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5 Feng Shui Tips to Invigorate Your Space Today
Do you love being home? Oftentimes, our homes are a reflection of who we are, but not many people realize that your surroundings can affect your energy, your mood, and even your luck.
Feng Shui is a system of harmonizing with your surroundings. Rather than relying solely on style, Feng Shui focuses on matching your home with your intentions. It’s all about giving a positive energy boost to you and the areas where you spend most of your time.
Here are five easy and effective tips to breathe new life into your space and help you feel fresh and energetic at home.
1. Have a Clear Purpose
Know what you want from life. See it, feel it, and know that it will come to be with a little hard work. Being completely open to what the universe has in store for you and seeing everything as a potential opportunity for personal success is key to achieving positive chi or energy in your home or personal space. Positive energy flow is what Feng Shui is all about.
2. Amplify the Call of Nature
The English translation for Feng Shui is “wind and water” Open those blinds, shades, or curtains and look around you. Listen to the birds sing. Open your windows and breathe in the energy of Mother Nature. In Feng Shui, birds are powerful symbols of new opportunities, abundance and good luck, but that isn’t all. Birds also symbolize love and commitment. With all of these wonderful virtues, why not put a bird feeder or bath outside your window and invite their energy to join you? You can even find what birds you are drawn to and add photos or sculptures of them into your decor.
3. Bring the Outdoors In
Get your green thumbs ready because in Feng Shui, plants represent abundance and wealth. They symbolize growth and health, not to mention they’re beautiful to look at. Caring for and seeing them thrive is invigorating for us as well, and they reciprocate by breathing refreshing energy into our homes. They add moisture to the air and eat toxins. So don’t be afraid to bring some of the outdoors in!
4. Light Force
Have you ever felt energized when walking outdoors on a sunny day? This is because light is the strongest manifestation of energy and can help balance the flow of chi in any space. A dark space will have a lack of life force, while light will give you the positive energy boost you seek. So open up those blinds to let the sunshine in, invest in better, brighter lighting indoors and let the force be with you, always.
5. One Step at a Time
Are you ready to feel the benefits of Feng Shui all around you? It may seem overwhelming, but taking it week by week can make it so much easier. Make one small change each week. Bring in one element, like a plant or water fountain, to help the energy flow in your home. Additionally, things like decluttering your space can make a huge difference on how your home looks and how you feel. That clutter is bogging down your chi energy and your life.
Next Steps
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Feng Shui Your Holiday Gift Giving
Who knew it was bad Feng Shui to give knives as a gift because it signaled cutting the relationship? Or that giving an empty wallet or handbag, even if they’re the latest designer must-haves, signals lack of wealth? Before you buy another thing, check these tips on how to Feng Shui your gift giving this holiday season.
If you’re going to give a wallet, handbag, pretty box or dish as a gift, put something in it such as cash or a picture of gold bricks or diamonds to bring prosperity to the recipient.
As for knives, they’re never a good idea as a gift. If you receive a gift of knives, you should immediately give a coin to the person who gave them to you so that you’re symbolically buying the gift and neutralizing its effects. I’ve seen and heard stories of relationships going sour after a gift of knives entered the picture.
Wind chimes make an excellent gift since they give off positive energy wherever they’re placed.
Live plants with rounded leaves in red pots symbolize prosperity and are a simple, economical and excellent gift to give for the holidays.
Avoid the temptation to give watches, even smart watches. Timepieces signal that time is running out and the recipient has a limited life span. That’s definitely not a message you want to convey.
For a special friend or romantic partner, give precious stones, such as diamonds or sapphires, for health and longevity. After all, who doesn’t want a beautiful precious stone as a holiday gift? A more affordable gift that’s fun and powerful is a red box filled with coins or a red envelope filled with cash that the recipient can put under their bed to bring prosperity and wealth into the New Year.
When giving plants, stay away from spiky plants, roses that have not been de-thorned, or any plants that can ‘pierce’ the relationship. A rose with a smooth stem shows the relationship is friction free and is okay to give.
Good professional gifts include wine, which is a symbol of prosperity, or champagne, which is a symbol of celebration. Sweet fruits and desserts, which are symbols of a sweet life, also make excellent gifts.
No matter what holiday gift you’re giving, wrapping makes all the difference because the first impression sets the tone and influences the experience for the receiver. Red is a color of power & fame and gold symbolizes wealth & prosperity, so wrap gifts using paper and ribbon with those colors.
Even if the recipient knows nothing about Feng Shui, it shows them they’re important to you because you took the time to wrap their gift in beautiful, elegant colors. It shows respect.
And if you bought any of the gifts on the bad Feng Shui list, there’s always time to take them back and get something else. Happy shopping and happy holidays!
Next Steps
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Feng Shui Your Holiday Table for Harmony This Season
For those who dread the arguments that tend to come with family holiday celebrations, know that it doesn’t have to be that way.
Here are some tips on how to Feng Shui your home and holiday table for harmony and happiness this season.
When families or friends are visiting for an extended period over the holidays, it’s important not to give up your “power positions.”
Keeping your power positions enables you to keep your guests from overstaying their welcome or meddle in your business. The first step in keeping your power position is not giving up your master bedroom or any of the bedrooms that are at the back part of the house.
It might take creativity if the guest room is in the back of the house. If this is your situation, before guests arrive, try to swap out the guest room for the home office or set up an inviting area that can be used as a temporary guest room toward the front of the home so that guests will feel welcome and your power position will be protected.
When determining your holiday table setting, always seat the head of the household at the head of the table. It’s also important to use fancy china because you are gathering with family and friends who are your most prized “possessions,” and who should never be served on paper plates.
Also if possible, avoid decorating with furniture that has sharp corners pointing to where everyone is sitting. The best furniture items would be round or oval tables, which naturally do not have edges. In Feng Shui, if furniture corners point a straight path to someone, we envision poison arrows shooting out of those corners and creating bad energy. You definitely don’t want to seat family and friends in that path of bad energy. Also, make sure there are no heavy decorative items that are above people’s heads because those decorations create nervous energy and encourage heavy conversations to flow.
Put all these tips to use and watch your holiday become a lot more harmonious!
Next Steps
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2016 Year of the Fire Monkey
What will my year be like? What is my fortune for 2016? Will I find love, wealth and a better job in 2016?
2016 is the year of the Fire Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac, or Lunar Calendar. The Chinese New Year doesn’t officially begin until February 8th this year, but that shouldn’t keep us from getting prepared right now!
The elements for the Year of the Monkey are Metal and Water. Metal is connected to gold. Water is connected to wisdom and danger. Therefore, we will deal with more financial events in the year of the Monkey. The Monkey is a smart, clever, and attentive animal. If you want to have good return for your money investments, then you need to outsmart the Monkey.
Metal is also connected to Wind. That implies the status of events will be changing very quickly. Think twice before you leap when making changes for your finance, career, business relationship and love relationships.
2016, like any other year, will not be the same for everyone. Just look at your friends and family. Some had a great 2015, while it may have been awful for others. We need to break it down by when you were born – the more precise, the more descriptive the fortune.
Here is general snapshot of 2016 for each of the Chinese Zodiac signs. Please note that I can provide more detail if you give me your accurate birth date and time. If you are interested, please learn more about a Birth Date Numerology Analysis. You will get a month-by-month breakdown of your year specific to you.
These Chinese Zodiac forecasts are good little guidelines to see how you should be presenting yourself in 2016 and how you should arrange your home to make sure you are boosting the energy you need and protecting the areas that need protecting, like the Wealth Corner of your home.
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Born in the Year of the Rat: For people who are born in the year of the Rat, the year of the Monkey will be a good interactive year for you. If you are looking for a job, learning some new skills may be beneficial to you. So be sure to beef up your Knowledge Corner. If you are looking for a promotion, you may receive some support from your co-workers. Enhance your Helpful People Corner. You have opportunities to increase your wealth, and this is a good time for loving relationships, as well as social ones.
Born in the Year of the Ox: The Year of the Monkey can be good for Year of the Ox to build a good reputation. Year of the Monkey will create opportunities for career development. It’s time to put worries and concerns aside to accept your career challenges. Money opportunities are there, but you will need to work hard for them. This is a good year to build your social relationships, but be careful not to get into arguments with others. As long as you would stand out to prove your ability, the opportunity can bring you anywhere. Boost your Fame & Reputation Area and your Career Area.
Born in the Year of the Tiger: If you were born in the Year of the Tiger, you may face some bumps in your career. You will have to use your experience and knowledge to solve some problems. This is not a good year to make career changes. Try to stay away from getting into arguments with your loved ones. You will need to be patient with your career and the people who are around you. Work on your Love & Relationship Corner, as well as your Knowledge Corner.
Born in the Year of the Rabbit: The Year of the Monkey is a great business relationship year for people who are born in the Year of Rabbit. People will seek you out for career opportunities or business relationships, so make sure your Career Area is in order. Your reputation will help you to create money making opportunities. Boost your Fame & Reputation Area for even better results. Your relationships with others are strong and everything will seem like it’s coming your way. Overall, you’ll like your results from this year.
Born in the Year of the Dragon: Year of the Monkey gives great new opportunities for people who are born in the Year of the Dragon. This year will bring Dragons wealth and happiness. Your career opportunities should bring you good friendships, as well. This will be a good fortune year as well as for your loving relationships. Ensure everything is in good order in your Career Area, Wealth Corner and Love & Relationship Corner to maximize your returns this year.
Born in the Year of the Snake: For the Year of the Snake, the Year of the Monkey will become a good assistant to the Snake. You will have opportunities for career and money luck, as well as a good loving relationship. When opportunity knocks, make sure to answer it. Make the most of 2016 by boosting your Career Area, Wealth Corner and Love & Relationship Corner.
Born in the Year of the Horse: For people who are born in the Year of the Horse, your workload and responsibility will increase in 2016. That’s a good sign for your career development. Your income will grow in direct proportion to the efforts you put into your career. The main topics of your social networks will focus more on career and finance. The Year of the Monkey should bring good fortune to you. If you set yourself up right, fame and wealth are coming your way. Make sure you pay special attention to your Career Area, Wealth Corner and Fame & Reputation Area to maximize your year.
Born in the Year of the Sheep or Goat: For the Year of the Sheep, this is the time to encourage yourself to show your knowledge, experience and wisdom to others. Your talents and experience will win you respect and build your reputation. Respect your love partner and be more attentive to their feelings. Focus on your Knowledge Corner, Fame & Reputation Area and Love & Relationship Corner to enhance 2016 for you.
Born in the Year of the Monkey: For those actually born in the Year of the Monkey, being in the Year of the Monkey could keep you very busy without much reward. You have lots of competitors this year. You need to stay humble and keep a polite attitude. Try to stay away from making huge financial investments. Build good relationships with others by showing courtesy and humility. Focus on your Career Area and Love & Relationship Corner this year.
Born in the Year of the Rooster: For the Year of Rooster people, the Year of the Monkey means career changes. You will spend lots of time and energy on your job. Stay away from financial investments where others are pressuring your investment. You will feel the pressure from love relationships as well, so make sure you spend time with your close friends and family. The potential for unexpected pressure is out there, so be careful of your choice of words to make it a calm year for you. Just make sure you do what you need to do in your Career Area and Family Area. Before making any significant career moves, find out which months are best for you with a Birth Date Numerology Analysis.
Born in the Year of the Dog: If you were born in the Year of the Dog, you will find your career luck to be quite stable. You should work with a creative partner to assist you, if you need help with your projects. Just make sure to share your workload rather than put all of the pressure on your partner. If you are offered a promotion or new job offer, it may be a good time to accept the new career challenge. Make sure to save up your money when it comes in for some later rainy days. Work on your Career Area and Wealth Corner to maximize 2016 to your benefit.
Born in the Year of the Pig: For Year of the Pig people, your career luck is good this year. Your job may feel easy for you, but make sure to stay alert. Any negligence could ruin your reputation and career development. It may seem like there are lots of changes coming your way, so try to stay humble and level-headed. Your relationships with others are great. Those around you are caring and will give you the support you will need emotionally as long as you stay humble. Boost your Career Area, Fame & Reputation Area, and Helpful People Corner for a great 2016.
Use these Chinese Zodiac forecasts as a guideline to make sure that your home has good Feng Shui to support the energy it needs to boost or protect your energy.
Next Steps
Again, if you want a month-by-month detailed analysis of 2016 based on your birth date and time, please learn more about a Birth Date Numerology Analysis. This is especially important if you are looking to make big changes this year.
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Mirrors in Feng Shui
Mirrors have a very interesting relationship with Feng Shui. Of course, they’re great at making rooms seem more spacious and seem to amplify light. In Feng Shui, they are a symbol of the water element and we can utilize their incredible ability to reflect virtually everything, including Feng Shui energy called Chi (or “Qi”).
Often used as a cure for a variety of Feng Shui challenges, mirrors are used to reflect and direct both positive and negative Chi energy however we see fit.
But, where do we want that energy to go? Well, that all depends on the area of the home we’re trying to enhance.
Using Mirrors Outside
As I have highlighted in previous posts, certain types of mirrors can be used to deflect negative energy coming from a neighbor’s front door aligned with yours, used to deflect overwhelming energy at a T-intersection, and can deflect churning energy on a cul-de-sac or corner lot.
Place your convex Bagua mirror above your door on the interior wall facing toward the street. Yes, you won’t actually see the mirror.
As a quick cure for any of the above, the best choice is to simply place a convex Bagua mirror above your front door facing the street (such that the reflection virtually goes through your wall).
Now, let’s discuss how we use mirrors at various locations inside the home.
Mirrors in the Bedroom
Never place a mirror where it will face a bed. Think of a mirror as a magnifying glass that will amplify energy flow toward your body as you sleep. One problem with this is that it causes restlessness.
Worse, many of my clients that previously had mirrors facing their bed complained of pain such as headaches, leg aches or stomach cramps — which had been exactly where their mirrors were facing. Remove the mirror and voila! No more pain.
Again, never have a mirror that faces those sleeping in the bed, even on the ceiling (sorry guys). In fact, it is best to leave mirrors out of bedrooms altogether.
Mirrors in the Bathroom
Water is the dominant element in a bathroom. Mirrors enhance your space and allow you to get a perspective on yourself. We often look in the mirror to improve ourselves, right? Well, we might as well improve every part we can.
Thus, I suggest a full-length mirror in the bathroom, such that its reflection does not cut off any parts of your body.
Mirrors in Bagua Areas
Some Bagua areas will benefit from mirrors more than others. In particular, mirrors are good to use in the Career & Life Path Area (but not toward your front door), Family Area, and Wealth & Prosperity Corner.
Try to use corresponding colors, materials, and shapes for the mirror and its frame when possible. For example, use a vertical rectangular mirror with a green and/or wooden frame in the Family Area.
Avoid using mirrors of any kind in your Fame & Reputation Area, as this will extinguish your fire element that is necessary here.
Best Practices
Placing a mirror at your front foyer toward your front door is bad because it pushes back all of the Chi entering your home, preventing it from energizing your house.
Avoid having mirrors that face each other. This can create a barrier that will stop energy from flowing through your home.
Don’t overdo it with mirrors, especially all in one place. Sometimes, less is more.
Replace chipped or cracked mirrors. Relationships are negatively affected by broken mirrors.
Give children full-length mirrors to improve their self-esteem.
Unless your fireplace is in the Fame & Reputation Area of your home, you may want to douse it with figurative water. Hang a mirror directly over your fireplace to neutralize its effects.
Adding some plants near a mirror will rejuvenate and enhance the flow of Chi energy through your surroundings.
Mirrors should always be framed around their edges.
Next Steps
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Feng Shui Cul-de-Sac Cures
It is well-known that the Feng Shui for a cul-de-sac home is bad. Though I typically advise against living in such a home, I have figured out how to make lemonade out of lemons (or good Feng Shui out of bad, in this case).
In years past, home builders could charge a premium for homes at the end of cul-de-sacs. With more buyers aware of Feng Shui, that is simply no longer the case.
Unaware buyers may covet a home on a cul-de-sac because it provides a larger lot and reduced drive-through traffic so that children can play. Unfortunately, many of those who have lived in a cul-de-sac home have paid the price in more ways than one.
Basic Feng Shui Advice
When possible, avoid cul-de-sac homes. It’s really that simple.
When I work with home builders, I advise against site plans that include cul-de-sacs, especially in Feng Shui aware areas, because they typically have to reduce their price to sell the homes. Moreover, city planners avoid them because they promote a reliance on cars, as public transportation is more difficult to service these areas.
If you are looking at purchasing a home on a cul-de-sac, I would advise against it because the overwhelming energy you will experience is chaotic and stale.
But what if you already own and live in a cul-de-sac home?
Most of my clients living in cul-de-sac homes came to me experiencing problems making and keeping money and have had poor health. Fortunately, I solved their problems, just as I will for you.
Own a Cul-de-Sac Home? Your Options
If you already live in a home on a cul-de-sac, you have essentially two Feng Shui options:
1. Sell the home, likely to someone who is not aware of Feng Shui.
2. Harness and transform the Feng Shui energy flowing to your home such that it can nourish you rather than deplete you. This isn’t the easy option, but it is sometimes the only option given individual situations.
I am going to focus on the second option so that we can work on some cures to your cul-de-sac Feng Shui.
Negative Chi of Cul-de-Sacs
First, let’s talk about why cul-de-sac homes have such bad Feng Shui.
While any home on a cul-de-sac is bad Feng Shui, the homes in the red area get the fastest moving negative Chi.
Think of a street like a river, where water flows down from a source. Chi (or Qi) is water’s equivalent, flowing down a street from its source toward your cul-de-sac. Chi is Feng Shui energy. Just like water, it can be clean and refreshing or dirty and unhealthy.
Water nourishes while it also erodes. It provides life-giving energy to plants while also slowly eating away at the banks of the river. Chi works in much the same way, as it provides life-giving energy to you in your home, it also erodes your Bagua over time.
As water flows to a dam, it churns chaotically and over time gets stale. Sediment collects, creating mud that grows like a cancer. So, too, does Chi as it flows to a cul-de-sac. While the energy is worst at the home at the end of the cul-de-sac, all of the surrounding homes must share dirty, chaotic and stale energy that erodes at their Baguas over time.
Energy that makes its way into your cul-de-sac home is not calm, refreshing energy that you need to kickstart the creative cycle of your Bagua. Instead, it is fast, chaotic, used up energy that needs to be slowed, regulated and refreshed.
Energy Transformation
If you intend to live in a home at a cul-de-sac (or a home on a T-intersection or dead end), improve its incoming Feng Shui energy much as you would regulate and filter dam water for drinking.
Start by slowing the energy coming at your home. Do this by utilizing landscaping effects such as tall shrubs, walls, fences or even sturdy posts near your front curb (this also helps prevent unsuspecting car drivers from ending up in your living room).
Next, add some water and wind features between the tall curbside landscaping and the doorway. Try utilizing a pond, pool, birdbath, or water fountain. Any calm water feature will do. You could also add a windmill or other moving garden elements. Adding these elements filters and refreshes your incoming Chi.
You can use Feng Shui to protect your home from negative energy by adding strong posts and refresh the energy with a water feature.
Now, create a winding pathway from the cul-de-sac to your front door that navigates its way through the landscaping effects at the curb and through your water or wind features to your doorway. This re-creates the calm flowing river effect, with your new filtration system working to slow and refresh the Chi.
Ensure that your doorway and the front of your home is well-lit. Depending on your home, you may want to paint your door a particular color. These steps attract positive Feng Shui energy.
As I suggest with T-intersection homes, try using a convex Bagua mirror at your doorway to bounce away any negative energy that sneaks through. It doesn’t need to be visible from outside.
Place your convex Bagua mirror above your door on the interior wall facing toward the street. Yes, you won’t actually see the mirror.
Lastly, make sure you have followed all of the steps to Feng Shui the inside of your home according to the Bagua. Doing so will ensure that your career, relationships, wealth, love, health and all other areas of importance are well-nourished by your newly-refreshed Chi.
Next Steps
You deserve to live a life of abundant wealth and health. Make sure that your home is providing for you.
If you run into any problems along the way or are looking for some professional guidance, contact me. I pride myself in adding harmony and balance while not making it look like a Chinese restaurant exploded in your home. You can get a consultation in-person or virtually via video chat.
I am a 3rd generation Feng Shui expert and have helped thousands of people add harmony and balance to their homes and offices the Feng Shui way. As your consultant, you will be able to get one-on-one advice for how to attract positive energy and improve your life with Feng Shui. I offer in-home and virtual services. Contact me today!
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