Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan — Home Feng Shui: Case 17 Kitchen Special Taboos

In practical feng shui audits, the kitchen is often the most error-prone area. Modern homes involve a large number of electrical appliances, pipes, and water sources, making it easy to inadvertently violate hidden taboos in traditional geomancy. This is especially true for special space overlaps resulting from house expansions or self-built rural homes, which can be extremely detrimental to the entire family (especially the mistress).

• Well or Water Pump Behind the Kitchen (Inauspicious)

  Hong Kong Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan points out that there should not be a well or water pumping machinery behind the kitchen. If there is, it is very unfavorable for the mistress. In bagua, the kitchen corresponds to the family's sustenance, and its fire qi needs to be stable. If there is a deep well or constantly vibrating pumping machinery directly behind the kitchen, the water from the deep well will continuously extinguish the kitchen's fire qi in secret, while the vibration of the machinery will disturb the magnetic field beneath the stove, leading to the mistress, who presides over the kitchen, becoming disoriented and severely depleted of vitality.

• Stove Placed Over Water (Inauspicious)

  With the indiscriminate use of space, some designs convert kitchens to be built over original balcony drains, hidden channels, or waterways. Placing a stove over water creates a conflict between water and fire, leading to family discord and damaged financial fortune. A stove suspended over flowing water, with unstable foundations and a direct clash of water and fire, signifies that the family's treasury is constantly leaking, and even immortals would struggle to retain wealth.

• Mistress Suffers Physical and Mental Harm

  In residences that violate the aforementioned taboos, the mistress (or mother) of the house often experiences very poor health, being highly susceptible to stubborn gynecological diseases, neurasthenia, or endocrine disorders, and may also feel neglected within the family.

• Financial Fortune Completely Collapses

  Placing a 'stove over water' not only chronically harms the digestive health of the entire family but also leads to bottomless financial losses in the home, where any money earned is quickly depleted.

• Physical Relocation or Filling/Sealing

  If there is an abandoned deep well behind the kitchen, it is crucial to choose an auspicious day and time to thoroughly fill it with clean yellow earth. If it is an active water pump, it must be relocated at least 5 meters away from the kitchen.

• Complete Stove Relocation

  For the severe 'stove over water' configuration, Hong Kong Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan asserts that the only complete solution is to relocate the stove. The gas stove must be moved to a solid wall where no hidden channels or drainage pipes pass. In the area originally suppressed by water, a large brass gong should be placed or natural Mount Tai stone laid to stabilize and enhance the earth qi.