Sha Qi

Sha Qi (Chinese 煞氣, shà qì — "killing energy"; also 殺氣, "the energy of slaying") is a harmful flow of Qi (T009) created by certain forms of landscape and architecture in the Feng Shui system (#51).

Sources of Sha Qi

• Straight lines aimed at an object (a road running into a door; the corner of a building)
• Sharp angles (尖角煞, jiānjiǎo shā — "arrow from a corner")
• T-junctions (路冲煞, lùchōng shā — "the strike of the road")
• High-voltage lines, antenna masts
• Abandoned buildings, nearby cemeteries

Sheng Qi — the Opposite

Life-giving energy. The opposite is Sheng Qi (生氣, shēng qì — "life-giving energy"): smooth curves, water, greenery, proportionate forms. This is the "healthy" flow of Qi in space.

Methods of Correcting Sha Qi

• Bagua mirror (八卦镜) — reflects the "arrow" back
• Living plants — absorb and transform the energy
• Water features (fountain, aquarium) — disperse
• Replanning the entrance — changing the trajectory of the flow

The Main Task of Feng Shui

Correcting Sha Qi is the core of practice. Correcting Sha Qi is one of the main tasks of Feng Shui practice. Without removing the "killing" energy, other measures yield little effect.