House Shifting and Earth Breaking Ceremonies after 4 Feb 2014立春

4 Feb 2014 6:04am立春 li chun is the actual day and time for us to enter into the year of horse, not the 1st day of Chinese New Year 31 Jan 14 正月初一. Thus, the baby who is born before 4 Feb 2014 6:04am is a snake.

If you are going to shift to your new house, you have to select auspicious dates & time according to the bazi (time of birth) of the family members and facing of the house for two very important dates i.e. Earth Breaking Date and House Shifting Date. After the date has been determined, a simple ceremony can be carried out. It is vital to conduct the ceremony to show our respect to the Earth and the surrounding.

Earth Breaking Date

1. Firstly, prepare 4 sets of fruits (apple, Mandarin orange or orange, banana and pear), some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea.

2. Put the things at 4 different locations i.e. North West, South East, North East and South West of your house. Hence, there should be 4 sets of fruits, some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea at 4 different locations respectively.

3. For those who use joss stick, pray and put them onto the fruits until they have completed burning. For those who do not use joss stick, just pray at the sectors. Say your wishes when you pray.

4. The schedule of praying is from North West; follow by South East, then North East and lastly the South West.

5. Break a small piece of the wall.

However, after 4 Feb 2014, you should avoid breaking the wall at the below locations:-

1. North West sector of your house – 5 yellow 五黃位.

2. North sector of your house – 3 killings 三煞位

3. South sector of your house – Grand Duke太岁位

4. North sector of your house – Year breaker岁破位

In short, you should not ‘touch’ the South, North and North West prior ‘touching’ other places. This is to show that we ‘respect them’. After breaking the small piece at the correct place, you can proceed to renovate any other places. For the year of horse, you can break the small piece of wall at the places other than the places that mentioned earlier. In another word, you can ONLY start the renovation after the ceremony.

It is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried out. No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere and pure heart. You can consume the fruits after the prayer.

Shifting Ceremony

1. Firstly, prepare 4 sets of fruits (apple, Mandarin orange or orange, banana and pear), some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea.

2. Put the things at 4 different locations i.e. North West, South East, North East and South West of your house. Hence, there should be 4 sets of fruits, some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea at 4 different locations respectively.

3. For those who use joss stick, pray and put them onto the fruits until they have completed burning. For those who do not use joss stick, just pray at the sectors. Say your wishes when you pray.

4. The schedule of praying is from North West; follow by South East, then North East and lastly the South West. (Step 1-4 is the same as the earth breaking ceremony but you can pray to the ancestors and Heaven 神 for the shifting ceremony)

5. After the prayers, you should place 柴米油鹽酱醋茶 cooking material such as rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea leaves into the kitchen. Subsequently, boil a kettle of water or cook something to symbolize that you have started to occupy the kitchen and the house.

6. Activate the qi of the house by switching on all the lights and fans.

7. It is superb if you can hold a house-warming party to gain more qi of the human when there are lots of laughter and children praying around the house.

8. It is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried out. No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere and pure heart.

Please refer to my book, “How to Enjoy your life with Good Feng Shui?”http://www.penangfengshui.com/index.php?pages=book_enjoyyourlife_ebook

Page 208 - 212 for details.

Again, it is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried out. No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere and pure heart.