Thursday, 25 July 2013

Feng Shui Home - Home Staircase

Staircase - Going Up-Going Down!

Unless you live in a single-storey property you will have at least one staircase in your home.

This time around we are not talking about external stairways but those that transport Qi between the ground and first floor of your interior living space.  You may have your living area on the ground floor which is the more usual situation, or you may have your sleeping area on the ground floor with your living space on the first floor.  Whichever layout you have will be influenced by the location of your staircase.  The quality of the Qi you experience will depend on the layout of your home.

What is it you see when you open your front door from the outside looking in?  Do you have an open space allowing the Qi to enter; gather and spread slowly and harmoniously throughout the space?  Do you have a long straight hall forcing the Qi to move straight forward quickly and aggressively, rather like a poison arrow? 

Or do you have a staircase?  And does it go up or down?  Is your staircase in full view of your main door?  Is your staircase straight, curved, split or spiral?  How does this affect the flow of Qi in your home?

A staircase going down indicates difficulties for the occupants.  Eventually you may have to leave the house or you may experience blocks to accumulating wealth.  Like water that flows downwards, Qi will flow down away from your living area.  Water represents wealth in Feng Shui so a downward staircase represents positive Qi flowing away from the main living spaces.

There are a lot of questions to consider and their answer will depend greatly on the quality of Qi you experience in both the lower and upper levels of your home.

Ideally, your staircase is located away from your main door, to one side or the other.  Ideally you will have an open space inside your front door which will allow the Qi entering to accumulate and move harmoniously through your ground floor as well as up the staircase and into the upper level/s of your home. 

Knowing that Qi moves appropriate to its surroundings, if you have a staircase directly in front of your main door where is the Qi destined to go?  Up the staircase!  This will impact on the Qi in your lower and upper floors.

If your staircase is in front of your main door the Qi will enter through the door and immediately head up the stairs.  This means your ground floor will be lacking positive Yang Qi and may have a build up of negative Yin Qi, especially if the house is empty during the daytime.  If this coincides with a straight staircase the Qi heading upwards will be fast and aggressive when there is nothing to slow it down.  If you have a door, such as your bedroom door; your sanctuary; directly facing the top of this straight staircase the Qi entering your place of peace and rest, will be fast and aggressive; not conducive to serenity and tranquility.

Next time we will look at different types of staircase in the home and their influence on the movement of Qi.

To the fulfillment of your dreams             

LynC

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