng shui has so much depth & i cannot wait to learn more.

[ADD · Rating 3 out of 5]

While interesting, enlightening, and entertaining, I found several chapters in the book incomplete and confusing at times. It was difficult to understand how certain harmonies / discords were determined. One chapter implied harmony in one direction, then another showed discord in the same direction with little clarity as to what made the difference. I also don't understand the definition of clutter today any better than I did before. But it did give me lots to think about in designing our next home.

[Muffy Kroha · Rating 2 out of 5]

A subject that can drive you nuts once you start it and keep on freaking you out every time you move so much as a potholder from then on- I don't recommend getting into it other than the really general stuff- This book was pretty easy and general.

[Tiffany Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty fast read with a fairly simplistic breakdown for beginners... as you explore and get more specific to your own layout, likes, and needs, it gets increasingly more difficult to apply, though. I'm giving it a whirl at my place -- we'll see how it works. lol 3 - 4 stars

[Donna Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is for people who seriously want to learn Feng Shui.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun intro to Feng Shui, even if you take it with a grain of salt, you may find it useful. Certainly it has a good approach to de-cluttering.

[Skyqueen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating easy to use book. If anyone would like, I have it posted on paperbackswap.com

[Daylily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly one of m fav books on this subject, but still had good suggestions