Feng Shui House

Bagua Map ♦ How to use the Bagua Map ♦ Five Elements in Feng Shui ♦ Feng Shui Compass Meanings ♦Colors ♦ Wellness ♦Chinese Feng Shui Compass ♦ Feng Shui Beauty - One Room at a Time ♦ Happiness and Harmony in Home Decorating ♦
Do You Feng Shui? ♦ What Do You Think? ♦ Featured Lenses ♦

The Bagua Map or Pa kua, and also known as the Lo Shu Square, is one of the primary tools used to analyze the energy in your space. It is the energy map of your home. Translated from Chinese, it literally means "8 areas".

Each of the 8 areas has a Feng Shui Element, Color, and Life associated with it.

Begin by drawing out the Bagua Map, making sure that areas 8,1, and 6 are on the bottom of the page. You can stretch the Bagua Map to accommodate different floor plan layouts.

Align the Bagua Map with your front door, so it will always fall at either 8,1, or 6. It is aligned at 1 in the example shown. If you normally enter through a side door, it is best to start using the front door as it represents the "mouth of chi" and is where positive energy enters to nourish your home.

Don't panic if you have an oddly shaped home where parts of the Bagua Map will be missing. As long as the front door is aligned with the bottom edge, you will be ok. Missing corners simply represent a loss of energy that needs to be strengthened.

Colors relate to who we are and play a very meaningful role in Feng Shui. The purpose of colors are to help achieve a balance in your environment. Whether it's planning for your office, home or personal appearance, here's an insight into how they can help you achieve your harmony, inner peace and goals in life.

Yin Colors & Feng Shui - These bring out healing and relaxation.

Blue - Has Yin energy and is calm and soothing. It reflects love as it heals and relaxes. It is the color of the sea and sky, so it is associated with exploration and adventure.

Black - Symbolizes money and income. Great color for careers especially when combined with metal. It is the color of power and emotional protection.

Gray - Neutral, Clear and Detached. Can be utilized as a dull gray or upscale Feng Shui color. The most benefit is gained by use in the North, Northwest, and West areas of your environment.

Purple - Has a great significance in spiritual Feng Shui. It is know for spiritual and mental healing and spiritual awareness.

White - Represents poise, purity and confidence. It is used often in combination with gold or silver to create an atmosphere.

Pink - Gentle, Loving and Soothing. A fire element, pink is the color of universal love which is widely used to soften energy in your environment. It can be used almost anywhere from the bedroom to the laundry room.

Green - Growth, Vibrancy and Health. A wood element, green is the color of renewal and regeneration. Very nourishing to your health it balances the whole body. For maximum benefit, it is recommended to utilize several shades of green.

Yang Colors & Feng Shui - Contrasting opposite of Yin energy. Yin emphasizes softness and essence of feminine energy, whereas Yang denotes fiery directness of the Sun, aggressive speed of race cars, mountain rocks, and focused energy.

Yellow - Represents warmth, cheerfulness, sunbeams, friendliness and motion. Prolonged exposure to intense yellow has been known to cause anxiety so use with caution.

Orange - Strength and concentration. Ideal to use when your creative well needs nourishing. Orange is the color of organization and gives you a sense of purpose.

Red, Mauve, Tan/Beige, Brown, Maroon, Lavender and Gold - Associated with Luck, money and romance. These colors are used in different combinations with other Feng Shui elements for balancing chi in your home.

Brown - Nourishing energy and often associated with good things like dark chocolate, gourmet coffee and deep, rich mahogany wood. Brown is most beneficial in the South, Southeast, and East areas of your environment.

Feng Shui has been defined, refined, and practiced for thousands of years with great results. By practicing Feng Shui, you are bringing order out of chaos in your personal universe.

Even if you don't believe in the edits of Feng Shui, you will truly be amazed at how much better your life will become just by creating a happy, healthy, balanced environment to live and work in.

Many corporations are investing in Feng Shui environments because they recognize the importance of not only a balanced life, but also that the peace and happiness that it brings will translate into happier and more productive employees. Not to mention giving them a decided edge over their competitors,

True Feng Shui requires a compass. Without utilizing a compass, you are only practicing interior design and not Fung Shui. The compass is nothing more than the Feng Shui formulas embedded into concentric rings on a plate known as the heaven dial and most often sits on a wood base know as the earth plate.

Keep in mind that in the western world, compasses point to north, whereas the chinese compass points south.

The joys and benefits of Fung Shui can be started simply with your personal attire, a small room, or an entire house. If you are feeling overwhelmed and stressed, start by converting a single room that can be your escape from the stresses of the world. A place to renew and refuel your energy and life force.

As you gain strength from your environment and see the lasting benefits of Feng Shui, you will want to spread the chi created throughout your environment, both at home and possibly even the office. Fung Shui is a lifestyle taht can bring joy, balance and harmony to your universe if you give it the opportunity.

The beauty, peace, joy and harmony created by a Feng Shui environment will be noticed by all who enter it's realms. A properly designed Feng Shui environment has an energy, a feeling that is sensed by all. Make Feng Shui a part of your life and you will be not only bettering your own existence, but helping to align the energy forces of nature and your world into peace and harmony.

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