Does it make sense in European and American cultures?

Even though Feng shui is part of both Asian high and folk cultures as well as of the whole mythological and astrological systems, it is still so universal that it can be used within the framework of any culture. Of course, basic principles are universal, but when one comes to the point to interpret them he does it in accordance with his knowledge, cultural habits and beliefs. That is why at this studio we claim that the best approach to today’s Feng shui, in non-Chinese cultures, is by using comparative methods.
For example, the Chinese place their altars turned towards the west, whereas Christians place them turned towards the east. The Chinese believe that Paradise is in the west, for Taoists it is there where the garden of “The Queen Mother of the West” is situated, while Christians are looking for a transcendental land in the east. Here is another example. From the works of semioticians one can learn that Chinese and Indo-European cultural traditions understand the distinctions between left and right or up and down in a completely different way. To add something else: it is a typical question whether Buddhist sculptures or Taoist’s sacral objects can be useful for those who are uninitiated. Surprisingly, Orthodox people learn that a Feng shui answer is positive – those objects can be useful if one understands them only as symbols of blessing and fortune even though they are not worshipped in the religious sense.
In the time when different traditions merge and when there are not unique mythologies we often have to behave according to our intuition and to experiment. Hopefully, we will be successful in this integration of eastern and western traditions.