Im all confused about using the compass. It doesnt seem to point to the right direction. I know where north and south are, but the compass is pointing in different directions. Can i go by my own knowledge of direction? Or was there something that I missed? Does direction change based on where your door is to each room?

Thank you to everyone who responds!

Liana

Hi Liana

Not sure if I can help. Make sure there are no metal objects around. Take the reading from a few different points to ensure you are getting an accurate reading. Have you allowed for declination? Remember, a compass points to magnetic north, not true north.

Hope this helps.

Hi nlac,
What is declination? So, then i should feng shui based on magnetic directions? That makes more sense based on what this feng shui lady did in my room. Thank you so much for responding! Have a beautiful day!!

Liana

Hi Liana,

Magnetic North and true North are not the same. My partner is a physics teacher and he can explain it better than I can! There is an angular deviation on your compass between magnetic North (which the compass points to) and true North. For example: I live in Melbourne Australia and the declination here is 11 degrees East. So I take the reading and rotate the compass 11 degrees East! to get the true reading. Does this make sense? I Googled (got to love them!) for declination of Melbourne, had to search a bit, but found it quite easily.

Hope this helps you some more.
nlac

HI Liana

Just doing a bit more reading and found that declination doesn't need to be used. Just read and trust that the compass you're using is pointing to magnetic North.

cheers

nlac

Thank you Nlac, that helps!
Cheers
Liana

Hi Liana, I live in Sydney. Don't change your directions to allow for the 11 degrees cause you are suppose to use magnetic north.

Thank you Silver Star!
I am using magnetic north now.
Have a lovely day!
Liana