Feng Shui Basics

Dec 01, 2009 10:54

As people on my f-list know, I'm trying to eradicate a harmful ex from my life and with that effort has come the urge to redecorate the place we used to share. Obviously, step one is GET RID OF HIS STUFF!!! Working on that. I'm going to be boxing it up over the next week or so; he can send a 3rd party to pick it up, or if he doesn't have one, I have his dad's number and I'll see if he's willing to have it shipped to him. I've been looking into Feng Shui ideas to redecorate, and since the site I found years ago that had all the basics on one page no longer seems to exist, I thought I'd post them here for anyone else interested.(And I appear to have forgotten to put the bagua image on my mem stick, but if you do a search for "Feng Shui" and "bagua," it's the box with the 9 different colored boxes in it that works as a basic chart for Feng Shui. I'll try to remember to upload that and add it later.)

Prosperity and Wealth - left rear area. Purple, green, gold, red, number 8.
Creative energy for: purple, green, gold, red, symbols of money, moving water, round-leaved plants, moving objects.
Destructive energy for:dirt, anything broken, reminders of times of little money, trash cans, dead plants, fire, toilets.

Fame and Reputation - center rear area. Fire, red, triangular or pointed shapes, number 1.
Creative energy for: fire, red, triangular or pointed shapes, wood (woody plants), green, columnar shapes, TV, fire symbols, stained glass, animals, celebrity or role-model pictures, awards, your wish list, anything that makes you feel “up.”
Destructive energy for: water, black, undulating shapes, mirrors, anything NOT you.

Love and Relationships - right rear area. Pink, red, white, number 2.
Creative energy for: pink, red, white, mirrors, candles, hot tub, flowers, lingerie, sensual sounds, love symbols, equality symbols.
Destructive energy for: negative images, unfriendly stuff, cold, single items, games, uncleanliness, storage, distractions.

Children and Creativity - right center area. Metal, white, round or mounded shapes, number 3.
Creative energy for: metal, white, rounded or mounded shapes, earth, yellow, flat or square shapes, TV, toys and games, candy, magic, music, art, hobbies and crafts, lights, bells, symbols of creativity.
Destructive energy for: fire, red, triangular or pointed shapes.

Helpful People and Travel - right front area. Gray, black, white, number 5.
Creative energy for: gray, black, white, silver containers, symbols of helpful people , bells, water, hands, symbols or pictures of places you want to visit.
Destructive energy for: junk, drains, anything listed as a destructive force for prosperity.

Career - front center area. Water, black, undulating or free-form shapes, number 6.
Creative energy for: water, black, undulating or free-form shapes, metal, white, round shapes, mirrors, glass, career symbols.
Destructive energy for: dirt, squares, earth-tones, anything NOT you pictures.

Skills and Knowledge - left front area. Blue, black, green, number 7.
Creative energy for: blue, black, green, books, light, food, wisdom symbols, metal, water, wood, meditation items, altars of thanks giving, symbols of skills.
Destructive energy for: clutter, poisons or harmful substances, symbols of unwise things.

Family and Living - left center area. Wood, green, rectangular, columnar, or vertical shapes, number 4.
Creative energy for: wood, green, plants, rectangular or columnar shapes, water, black, undulating shapes.
Destructive energy for: metal, white, round shapes, sick trees.

Health and Unity - center area. Earth, yellow, earth tones, square, horizontal, or flat shapes, number 9.
Creative energy for: earth, anything made of earth, fruit, humor, yellow, gold, squares, earth symbols, horizontal or flat items, fire, star and sun symbols, religious symbols, red, triangular shapes.
Destructive energy for: wood, green, columnar or rectangular shapes, spiral staircases.

This is by no means an all-inclusive list, and I am by no means an expert! This is merely the basic principals. To clarify, the "creative energy for" lists are things to encourage this aspect of your life improving; the "destructive energy for" is things that will interfere with that happening. Have fun!

NOTE: Since this post is public, comments will be screened! (In other words, if there are any friends of the harmful ex out there hoping to say something nasty in my journal where anybody and everybody can read it, sorry! Not gonna work! Go find someone else to abuse.)
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