Feng Shui & Astrology

When we want more luck in our lives, we tend to turn to superstitions and other things that make us feel more confident.  In Feng Shui, the elements are some of these lucky items that can help you bring more money and luck into your life.  Here's a tip.

Wood is Good - Another material that is associated with good chi (energy) and money is wood.  By adding pieces of wood or wooden sculptures to the wealth area of your home and rooms, you will be able to create more money energy.  Think about hanging a piece of wood with money symbols or perhaps find a piggy bank that's made of wood to put into your home.  Any wooden piece that you can find and display will help to attract money energy.  You can also use basic pieces of furniture like a coffee table that's made of wood to satisfy this Feng Shui principle.

The question of defining the right Feng Shui front door comes up very often, as in many cases the front door of the house is rarely used.

A back door, a side door or a garage door would be used much more frequently, which makes it important to have these doors infused with good, clean energy for you and your family's well-being.

However, this does not make any of these doors a front door; just a more active door closely connected to your health.

For all Feng Shui purposes, such as defining the bagua of your home, checking the flow of chi, balancing the energy of the male and female sides of the house and more, the main door, or the front door, is the door that was initially designed for the house as the main door.

As with everything, there are many variables to this statement. Generally, unless the house went through a big remodeling project and the main door was repositioned by the architect taking into consideration the house as a whole, the front door is as mentioned above.

In many cases a back door, a side door or a garage door would be used much more frequently, which makes it important to have these doors infused with good, clean energy for you and your family's well-being.

This does not make any of these doors a front door, though; just a more active door closely connected to your health.

What does it mean to have your secondary active doors infused with good energy? Basically, it means having a welcoming secondary entry that you treat well. An entry that looks good, is clean, well-organized and visually pleasing to the eye/well decorated.

As you use that door everyday, on a Feng Shui energy level the way you come into the house and the way you leave the house are very important.

Mirrors are called the aspirin of Feng Shui for a good reason. With the proper placement of mirrors, you can considerably shift the Feng Shui energy flow and create better Feng Shui in a home or office.

A mirror facing the main door is one of the two big taboos in Feng Shui (second one being a mirror facing a bed.)

The reason it is not recommended to have a mirror facing the main door is because the mirror pushes away all the good Feng Shui energy that is about to enter the house.

In Feng Shui it is considered that the house absorbs energy (Chi) through the main door, similar to a human face absorbing nutrition through the mouth. This is why the main door is often called the mouth of a house in feng shui.

Distance will only slightly change the effect of the mirror facing the main door, so if you have a mirror directly facing the main door, best Feng Shui advice is to remove it.

If you cannot remove the mirror, for example if the mirror is built-in and you are renting the place, or if you have mirrored closet doors facing the main door, then you have to look for creative solutions.

Feng Shui always works best when it is applied in a creative and subtle way. So, cover the mirror with some creative applique, for example, or paint over it with a washable paint in a great color.

Other suitable Feng Shui solutions:

• Have a lush, big plant in front of the mirror.
• Tastefully hang a suitable size piece of art over the mirror, be absolutely sure it looks good.
• Have a tall enough piece of furniture centered on the mirrored wall. Again, you have to be sure it looks good.
• Have applique, or decorative stickers on the mirror (Ikea has some great wall or mirror stickers.)

Look for creative ideas to solve your problems, and you will attract good feng shui.

When choosing to purchase a home with a positive feng shui design, there are a few things that should be avoided.

Never have a straight road leading directly to the home's entrance.

Never purchase or build at home that is at the end of a cul de sac or a road.

Never align the front entrance of the home with the stairway leading to the second floor of the home.

Never align the front and back entrances. The back entrance should be out of sight when standing in the front entrance way.

Never purchase or build a home situated on a piece of land that is triangular in shape.

While these rules are ones to avoid when looking for real estate following the art of feng shui, there are also rules pertaining to what a home should possess.

Always choose a home with the greenest and healthiest of grass. Green grass offers positive energy while brown or dying grass heeds a warning to real estate buyers.

Always choose a home that is near to natural wildlife. Natural wildlife is a great source of energy.

Always choose a home with neighbors that are prosperous. Neighbors who have fallen ill frequently or experienced money problems will bring down the Chi of your home.

Always choose a home lot that is square or rectangular in shape.

Staying in one place has never been good advice when it comes to money.  Whether you want to advance in your job to make more money or you want to move to
something new, in order to become more financially stable, you need to grow.  According to Feng Shui, other things need to grow too in order for you to be successful.

Make Sure Things are Growing - Needless to say, if you want to 'grow' wealth in your life, you need to be sure you are keeping the fish and the plants in the money corner of your home alive and well. When you notice that your plant is dying, you want to nurse it back to health or immediately remove it from that area.  Even plants that are browning should be removed or the dried leaves cut off.  You will also want to refrain from adding any dried flowers and cut flowers as these are both symbols of death and dying - not the best choice for improving your money situation.