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Achieving Your Goals With Feng Shui

You’ve been dreaming of that promotion for a long time now – putting in extra hours, taking on more responsibilities and even sacrificing other commitments to reach your goal.

Feng Shui Career

While your efforts have matched the power of your dreams, have you wondered why the results are slow in coming?

The answer might lie in negative energy flow undermining the power of your dreams, undercutting your hard work and making you feel down.

Take a close look at your self-talk. Are you saying the right things to yourself? For instance, do you have funny t-shirts or posters that may subconsciously negate your intentions?

Now, take a look at your environment. According to the layout of your home or office’s Bagua, is everything in order to amplify your creative cycle? If not, it may be working to destroy your efforts.

Don’t despair; the answer to your problem is at hand. The right Feng Shui approach can work wonders towards helping you achieve your goals.

Power of Words

Words are powerful… and empowering. The words you use will help you harness the Feng Shui energy around you called Chi (or “Qi”) to be used to improve your life.

Regarding those funny t-shirt comments, don’t use words that you don’t actually want to apply.  They may be funny, but do you really want your kid to be “spoiled rotten,” “crazy man,” etc.?

Bad Feng Shui Baby Onesie

Even imagery can have negative connotation.  Having a baby in a skull & bones onesie, for instance, can be toxic for you and them.

The question is, how can you harness Chi to fulfill your goals?

One of the first steps is to note down your goals. Simple, right? Have you done it yet?

Better yet, translate your written goals into visual pictures using a dream board.

Now, place these written goals or your dream board someplace where you can see them daily to reinforce the message.

Be careful not to clutter your space with any and every idea you have. Instead, focus on what is most important and give it a place of prominence. This activity will ensure that you are constantly reinforced with these ideas, improving the energy flow and power of your goals.

The Right Environment

Your dreams might face obstacles due to negative flow of energy in your home or office.

Home Bagua Overlay

Use my website to help guide you to ensure you resolve stairway issues, have your desk setup correctly, and are using color and art to your Feng Shui advantage.

The Bagua of your home is broken down into nine distinctive Guas and you can learn about each of them on my site. Forgetting to give each area some attention will break down the creative cycle of your Chi flow.

After all, as per Feng Shui, it is vital to have the right environment if you are to achieve your goals.

Firing Things Up

Feng Shui Fame & Reputation

Is your Fame and Reputation Area fired up? Make sure this Gua is bright and supports the flame for your recognition.

This is one area, in particular, that I would not ignore. Give it special attention so that you, in turn, will get special attention from others.

Get Help from Others

Make sure that those around you support you and your efforts to achieve your goals. To do this, maximize your use of the Helpful People Corner of your home or office.

In fact, write a couple of notes specifically detailing how people will assist you. Write how your boss will notice your extra efforts at the office. Write how your coworker will start giving you the credit for your successes.

Now, fold up and place these notes in a silver box in your Helpful People Corner. Once your goal has been achieved, swap them out with new notes.

Keep it Positive

There will always be obstacles in your way. They will work to make your dreams more elusive than they actually are.

Dalai Lama

To counteract your obstacles, it might be helpful to reinforce positive and inspirational messages. Instead of thinking dark thoughts, it is more important to seek optimistic ideas and people.  In fact, like me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter to get some periodic inspiration.

Whenever you find a motivating quote that speaks to you, note it down. Better yet, type it out as your email signature as a friendly reminder. You will be surprised how much words can uplift you and your environment.

Next Steps

These are complex matters that need an expert to be addressed. So, even as you focus on the power of words to achieve your goals, it is important to ensure the flow of energy in your home and work space is perfect.

With that said, if you have a t-shirt like this one, get rid of it.

Bad Feng Shui T-Shirt

You deserve to live the life of your dreams. Make sure that your home and office are 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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How to Feng Shui Your Desk

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Last week, I told you that within days of upgrading my desk, a reporter I didn’t previously know asked to highlight it in an upcoming article in Coast Magazine.

Why Feng Shui Your Desk?

Your desk is the domain of your career, which is the gateway to your life path.

Proper Feng Shui should help energy called Chi (or “Qi”) power up your desk as you would have it energize your home.  This energy can amplify your business success, as well as improve various aspects of your life.

Desk Feng Shui

The secret to adding Feng Shui to your desk is all in the Bagua. The Bagua is the center of the Black Hat Feng Shui universe and understanding it is crucial to making sure your desk serves your career goals and life path.

Simply layout your desk as if a Bagua were drawn on top, with the Career Area against the side where your chair sits. If it helps, you can think of your desk broken up like a tic-tac-toe board.

Tic-Tac-Toe Board in Feng Shui ColorWheel250x250

This means that as you sit at your chair, your left hand will touch the Knowledge, Family, and Prosperity/Wealth areas as you reach across your desk.

Likewise, your right hand will touch the Helpful People/Travel, Creativity/Children, and Love areas as it reaches across your desk.

The middle of your desk will be your Health Area and across your desk directly in front of you should be the Reputation/Fame area.

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

The colors and elements (water, wood, fire, earth, & metal) you use should be consistent with those of the respective areas of the Bagua that you would use in your home. Be sure to read up on the Feng Shui Bagua for more information on this.

Symbolism you might use, however, could be relatively unique to you and your profession.

The Bagua Sections of the Desk

Feng Shui Desk Bagua

Career: This area is right in front of you — the bottom center square of your tic-tac-toe board. The primary element is water and the color is black. Ensure this space is clear for new work to flow in. If you have a desk with a glass top, you can insert a picture of a stream of water flowing in. Without a glass top, you can simply tape that picture underneath your desk. You don’t need to see the item for it to help you.

Knowledge: The bottom-left box of your tic-tac-toe board is for knowledge. Blue is the primary color here. You could have books related to your profession in the drawers under or a small bookshelf on this corner of the table. Having something blue here will help you concentrate and make better decisions.

Family: This area can be found in the middle-left box of your tic-tac-toe board. The primary element here is wood and the ideal color is green. Portraits of your family, friends, or colleagues in a wooden frame would be ideal in this side of the desk. Adding green here will help you feel more at ease with your family and coworkers.

Prosperity & Wealth: The upper-left corner of your desk is for prosperity and wealth. Gold, purple, and green are prosperous colors. You should also have elements here that remind you of wealth. A money plant, a picture of a dream home, or some golden trinkets would do the job in this corner.

Reputation & Fame: The top-middle square of your tic-tac-toe board is here. Fire is its dominant element, which is also represented by the color red. Candles and lights are ideal here. Company awards or even your nameplate would also be well-placed here. You should place your business cards in this area.

Love & Relationships: This area can be found in the upper-right corner of your tic-tac-toe board. Pink and love symbols represent this area well. Items in pairs represent love, as well. A photo of your spouse or a hidden description of your ideal mate fits well in this corner. I added a pair of small turtles to signify me and my husband.

Creativity & Children: The middle-right area is where creativity flows. It is represented by metal and black & white items. This is another great spot for pictures of your kids. If you are looking for an infusion of creative energy, add a metal pendulum or a picture of something creative that inspires you, such as the Sydney Opera House for an architect.

Helpful People & Travel: The lower-right corner of your desk is where you call upon the help of others, which we can always use. This is best represented by silver or grey objects. Recent business cards that you have collected or your Rolodex can work well here. Create a handwritten note detailing how someone will help you achieve your goals and hide it in your desk drawer in this corner. Swap it out periodically. You could also place a small globe or pictures of your vacation goal here.

Health: This area falls in the center square in the tic-tac-toe board. Earth is the element here and it is represented by earth tones, especially yellow. You could tape a big round yellow circle under your desk here or have objects signifying the earth, such as a jar of decorative stones. Otherwise, ensure that the center of your desk is clutter-free.

Feng Shui Desk Shapes

  • Rectangle: This shape is ideal for most offices where you want to accomplish individual work. A rectangular desk helps you concentrate.
  • Circle: Circular desks are good for brainstorming and creativity. Thus, they are ideal for group meetings.
  • Curved: If you have trouble concentrating because people are frequently disturbing you, it may be wise to change to a curved desk. If you are inside of the curve, in the concave area, you will concentrate better. The convex area where it curves out will keep others from approaching too often.

Feng Shui Desk Material

Feng Shui Desk Materials

  • Wood: Desks made of wood are sturdy, solid, supportive, reliable, and long-lasting. This is my first recommendation for most job functions.
  • Metal: Desks made of metal are sharp and penetrating. They provide lots of mental energy and concentration, but they can be draining to the body.
  • Glass: A desk made of glass can be very revealing, meaning that you have nothing to hide. However, energy passes through a glass desk very quickly. Be sure to slow the energy with wooden accessories or plants. Glass desks may be ideal for those in sales who want to show customers that they can be open with them.
  • Laminate: Desks made of laminate materials are the vanilla of desks. They do not provide much positive or negative energy.

Feng Shui Desk Colors

Feng Shui Colors

  • Black: A black desk will attract energy inward, which encourages introspection and creates opportunity.
  • Brown: A brown desk stabilizes and strengthens the body, but does not energize the mind.
  • White: A white desk activates the mind, but drains the body of energy.
  • Gray or Metallic: A gray desk gives you more focus, but drains your physical body.
  • Green: A green desk is a good balance of body and mind. It is especially good if you have drawn-out projects.
  • Earth Tones: Lighter earth tones will increase your mental focus, and will drain your physical body of energy less than gray.
  • Bright Colors: Bright colors such as yellow, orange and pink will draw a lot of attention but make the body and mind restless. I suggest bright desks in rare circumstances, such as for reception areas.
  • Wooden Colors: Medium-toned wood colors provide stability and strength to the body. Using lighter tones will help energize the mind. Pine, ash, oak and birch colors should be a good balance while providing just the right amount of contrast with white paper to alleviate visual strain.

Additional Feng Shui Desk Tips

Proportions: Ensure that the size of your desk is proportional to the amount of and space of work you need to do. For instance, if the extent of your work is data entry, you likely wouldn’t need as big of a desk as someone who is an architect with drawings that need to be spread across the desk. Ensure that you can reach everything without allowing your desk to look cluttered.

Strong Foundation: Desks should have strong legs that are built of strong materials. The legs are the foundation of your desk, and thus the foundation of your career and life path.

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Modesty Panel: I usually recommend a modesty panel that prevents someone from seeing your legs from in front of the desk. This provides greater security and establishes boundaries. A desk with an open front might feel more intimate, however, and will allow others to feel more comfortable approaching you. Unless you are in human resources or a pure leadership role, I recommend a modesty panel.

Face Toward the Door: If your desk faces a wall, window, or partition, you need to try to move it. Though employers love to be able to look over your shoulder, it adds stress if your back is to the door. If possible, turn your desk to face the doorway, but do not have it in line with the doorway. In other words, if someone were shining a light straight into your doorway, it would not line up with your desk, but you would be able to see the light coming in.

Windows: Try not to have your back toward windows, as you can be overwhelmed with energy. This may be unavoidable in some circumstances. There are cures to help minimize the effect of windows.

Power Position: Your desk should be in an area of your office where you can see as much of the room as possible.

Keep It Positive: On your desk and in your office should be objects that are uplifting and empowering.

Add harmony and balance to your desk with this handy Bagua mouse pad.  Complete with a description, element and color for each Gua, this mouse pad will help you achieve more health, wealth and luck.

Add harmony and balance to your desk with this handy Bagua mouse pad. Complete with a description, element and color for each Gua, this mouse pad will help you achieve more health, wealth and luck.

Feng Shui Mouse Pad: For a boost of positive Chi and a reminder of how the Bagua should be laid out on your desk, look into getting a Feng Shui mouse pad.

Clutter: There is simply no room in Feng Shui for clutter, especially on or in your desk.

Home Office or Workplace: Be sure to Feng Shui the desk in your home office, as well as the one at your workplace. They both represent your career and your life path in general.

Next Steps

Looking for a Feng Shui consultant you can trust?  Learn a little more about me and how I can help you add harmony and balance to your home or office the Feng Shui way.  Contact me today!

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Photo Credits
Jade plant photo courtesy of Steven Severinghaus via Creative Commons license. Swans photo courtesy of Fredrik Alpstedt via Creative Commons license.

Feng Shui Desk in the Spotlight

Feng Shui even amazes me sometimes.

If you follow me on social media, you may remember that I recently upgraded my desk. So get this…

The Old DeskDesk-Feng-Shui--old

I had a 20-year-old IKEA table with legs (“Gerton,” as they call it). It came complete with nothing… not even a modesty panel to prevent someone from seeing my legs. Gertie, as it came to be known, was the very first piece of furniture that I got on my own. It had served me very well for 20 years.

Emotions aside, it was time to follow the advice that I give my clients and get myself a solid and stable executive desk that will support my growing career.

On the hunt, I saw such a desk at a big office supply retailer. I ordered the desk on Thursday morning and immediately posted my old desk to Facebook saying that it needed a new loving home.

Within five minutes, a friend offered me $40 for the old desk for her son. She had just been looking for one on IKEA’s web site.

The New Desk

My new desk arrived Friday afternoon. My boys stayed up until midnight putting it together for me. I gave it a good wipe down with citrus essential oil and started to Feng Shui my desk top.

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Come Tuesday morning, my phone rings. It’s a writer for a local magazine who wants to interview me for their issue that focuses of health and green living. Guess what her column is called. Seriously… just guess!

“ON THE DESK!!!”

Literally, she writes articles on what is on people’s desks! From CEOs to designers to actors, this writer wants to understand what is on someone’s desk and why. Within a week of getting my new desk, my desk is already getting the spotlight!

I just wanted to share because I grew up with Feng Shui and it still never fails to amaze me. Sometimes, you might not see immediate results, but just know that it’s working…

It’s true, though… even a Feng Shui consultant needs validation every now and then!

Next Steps

Keep your eyes open for an upcoming blog post on how to Feng Shui your own desk. I will also make sure to let you know when the article hits Coast Magazine in January.

Looking for a Feng Shui consultant you can trust?  Learn a little more about me and how I can help you add harmony and balance to your life the Feng Shui way.  Contact me today!

Do you know someone that could use a little Feng Shui advice? Share this post with them on Facebook!

Be sure to register for my email newsletter or like me on Facebook to stay up-to-date with my latest posts.

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Grand and Spiral Staircases in Feng Shui

We’ve all heard that front doors opening directly to stairs are bad for Feng Shui.  In fact, I’ve written about it in a previous post where I described that such designs lead to income problems.

Spiral Staircase - Bad Feng Shui 2

Just as dangerous to a home or office’s Feng Shui is a spiral staircase or even a grand staircase.  I want to get into why they can be so harmful and, of course, give you some remedies.

Feng Shui, translated as “wind-water”, is about harnessing the flow of a natural energy called Chi just as boulders in a riverbed work to temporarily divert the flow of water.

Spiral Staircase Dangers

Spiral Staircase - Bad Feng Shui

When working with home builders, I always recommend against designs with a spiral staircase.  Even though they are an efficient use of sometimes limited space, the benefits simply don’t outweigh the dangers.  Potential buyers conscious of Feng Shui will see a spiral staircase and simply walk out.

Consider a spiral staircase to be like a corkscrew digging into a particular section of the Bagua in the home or office.  Please also keep in mind that each section, or Gua, of the Bagua represents a part of the body.

As an example, a spiral staircase in the middle of a home, or Health Area, will figuratively dig into the heart of the Bagua.  I have found that those living in such a home frequently have health issues related to the heart or blood pressure.

Many spiral staircases are made of metal, which only exacerbates the digging effect.  The same goes for any staircases (spiral or otherwise) with metallic coloring, whether they are gold, silver, bronze, copper, etc.

Any staircase with the color red is morbidly characteristic of blood flowing down the stairs.  Circulatory issues are common with residents of such homes.

Another problem related to most spiral staircases is the empty space between each step, preventing Chi, that natural flowing energy, from rising to the upper levels.  Rather, energy only flows down — and painfully so.

Spiral Staircase Cures

Spiral Staircase - With Feng Shui Cures

What if you have a home that already has a spiral staircase?  Certainly, replacing the staircase isn’t usually financially feasible.

First and foremost, find a creative way to cover the openings between steps.  I suggest using wood because it has the energy of growing up, like a tree.  Feel free to cover it in a fabric, such as carpeting.

Use neutral colors instead of black, red or metallic colors.  It is better to use the colors of plants or trees.

Now, we need to find a way to work against the downward corkscrew energy.  To do this, I recommend the use of lighting and plants.

The lighting should point upward from below, again pushing Chi up the stairs and working against that painfully downward force.

The use of certain plants and trees also move energy upward.  Tall trees based at the bottom of the stairs will do the trick.  Ivy along the railing will further influence the energy to move upward.

Grand Staircase Dangers

Grand Staircase - Bad Feng Shui

Luxury builders often want to utilize grand staircases.  They are beautiful, opulent and, well, grand.  They are also very dangerous to the Feng Shui of a home.

Because of their often circular nature, any energy that flows up the left staircase at the Family Area just goes right back down the right staircase at the Creative Area, completely bypassing half of the second floor’s Bagua.

Thus, grand staircases often prevent Chi from giving life to the upstairs offices and bedrooms representing the Wealth Corner, Fame Area and Relationship Corner.  That’s simply bad for business and bad for the business of love.

The same rules apply here as with other types of stairs — metals and the colors of metals are bad.  Likewise with the bloody effects of red.

When working with builders, I often suggest some very specific modifications to the design to ensure proper energy flow while maintaining the grand effect of the staircase.

Grand Staircase Cures

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Again, what remedies are there to cure a grand staircase that already exists in a home (aside from tearing it out and adding the Helpful People, Career, and Knowledge areas back into the upper floor)?

First, add a red rug at the top of the right staircase.  This works to slow the energy that is attempting to flow back downward.

Second, make sure that you have a large, shiny chandelier above the foyer and another shiny chandelier at the upper floor where the two staircases meet.

To keep with lighting, up-lighting or upward sconce lights along the staircase will help push and keep energy upstairs.

Just as with spiral staircases, you can use tall trees at the bottom and ivy along the edges to help influence Chi upward.  You can even use wood trim designed with the effects of ivy.

Next Steps

Home Bagua Overlay

Generally, it is best to avoid a home with a spiral or grand staircase in terms of Feng Shui.  But, at least there are cures available to improve such designs to minimize their negative effects.

Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper Chi flow in your home or office.

If there is something unique about your stairs or layout, such as scissor-stairs, contact me to inquire about a Virtual Feng Shui Consultation because stairs can be a dangerous element.

Considering a new home?  Take a look at the recent new home projects where my Feng Shui consultation services were utilized.

Do you know someone with a spiral staircase? Share it with them on Facebook!

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Ground Blessing Lessons for the Home

Feng Shui Ground Blessing

Bless the Ground Before Breaking It
Last week, I had the opportunity to perform a great Feng Shui Ground Blessing on a new condo development before the home builder broke ground.

The goal of the ceremony was to re-energize the site and provide success during construction and for the community’s future residents.

The ancient Chinese tradition of Feng Shui encourages harmony and balance by restoring positive energy flow, or Chi, along the creative cycle.

Home builders that are conscious of the energy flow of the land where they intend to build are taking the best interests of future residents seriously.

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

Why a Ground Blessing?
Depending on the prior use of a property, lingering energy can be quite destructive, going the opposite direction of the creative cycle depicted here.

In the case of the ground blessing I did last week, the land was previously used in an unsuccessful commercial venture.

While the energy wasn’t particularly negative in this case, it felt stagnant. In fact, it was so stagnant, I felt that the land had no energy at all.

When I began the process of a rice blessing, the rice sounded like rocks dropping to the ground without any bounce.

By the end of the ground blessing, the rice that I tossed sounded like drops of rain splashing into a pond, a sign that energy had been re-introduced into the creative cycle.

Fortunately, the residents and the home builder will benefit from the ground blessing.

Bless the Home While You Feng Shui It
This lesson can be carried over into the space where we already reside, as well.

When a home or office’s energy is stagnant or negative, it can have far-reaching effects on the residents, including the loss of a job, wealth, health, fertility, etc.

Feng Shui Ground Blessing

Like a Feng Shui Ground Blessing for future construction projects, there are also Feng Shui Ground Blessings for homes and offices that already exist.  Perhaps it is time for a remodel or the land simply has poor Chi.

Additionally, there is something called a Feng Shui Space Clearing for individual homes and offices that would take place in the interior of the home.

Renewing the Energy
A ground blessing and/or a space clearing is effectively like pressing the reset button on the energy flow.

Further, when combined with proper placement of items and colors to coincide with the Feng Shui Bagua in your space, a space clearing will get the creative cycle moving again.

In the case of a prior negative event in your space, such as a tragedy (death, flood, fire, etc.) or financial hardship (foreclosure or short-sale, for instance), Feng Shui’ing your space won’t be enough.

A Feng Shui Space Clearing and/or a Feng Shui Ground Blessing will likely be required to get that energy flowing in the right direction again.

Next Steps
Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to ensure proper Chi flow in your home or office.

If things still feel stagnant for you after following my Bagua advice, contact me to inquire about a Feng Shui Ground Blessing / Space Clearing or a Virtual Feng Shui Consultation because you cannot afford to live without healthy Chi flow.

Do you know someone that has had such hardships in their home? Share it on Facebook!

Be sure to register for my email newsletter or like me on Facebook to stay up-to-date with my latest posts.

Feng Shui in Business Logo Design

The art and science of Feng Shui may be thousands of years old. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t apply it to even the most modern of concepts like logo design.

Of course, proper Chi or Feng Shui energy flow in an office is ideal. But, you also need to complement Chi flow with Feng Shui applied to other areas of the business, such as basic marketing concepts.

I am currently working with a company to help them choose a new logo design to represent their business. As such, I have recently paid a lot of attention to how logos represent businesses in terms of Feng Shui.

Navigating Through Water

King Harbor Brewing LogoI just saw one such logo this past weekend at the grand opening of King Harbor Brewing Co. in Redondo Beach, CA.

Much like people, businesses are born with dominant Feng Shui elements (earth, wind, water, fire or wood). In the case of a brewing company, it might not surprise you that the element is water.

Unfortunately, too much of one element can be overwhelming to the owners and employees of a business. By applying Feng Shui to our logos, we look to complement or channel the dominant element for our benefit.

In the case of King Harbor, they rightly decided to navigate through their dominant water element with a sturdy ship with visible anchors.

The Five Elements
The first thing you must do is determine your business’s Feng Shui element. Some of them are rather easy to determine, while others may require the help of an expert. Here are a few examples:

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

The five elements of water, wood, fire, earth and metal in their creative cycle.

  • Wood: Anything devoted to education, clothing or paper
  • Fire: Anything where creativity, athleticism or food is required
  • Metal: Anything centered around money (banks/accounting) or technology
  • Water: Anything regarding beauty or cleanliness
  • Earth: Anything that has to do with construction, agriculture, or moving/building in the earth

Now that we know the primary Feng Shui element of our business, it’s time to move on with design elements.

Logos and other marketing design principles require special attention to color, shape, images, symbols and other elements.

Stimulate With Color
Color is probably one of the most important aspects to choosing a logo. Color can be used to stimulate a variety of human emotions, such as calming, hunger, excitement, etc.

Feng Shui Colors

It is important to choose colors that will create emotions that are congruent with your product or service and/or support your business.

The use of blue would be a more soothing element to use than red, for instance, when choosing colors for a massage therapy business.

Moreover, a garden center may want to use green or brown, as representative of wood and earth, than red. This is because red is the color of fire, which is destructive to wood.

Choose the Right Shapes
Shapes and imagery are just as important as colors in your logo. Various shapes occur naturally in nature and represent the five elements. For example:

Feng Shui Logo Ideas

When talking shapes, a BBQ restaurant would be better-served with a triangular design in their logo representing fire than a wavy design representing water.

Swisher Logo

A square would only muddy the waters in a cleaning business, which is probably why Swisher Hygiene chose an S in the form of flowing water. The use of fiery red around their S may even help with the disinfecting process!

Final Thoughts
One design element that I frequently see in logos that is contrary to Feng Shui is a line or arc running through the graphic or company name.  Just don’t do it.  It splits your business.

Feng Shui Logo Arc

Whenever possible, use imagery that is empowering, healthy and safe.  Whatever colors and design elements you choose, make sure they are harmonious for your business, customers and employees.  Whatever your logo represents will probably be represented in your business.

So, all ahead full, my beer-brewing friends!

Next Steps
Spend some time learning about the Feng Shui Bagua to learn more about each of the various design points and be creative in using them in your logo.

If you need a little expertise for your business, contact me right now.

Does your business feel stagnant?  Inquire about a Feng Shui Space Clearing or an Office Feng Shui Consultation now because you need your business to be profitable! 

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