AsOne of the most common recommendations to improve feng shui is the addition of plants. Why is that? Very simply, plants represent wealth and abundance in feng shui. As a metaphor, they symbolize health and growth, both very important to good feng shui. Fresh, lively, and abundant plants are probably the best thing you can […]
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Using Feng Shui to Find Your New Home
So often I am contacted to do a feng shui for recently purchased real estate. And when I get there I see some obvious features in the property, the neighborhood and/or the home that I have to “remedy.” And that is the beauty of feng shui. We can remedy almost any poor feature or design, […]
The Earth Element in Feng Shui
THE EARTH ELEMENT IN FENG SHUI This post provides an overview of the Five Natural Elements. The Earth Element represents the energy of late Summer/early Autumn, and late afternoon, as the energy moves from Fire (the most yang energy). Earth is known as the ‘transitional’ element, which is placed at critical junctures of the 5 […]
The Fire Element in Feng Shui
THE FIRE ELEMENT IN FENG SHUI This post provided a summary of the Five Natural Elements. The Fire Element is the most yang of all of the Five Elements. It represents the peak of summer and the noontime. It is in the South (fullest expression of the sun). The energy of Fire is ascending like the […]
The Wood Element in Feng Shui
THE WOOD ELEMENT IN FENG SHUI This post provided a summary of the Five Natural Elements. The Wood Element is typically considered the first element in the cycle, since it represents Springtime and the beginning of the New Year according to the Chinese calendar. The energy of Wood is uprising, like sprouts rising up through the […]
Basics of The Five Elements
In Chinese philosophy, the Five Elements are the building blocks of everything in the Universe. The elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Also known as the Five Transformations of Energy, each of the elements represent a different phase of energy and the Five Element Cycles show how these phases transform from one to the other. […]