First thing you do is put more things that are of the "Fire" element according to the "5 Elements" principle to the East direction of your feng shui homes - both inside and outside.

Anything that emits visible or tangible energies are deemed as the representations of the "Fire" element, such as lights, sound, glass ( it reflects light ), crystals, candles, Hi Fi, TV, flashing objects, electronic devices, etc...

By having items like these at the East direction you'd start to notice that things are beginning to come along whole lot smoother within days.

Another Feng Shui job for you to do that can yield good result is to enhance those areas along the SE directions - inside and out - of the house with great amount of "Fire" element representations, such as those mentioned above.

Doing so will help ensure the prosperity aspect will be more deeply implanted into your Feng Shui home in 2008 the year of the Rat.

On the other hand, over there at the South direction you don't want to put anything that's too dynamic or emitting too much energy in terms of light, sound, and movement because this is the direction of the #5 Star of Yellow for 2008 the year of the Rat, and if there is anything that resembles incompleteness such as broken glass, smelly garbage, messy clusters of all sorts of odds and ends, a door of many smelly shoes laying around...etc, then it will definitely bring forth the so-called "bad luck" or "stickiness" in many ways.

Another area of concern is the NW direction, which is with the Star of Illness bestowed upon in 2008 the year of the Rat. Here you'd also like to follow the same guidelines as that of the #5 Star of Yellow above because it is not to be too dynamically ignited so as to avoid stirring up the energy of sickness.

If you happen to sleep in this direction, then you'd be advised to add a white vase to this NW direction so as to neutralize that negativity aspect of the Star of illness.

So watch out for this and...

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Bedroom is considered as one of the most important feng shui spots in the house. As we spend almost one-third of our time in the bedroom, we just have to make sure it is decorated with good feng shui design or we would end up suffering from many a bad feng shui symptom.

One of the symptoms of wrong location of the bed can be observed in those who are always accident prone. When one is subject to disturbing energy due to bad location of the bed on which one is staying static for at least 8 hours per night or more, one can be very nervous and ill-tempered during the day, to say the least. Not to mention a host of other problems that are related to this bad feng shui symptom. And this can be just the beginning of many problems, which include all kinds of dis-eases at the mental, emotional as well as physical level.

To locate the bed in the best feng shui manner, there are several main points to observe:

1. The bed has to be positioned in such a way that it has to have a solid backup to it. This is to say that it'd be vital to sleep with our heads close to the wall against which the head of our bed is leaned. The further away our head is from the solid wall, the less auspicious energy we're exposed to during our sleep.

2. It's not a good idea to have a ceiling fan right above the bed as, according to the 'Kua' in I-ching, it gives out intrinsic energy imprints for our 'middle section' to be empty, which is absolutely something a pregnant lady should refrain from no matter what. Even for those who are not concerned with pregnancy, such intrinsic energy imprint would throw the solar plexus' energy off balanced, which would create the 'un-groundedness' that is so evident in those who're always considered as having 'bad luck'. Hence the reason for 'bad luck' - when one's not 'grounded', one has nothing to show for, let alone 'luck'.

3. There is no place for mirrors in the bedroom, straight and simple. Besides being used for drawing in energy from its opposite direction, mirrors can bounce energies back and forth, thus creating much dynamic movement of 'chi' - the 'Yang energy'. When too much 'Yang energy' is present in the bedroom, the 'Yin state' is not facilitated. Therefore, it's a wrong idea to have mirrors in the bedroom where the 'Yin state' is to be preferred.

4. The height of the bed is also of much importance in terms of feng shui. One would not want to feel being suspended in mid air when sleeping.

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Much has been said about how some feng shui products are the must-have tools to enhance the 'chi' of the indoor and outdoor environment.

But is it correct? Is it appropriate that one has to purchase a certain tool to facilitate the free flow of 'chi' for the benefits of all?

If the question is presented to those who make a living by selling these tools to those who are desperately in need of help, the answer will definitely be a loud and clear 'yes.'

But the truth of the matter is: "It all depends."

For example, a lot of indoor water fountains have been sold recently to those who believe that by putting these indoor water fountains in a certain position, they will help bring forth prosperity.

As a professional feng shui practitioner for over 25 years, I can confirm that this belief is of much validity, and that when located correctly - that is, positioned to the right direction - these indoor water fountains can help facilitate the increase of income to a large extent. Sounds too amazing, doesn't it?

But it is true that when the 'water' element among the 'five elements' in the Chinese philosophy is well positioned, it will be able to stir up more 'water' chi which will result in bringing forth more prosperity. That's why all along Chinese history, water has been considered as the symbol of money.

Hence the fondness of these water fountains all through history by the architects who might have subconsciously tuned into the attractiveness of employing them to bring forth richness.

However, not all feng shui tools are created equal. There is more hype than truth when it comes to hanging a flute onto the side of the beam on the ceiling to ward off the downward pressure of the beam itself. This invalid belief has been made up by those who only want to sell more flutes to begin with! And it doesn't have anything to do with off-setting the so-called 'negative influences' from the beam itself either. Nevertheless, the flutes have been sold by the truckloads in these recent years.

The same is true of the belief that the diagonal corner from the entrance is considered the 'money corner' and thus it is never to be opened as a window, lest the good money 'chi' will run away. This is another typical abuse of creative thinking applied onto the feng shui philosophy. If this concept were valid, then all those nicely designed houses would end up leading their owners onto the road of poverty!

A little learning is dangerous - this is true in many facets of life.