The Feng-shui of Landform Classification
Protective Landforms: Green Dragon, White Tiger, Red Raven, Black Tortoise
Ideally, a building or burial site should be surrounded by protective landforms at the front and back and on both sides. These protective landforms are named after four Chinese mythological animals:
The Red Raven is the protector in front; ideally it is a low ridge or a low rectangular building.
The Black Tortoise is at the back; ideally it is a round-topped hill or a taller building.
The Green Dragon is the protector on the left.
The White Tiger is the protector on the right.
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Land protected at the back, left, and right
(Roxborough State Park, Colorado)
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Depending on whether we are doing yang-domain feng-shui (residences and commercial buildings) or yin-domain feng-shui (burial sites), we use different points of reference to locate the Green Dragon and White Tiger.
In the yang-domain feng-shui of residences and commercial buildings, we locate the Green Dragon and White Tiger by facing the front of the house. To our left is the Green Dragon, and to our right the White Tiger.
In the yin-domain feng-shui of burial sites, we locate the protectors by standing with our backs to the headstone of the grave. The Green Dragon is still to our left and the White Tiger is to our right. However, because the observer's position of reference is different by 180 degrees in the two forms of feng-shui, the two protectors are in opposite positions in the two domains. Thus, if we choose the protective landforms for a residence as if it were a burial site, we can cause disastrous consequences. |
