The points are The North, northeast, East, southeast, South, southwest, West and northwest. The portion of the house that faces north is the place where music room, symbols of your aspirations and career and everything that speaks of personal and growth and development are best represented and placed. As mentioned the kua number is a more personal thing and so the Feng shui expert is in a position to make the determination as this also involves placements of the kua trigrams in the eight direction of the room where each represents a family member and their individual directions. The Color. As bedrooms are places of rests, it is not wise to make rooms, decorations, sheets etc. Feng Shui Mirror: To Cure or not to Cure Even today, a Feng shui mirror draws controversy. What is not controversial about it though is its ability to reflect light to spots, which needed highlighting and illumination and the visual effects it creates. The beauty that it adds to the house, its decorative value, the extra space it generates and its functionality is both accepted whether by western oriented Feng shui thought or the traditional. To find your place on this earth, and how you relate to the forces and motivations that guides and inspire you, you will have to know the following: From your standpoint, determine the four main points of the compass and its four corresponding sub points. These will comprise your eight directions. The North Northern points motivate personal growth, new ideas, innovations, creativity, art, music, career and development. To attract money, Feng shui practitioners will hang three coins that are tied together and are attached to door handles especially the front doors. The ribbons that are sued must be red and are cut in increments of 9. The reason for the color red is that it is the color that brings about luck the most and the 9 is the highest number in the numeric sequence (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), hence ribbons are often cut in 9", 18" 27" etc. Open spaces behind the house do not really contribute that much. What is to be avoided though is a house where its back elevation is lower than the house itself unless something is done about it to correct the downslide. Another very useful guide is to buy a house that is on the same level as the road.