DIVINE EARTH TRAVEL BUG
Congratulations on your lucky find! This is
no ordinary geocache trading item (NOT
FOR KEEPS)!! You have found a Faber
Optimé Travel Bug.
This one is a working Feng Shui compass!
Finder Instructions
Please:
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Enjoy! 
See overleaf for information about
how to use.
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If you don’t intend to log your find at
www.geocaching.com, then please
don’t take this item with you.
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We’d love to see pictures of you and
this TB’s travels. Any photos you can
take and post online would be great!
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Ensure that you get the (6 character)
Tracking Number stamped on the dog
tag attached to this item if you want
to log your find.
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Go to www.geocaching.com/track/ to
log your find.
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Help keep me moving on my mission!
I want to be enjoyed by as many
people as possible, so thank you for
placing me back into an appropriate
geocache as soon as you can.
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Help keep me safe by not placing me
in geocaches known to be susceptible
to/have recently been muggled.
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Do let us know if there are any
problems with this Travel Bug.
This Bug’s Mission
To bring you good chi!
This Travel Bug wants to visit as many
beautiful homes, people, geocaches and
places around the world as possible.
About Faber Optimé
We do hope that you have enjoyed finding
this geocaching Travel Bug. 
We aim to deliver excellence, in all
of our commercial activities and in
bringing to you curious, interesting
and innovative geocaches and
geocache items, such as this one.
Keep your eyes peeled for more of
the Faber Optimé Travel Bugs!
Please do feel free to contact us
regarding any business consultancy
services or needs you may have.
We’ll be very happy to provide you
with a free initial consultation.
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About the Feng Shui Compass
Feng shui (風水 or 风水) is an ancient
(5000+ years old) Chinese method of
geomancy (= earth divination, hence the
name of this Bug!).
It literally translates as "wind-water", from
the following passage of the Zhangshu
(Book of Burial) by Guo Pu (Jin Dynasty):
“The qi that rides the wind stops at the
boundary of water.”
Feng shui involves trying to capture the
beneficial CHI (or qi or life-force), which
flows through the earth's meridians, while
at the same time deflecting the malevolent
SHA, which brings adversity and misfortune.
Using the Feng Shui Compass
Whilst detailed coverage of interpretation
is beyond the scope of this document, a
feng shui analysis is very specific: there are
eight directions (N, S, E, W, NE, SE, NW &
SW). On a Lo Pan, or Chinese Compass,
these directions are divided into three
different sections. Hence there are 24
divisions on a Lo Pan of 15 degrees each.
You will note that on a Lo Pan compass, the
arrow (or fire marking) always points South,
the other side of the needle points North.
Directions are represented by the five
elements, the eight trigrams, Heavenly
stems and Earthly branches and the
location of the Azure Dragon to the east,
White Tiger to the west, Red Bird to the
south and Black Turtle to the north.
The centre of the compass is called “Tian
Jio”, meaning heaven pond. The succeeding
rings having other distinct meanings.
The first ring represents the early Heaven
sequence. The eight directions and trigrams
represent heavenly fluctuations of ying and
yang (Heaven (complete yang); Earth
(complete yin); Thunder (strong yang);
Wind/Wood (strong yin); Water (middle
yang); Fire (middle yin); Mountain (lesser
yang); Lake/Rain (lesser yin).
The second ring, known as Jiu-Xin or “the
post heaven dragon”, defines the nine stars
as in the legend of yellow river turtle
creating the lo shu diagram. The nine stars
are (starting with the water trigram):
hungry wolf; heavenly doctor; longevity; six
curses; disaster; destroyers of armies/end
of life; five ghosts; fu wei; start.
The third ring defines the 24 directions of
“Di Ji”, stars in the sky, mountains,
directions and shens.
The fourth ring, known as Tian Xing, is used
to find the direction of the site’s dragon.
The fifth represents the 24 seasons of the
agricultural calendar. The seasons are
divided into two halves of twelve as every
half month represents a division.
The sixth ring represents the 72 dragons
that penetrate heaven and is divided into
three sections of 24. The seventh ring
represents 24 mountains which are divided
up into five subdivisions each.
The fifth, sixth and seventh rings help
interpret the third and fourth rings.
The eighth is known as the middle needle
and represents the beginning of the human
plate. The ninth represents the human
plate and is divided into 24 sections, each
representing one of the mountains. The
tenth ring represents the sixty dragons that
penetrate the ground.