Finding a lucky day and time for key collection is a mistaken belief in Singapore. Based on authentic traditional feng shui principles there isn’t any date-selection formulas for “door-opening” or “key-collection”.
The Chinese almanac (通胜 / 通书/ 老黄历) 董公择日 黄道黑道 commonly used as the authority to seek auspicious dates & time, Do Not have such event as “door-opening” ceremony.
The Chinese almanac even contain trivial matters like “理发 hair cut”， “baby first nail-clipping 整手足甲”… Why then no records for Key-collection or Open Door Day? Just for your info, this is only practised in Singapore.
Not found in Chinese almanac 通 胜
You can thumb through the Chinese Almanac but there is no such thing as “开门 initial door opening” or similar associations. If this activity is that important then some form of records should be present.
Significant events such as relocation 入宅 new house, 移徙 resale, renovation, groundbreaking etc are well documented. This is because it involves the calculation of feng shui sectors and the family concern.
Feng shui locus point 风水立极点
Legit feng shui must fulfill 3 fundamentals. The trinity of 天 heaven , 地 environment 人human. I Ching call it 三才. Without the human factor physically move into the house, there is no positive or negative feng shui energy 风水太极点 created.
Just like you don’t need to choose a date to on the gas. But to choose an auspicious date and time “to use your stove the first time”, boil water & cook a meal signifying move-in date.
Some years back i have a client that bought 10 units for the same development, key-collection on the same day. Obviously his family cannot be staying in 10 houses at the same time, so is the house that he move-in that needed an auspicious day and time.
On the other hand, auspicious renovation dates are necessary because it involves feng shui sectors and directions 宅命形气 坐向 to enhance or avoid. It requires the harmony of house “fengshui destiny energy” to match the occupants before shifting into their new home.
Traditional Chinese “custom 旺五方 or 拜四角”
There is a “Chinese custom or ritual” (not feng shui) passed down many generations ago call 旺五方 or 拜四角. This custom is use to rejuvenate energy for “resale” houses particularly those with bad past occurences or unoccupied for more than 1 year.
Personally me find this ritual make more sense to dispel left-over negative energies if any, than the mere act of rolling pineapples and shouting “huat”! It is amusing that “pineapple” is chosen because it “sounded” lucky 旺来 ? Feng shui is NOT “sounding” good.
Rationale, Relevance and Objective
Next we examine the relevance for such action. If you wanted peace of mind why not choose an auspicious date to “complete the sale” where you are officially the legal owner of the house. This is definitely appropriate and reasonable.
Why auspicious date & time
Back to the basic why do we need to choose an auspicious date, in the first place?
This is either to speed up certain enhancement to bring good fortune or to avoid doing something wrong that may have bad repercussions. For instance we need to choose a good date to avoid the dangers of annual bad sectors such as “3 killings 三煞方, misfortune 5 五黄. Just like wedding dates to avoid conflict with couples’ birth profile.
Date selection for specific objectives
Date selection for specific objectives does bring meaningful outcomes particular qi men dun jia 奇门遁甲 or xuan kong da gua 玄空大卦 or bazi principles.
This article was posted because i am tired of explaining how insignificant is initial door opening or key collection. However if this ritual gives you peace of mind and helps you to sleep better by all means do it.
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