Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan — Home Feng Shui: Case 26 Missing Southwest Corner and Digestive Issues

In traditional Yang Zhai (residential) feng shui, the principle of "heaven is round, earth is square" is paramount. An auspicious and standard residence should have a square and complete floor plan. Any missing corner signifies a deficit in a specific energy field within the bagua's nine palaces, typically leading to negative impacts on corresponding body parts and family members. However, at particular junctures of destiny, some missing corners can surprisingly harbor mechanisms that stimulate prosperity.

• Missing Southwest Corner (Mixed Blessings)

  A missing southwest corner can lead to digestive issues, but it is highly beneficial for one's career, hence the saying, 'money can't buy a missing southwest.' In the bagua, the southwest belongs to the 'Kun trigram,' associated with the Earth element, corresponding to the spleen and digestive system, and representing the female head of the household. Hong Kong Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan points out that if a residence has a missing southwest corner, due to the impaired Kun Earth energy, residents often experience chronic indigestion and stomach problems. Yet, remarkably, in specific periods of the San Yuan Jiu Yun (Three Cycles and Nine Periods) and certain commercial feng shui wealth arrangements, a missing southwest corner can create an 'empty space drawing qi' magnetic field, greatly stimulating the resident's explosive power in business negotiations and career development, leading to rapid career advancement.

• Left-Right Asymmetry in a Residence (Inauspicious)

  Left-right asymmetry in a residence negatively impacts the wife and children. This refers to a severe imbalance in the height and length of the left (Green Dragon) and right (White Tiger) sides of the house when viewed from the front. For example, if the left side is tall and grand while the right side is short and shrunken, or vice versa. This can lead to a severe imbalance in the status of the male and female heads of the household or children, creating an imbalance of yin and yang.

• Career Boom with Chronic Health Deterioration

  Owners of homes with a missing southwest corner often achieve great financial success in business, but personally suffer from chronic stomach pain and gastroenteritis. The female head of the household may also be prone to illness.

• Wife and Children Suffer Bullying or Low Fortune

  In residences with severe left-right asymmetry (White Tiger overpowering Green Dragon or a severely deficient Green Dragon), the wife and children in the family are more likely to experience bullying at school or marginalization in the workplace, leading to extremely low fortune.

• Reinforce Missing Southwest Corner with Earth Element

  To mitigate the health damage caused by a missing southwest corner, Hong Kong Feng Shui Master Andrew Chan suggests placing a stable Tai Shan Shi Gan Dang (a stone tablet) in the missing corner, or laying a red carpet (fire generates earth), to artificially supplement the Kun Earth energy and achieve a balance between career and health.

• Harmonize Dragon and Tiger Correction

  For homes with severe left-right asymmetry, a flagpole can be installed on the roof of the lower, shrunken side, or a row of tall Buddhist pines can be planted, to visually and physically bring the imbalanced Dragon and Tiger qi fields back to a level state.