A feng shui tour of Hong Kong

Story highlights Feng shui is an important part of Hong Kong life Shopping malls, office towers and homes draw on its principles Feng Shui master Kerby Kuek takes CNN on a tour of city's hot spots

Shopping malls, office towers and homes draw on its principles in their design in an attempt to create prosperity.

And individuals often consult feng shui masters to decide on the best date to get married, give birth or move house.

The run-up up to the Lunar New Year is the busiest time of year for Kerby Kuek, a feng shui practitioner who has published 15 books on the subject.

His clients, which include some of Hong Kong's biggest companies, all want their "annual audit" to maximize their good fortune in the year to come.

He took time out to take CNN on a tour of the city's feng shui hot spots, where the cosmic energy will help you do the Year of the Sheep proud.

It's hard to believe that Times Square, the crowded, traffic-clogged heart of Hong Kong shopping district Causeway Bay, enjoys some of the city's best feng shui.

But imagine the towering skyscrapers are mountains and the endless procession of cars, taxis and delivery trucks a meandering river and it all begins to make sense, says Kuek.

Causeway Bay benefits from what Kuek calls a "feng shui meridian" between four peaks and it's built atop two "dragon pulses" that flow into Hong Kong in the form of mountain ranges.

It's this that attracts the hordes of free-spending shoppers that make the place a goldmine for retailers and landlords.

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A feng shui tour of Hong Kong