Feng Shui tips.
Creating an auspicious home.
Feng shui is both an art an a science according to the Chinese both past and present as well as more recently, global feng shui experts. It is the living practice of the art of geomancy. Initially the invention of the the ancient Chinese, it is now widely practiced in all corners of the world.
If you want to sound like you know what your talking about the word feng Shui itself is pronounced feng shway and relates to the positioning of a building, the arrangement of furniture and fixtures in a home, including all the elements, even to colours, everything in auspicious relation to everything else.
By using some of the basic principles of Feng Shui, you can help make your life a more auspicious one, you can do a few simple things that can help create more balance and harmony within your home or place of work.
By practicing Feng Shui, you can improve your chances of success, bring greater wealth your way, improve your health and be generally a happier person.
Chances are not all of the hints and tips in this article will be of use to you, some will be impractical and others irrelevant, so pick those that are best suited or will benefit you the most and give them a try. There is a comment box at the bottom of this page please feel free to let me know how it worked for you, it may just encourage someone else!
As a sleep aid.
Where and what your bedroom door faces can help or hinder how one sleeps, acording to the principles of feng shui. A bedroom door should NOT face the following;
- A Mirror
- Another door, especially;
- A Kichen door or
- A bathroom door.
- A staircase.
- To sleep with head or foot directly towards the door.
Any of these are to be avoided if possible, if not keep doors closed.
The following list are things you can do in and around the bedroom that are seen as BENEFICIAL;
- For your bed to be opposite the bedroom door, at a diaginal angle, in the corner of the room.
- Use a head for your bed and have it flush against the wall.
- Display peonies in the bedroom, they signify love.
- Keep lighting soft and low.
Things that will hinder a good nights sleep.
- Do not put up pictures of angry or aggressive creatures, paintings featuring water or anything abstract in the bedroom.
- Don't sleep facing away from the door.
- Bedroom doors next to large windows creates bad energy, cover them with thick heavy curtains.
- A reflection of the bed, is seen as a presence of a third party. Make sure no mirrors face your bed.
Show me the money.
Waterfalls bring with them wealth, if you can invest in a property near to one, it will pay off.
If you want to encourage prosperity, go get yourself a water feature!
You can also place an active fish tank or lush green plant in the south east corner of your living room.
Owning nine goldfish, seven being yellow, red or gold and one being black, will bring good luck.
Try planting orange trees at the entrance of your home, oranges signify gold.
Place the 'three legged frog' anywhere in your living room, for a cash injection.
The number 8 is regarded as hugely auspicious, use it when you can.
Areas and there ideal correlative colours.
Area
| Main colours
| Other colours
| Colours NOT to feature
|
|---|---|---|---|
North
| Black and Blues.
| Golds, White and Silvers
| Beiges and Yellows
|
East
| Browns and Greens.
| Black and Blues.
| Golds, Silvers and Whites.
|
South
| Oranges and Reds.
| Greens and Yellows.
| Black and Blues.
|
West
| Greys and White.
| Yellows, Golds and Silvers.
| Oranges and Reds.
|
Northeast
| Beiges and Yellows.
| Oranges and Reds.
| Greens and Browns.
|
Northwest
| Silvers, Golds and White.
| Yellows and Greys.
| Oranges and Reds.
|
Southeast
| Pale Greens.
| Pale Blues.
| White and greys.
|
Southwest
| Beiges and Yellows.
| Oranges and Reds.
| Browns and Greens.
|
