With people spending large part of their time in the office, Fengshui for the office has become an important consideration in our world today. Whether one is an employee or business owner with his or her own office, an ideal office Fengshui brings benefits to the occupant, improving interpersonal relationships and even career enhancement.

Furthermore, from the office layout, one can shed light on some of the characteristic of the occupant in the office, or how the office layout may influence the occupant. Let’s take a look at a well-known office, the Oval Office, official office of the President of the United States of America.

Briefly, the desk is located at the center and back of the room, with three large windows behind the desk and a fireplace in front. The door opening to the main corridor of the West Wing is located on the front-left side of the office. This setting has remained largely unchanged since 1934. Such office layout induces a combative or aggressive nature from the occupant; the past and present Presidents of the United States of America. Furthermore, such layout is never short of oppositions. A very strong capability of the occupant is almost necessary with this layout, having to rely mostly on one-self.

At a glance, most people would have said it is because of the large windows behind the desk, resulting in the occupant having no ‘support’, in a literal sense, thus lacking benefactors and having to rely mostly on one-self.

But why must there be a ‘support’ behind our desk? What is the Fengshui principle behind this? What exactly are the negative Fengshui influences of having no ‘support’? How are the Fengshui principle and influences explained by 易理, and not literally? Are the Fengshui influences of such layout due to the large windows only?

If one understands “心印”, one will not only know the Fengshui principles and influences for internal forms (内栾), but also the 易理 behind as well.

Front View of the Oval Office:

美国总统的办公室大家应该看过吧。重点当然就是总统的办公桌了。办公桌位置在办公室的后中央而后方是落地窗，前方设有壁炉。通向白宫西翼的主过道在办公桌的左前方。现有的办公室在设计和结构方面，在1934年美国32任总统罗斯福至今改变不多。

美国总统办公室的设计，从风水的角度，对美国总统起了什么样的影响呢？这样的格局，对美国总统来说，起了一种积极好战的作用，也易犯小人、敌人。而取用这样的办公室格局必须本身有很强的能力，因时常需要自我依靠。

很多应该会说总统后方因设落地窗而无靠，无靠简单说是无贵人扶持。这点大家应该都会一致认为。唯，为什么要有靠？没有靠就是没贵人？风水原理在哪？以上这种格局的影响是否是单办公桌后方的落地窗吗？以上的影响，用易理如何来解释？

如了解“心印”，对于内峦头、内局的的原理和影响，你就会轻易的明白。