Foundations of Chinese Metaphysics & Traditional Feng Shui

Name: Foundations of Chinese Metaphysics & Traditional Feng Shui
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Master the Core Principles of Feng Shui, Five Elements, Heavenly Stem & Earthly Branches and the Bagua

Created byJacob So

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

1. Understand history and origin of FengShui
2. Yin Yang and the five elements
3. Five elements and it's properties
4. The Five Elements Generative / Destructive Cycle
5. Understand Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
6. Heavenly Stems Clash
7. Earthly Branch and the Hand Diagram
8. Earthly Branches and the Chinese Zodiac
9. Earthly Branches and different combinations
10 Earthly Branches crashes, harms and punishments
11. Hetu and Luoshu
12. Introductino to the Bagua
13. Properties of each of the Bagua
14. Missing corner explanation
15. Missing corner and its implication
16. Missing corner details and its replacement
17. Wrapping up

Course content

3 sections • 18 lectures • 2h 18m total length

Understand history and origin of FengShui7:40
Explore the history and origins of feng shui within Chinese metaphysics, including traditional practices, landscape and compass schools, and the role of qi, yin-yang, and wind water.

Yin Yang and the five elements8:27
Explore yin yang and the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, their colors, seasons, directions, and emotional associations in this foundational guide.
Five elements and it's properties3:51
Explore the five elements—wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—through their shapes and colors, and apply the seasonal cycle to daily life and spaces.
The Five Elements Generative / Destructive Cycle4:23
Explore the five elements and their generating and destructive cycles, showing how wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood.
Understand Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches6:44
Explore the heavenly stems and earthly branches, their ten branches, and how yang and yin pair with the five elements to form generating and destructive cycles.
Earthly Branches and the Chinese Zodiac6:03
Explore the 12 earthly branches and their zodiac animals, and map them to time, seasons, directions, and the five elements using a guiding diagram.
Heavenly Stems Clashes4:31
Explore how heavenly stems clash through yin and yang and the five elements, revealing metal and wood interactions, fire and water collisions, and earth's unique non-crashing role.
Earthly Branch and the Hand Diagram7:24
Earthly Branches and different combinations10:17
Explore the early Earthly Branches and their six harmony combinations, three harmonic combinations, and three directional combinations, with examples from the mouse, ox, and tiger order.
Earthly Branches crashes, harms and punishments8:28
Explore earthly branches crashes, harms, and punishments in Feng shui, using opposite directions and a hand diagram to memorize six crashes, six harms, and four punishments.
Hetu and Luoshu11:03
Explore the bagua origins through Hetu and Luoshu, contrasting the early heaven dragon-horse with the later heaven turtle shell, and learn the nine-dot grid, five elements, and directions.
Introductino to the Bagua8:21
Explore the later heaven Bagua and its eight gua, their opposites, and how Tai chi and yin and yang generate the Bagua for feng shui applications.
Properties of each of the Bagua12:30
Missing corner explanation10:49
Explore the missing corner concept in floor plans, identify the center point and compass directions, and learn to balance energies by addressing missing or protruding corners.
Missing corner and its implication3:50
Learn how a missing corner impacts family members through the backward diagram, mapping positions from middle son to middle daughter, with irregular shapes and protruding corners signaling balance or energy.
Missing corner details and its replacement17:06
Learn practical feng shui by identifying missing corners and their effects on family, health, and careers, and replace them with targeted items like portraits, plants, wind motifs, and symbols.

Requirements

No prior experience needed. You will learn everything you need to know.

Description

Embark on a journey through the rich history and foundational principles of Chinese Metaphysics in this comprehensive beginner course on Feng Shui. Designed for both beginners and enthusiasts, this course delves deep into the traditional wisdom that has shaped Feng Shui practices for centuries.

You will begin with understanding the different type of Chinese Metaphysics and it's application. As you progress, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge of essential concepts such as the Five Elements, Heavenly Stems, and Earthly Branches—core components that are critical to mastering Feng Shui.

The course also covers the Ba Gua, a key tool in Feng Shui, providing a clear understanding of its definition and how it applies to space and energy management. You’ll learn how to interpret missing corners in a space and understand their implications on well-being and fortune.

By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in Feng Shui, equipped with the knowledge to apply these time-honored principles to enhance your environment and improve your life.

Key learnins of this course include:

- Chinese Metaphysics applications

- Five Elements and it's different cycle

- Ten Heavenly Stems

- Twelve Earthly branches

- Hetu and Laoshu

- Bagau and it's detail properties

- Missing corner and it's implication

- How to address missing corner and replacement

Who this course is for:

Interest in Chinese culture, chinese metaphysic and want to learn the basic chinese metaphysics princle for learning advance traditional feng shui concept, Qimen Dunjia, Purple Star Astrology

Foundations of Chinese Metaphysics & Traditional Feng Shui

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 8min

Main course15 lectures • 2hr 4min

Wrapping up2 lectures • 7min

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