GARDENS and Feng Shui

These days any outside space can be turned into an additional room; a garden room; when it is located in the private area of your home.

This makes it ideal for treating exactly the same as you would any room within your home, in terms of creating an auspicious flow of Chi Energy throughout the space, making it the perfect spot to spend time in nature.

This is especially important if you live and work in a city or large town and are not able to spend as much time in the wide open spaces as you would like.

There are two ways of calculating the location of each sector in your garden and home.

The first is using the area around the perimeter of your land (house and garden combined) and the second is splitting your front garden, your home and your rear garden into three distinct sectors.

The first solution can be used if you have direct access from the front of your property to the rear of your property.  In this case you can split the whole of your property into nine sectors.  If your home is located in the middle of your property then the chances are you will have three sectors in the front of your home, three sectors for your home itself and the remaining three sectors in your rear garden.

	Rear Garden
	Centre of Home
	Front Garden

The second solution is recommended if you are unable to reach your back garden from the front of your home.  If this is your situation then you can split the rear garden into nine distinct areas, all based around the primary and secondary points of the compass plus the centre.

	Rear Garden
	Centre of Garden
	Top of Garden
	Home

Once you decide which of the two methods to adopt, the next step is to use the compass to establish the direction your rear garden faces.  As in all calculations of Feng Shui, guesswork is not recommended because it could create negative energies in an area rather than the positive energies you are seeking to achieve.

It can be a haven of peace; a vibrant family fun area; a party area; a Garden of Eden or a water garden.

Trees, bamboo is especially auspicious in the East, plants and flowers, garden furniture, bird feeding stations, seating areas, fire pit, ambient lighting, wind chimes and other decorative items, water features or a vegetable garden; how wide is your vision?

Your choice is limited only by your imagination, the space you have available and to a degree the direction your garden faces.


Next time – H-Health

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Exterior Feng Shui – part 2

In the first part of ‘Exterior Feng Shui’ we talked about looking for negative influences outside your home.

So if you have any of these, what should you do about it?

PROTECT first!

The way to protect your front door is by placing protective animals on either side.

These can be outside (if you have the space) or on the inside facing out.

These animals can be Chinese Fu Dogs, they are a popular protector in the East and also readily available in the west.

If you prefer alternatives, you can use dogs or lions.  Elephants with their trunks down are also protective creatures.

Whichever image you use they will only protect if they are facing outwards.  

Especially in the case of the lion, which is by nature an aggressive animal, if you have them facing inwards they will send negative energy into your home rather than protecting the outside of your home.

Poison Arrows

Coming From

Remedy

North	Place earth objects like boulders, decorative objects, a brick wall between your front door and the poison arrow
Northeast	Place lush green plants between your facing direction and poison arrow
East	Place wind chimes between your facing direction and the poison arrow (the sound of metal on metal will dissipate the negative energy)
Southeast	Place wind chimes between your facing direction and the poison arrow
South	Place a water feature between your facing direction and the poison arrow (in the case of your front door only put water directly in front of the door or to the left)
Southwest	Place lush green plants between your facing direction and poison arrow
West	Place a bright light facing out between your facing direction and the poison arrow
Northwest	Place a bright light facing out between your facing direction and the poison arrow

This is using the destructive cycle to neutralise poison arrows.  If the affliction is less serious, for example you have a poison arrow that is partially hidden by a wall or plants then the exhaustive cycle can be an alternative.

Using plants and flowers, lights, water features, wind chimes or crystals can all help deflect poison arrows away from your front door.

Shiny metallic door furniture can also deflect negative energies to avoid them influencing the energy entering your home.

While the purpose of this is to deflect negative energies away from your home, you don’t inadvertently want to bounce these back towards a neighbouring house, so things like decorative cannons or similar are inauspicious.  

These create their own poison arrow pointing at your neighbour and the purpose of Feng Shui is to be in harmony with your surroundings, not conflict.

The important thing is to create a clean, clear and welcoming area in front of your home to invite positive Chi Energy to enter.

Next time – F-Family and Feng Shui

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Aspirations and Auspicious Feng Shui

What is an Aspiration?
One dictionary definition of ‘Aspiration’ is ‘A strong desire for high achievement, an ambition.’

What does ‘Auspicious’ mean?
One dictionary definition of ‘Auspicious’ is ‘Suggesting a positive and successful future.’


These definitions are very apt in describing the Aspirations identified in the practice of Auspicious Feng Shui.


The Eight Aspirations Formula of Feng Shui recognises eight categories of good fortune; categories said to encompass all areas of life, and when captured allow you to experience a fulfilled and happy existence, free from negative or inauspicious energies (Chi.)  

This Formula is not one of the traditional formulas of Feng Shui however it is a popular formula in the West particularly.

The ‘Eight Aspirations’:	Direction	Enhance with:
Career Luck	North	Water; a Turtle
Education and Study Luck (personal development)	Northeast	Crystal Globe; Light
Family and Health Luck	East	Round leaf plants; Water
Wealth Luck	Southeast	Flowers; Water
Fame and Recognition Luck	South	Fire; the Horse
Love and Relationships Luck	Southwest	Crystals; Fire
Children and Descendants Luck	West	Family pictures; Crystals
Mentor Luck	Northwest	Wind chimes; Crystals

To awaken any of these ‘aspirations’symbolic Feng Shui is used.  Each of the four primary and four secondary locations around the compass are enhanced and activated by objects, images, symbols, pictures, paintings, crystals, water and plants to invite the Luck associated with each area.


This is a basic description of a few of the symbolic enhancers used in Feng Shui. 


Light, sound and movement are also necessary to create active Yang Energy in your home and workplace.


The beauty of this particular practice is that you can activate as few, or as many, of the areas as you desire.


Be greedy, go for all eight! You have much more to gain than to lose.


Not everybody will want all of these, so you get to decide which of the Aspirations is important to you.


If you already have a successful career you may not feel it necessary to activate the North.
If you are finished studying you may not feel it necessary to activate the Northeast.
If you have your family and are currently healthy you may not feel it necessary to activate the East.
If you have wealth you may not feel it necessary to activate the Southeast.
If you have fame and recognition you may not feel it necessary to activate the South.
If you have the perfect Love Relationship you may not feel it necessary to activate the Southwest.
If you have a happy family unit you may not feel it necessary to activate the West.
If you have a mentor, someone who supports you through life, you may not feel it necessary to activate the Northwest.


If you think it isn’t necessary “why not?”


The practice of Feng Shui focuses initially on prevention rather than cure, so by activating the various areas in this way you are protecting what you already have and enhancing for further success in the future.

To the fulfillment of your dreams

LynC

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