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Dear Jojo,

Please see below:-

On 11/26/99 7:07:28 AM, Jojo Johnson wrote:
>Hi there
>
>I have ready many books on
>Feng Shui and would like to
>know answers to the following
>as no explanation seems to be
>given in the books:
>
>1. Why is it bad to have a
>toilet/bathroom upstairs above
>the main entry

Smbolism is important in Feng Shui: Imagine someone placing a toilet bowl on one's head.

Here it is considered inauspicious for a toilet especially the toilet bowl to be above one's head even before the person comes into the home.

Look at it this way: Some practioners will recommend placing three coins under the carpet of the main entrance. When you step on the carpet, one is symbollically stepping on gold.

Some other practioners would even ask you to bury the coins prior to tiling the floor for `luck'.

>2. Why is it bad to have a
>kitchen in the center of the
>house ?

From many cases which I observed that have problems, most of these houses do not have a `clear' centre-point. This is where all the intangible forces congregate. For example, if you imagine the Eight House theory, you will find that all the 4 auspicious and inauspicious forces congregate at this location.

Worse still if the stove is directly at the centrepoint of the house. The fire will cause an imbalance at this centrepoint.

>3 Why is it bad to have a
>bathroom or toilet in the
>centre of the house ?

It is for the same reason as mentioned in the second question. Here, another reason is that a bathroom has the water element and because of this, there is an imbalance of the five elements here.

It is more inauspicious if the toilet bowl is near to the centrepoint. The result is that symbollically, your finances get flushed `into the drain'. This is where it is difficult to retain money for the breadwinner.

>I have a swimming pool almost
>in the centre of my plot of
>land surrounded by the house.
>Is this inauspicious ?

As I do not have proper picture I can only comment that:

1. Where possible even if a pool is at the centre of your plot of land, it is acceptable if the house or frontage is facing the pool.

Contrast this to have a pool in the middle of the house. This is inauspicious.

It is `in general' auspicious if the front of the house face the water position.

2. Where possible, water should not exceed 33.3 percent of the entire plot of land. This would result in a very yin situation. As too much water is too yin.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil