Feng Shui attempts to achieve this equilibrium where we live and work. It is related to space, and to our internal and external environments.

Chinese sciences and traditions are based on a dualist concept of the world where two opposing principles balance in a dynamic way.

the Yin (feminin) and the Yang (masculin) principles are present in everything, in varying proportions.

Harmony between these two principles arises from the constant search for equilibrium between them.



But Feng Shui belongs also to the dimension of time, anticipating an unbalance stemming from the dynamic Yin and Yang principles.

Yang is the bright, hot, dry side of life. Its principle is that of of birth and renewal, it is more active in summer and tradition associates it with the Dragon.


 

Yin is the shady, wet, cold side of life. Its principle is that of disintegration , it is more active in winter and tradition associates it with the Tiger.

The Green Dragon is ideally placed in the East and the White Tiger in the West. There are two other animal associations : The Black Tortoise should be placed to the North and the Red Phoenix in the South..

The Feng Shui pratitioner will look for the external and internal placement of living and working environments, and for the presence of the four celestial animals with their harmonious distribution.