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What is an Annual Star in Feng Shui?

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You can apply basic feng shui tips to harness the potential of yearly flying star energies and use it for best feng shui in your home or office.

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Definition: In feng shui, the term annual star is used for the annual movement of energies according to the classical feng shui school called flying stars.

Basically, it is a way of keeping track of the good and the bad feng shui energies (called stars) every new year.

There are 9 feng shui annual stars, five beneficial (1 Water, 4 Wood, 6 Metal, 8 Earth, 9 Fire) and 4 challenging (5 Yellow, 7 Metal, 2 Black, 3 Wood). The annual stars change their location every year, thus the name annual flying stars.

Each feng shui annual star is expressed as certain energy (ie. Star of Wealth, or Star of Romance).

Each annual star is also expressed in a specific feng shui element (i.e. Metal or Wood), as well as specific number.

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Examples: The star # 4 - so called Star of Romance and Education - is a beneficial star of Wood element. When this star visits any Bagua area, you want to support its element by bringing a Water element cure as Water feeds the Wood in the five element productive cycle.

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