Un arbre devant la maison, est-ce du mauvais feng shui?

Seulement un grand arbre en plein dans l’axe de la porte d’entrée, qu’on lit comme un bouchon dans la bouche de la maison. Un arbre sur le côté ne gêne pas; pour un arbre dans l’axe de la porte, une haie basse ou un massif de fleurs entre les deux brise la ligne.

Une piscine derrière la maison, est-ce du mauvais feng shui?

Le feng shui veut l’eau devant la maison et un appui solide derrière, donc une piscine juste derrière la maison creuse cet appui. Une rangée de grands persistants sans danger pour les animaux entre la piscine et la maison rend ce soutien.

Un jardin arrière en pente descendante, est-ce du mauvais feng shui?

Un terrain qui descend derrière une maison ne lui laisse rien où s’adosser. De grands persistants sans danger pour les animaux au fond du jardin, ou un mur de soutènement si vous pouvez bâtir, donnent à la maison son appui.

Que dit le feng shui d’une entrée de garage pointée sur la porte d’entrée?

C’est une route qui fonce sur la porte, et le chi arrive trop vite pour se rassembler. Un muret ou une haie dense entre les deux, ou une allée d’entrée qui tourne en chemin vers la porte, le ralentit.

Quel côté du jardin avant devrait être plus haut?

En regardant dehors depuis la porte d’entrée, le feng shui aime que le côté gauche, le Dragon vert, soit un peu plus haut et plus vivant, et que le côté droit, le Tigre blanc, soit plus bas et plus calme. Des plantations plus hautes à gauche et un massif plus bas à droite suivent cette forme.

Feng shui for the yard: a mountain behind, a bright hall in front

Form SchoolYard6 min readUpdated Oct 2, 2026

THE SHORT ANSWER

Feng shui reads a house from the outside in, and the yard is where it starts: open, tidy ground before the door, solid backing behind, the land low in front and higher at the back. It watches for a road or a tree aimed at the door, a pool right behind the house, and ground that rises in front.

The shape feng shui hopes to find

Feng shui pictures the ideal house sitting the way you sit in a good armchair: a high, solid back, an arm on either side and open ground ahead. The back is the Black Tortoise, the hill or the tall trees that shelter the house; the open ground in front is the bright hall, where arriving chi can slow and gather. Looking out from the door, the Green Dragon on the left likes to be a little higher and livelier, and the White Tiger on the right likes to stay low and quiet.

A yard that matches that shape is the best a house can show from outside. Feng shui holds that a household set like this feels generous and at ease, with work moving steadily up; each rule below is a part of the armchair gone missing.

Open ground in front, higher ground behindClassic
Open ground before to take chi in, a steady mountain behind to shelter it: the best a house can show from outside.

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Before the door: the bright hall

The ground in front of the door is the outer bright hall, and feng shui wants it open, tidy and clear. A street or a driveway aimed straight at the door sends chi in too hard to gather. A big tree on the door’s center line plugs the mouth of the house. A parked car, a pile of things or a wall right outside crowds it, and sharp rocks and junk turn it into a place of jagged edges.

The answers all soften the line: a front walk that bends, a low hedge or a flower bed between the door and whatever is aimed at it, ten clear feet before the door, and rounded stones moved to the side of the yard.

Road or driveway aimed at the doorClassic
A road aimed at the door brings chi straight on, too fast to gather.
Big tree right in front of the doorClassic
A tree before the door plugs the mouth of the house.
Cramped space in front of the doorClassic
Before the door lies the outer bright hall; it asks to be wide and clear.
Sharp rocks and debris near the doorClassicSchool consensus
Sharp things aimed at a house are edges turned toward it, and debris holds the chi still.

Behind the house: the backing

What stands behind a house is its backing, the Black Tortoise, and feng shui wants it solid and a little higher. A pool or a pond right behind the house leaves the backing hollow, since water belongs in front. Ground that drops away behind, or rises in front, turns the whole shape around. A row of tall pet-safe evergreens along the back gives the house a mountain to lean on again.

Pool or pond behind the houseClassicSchool consensus
Water belongs before a house, not behind; behind is the backing, and water there leaves it hollow.
Ground higher in front than behindClassic
A house should sit low in front and high behind; reversed, the backing turns hollow and the bright hall is pressed.

Around the yard: walls, fences and trees

A fence or a wall guards a house, and feng shui asks it to do that and no more. Towering over the windows and tight against the house, it hems the home in; broken, with missing boards or a gate hanging crooked, it lets chi leak out. A dead tree is decline standing in plain view, and the old wish is that the trees of a house lean toward it and stay green.

Yard wall too high, too closeSchool consensus
A wall towering over the house holds its chi still; the school calls such a house imprisoned.
Gaps in the fence or wallCommon practice
A wall guards the house; broken, it guards nothing, and chi leaks through the gap.
Dead tree in the yardClassicSchool consensus
A withered tree is decline standing in plain view, worst before the door or beside the house.

What to do first

Clear ten feet in front of the door, and park the car beside the door rather than in front of it.
Take out a dead tree or dead branches, roots and all, and plant a pet-safe evergreen in their place.
Patch the fence and straighten the gate.
Set a low hedge or a flower bed between the door and a tree in its line.
Plant tall pet-safe evergreens between a pool and the back of the house.

Questions people ask

Is a tree in front of the house bad feng shui?

Only a big tree right on the front door’s center line, which is read as plugging the mouth of the house. A tree off to one side does no harm; for one in line with the door, a low hedge or a flower bed between them breaks the line.

Is a pool behind the house bad feng shui?

Feng shui wants water in front of a house and solid backing behind it, so a pool right behind the house leaves the backing hollow. A row of tall pet-safe evergreens between the pool and the house gives that support back.

Is a backyard that slopes down bad feng shui?

Ground that drops away behind a house leaves it nothing to lean on. Tall pet-safe evergreens along the back of the yard, or a retaining wall if you can build, give the house its backing.

What does feng shui say about a driveway aimed at the front door?

It is a road rushing at the door, and chi comes on too fast to gather. A low wall or a dense hedge between the two, or a front walk that bends on its way to the door, slows it down.

Which side of the front yard should be higher?

Looking out from the front door, feng shui likes the left side, the Green Dragon, a little higher and livelier, and the right side, the White Tiger, lower and quieter. Taller plantings on the left and a lower bed on the right follow that shape.