KITCHEN IN THE NORTHWEST After taking directions and reviewing her plans, the first big problem we identified was that her existing Kitchen occupied quite a substantial part of her Northwest corner. If she went ahead to increase the size of her kitchen here, this would result in the kitchen occupying the entire NW sector of her home! Under the Later Heaven Arrangement of the Pakua, the Northwest corner represents the location of the PATRIARCH. It is also the location that represents Heaven and Mentors – the sector of the home that brought the luck of helpful patrons and divine help! When a kitchen is situated in the NW, it generates the element of FIRE. Te I-Ching clearly warns that fire in the Northwest creates the formation known as “Fire at Heaven’s Gate” – one of four major signs of danger! I was rather surprised that Mark had done so well in his career despite having a kitchen here in the NW, so I asked her how Mark was doing in terms of health.
I explained to her that the Kitchen
in the NW usually results in danger for the man of the house. When the NW is missing or afflicted it is usually the cause of all husband-related woes! A missing NW corner typically results in the husband never being home, or difficulty for single women of the house to find stable relationships. An afflicted Northwest corner (locked away as a store room or occupied by a bathroom or kitchen) can lead to husbands not being able to hold a stable job, husbands getting into trouble (e.g. gambling, alcoholism, etc) or husbands suffering from serious ailments. When I explained that by
enlarging the size of her kitchen in the Northwest, it would create health problems and career setbacks for her husband, Andrea started to tear up. She revealed to me that Mark was in actual fact already very ill. Tis was of course a secret – something that neither the public nor the board of directors knew about – but Mark had been secretly getting private medical treatment in the US for the past 4
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years to deal with a rare disease that affected his lungs and chest area. Te Lungs or Chest area is also the organ associated with an afflicted Northwest! Not only was his health a constant
struggle, Mark was also under tremendous stress, facing serious problems in his professional life. At that time, Mark was the CEO of a prominent government-funded organisation and the object of a hostile coup engineered by several members of the Board! Because of his strong personal friendship with the Prime Minister (who appointed Mark for the role), the Board had offered him the choice of taking voluntary retirement to save face, or to engage in a very public battle played out for all to see! Andrea confided in us and explained that this was a recurring
pattern in Mark’s professional life since living in this house. In almost every role he was appointed to, Mark would face strong opposition from subordinates or board members. In his earlier career days, Mark was almost never home; always posted overseas, but never on permanent roles. Te family lived in constant fear that his contracts would dry up any minute and the true breadwinner of the home was actually Andrea, who at that time held the role of Senior Partner in NZ’s top law firm and President of several other charitable foundations!
NEW LAYOUT for PERIOD OF 8 Persuading Andrea to move her kitchen elsewhere was not difficult after I had explained the consequences of the present location of the kitchen! She had already set aside enough
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