One of the fascinating point of Feng Shui is: when you are able to determine the Feng Shui backing and facing directions of your dwelling house, with reference to the coupling effects of the flying stars in individual direction, you are able to forecast the happening of different events.

However, to precisely locate your house's backing and facing directions, the main door plays a very important role. Even without considering the direction, the main door is also a key area to look at in Feng Shui. The following are common easy scenario that people should aware and avoid if necessary when you are looking for a new home.

PHENOMENON CAUSING DEFECTS OF 1 face corners unstability and uneasy of life 2 sharp point direct towards door accidents and uneasy of life 3 face front of temple lead to poverty 4 face back of temple lead to poverty and bad luck 5 face crossroad always with litigation and lawsuits 6 main door face opposite house’s main door either one of the house in downside of fortune 7 face rubbish collection stand be careful of lung or respiratory disease 8 face lift/elevator door reinforce your flying stars effect. i.e. if good then better, if bad then worse. 9 face upward staircase members inside the apartment always suffer from sickness. 10 face downward staircase wealth is difficult to accumulate 11 facing road with many branched avenues good luck seldoms comes 12 main door and room door in-line lead to sickness and accident for the person who lives inside the room 13 main door and corridor never shine by sunshine and birghtened with dim lights some myseterious thing may appear inside of your house and lead to poverty 14 face small house always involved in litigation and lawsuits

Concerning the color selection for the main door, the improper match of color to the suitable direction may cause unnecessary disturbance and illness to people dwell inside the house. Assume you do not know what is Flying Star Feng Shui, try to adopt the following method and it do basically help to ease unnecessary conflict of the 5 elements (water ->fire->metal->wood->earth).

a. First of all, you can refer to the following diagram and find out the element governing the direction of your main door:

SOUTH EAST (Wood) SOUTH (Fire) SOUTH EAST (Earth) EAST (Wood)   WEST (Metal) NORTH EAST (Earth) NORTH (Water) NORTH EAST (Metal)

b. Select the color match and support for the element:

Water : black, blue, yellow and white. Fire : red, orange, green or grassy. Metal : yellow, white, brown, muddy color. Wood : green or grassy, black, blue. Earth : brown, muddy color, red and orange.

c. Remember your main gate should also fall into the similar category of color, if the color are contradicted, it create the same problem.