Dear Mr. Yap, Thank you for your work in deciphering the science of Feng Shui. I have purchased, read and learned from many of your books. Although, I have learned a great deal from my readings, I am still very confused because of the conflicting informations between the content of your books and your web site (Q and A). The information in question is regarding the application of the #5 star,the Grand Duke Jupiter, the 3 killings and the year breaker. Your teachings is that these stars resides at different compass directional sectors and that they should not be disturbed by banging, digging, renovations etc., but the conflicting information is what should be defined and included in these sectors? My questions are: 1) When applying this theory, do we include just the footprint of the "house structure" only or do we have to include the entire land area we own in which the "house" is build on. The land area here in the U.S.A can sometimes be acres and the house is only 2000 square feet located in one little section of the entire land property. For example, 2007 the 3 killing star is in the West. Does it mean that we cannot do any disturbing of the west wall of the "house structure" itself and also no digging in the west area for landscaping purposes "outside" in the west sector of the land we own? 2) If the land doesn't get impacted by the 3 killing when disturbed, what about if the entire house structure is build on the west sector of the entire land property? 3) If Land does get impacted, then doesn't it also imply that the entire "west sector" of an entire state, province or even country would theoretically be impacted by the digging action? In this case, no one is really safe because we have no control over the actions of others and someone somewhere in the west will be doing at least some spring planting? Wouldn't many peoples' lives be paralysed if they can't do anything if they happened to reside in the "west sector"? 4) Well, the reason I am asking is because we need to do some major digging in the west and Northwest sector of our land property on which our barn is build and our house is in the southwest sector. Our home business is based in the barn. In order to move forward with our business progress, we need to dig and put in a parking area and driveway this year(2007). What is your suggestion? We really need to not "do the wrong" action because we depend on our business for all our income. I hope I did not confuse you with all my questions. I hope you can help me as most professionals I have consulted have conflicting or illogical advices. You are my last hope before the "BIG DIG". PLEASE HELP!!!!SOS!!! Thanks for all your contribution to Feng Shui. YOU are by far the best professional I know! Thank you. Kind Regards, CCass

Dear Cass,

Wow you have a long question. I will try my best to answer your queries. Thanks for reading my books. I am glad you have found them useful.

Firstly, i think you probably find it 'conflicting' because some of the info in this Q+A were answered in previous years. And that's why the 5 Yellow, Three Killings, Grand Duke positions were in different sectors. My books, should be pretty straight forward and, to the best of my knowledge, should not contain any conflicting information. :-)

Here are my answers to you Qs:

1. You only consider your house's built-up. No need to include the entire land. BUT, the 3 killins and five yellow does extend outwards from your house's demarcation. So unfortunately, the answer is YES, it is best not to disturb the earth outside the West sector of your house. 2. No you do not need to demarcate your land to nine sectors. So don't worry. 3. Only as far as you can see. If it is really, really far away, like in your case, a few acres apart, then there's no need to worry. Only in the IMMEDIATE vicinity. Unfortunately, sometimes we could not control the actions of our neighbors. Hopefully, they began their ground breaking on a 'good date'. This would be negated. 4. It is best NOT to do this. But if you really have no other choice, the best is to select a good date to BEGIN the renovation. A good date means we select a time where the negative Qi is at it's lowest point and therefore safe to begin your renovation. You may find some answers in my "Personal Date Selection" book (http://www.masteryacademy.com/estore/itemdetail.asp?iid=90).

Hope the above helps.

Warm Regards, JY