A Lasting Energy Foundation
If your home was built between 1924 and 1943, you live in a feng shui period 4 property. This isn't just a piece of history—it shapes the basic energy, or Birth Chart, of your home. This time period is ruled by the number 4 Wen Qu Star, an energy connected to the Wood element. This influence is built right into your home's walls and foundation.
What does this mean for you today? We're now in Period 9 (2024-2043), an active time ruled by the Fire element. The big question for every Period 4 homeowner is: how does this old Wood energy work with the strong Fire of our current time? Understanding how these two elements work together is the secret to unlocking your home's full potential. This article will help you understand what makes a Period 4 house special, look at how it works in Period 9, and give you clear steps to balance its energies for better health, wealth, and opportunities.
Period 4 Basics
To make your home work better, we first need to understand what gives it its energy. This means looking at how time works in Feng Shui and the special qualities of the star that rules your home's birth period.
How Time Works in Cycles
Traditional Feng Shui, especially the San Yuan school, sees time not as a straight line but as a 180-year cycle. This big cycle has three 60-year parts, which break down into nine 20-year periods. Each period is ruled by a specific number and its matching star from the Lo Shu square. This affects world trends and the built-in energy of buildings made during that time.
Understanding this cycle helps put your home in the right context.
- Period 1: 1864 - 1883 (Water)
- Period 2: 1884 - 1903 (Earth)
- Period 3: 1904 - 1923 (Wood)
- Period 4: 1924 - 1943 (Wood)
- Period 5: 1944 - 1963 (Earth)
- Period 6: 1964 - 1983 (Metal)
- Period 7: 1984 - 2003 (Metal)
- Period 8: 2004 - 2023 (Earth)
- Period 9: 2024 - 2043 (Fire)
Your home's Birth Chart is permanently marked with Period 4 energy.
The #4 Wood Star
The ruling star of Period 4 is the #4 Green Star, called Wen Qu. During its own time (1924-1943), this star was the current and successful energy, or "Wang Qi." When working positively, the #4 star is very lucky, representing intelligence, school success, creativity, artistic work, and growing romance. Homes built in Period 4 naturally supported these qualities, creating spaces where scholars, artists, and thinkers could do well.
However, a star's nature changes when it becomes "out of time," or past its own period. In Period 9, the #4 star is considered fading, or "Si Qi," energy. When not handled properly, its negative side can show up. This can include romantic problems, affairs, emotional upset, trouble making decisions, and decline in creative or school work. The challenge for a Period 4 homeowner is to manage this out-of-time Wood energy to stop its negative side from appearing.
The Main Challenge in Period 9
The most important question for anyone living in a feng shui period 4 house today is, "Is its Feng Shui good or bad now?" The answer comes from understanding how your home's old energy works with the new energy of the current period. This interaction is both the main challenge and opportunity.
Current vs. Out-of-Time Energy
In Flying Star Feng Shui, timing is everything. The energy of the current period is considered the strongest and luckiest. In Period 9, the ruling star is the #9 Purple Star. It brings energy related to happiness, celebration, technology growth, and spiritual activities. The energies that work best with the #9 star—the future lucky #1 star and the secondary lucky #2 star—are also considered current and helpful.
On the other hand, stars from past periods lose their good timing and become weak or even harmful. The #4 star of Period 4 is now an out-of-time star. Its natural positive qualities are sleeping, and its possible negative qualities are more easily triggered, especially if the home's Feng Shui isn't properly managed. The main goal is to reduce the influence of this out-of-time star while activating the current stars within your home's unique layout.
The Element Conflict
To understand the main energy conflict, we must look at the Five Elements. Period 4 is defined by the #4 Wood star. Period 9 is defined by the #9 Fire star. In the productive cycle of the Five Elements, Wood feeds Fire.
Think of your house as a source of Wood energy. The current Period 9 environment is a large, consuming Fire. This means the base energy of your Period 4 house is constantly being used up or "drained" to fuel the ruling energy of the current time. This creates a state of "Xie Qi," or draining energy.
This constant drain can weaken the overall strength of the home and its people. It may show up as feeling always tired, lacking resources, or seeing efforts burn out quickly without lasting results. Also, this draining effect can weaken the positive aspects of the base chart and at the same time make the negative potential of the now out-of-time #4 star stronger, making issues like emotional conflict or romantic problems more likely to appear. The key is to stop this draining cycle and rebalance the home's element energies.
Detailed Look: Birth Chart Analysis
General advice has limits. To truly understand your Period 4 home, we must look at its unique energy map, or Birth Chart. This chart is determined by the building period (Period 4) and its exact facing direction. This section will help you do a basic analysis of your own home.
The Period 4 Base Chart
Every property built between 1924 and 1943 has a Flying Star Birth Chart with the number 4 in the center palace. This number represents the "Period Plate" and sets up the basic energy spread for the entire home. The other numbers in the chart, known as the Sitting Star (ruling health and relationships) and Facing Star (ruling wealth and opportunities), are spread throughout the nine palaces (sectors) based on the home's direction.
A Real Example
Let's analyze a common situation: a Period 4 house that faces South (specifically between 165 and 195 degrees). This creates a specific and challenging energy map for the current Period 9.
Below is the Birth Chart for a South-facing Period 4 home. The center number is 4. Each box represents a sector of the home, containing the directional palace, the Sitting Star (top left), and the Facing Star (top right).
| SE 3/5 | S 5/3 | SW 1/8 |
|---|---|---|
| E 2/4 | 4 | W 6/1 |
| NE 7/9 | N 8/7 | NW 9/6 |
Now, let's break down what this means in Period 9, showing a professional analysis process:
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The Center (4): The core identity of the home is the #4 Wood star. As we've established, this is an out-of-time, draining energy in Period 9. It needs to be controlled.
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The Facing Palace (South - S 5/3): This is the most important area for wealth and opportunity. Here we find the Facing Star #5 and Sitting Star #3. This is a very problematic combination. The #5 Yellow is the most harmful star in Feng Shui, representing disaster and bad luck. The #3 star represents conflict and legal issues. In Period 9, the South is a Fire palace. Fire strengthens the Earth element of the #5 star, making it even more dangerous. This combination in the front of the house can mean major financial loss, serious arguments, and obstacles.
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The Sitting Palace (North - N 8/7): This area rules the health and well-being of the people living there. We have the Sitting Star #8 and Facing Star #7. In Period 8, the #8 star was the king of wealth. Now, in Period 9, it is a fading but still somewhat positive Earth star. The #7 star represents conflict and robbery and is out of time. This combination is less serious than the South but can still indicate declining health and potential for disputes.
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Finding Period 9 Opportunities: Where are the current stars?
- The #9 Star (Future Success): We find the Sitting Star #9 in the Northwest (NW 9/6) and the Facing Star #9 in the Northeast (NE 7/9). The Northeast, with its current wealth star, becomes a crucial area to activate for financial luck. The Northwest, with its current relationship star, is excellent for supporting the people's well-being.
- The #1 Star (Future Success): The Facing Star #1 is in the West (W 6/1). This is another key wealth sector in Period 9, representing career success and wisdom.
- The #2 Star (Lucky in Period 9): The Sitting Star #2 is in the East (E 2/4). While traditionally seen as the "sickness star," in Period 9, the #2 Earth star becomes current and positive, especially when it is the Sitting Star, supporting health and property growth.
This analysis shows that even a challenging chart has areas of huge potential. The key is to know where they are.
Key Areas to Watch
No matter your home's specific facing direction, there are general rules for any Period 4 house. You must identify where the most difficult stars are in your Birth Chart. Pay special attention to where the #5 Yellow and #2 Black (in its negative context as an out-of-time star) are located. Then, each year, you must track where the yearly #5 and #2 stars are. When a yearly negative star flies into a palace that already contains a negative Birth Star, the negative energy is doubled and needs immediate attention and strong element cures.
Clear Solutions for Balance
Understanding the problem is the first step; putting the solution into action is what creates real change. The strategy for a Period 4 house in Period 9 is clear, and the remedies are based on the proven rules of the Five Elements.
The Main Rule
Our core strategy has two parts:
1. Weaken the Out-of-Time: We must reduce the negative influence of the out-of-time #4 Wood star and other harmful stars like the #5 Earth star.
2. Support the Current: We must enhance and activate the lucky, current stars of Period 9, which are the #9 Fire star, the #1 Water star, and the #2 Earth star.
By carefully applying cures and enhancements, we can transform the energy landscape of your home from one of drainage to one of support and success.
Specific Cures and Improvements
The following table provides clear, actionable recommendations for managing the key energies in your Period 4 home. Find the relevant stars in your Birth Chart and apply these remedies in the matching sectors (palaces) of your house.
| Sector / Problem | Recommended Action / Element |
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| To Weaken Out-of-Time Wood (#4 Star): | Introduce strong Metal element items. The Metal element controls or "cuts" Wood, keeping its influence in check. Use a metal wind chime (with 6 or 7 rods), round metal objects, or colors like white, silver, or gold. Importantly, avoid placing Water features or the color black/blue here, as Water feeds Wood and would strengthen the out-of-time star. |
| To Activate Current Fire (#9 Star): | Use the Fire element to enhance this star of celebration and success. This is the perfect area for bright lighting, keeping the space active, and using the color red or purple in small amounts. This sector is excellent for a living room, office, or main entrance if the combination is lucky. |
| To Enhance Current Water (#1 Star): | Activate this star of career and wisdom with Water or Metal elements. Since Metal produces Water, metal decorations are excellent here. A small, clean, and quiet indoor water feature can also be very effective for boosting career and wealth luck, provided the Sitting Star in that palace is not a negative one. |
| To Reduce Negative Earth (#2, #5 Stars): | Use strong Metal element cures to exhaust the negative Earth energy. The most effective traditional cure is a "salt water cure" (a glass jar with salt, water, and six Chinese coins). A "six-rod hollow metal wind chime" is also a powerful remedy used to audibly break up the negative Qi from these stars. Avoid Fire elements (red colors, bright lights) in these sectors, as Fire produces more Earth. |
When to Get Professional Help
While these general cures are based on sound Feng Shui theory and work well for managing basic energies, every house is unique. The interaction between your home's Birth Chart, the changing yearly stars, the outside landscape, and your specific floor plan creates a very complex energy pattern. A remedy that works in one home might not work or even be harmful in another if the underlying combinations are not fully understood.
For a truly personal and effective solution, a professional consultation is valuable. At THE QI FLOW, our team of experienced consultants specializes in analyzing complex charts like those from Period 4. We go beyond general advice to provide a custom strategy that considers your specific floor plan and personal goals, ensuring the energy in your home is fully optimized for health, wealth, and harmony in Period 9.
Embrace Your Home's Future
Living in a Period 4 home is not a disadvantage; it is simply a unique energy signature. We have seen how its basic Wood energy interacts with the ruling Fire of the current Period 9, creating a draining effect that must be managed.
This is not a "bad" Feng Shui house, but one that needs specific knowledge to balance. By understanding your home's Birth Chart, you can move beyond fear or uncertainty. You now have the power to apply the correct element cures and enhancements—using Metal to control out-of-time Wood, weakening negative Earth, and activating the powerful, current stars of Period 9.
Your Period 4 home has a rich history written into its very structure. With the right knowledge and targeted actions, you can honor its past while aligning its future with the huge success, happiness, and opportunities that Period 9 has to offer.
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