Home Harmony with Feng Shui



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Feng Shui is based upon the Ancient Chinese philosophy that humans are a part of a natural order, a part of the earth and affected by the sun, planets and cosmos. Detailed applications of this philosophy grew through observation and recordings of natural patterns in nature. Feng Shui provides tools to examine aspects of energy that planet earth contains, magnetic energy, and electrical energy, gravity fields. All energy fields widely accepted and utilised in metro physical science today.  Main stream science concedes that all energy fields interact. Ancient Chinese philosophy shows us that this was well understood and practiced long before modern science.

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There are many aspects to Feng Shui, far too many to cover here.  So I have only outlined a few of the basics. However if you are interested it is important to select a reference book that suits you, written by an experienced professional in the field. Some texts have great visual diagrams and examples and lay out the information into tables. This makes the information much easier to understand and apply to your home and life.

Click below to see these examples by Lllian Too. 




The complete illustrated guide to Feng Shui
by Too - HarperCollins

168 Feng Shui Ways to a calm & Happy Life

So what’s it all about...

 

The Compass School

The Compass School using the Luo Pan or Geomancer’s Compass identifies the position of all the energy points.  This rather complicated compass contains anywhere from 10 to 35 rings of information that guides the experienced Feng Shui practitioner on auspicious locations and harnessing the energy flow...but how can you try to incorporate some Feng Shui practice into your home or work place on your own.


Try these simple approaches...

Energy Lines

It is important in Feng Shui to harness auspicious energy, referred to as  ‘the dragons cosmic breath’ through creating meandering energy flow through your home. This requires eliminating or addressing ‘killing breath’ or ‘poison arrows’ being structures, pointed objects or objects with a threatening or imposing appearance .

Poison arrows can be remedied by hanging a small mirror in the line of the poison arrow, planting a tree or a bush in the sight line, hanging a windchime or mobile between the home and the poison arrow.

Mongolian Mezzo Windchime. Click to view price

Land Form School and Good Fortune Symbols

The Land Form School is one of the oldest practices of Feng Shui. Aligning a building or home with the beneficial energies would ensure health, wealth and prosperity for the owner and protection, stability and security for and within the home. Ideally under this philosophy the home would be situated facing the south, surrounded by the four animals. There are four animals that symbolise the varying aspects of the surrounding environment being:

- The Tortoise (protection)  The Black Tortoise to the north (being hills, a large tree, a fence or building)
- On either side the White Tiger and Green Dragon (Stability/the armchair protection). These should be in balance. They may be represented with hills, trees, stone wall or fence.
- In the front of the building is the Pheonix (protection) low laying hills, a rockery or small wall.

Two main methods to evaluate your homes Feng Shu

There are 2 ways to evaluate and address your homes energy through Feng Shui, so which is correct? According to fengshui-consultants.uk.com.. “Both of them!” they go on to explain "There are two 'Marriage' areas in a building for instance, one located by the PaKua and one located by the BaGua. Occasionally they coincide, and then that area is doubly powerful in its effects. For instance we’ve noticed that where the rear left corner of a building is missing (Wealth on the Bagua) and that is also in the Southeast (Wealth on the Pakua), those buildings often have weaknesses where money is concerned."

This certainly encouraged me to try both techniques to establish if there are any seriously flawed sectors in my home.  

The Eight Life Aspirations of the Pa Kua

This divides your home or plot of land into 8 distinct sectors. The Pa Kua is lined up using the magnetic compass so that “Career & Business” is centred on Magnetic North.  You can use this tool to identify auspicious areas in your home that will help to enhance different aspects of your life and home activities.

PRINT THIS OUT AND MAKE NOTES ONE HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE THESE
SECTORS OF YOUR HOME USING THE TIPS BELOW.

How to Enhance the Eight Life Aspirations of the Pa Kua  

Maximising these sectors in your home might mean undertaking activities that match with sectors in that particular area of the home. Although that is not always possible you may incorporate symbols representing the sectors and align colours and elements to complement the sector. For example in the East (Family, relationships and health sector) Locating your living room, kitchen, play room might be beneficial. Placing symbolic enhancers such as plants and flowers, tree branches, using the colour green or brown may all contribute to creating an auspicious environment. The table below helps identify the sector, symbolic colour and elements and the enhancers that might assist in improving that area.

Direction	Sector	Element	Elemental Colours  to incorporate into Decor	Examples of how to Enhance this area.
East	Family, Relationships, Health	Trees (Big Wood)	Green Brown	Round mirrors, Chimes and Crystals, Keep Clean and Organised, Crane, Peach, Represent the harmony of 5 elements 1. Fire, Candle, Lamp 2. Wood, Plants, flowers 3. Earth, Crystal, stones 4. Metal coins, metal sculpture, wind chimes 5. Water, crystal or glass vase
South East	Wealth & Prosperity	Plants (Small Wood)	Green	Gold fish, Fresh flowing water, Money Tree or figurine, Coins or gold ornaments, this area should be made to feel luxurious
South	Recognition & Fame	Lights (Fire)	Red	Awards and trophies, degrees, certificates, posters, paintings and visions boards, quotes and affirmations, lamps, Candles, fire, Dragon, Eagle, Horse
South West	Marriage Prospects & Marital Happiness	Globe Mountain (Big Earth)	Beige Yellow	Double happiness symbol, keep room clean and clutter free, pictures of the couple, hang crystal in window, crystal globe, pairs of animals
West	Luck of Children	Metallic Objects (Small Metal)	White Silver Gold	Ornamental eggs, elephants, fruit, pictures or figurines of children, Dragon
North West	Presence of helpful people and mentors	Metallic Objects (Big Metal)	White Silver Gold	Pictures of friends, relatives and mentors, inspiring quotes, Hand sculpture, wind chimes
North	Career Prospects	Aquarium Ponds (Water)	Black Blue	Self portrait, certificates, awards, degrees, diplomas, professional equipment and/or office equipment Lamps, add yellow and gold colours for money, motivational and success images and posters
North East	Education (Knowledge & Wisdom)	Mountain (Small Earth)	Beige	Crystals, crystal globes, earth globe,  Earth elements, pottery, tiles, bricks, ceramics, pictures of landscapes, mountains with a waterfall,

 

Note: It is believed that crystals absorb energy, they should be taken outside to cleanse in the sun as they will have absorbed negative energy.
 
Try these enhancers...

 
Family, Relationships, Health
Round mirrors, Chimes and Crystals, Keep Clean and Organised, Crane, Peach, Represent the harmony of 5 elements 1. Fire, Candle, Lamp 2. Wood, Plants, flowers 3. Earth, Crystal, stones 4. Metal coins, metal sculpture, wind chimes 5. Water, crystal or glass vase.




 

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Crystal Grand Cascade
Ice. Click for price  Shop for Garden Decor - Windchimes, Bells and Gongs from WindChime.com! Crystal Grand Cascade Ice. Click for price

The Campania Cast Stone Platia Garden Terrace Fountain.
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Wealth & Prosperity
Gold fish, Fresh flowing water, Money Tree or figurine, Coins or gold ornaments, this area should be made to feel luxurious. This area should be clean and organised.



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Recognition & Fame
Awards and trophies, degrees, certificates, posters, paintings and visions boards, quotes and affirmations, lamps, Candles, fire, Dragon, Eagle, Horse.





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Eagle lamp. Click to view price

 



Mats Jonasson's Crystal Dragon - click to view price  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
Marriage Prospects & Marital Happiness

Double happiness symbol, keep room clean and clutter free, pictures of the couple, hang crystal in window, crystal globe, pairs of animals.
   



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Crystal globe light. Click to view

Crystal ball knobs for cupboards and doors. Click to view


Luck of Children
Ornamental eggs, elephants, fruit, pictures or figurines of children, Dragon.
  


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Sculpture. Click to view price

Sitting elephant. Click for price

 
 Presence of helpful people and mentorsPictures of friends, relatives and mentors, inspiring quotes, Hand sculpture, wind chimes.







Hand of Buddha. Click for price      

 





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Career Prospects
Self portrait, certificates, awards, degrees, diplomas, professional equipment and/or office equipment, lamps, add yellow and gold colours for money, motivational and success images and posters.

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Education (Knowledge & Wisdom)
Crystals, crystal globes, earth globe, Earth elements, pottery, tiles, bricks, ceramics, pictures of landscapes, mountains with a waterfall.

 

 

Bagua

‘Ba’ means eight and ‘gua’ means sectors or sections. The Bagua is a more modern version of Feng Shui. The Bagua can be used as a design tool and should be lined up on the wall containing the main entrance. You always align the BaGua so that the “8 1 6” side is aligned with the wall which contains the front door.

If you are really keen you can go on to explore the 5 elemental shapes and how they can influence the good energy, then also your personal P Kua number and your homes number. Two books worth a read are ‘The complete illustrated guide to Feng Shui’ by Lillian Too and ‘The Feng Shui Garden’ by Gill Hale.
  

If you have an iphone or smart phone there are plenty of Apps you can install on your phone to help you with applying the Feng Shui principles in your home.