The door is the portal, the focus of any building whether a home or an office. Since this is the point where chi enters and is distributed through the building, it is vital to the well-being of the occupants that the front door is located favorably on the house plan and in relation to the outside environment.
Doors:
External Doors
Perhaps the most important door is the front door and although it may not be feasible to relocate it to a more beneficial position, it is possible to lessen any deficits.
A door that is too large may allow a lot of chi to escape while a door that is too small may need to appear to be larger. To prevent chi escaping, wind chimes, a banner or something similar can be hung by the door to slow down the chi and direct it back into the building. The front door should be larger than the back door to prevent chi leaving the house too quickly and both doors should be proportional to the size of the house. A doorway can easily be made to appear larger by the careful placing of mirrors. This will also help by reflecting pleasant outside views into the entrance hall (assuming there is a pleasant view to be reflected), porch or room and it should facilitate the escape of bad chi and may enlighten a darker corner in the entrance area in shadow behind the door. It is unfavorable for the door to be reached by means of a narrow passageway or for it to be enclosed on three sides.
A fully or semi glazed front or back door allows both light and chi into the home in a favorable position. This is especially helpful if the porch or hallway is dark and cramped as the chi may otherwise stagnate. However, it is important that the main door looks like a main door. Hinges and locks should be well-oiled and paintwork should not be permitted to flake or fade, nor should dustbins or refuse be placed outside the entrance. Its unfavorable for the front of the house to have 2 or more doors or gates, as this can cause conflict between occupants. Too many openings to the house can result in the benefit of chi being dissipated. This applies to windows, French windows, rear and side doors, skylights and atriums. Conversely, a house with too little natural light and ventilation allows the chi to stagnate, causing health problems.
The direction in which the door faces is also important and the most auspicious position is south facing. Front door facing east and southeast are also favorable positions, the former ideal for young people at the start of a career or marriage, the latter representing communication and harmony.
There are many measures that can be taken to improve a less propitious direction of facing, such as north which can be too isolating. Painting the front door a bright color, especially red, may stimulate chi in the north. An outside light would be helpful. Sharp objects pointed towards the door also generate harmful sha chi. Other unfavorable positions for the main door are opposite a neighbor’s gate, main door or driveway and facing a T-junction, a church or police station.
When entering a building, be it home or office, it is preferable to be faced with a balanced interior. If this is not the case, for example, on entering you immediately face the corner of a wall or the edge of a large cupboard this can be counter-balanced by the use of a mirror, screen or a plant or decorative ornament.
Your home will suffer if the main entrance:
- Faces a staircase
- Faces a corner
- Faces a column/post
- Is visible from the back door
- Has a view of a washbasin/toilet
- Has a view of a stove or fireplace
- Faces the door of a bedroom
- Faces the door of a sitting room
- Is situated below a toilet
Internal Doors
Many buildings, particularly offices, have quite long corridors containing a number of doors into rooms. Too many doors in a corridor or hallway can lead to confusion and ideally doors should be placed at regular intervals. Some advocate door facing each other while others regard this a potential source of disharmony and in any event too public an arrangement.
Doors should certainly not overlap each other a little as this indicates antagonism and probably the best arrangement, if a number of doors are necessary, is to have them regularly spaced. Where this ideal arrangement is not possible, the remedy is to use mirrors opposite the doors which conflict or possibly strategically placed attractive plants. In addition, the immediate area can be improved through the use of suitable lighting and internal décor. A room situated at the end of hallway or corridor, particularly if the corridor is long, is likely to suffer from sha chi and this can be corrected by fastening a long mirror to the side of the door facing the corridor. Another situation that creates conflict is when 3 doors facing each other from 3 different directions. In this case, a wind chime should be hung from the ceiling between the 3 doors.
Leaving doors open will encourage the free flow of chi, but in the bathroom the door should kept shut.
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