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How to avoid quarrels, illness, bad moods and bad luck
By Tan Weiyun |
February 7, 2009, Saturday
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FENGSHUI, the Chinese art or practice, is said to utilize the laws of heaven and earth to improve one's life by increasing positive energy, or qi.
The goal is to achieve harmony with one's environment (usually referring to his house and office), and good things are said to flow from concord with the cosmos.
The yearly fengshui updates on the "good" and the "bad" energies according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
Fengshui master Su Baicheng offers some practical fengshui tips for you to decorate your house in a traditional Chinese way in the new Year of the Ox.
Ancient Chinese believed everything is a Taisui, or center, so your house can also be viewed as a Taisui, which has nine directions - east, west, north, south, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and center.
If you stay in a northeastern room for too long, you will suffer from bad moods, causing anxiety and quarrels. So this lunar year green plants and green objects should never be placed in northeast-facing room because green is considered the opposite color of red which is seen by most Chinese as "happy and auspicious."
The way to reconcile and resolve this is to put some pink or purple-red objects in the northeast room or part of a house.
Opposite to the Taisui, the Suipo (the direction where the energy from Jupiter disappears) is in the southwest - northeast to southwest. It is also a bad direction because the energy flows from the Taisui to the Suipo.
Too much activity in the southwest will block the way the energy flows. Things such fish tank or electric fan should be moved away.
It is advised to put metal objects in southwest. A crystal ball is positive, because crystal has a constant energy field and the round shape can turn the energy around and away.
Southeast is the luckiest fengshui sector this lunar year. Red, pink, purple, orange and yellow (all in the same spectrum and meaning happiness) are excellent in your home in this direction. Business people can store financial papers or put a Fortune Cat in the southeast part of a room, which can help bring luck.
The south is a good direction for students. Facing southward can promote mental ability. Children's bookshelves, desks and computers should be in a south-facing room.
The northwest this year is an auspicious direction for those who are looking for love or want to improve their relationships. You can decorate your northwestern room with golden objects or flowers.
The center is a good place to be this year. It radiates enjoyable, happy energy. Warm-colored, warm-feeling objects, such as red carpet, fresh flowers and candles, can help strengthen the already-happy energy. The east is excellent for creativity, arts, entertainment.
Moving objects such as electrical fans shouldn't be placed here as they disrupt the energy flow. Place a jade kylin (auspicious mythical beast, dragon/lion/horse) in this room or direction.
The west is an unlucky location/direction. People spending too much time facing west (in a west-facing room) are vulnerable to ailments. A brass gourd in this room is advised.
According to the theory of five basic elements, illness derives from the earth element but metal subdues the earth and heals. In ancient Chinese culture, a gourd cup was used by a god to catch evil things.
The north is the worst direction/location this year. Disasters or serious diseases can happen in a north-facing area. A pair of brass toads can be placed in this area. Ancient Chinese believed that metal cures while the toad is an auspicious animal that can spit out venom to combat poison and evil.
The goal is to achieve harmony with one's environment (usually referring to his house and office), and good things are said to flow from concord with the cosmos.
The yearly fengshui updates on the "good" and the "bad" energies according to the Chinese lunar calendar.
Fengshui master Su Baicheng offers some practical fengshui tips for you to decorate your house in a traditional Chinese way in the new Year of the Ox.
Ancient Chinese believed everything is a Taisui, or center, so your house can also be viewed as a Taisui, which has nine directions - east, west, north, south, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and center.
If you stay in a northeastern room for too long, you will suffer from bad moods, causing anxiety and quarrels. So this lunar year green plants and green objects should never be placed in northeast-facing room because green is considered the opposite color of red which is seen by most Chinese as "happy and auspicious."
The way to reconcile and resolve this is to put some pink or purple-red objects in the northeast room or part of a house.
Opposite to the Taisui, the Suipo (the direction where the energy from Jupiter disappears) is in the southwest - northeast to southwest. It is also a bad direction because the energy flows from the Taisui to the Suipo.
Too much activity in the southwest will block the way the energy flows. Things such fish tank or electric fan should be moved away.
It is advised to put metal objects in southwest. A crystal ball is positive, because crystal has a constant energy field and the round shape can turn the energy around and away.
Southeast is the luckiest fengshui sector this lunar year. Red, pink, purple, orange and yellow (all in the same spectrum and meaning happiness) are excellent in your home in this direction. Business people can store financial papers or put a Fortune Cat in the southeast part of a room, which can help bring luck.
The south is a good direction for students. Facing southward can promote mental ability. Children's bookshelves, desks and computers should be in a south-facing room.
The northwest this year is an auspicious direction for those who are looking for love or want to improve their relationships. You can decorate your northwestern room with golden objects or flowers.
The center is a good place to be this year. It radiates enjoyable, happy energy. Warm-colored, warm-feeling objects, such as red carpet, fresh flowers and candles, can help strengthen the already-happy energy. The east is excellent for creativity, arts, entertainment.
Moving objects such as electrical fans shouldn't be placed here as they disrupt the energy flow. Place a jade kylin (auspicious mythical beast, dragon/lion/horse) in this room or direction.
The west is an unlucky location/direction. People spending too much time facing west (in a west-facing room) are vulnerable to ailments. A brass gourd in this room is advised.
According to the theory of five basic elements, illness derives from the earth element but metal subdues the earth and heals. In ancient Chinese culture, a gourd cup was used by a god to catch evil things.
The north is the worst direction/location this year. Disasters or serious diseases can happen in a north-facing area. A pair of brass toads can be placed in this area. Ancient Chinese believed that metal cures while the toad is an auspicious animal that can spit out venom to combat poison and evil.
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