Properties from a Feng Shui perspective: Part 226
By David Koh and Joe Choo | February 3, 2012
Feng Shui: PJ's section of enclaves
Our Environology tour of the Klang Valley takes us to Section SS4 in Petaling Jaya. This part of the city is predominantly residential. Apart from a few pockets of two-storey shop-houses scattered here and there, the built-up areas comprise mostly houses. (For Google map reference, log on to maps.google.com.my and search for “Kuala Lumpur”.)
In comparison with other sections in Petaling Jaya, SS4 is rather small. It has a roughly rectangular shape, bordered by the Damansara Puchong Highway (LDP) to the north and west (the highway bends southwards here), Jalan Bahagia to the south and SS4A/1 to the east.
Before the LDP was constructed, the western side of SS4 was a sleepy hollow. The main road servicing SS2 and the vicinity terminated here. The completion of the highway created new access and no small amount of headaches due to the persistent traffic congestion that occurs around this segment of the highway.
Apart from Jalan SS4B/10 which serves as an artery within SS4, most of the internal roads do not provide through-access. They merely loop around themselves and branch off into smaller roads and cul-de-sacs.
Some parts of SS4 do not even connect with each other! For example, SS4 (without the suffix) is separate from SS4A and likewise 4B. Only 4C and 4D are interconnected by internal roads. A town planner must have decided to create separate enclaves within the housing estate to limit external and through traffic.
This would create more privacy and reduce congestion, as the theory goes. However in practice this may not be so as it limits the entry and exit options of residents.
Peculiar landform
SS4 has a very peculiar landform, with a valley running through it. Here, high-tension cables are found along with the Light Rapid Transit (LRT). The terrain also undulates gently from the hills of Section 14 in the east.
During our visit to SS2 some weeks ago, we discussed the presence and impact of the LRT. Here on the southern side of the tracks, the story repeats itself. A part of SS3 is located here, near where the Taman Bahagia station is located.
There is no access road from SS3/59 to SS 2/3 because of the valley in which the high-tension cables and LRT run. Lorong 3/59A through E are all cul-de-sacs originating from Jalan SS3/59. Cul-de-sacs are not very conducive for properties, particularly those at the furthest end.
Energy is not allowed to circulate and therefore stagnates. Over a period of time, this stagnation impacts the surrounding properties and their occupants.
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Properties that face the direction of a river’s flow are considered lucky. - Reuters
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Unstable energy
To compound matters, the high-tension cables emit an electromagnetic field and the LRT trains create air turbulence, all of which create a very unstable environment for earth energy.
Across the road (Jalan SS4A/1) the situation is unchanged. Properties closest to the LRT and high-tension cables are likely to suffer their deleterious effects.
SS4 (without the suffix) comprises a long strip of land serviced by Jalan SS4/6 and 10. They originate from SS4A/1 and form a loop via SS 4/21. The properties within this enclave are arranged in a grid.
Relative to their position, the terrain slopes from south to north. A high retaining wall separates Jalan SS4/6 from SS4A to the south. As there are no through-roads to the rest of SS4, residents are forced to fight through regular jams along SS4A/1 to get in or out of their homes.
Given such a landform, properties facing south have the most conducive orientation. However, a majority of houses here have an east or west orientation. Thus, they have a sideways slope to contend with.
Sideways slope
As discussed in our previous articles, properties with sideways slope usually impact two members of a household, one positively and the other adversely. The sector that is highest will benefit one member while the lowest will indicate another member undergoing a difficult time.
In general, the highest sectors here could be south-west, south and south-east, which means the mother, middle daughter or eldest daughter would do well. It suggests that in a majority of homes here, the ladies rule the roost.
Even in this instance, all things are not equal between houses facing either east or west. Rain water in the valley’s drain flows from east to west. Properties that face the direction of a river’s flow are considered conducive while those that face against the flow are considered poor.
Therefore, there is also an obvious difference between the rows of houses, where properties facing west are relatively better maintained (suggesting more prosperous occupants) than those facing east.
Due to the LRT and high-tension cables, properties along Jalan SS4/10 are more likely to fare the worst in the neighbourhood. Even on this road, properties facing south have a perfect storm of unconducive factors – it faces high land, the land dips downhill behind them, the high-tension cables and LRT are too close by.
Section SS4A
Section SS4A has a similar enclave design. It is serviced by Jalan SS4A/3 and 4, which connect to the artery road, SS 4B/10.
Most of the properties here have a north or south orientation. In this instance the most conducive direction to face is north towards the valley.
Jalan SS4A/2 is a curved road that follows the same shape as the intersection between Jalan Bahagia and SS4A/1. Properties here are all aligned to face this embrace. Another small curved road, Lorong SS4A/4A, provides access to houses backing these properties.
In principle, properties facing an embracing road are in a very good position. Therefore, the occupants here should do well. On the other hand, these properties also have their backs to the valley (and river).
This conflicting situation of good and bad suggests they will experience a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs – dizzying rises and stomach-churning falls. Furthermore, success would be a struggle to retain and may last for only one generation.
Nestled within this enclave is the Masjid Al-Ehsan mosque. Places of worship will do well regardless of their orientation. One interesting point about places of worship is the frequent congregation of large crowds tends to create a pool of human energy that draws in more energy from its surroundings.
The unfortunate side-effect is that properties located close to these places tend to get drained of energy and the occupants tend to struggle to do well.
Next, we will look at the other alphabetical enclaves of SS4.
*This series on Feng Shui and real estate properties appears courtesy of the Malaysia Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). David Koh is the founder of MINGS and has been a Feng Shui master and teacher for the past 37 years.
Feng Shui during the Neolithic period
Last week, we presented an argument that the practice of Feng Shui predated the term itself. Some argue that Feng Shui only started during the Jin Dynasty because it only appeared in historical records at this time.
Yet, in even older records on events that occurred circa 2000-1500 BC, there were descriptions of geomancy in practice under the name “Pu Zhai”. This term was wrongly translated as divination or fortune telling using turtle shells.
A ruler during that Neolithic period, Pan Gen, was said to have decided to relocate his capital city of Ti-Di after a “pu zhai” was conducted and found that the land was unsuitable for agriculture. This clearly alluded to land surveying, not fortune telling.
The records described that after a search was conducted, a new site called Mauyi had better soil. Thus, the ruler relocated his capital city and prospered.
It described how at Mauyi, there was a mountain on one side and a river on the other, with a big plain between them. This is strikingly similar to the basic principles of landform Environology that we discuss each week in this column!
The veracity of this story cannot be confirmed since no written records were made during this period and the earliest accounts were written several thousand years later by ancient historians who compiled stories and records of that bygone era.
If modern historians have trouble deciphering events that occurred some 2,000 years ago, what more must the ancient scribes do to record events that supposedly happened some 1,500 to 2,000 years before their time!
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