In Feng Shui two of the most important things to consider in a home are the positions and alignments of the front door to your home and the placement of the bed. The Chinese astrological and compass methods are traditionally used determine the best place in the house not only for assigning the bedroom, but the best wall in the bedroom on which to place the bed and the best colors to use to insure optimum health and rest.
The best orientation for the bed is determined by your Chinese astrological chart. Short of drawing up your Chinese astrological chart, however, here are some practical points you may want to consider.
The worst sleeping position is called the "coffin position." The coffin position is such that the foot of your bed points directly out the bedroom door. This is called the coffin position because it was the way bodies were laid out after death in ancient China. Sleeping in the coffin position exposes you to the Chi that rushes into the room; it can leave you feeling lethargic even if you get plenty of sleep. It may also make you feel unsettled and irritable, and not want to stay at home which then can upset your relationship. If your bedroom is too small or makes it impossible to place the bed in any position but the coffin position, you may remedy it by placing a piece of furniture such as a book case or chest between the foot of the bed and the bedroom door as a barrier.
The ideal position for the bed is diagonally opposite the bedroom door. There should be a solid wall behind the headboard. No wall behind the headboard may cause headaches and other health problems.
If you place the bed under a window, you will be exposed to cold air drafts and may have restless sleep and disturbing dreams. If you have no choice but to put your bed under the window, cover the window when you go to sleep.
It is generally inadvisable to place the bed along the same wall as the door or to lie with your head behind the door as that can make you feel insecure. You should also not sleep with your bed in a direct path of the bedroom door because the Chi coming in will cut across your body. It is not good to sleep with your head on a wall behind which is the toilet or stove. We will go further in a future article.
Raphael Simons
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Feng Shui of your House and Doorway
The Harmony of your House and Doorway
The relation between the way a house sits in the land and the direction that its front door faces is unknown to most modern builders and developers. Very little about this has been described in Western fengshui books simply because most of this information is unavaiable in the West.
Disharmonious structures in which people live bring about disharmonious situations in their lives whether they know feng shui or not. What has been described of house placement on the land in popular feng shui books is fragmentary, having only to do with the four constellations: the Warrior, the Dragon, the Phoenix and the Tiger. Accordingly, the most ideal situation for a house is to have the land rise behind and slope away in front, and to have the land to the left-hand side (when looking out the door) rise higher than the land to the right-hand side. While this is fine, it is not always true and is certainly not enough to go by. What I describe below is a simplifcation of an elegant classical method consisting of 24 possible house sittings with 64 door locations, 64 door facings and 192 feng shui star positions. To describe it fully would take an entire book.
The first thing to consider is how your house sits in the land. No matter if the land rises in back, at a corner, to any side, or even in front, where the land rises is the direction in which the house sits. And where the house sits is opposite where the house faces. The direction the door faces is not necessarily the same as the direction that the house faces.
In this simplified form, there are eight possible directions for the house to sit in. The house will sit either in the N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W or NW. Remember, the sitting of a house is not necessarily the back of the house; the sitting of a house is where the land rises. To determine the compass direction of the house's sitting, walk around the house outside, stand right at the edge of house and face the most noticible rise you see in the land, then read on the compass the direction you are facing. Next thing to do is determine the direction your main door is facing. That is done by standing in the doorway, facing out, and reading on the compass the direction you are facing.
It is never desirable for the doorway to face the same direction as the house's sitting. If the house sits in the North, the more positive directions for the door to face out are E, SE and S; the best direction is E.
If the house sits in the NE, the more positive door directions are SW, W and NW; the best is W.
If the house sits in the E, the more positive door directions will be SE, S and N; the best is N. If the house sits in the SE, the more positive door directions are S, N and E; the best is N.
If the house sits in the S, the more positive door directions are N, E and SE; the best is E. If the house sits in the SW, the more positive door directions are W, NW, and NE; the best is NE.
If the house sits in the W, the more positive door directions are NW, NE, and SW; the best is NE. If the house sits in the NW, the more positive door directions are NE, SW, and W; the best is SW.
If your door is in an undesirable position, put a BaGua mirror above the doorway, outside, looking out. Never hang a BaGua mirror inside the house.
For houses that sit on absolutely flat land, the thing to look for is a land feature, even a stand of trees. Barring that, especially if you live in an apartment in the city, the thing to do is get a compass reading of the front door. See if it faces out N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, or NW.
There are effective color cures for inharmonious door positions and for harmonizing the door's element with the element of your date of birth that I will describe in the next fengshui article I post. Harmonizing the elements of your home, its doorway and your date of birth is a big step in making an affective environment.
Raphael Simons
www.psychicarts.net
www.trs-fengshui.com
The relation between the way a house sits in the land and the direction that its front door faces is unknown to most modern builders and developers. Very little about this has been described in Western fengshui books simply because most of this information is unavaiable in the West.
Disharmonious structures in which people live bring about disharmonious situations in their lives whether they know feng shui or not. What has been described of house placement on the land in popular feng shui books is fragmentary, having only to do with the four constellations: the Warrior, the Dragon, the Phoenix and the Tiger. Accordingly, the most ideal situation for a house is to have the land rise behind and slope away in front, and to have the land to the left-hand side (when looking out the door) rise higher than the land to the right-hand side. While this is fine, it is not always true and is certainly not enough to go by. What I describe below is a simplifcation of an elegant classical method consisting of 24 possible house sittings with 64 door locations, 64 door facings and 192 feng shui star positions. To describe it fully would take an entire book.
The first thing to consider is how your house sits in the land. No matter if the land rises in back, at a corner, to any side, or even in front, where the land rises is the direction in which the house sits. And where the house sits is opposite where the house faces. The direction the door faces is not necessarily the same as the direction that the house faces.
In this simplified form, there are eight possible directions for the house to sit in. The house will sit either in the N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W or NW. Remember, the sitting of a house is not necessarily the back of the house; the sitting of a house is where the land rises. To determine the compass direction of the house's sitting, walk around the house outside, stand right at the edge of house and face the most noticible rise you see in the land, then read on the compass the direction you are facing. Next thing to do is determine the direction your main door is facing. That is done by standing in the doorway, facing out, and reading on the compass the direction you are facing.
It is never desirable for the doorway to face the same direction as the house's sitting. If the house sits in the North, the more positive directions for the door to face out are E, SE and S; the best direction is E.
If the house sits in the NE, the more positive door directions are SW, W and NW; the best is W.
If the house sits in the E, the more positive door directions will be SE, S and N; the best is N. If the house sits in the SE, the more positive door directions are S, N and E; the best is N.
If the house sits in the S, the more positive door directions are N, E and SE; the best is E. If the house sits in the SW, the more positive door directions are W, NW, and NE; the best is NE.
If the house sits in the W, the more positive door directions are NW, NE, and SW; the best is NE. If the house sits in the NW, the more positive door directions are NE, SW, and W; the best is SW.
If your door is in an undesirable position, put a BaGua mirror above the doorway, outside, looking out. Never hang a BaGua mirror inside the house.
For houses that sit on absolutely flat land, the thing to look for is a land feature, even a stand of trees. Barring that, especially if you live in an apartment in the city, the thing to do is get a compass reading of the front door. See if it faces out N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, or NW.
There are effective color cures for inharmonious door positions and for harmonizing the door's element with the element of your date of birth that I will describe in the next fengshui article I post. Harmonizing the elements of your home, its doorway and your date of birth is a big step in making an affective environment.
Raphael Simons
www.psychicarts.net
www.trs-fengshui.com
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Earth in Chinese Astrology and Fengshui
In Chinese tradition there are five elements: Earth, Metal, Water, Wood and Fire. When arranged in space, Earth is in the center. All the other elements are rooted in Earth. While Earth is present through the year, Wood comes out in Spring, Fire comes out in Summer, Metal comes out in Autumn and Water comes out in Winter. Earth contains all the seasons. Earth has two expressions, the first is the actual earth on which we live and the other is the North Star. One is called Tu, the other is called Ti. The North Star is called, in the Taoist system, the palace of the Jade Emperor under whose rule universal order and harmony is maintained. In ancient Taoist belief, there is an earth deity called Tu Ti Gong. Tu Ti Gong means the worker of Earth. He is the one who brings messages up to the heavenly court of the Jade Emperor from the people living in the villages and households of the ordinary world. The traditional idea of Feng Shui is to make harmony between the earth and heaven in the dwelling place. When that is done life and fortunes flourish.
The element Earth rules everything necessary and ordinary. It rules food, clothing, housing, money, medicine, marriage, family, motherhood, and so on. In Chinese medicine, Earth corresponds to the stomach, spleen and pancreas, also the flesh and female reproductive functioning.
In Chinese medicine the spleen is considered the central organ of the entire system. The Nei Ching, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, says, "All the organs desire their breath of life from the spleen. The spleen is the transporter of energy. Spleen regulates the center. From it everything is carried out to the rest of the body-mind domain." If spleen function is sick, such symptoms as malcoordination and lack of balanced connectivity develop physically, emotionally and interpersonally.
About the stomach, the Nei Ching says, "The stomach acts as a place of accumulation as a source of supply." If this function is sick, energy depletion, lethargy and debilitation result. Too much stomach chi, the person accumulates and doesn't know how to use what they have. Too little stomach chi, the person neglects to take in. Too much spleen, the person gives and gives. Too little spleen, the person has trouble sharing.
Earth element, according to Confucius, is equanimity. Everything in life is balanced and in harmony when equanimity if established. Your Chinese astrological chart shows us the condition of Earth element in your personal life as bears on your health and fortunes. In terms of the Feng Shui of your home, Earth is always at the center. It is also found in the Northeast and Southwest areas. If the center of your home is cluttered, your ability to connect and share is impared. If your entire space is cluttered or disordered, you tend to become anxious and disorganized. If the Northeast area is cluttered, you will have financial problems. If the Southwest area is cluttered, you will have relationship problems. Houses with a toilet, euphemistically called the "powder room", in the center, have depleted Earth chi. If you have such a situation, paint the powder room red. Red is the color of Fire. Fire strengthens Earth.
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by Raphael Simons
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The element Earth rules everything necessary and ordinary. It rules food, clothing, housing, money, medicine, marriage, family, motherhood, and so on. In Chinese medicine, Earth corresponds to the stomach, spleen and pancreas, also the flesh and female reproductive functioning.
In Chinese medicine the spleen is considered the central organ of the entire system. The Nei Ching, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, says, "All the organs desire their breath of life from the spleen. The spleen is the transporter of energy. Spleen regulates the center. From it everything is carried out to the rest of the body-mind domain." If spleen function is sick, such symptoms as malcoordination and lack of balanced connectivity develop physically, emotionally and interpersonally.
About the stomach, the Nei Ching says, "The stomach acts as a place of accumulation as a source of supply." If this function is sick, energy depletion, lethargy and debilitation result. Too much stomach chi, the person accumulates and doesn't know how to use what they have. Too little stomach chi, the person neglects to take in. Too much spleen, the person gives and gives. Too little spleen, the person has trouble sharing.
Earth element, according to Confucius, is equanimity. Everything in life is balanced and in harmony when equanimity if established. Your Chinese astrological chart shows us the condition of Earth element in your personal life as bears on your health and fortunes. In terms of the Feng Shui of your home, Earth is always at the center. It is also found in the Northeast and Southwest areas. If the center of your home is cluttered, your ability to connect and share is impared. If your entire space is cluttered or disordered, you tend to become anxious and disorganized. If the Northeast area is cluttered, you will have financial problems. If the Southwest area is cluttered, you will have relationship problems. Houses with a toilet, euphemistically called the "powder room", in the center, have depleted Earth chi. If you have such a situation, paint the powder room red. Red is the color of Fire. Fire strengthens Earth.
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by Raphael Simons
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Feng Shui and Health
Your Health Star in Feng Shui
In the traditional Taoist view, good health results from a dynamic, balanced interaction of the elements in our mind, emotions and body. The elements, in the Taoist system, are expressions of interrelated polarities called Yin and Yang. The elements, called Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal, generate and destroy one another, and correspond to such things as time, space, light, color, climate, the organs of the body, and so on. For example, Water corresponds to winter, night, North, cold, black, and to the kidney and bladder functions as well as to the brain, nerves, teeth and bones and to general sexual functioning. In its relation to the other elements, Water is generated by Metal, generates Wood, destroys Fire and is destroyed by Earth. The Five Elements are qualities of Chi, or energy and describe kinds of movement. For example, Water freezes and flows, Wood stretches and grows, Fire expands and leaps, Earth draws together and balances, and Metal contracts. Movement happens because of the changing interrelations of Yin and Yang. Everything arises and ceases through the interrelations of Yin and Yang. When Yin and Yang become still, Chi resolves into Tai Chi, or the Source of all things. The Tai Chi itself resolves into and arises from Wu Chi, or absolute, infinite no-thing-ness.
Illness comes from obstructed Chi. Obstruction happens when the flow is harmed. Health is regained when the natural flow is restored. This is a basic principle in Chinese medicine and Feng Shui.
In traditional Feng Shui, the condition of Chi in a person's life is discerned by Chinese astrology. While there are several systems of Chinese astrology in existance, there are two that are used in Feng Shui. They both derive from the Taoist theory of Chi, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements. The two systems are Chui Kung Ming Li, or nine-star astrology, and Ba Tzu, or eight-word astrology, also called four pillar astrology. Both of these astrological systems are extremely ancient. And while they both should be used together, almost everyone in the West who claims to use Chinese astrology in Feng Shui, uses only the nine-star astrology. Almost no Westerner knows Ba Tzu fully. This is because Ba Tzu can only be done in Chinese characters and with a special kind of Chinese astrological ephemeris. Beside it being an excellent way of telling the future, the most important thing in Ba Tzu is that it reveals a person's vital element. The vital element, also called the spirit of the chart, is the element that the person's life depends on. Based on this all-important bit of information, a Feng Shui expert is able to set up a person's space so it supports the person's health correctly. This is highly technical and it takes a lot of time to study and learn.
In the nine-star astrological system there is, however, an easy way to calculate an element that benefits a person's health. A star that balances your birth star-element, your Health Star has a corresponding direction in space and color. Because nine-star astrology is a numerological system, it is easy to translate into Western terms. In addition to Ba Tzu, I always use nine-star in my work. It is elegant and effective. To find your Health Star you first need to find your Birth Star. The calculation differs for males and females. Here is a basic table:
The Birth Star of a female born in 1968 is 1. A male born in 1968 is 5.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1969 is 2. A male born in 1969 is 4.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1970 is 3. A male born in 1970 is 3.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1971 is 4. A male born in 1971 is 2.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1972 is 5. A male born in 1972 is 1.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1973 is 6. A male born in 1973 is 9.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1974 is 7. A male born in 1974 is 8.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1975 is 8. A male born in 1975 is 7.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1976 is 9. A male born in 1976 is 6.
If you were born in a year outside this range, add or subtract 9 or multiples of 9. For example, if you were born in 1948, you would add 27 to get 1975. Or if you were born in 2004, you would subtract 36 to get 1968.
Your Health Star
The Health Star for 1 is 9 Fire. The Health Star for 2 is 6 Metal. The Health Star for 3 is 4 Wood. The Health Star for 4 is 3 Wood. The Health Stars for 5 are 2 and 8 Earth (note that 5 has two Health Stars). The Health Star for 6 is 2 Earth. The Health Star for 7 is 8 Earth. The Health Star for 8 is 7 Metal. And the Health Star for 9 is 1 Water.
Once you find your Health Star you can use it for aligning yourself when you sit, meditate, stand for Chi Kung exercise and lie down to sleep. The correct way to align your self is to put the direction of your Health Star to your Back when sitting and standing, and to your Head when lying down. You can also wear or paint your room with the nine-star color of your Health Star to support your health. You may notice that the nine-star color scale is different from the five-element color scale. In the color descriptions below please note that I have included the five-element color, where it applies, after the nine-star color.
1 Water is North and white, also black or deep blue. 2 Earth is Southwest and black, also yellow. 3 Wood is East and light green or light blue. 4 Wood is Southeast and dark green or light blue. 5 Earth is not used as a Health Star. 6 Metal is Northwest and white or silver. 7 Metal is West and red, also white or silver. 8 Earth is Northeast and white, also yellow. 9 Fire is South and purple, also red or rose.
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In the traditional Taoist view, good health results from a dynamic, balanced interaction of the elements in our mind, emotions and body. The elements, in the Taoist system, are expressions of interrelated polarities called Yin and Yang. The elements, called Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal, generate and destroy one another, and correspond to such things as time, space, light, color, climate, the organs of the body, and so on. For example, Water corresponds to winter, night, North, cold, black, and to the kidney and bladder functions as well as to the brain, nerves, teeth and bones and to general sexual functioning. In its relation to the other elements, Water is generated by Metal, generates Wood, destroys Fire and is destroyed by Earth. The Five Elements are qualities of Chi, or energy and describe kinds of movement. For example, Water freezes and flows, Wood stretches and grows, Fire expands and leaps, Earth draws together and balances, and Metal contracts. Movement happens because of the changing interrelations of Yin and Yang. Everything arises and ceases through the interrelations of Yin and Yang. When Yin and Yang become still, Chi resolves into Tai Chi, or the Source of all things. The Tai Chi itself resolves into and arises from Wu Chi, or absolute, infinite no-thing-ness.
Illness comes from obstructed Chi. Obstruction happens when the flow is harmed. Health is regained when the natural flow is restored. This is a basic principle in Chinese medicine and Feng Shui.
In traditional Feng Shui, the condition of Chi in a person's life is discerned by Chinese astrology. While there are several systems of Chinese astrology in existance, there are two that are used in Feng Shui. They both derive from the Taoist theory of Chi, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements. The two systems are Chui Kung Ming Li, or nine-star astrology, and Ba Tzu, or eight-word astrology, also called four pillar astrology. Both of these astrological systems are extremely ancient. And while they both should be used together, almost everyone in the West who claims to use Chinese astrology in Feng Shui, uses only the nine-star astrology. Almost no Westerner knows Ba Tzu fully. This is because Ba Tzu can only be done in Chinese characters and with a special kind of Chinese astrological ephemeris. Beside it being an excellent way of telling the future, the most important thing in Ba Tzu is that it reveals a person's vital element. The vital element, also called the spirit of the chart, is the element that the person's life depends on. Based on this all-important bit of information, a Feng Shui expert is able to set up a person's space so it supports the person's health correctly. This is highly technical and it takes a lot of time to study and learn.
In the nine-star astrological system there is, however, an easy way to calculate an element that benefits a person's health. A star that balances your birth star-element, your Health Star has a corresponding direction in space and color. Because nine-star astrology is a numerological system, it is easy to translate into Western terms. In addition to Ba Tzu, I always use nine-star in my work. It is elegant and effective. To find your Health Star you first need to find your Birth Star. The calculation differs for males and females. Here is a basic table:
The Birth Star of a female born in 1968 is 1. A male born in 1968 is 5.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1969 is 2. A male born in 1969 is 4.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1970 is 3. A male born in 1970 is 3.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1971 is 4. A male born in 1971 is 2.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1972 is 5. A male born in 1972 is 1.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1973 is 6. A male born in 1973 is 9.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1974 is 7. A male born in 1974 is 8.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1975 is 8. A male born in 1975 is 7.
The Birth Star of a female born in 1976 is 9. A male born in 1976 is 6.
If you were born in a year outside this range, add or subtract 9 or multiples of 9. For example, if you were born in 1948, you would add 27 to get 1975. Or if you were born in 2004, you would subtract 36 to get 1968.
Your Health Star
The Health Star for 1 is 9 Fire. The Health Star for 2 is 6 Metal. The Health Star for 3 is 4 Wood. The Health Star for 4 is 3 Wood. The Health Stars for 5 are 2 and 8 Earth (note that 5 has two Health Stars). The Health Star for 6 is 2 Earth. The Health Star for 7 is 8 Earth. The Health Star for 8 is 7 Metal. And the Health Star for 9 is 1 Water.
Once you find your Health Star you can use it for aligning yourself when you sit, meditate, stand for Chi Kung exercise and lie down to sleep. The correct way to align your self is to put the direction of your Health Star to your Back when sitting and standing, and to your Head when lying down. You can also wear or paint your room with the nine-star color of your Health Star to support your health. You may notice that the nine-star color scale is different from the five-element color scale. In the color descriptions below please note that I have included the five-element color, where it applies, after the nine-star color.
1 Water is North and white, also black or deep blue. 2 Earth is Southwest and black, also yellow. 3 Wood is East and light green or light blue. 4 Wood is Southeast and dark green or light blue. 5 Earth is not used as a Health Star. 6 Metal is Northwest and white or silver. 7 Metal is West and red, also white or silver. 8 Earth is Northeast and white, also yellow. 9 Fire is South and purple, also red or rose.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, I Ching and Real Estate: Looking for a New Home.
In addition to some rules of thumb for looking for a prospective new home, this article answers the questions: what's coming up in the state of the economy; whether it is better now to buy or rent; whether or not to remortgage now; and whether or not to sell now. The Chinese astrological I Ching method known as the King Wen method gives these answers:
The economy is improving slowly and gradually. Avoid making unnecessary major changes. Use your potentials and take advantage of the good opportunities that are beginning to appear now.
Whether it is better to buy or rent now: There are advantages and disadvantages to either option. Be very careful if buying. What looks like a bargain could turn out to be a waste of money in the long run. On the other hand, making a sound investment now will save you money in the long run. If you think of renting, consider how you are using your money. In general the picture of buying and renting is pretty much equal.
Whether to remortgage: It's not the best idea now; money is moving slowly. Short-sightedness is foolhardiness. The advice is to take only appropriate actions based on right motives.
Whether to sell now: The answer is yes but only if to buy a new place now or else to put your money into your business.
These answers are general and depend on the area of the country. For specific, personal answers these or other questions, you may want to consult with me. My contact information is at the end of this article.
The following are some Feng Shui tips for looking for a new home.
The most important thing when looking for a new home is to notice how your body feels when approaching, walking around, entering and leaving a place. If you don't feel good, the place is not for you. There is a Chinese tradition that says: if possible, bring a little boy with you when looking. If he runs around and wants to pee, it tells you the house has good Yang energy. Notice the wild life and the energy of the neighborhood around the house. If it is happy and peaceful, it is good; money will come in. If it is tired, or if the surroundings look delapidated, the ground energy is waning and it is not good; money will run out. Be very alert to any feelings of danger you might get; a house with what is called secret arrows can bring sudden misfortune. If the house is built on top of an old burial ground, don't move there. Check out the history of the house if you can. If the prior owners were fortunate it's a good sign. If not, it's a bad sign. If the house has a history of untimely deaths, illnesses, divorces, violence and such, be cautious. Unless you know how to clear such energies, or employ the right person to do that, don't buy.
If a house is crowded, or overwhelmed by trees or is in a land depression that feels stagnant the situation is not good and will contribute to making your life become stagnant. A house high on a windy hill is too active and will dissipate your fortunes. Water courses running away from the front door of the house will pull your money away. Water courses are best for your money luck if they flow from the right to the left around the house as seen from standing in the front door. A pond seen directly to the south of the front door is unlucky.
Best avoid buying a house at the end of a cul de sac, or a T Junction, or a house in front of which there is a road coming directly toward the front door is very bad. A semi-circular driveway that comes around toward the front door is also best avoided; it represents a knife cutting against you. It is best for a house to be set back from the street, and to have steps leading up to the front door. When entering a house, notice whether you feel that it is easy to move about and there are not any broken lines in the interior alignments of walls.
For more information or questions about a Chinese astrological reading and/or Feng Shui consultation, contact
Raphael Simons
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by Raphael Simons
Astrology, Psychic Readings, Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui
The economy is improving slowly and gradually. Avoid making unnecessary major changes. Use your potentials and take advantage of the good opportunities that are beginning to appear now.
Whether it is better to buy or rent now: There are advantages and disadvantages to either option. Be very careful if buying. What looks like a bargain could turn out to be a waste of money in the long run. On the other hand, making a sound investment now will save you money in the long run. If you think of renting, consider how you are using your money. In general the picture of buying and renting is pretty much equal.
Whether to remortgage: It's not the best idea now; money is moving slowly. Short-sightedness is foolhardiness. The advice is to take only appropriate actions based on right motives.
Whether to sell now: The answer is yes but only if to buy a new place now or else to put your money into your business.
These answers are general and depend on the area of the country. For specific, personal answers these or other questions, you may want to consult with me. My contact information is at the end of this article.
The following are some Feng Shui tips for looking for a new home.
The most important thing when looking for a new home is to notice how your body feels when approaching, walking around, entering and leaving a place. If you don't feel good, the place is not for you. There is a Chinese tradition that says: if possible, bring a little boy with you when looking. If he runs around and wants to pee, it tells you the house has good Yang energy. Notice the wild life and the energy of the neighborhood around the house. If it is happy and peaceful, it is good; money will come in. If it is tired, or if the surroundings look delapidated, the ground energy is waning and it is not good; money will run out. Be very alert to any feelings of danger you might get; a house with what is called secret arrows can bring sudden misfortune. If the house is built on top of an old burial ground, don't move there. Check out the history of the house if you can. If the prior owners were fortunate it's a good sign. If not, it's a bad sign. If the house has a history of untimely deaths, illnesses, divorces, violence and such, be cautious. Unless you know how to clear such energies, or employ the right person to do that, don't buy.
If a house is crowded, or overwhelmed by trees or is in a land depression that feels stagnant the situation is not good and will contribute to making your life become stagnant. A house high on a windy hill is too active and will dissipate your fortunes. Water courses running away from the front door of the house will pull your money away. Water courses are best for your money luck if they flow from the right to the left around the house as seen from standing in the front door. A pond seen directly to the south of the front door is unlucky.
Best avoid buying a house at the end of a cul de sac, or a T Junction, or a house in front of which there is a road coming directly toward the front door is very bad. A semi-circular driveway that comes around toward the front door is also best avoided; it represents a knife cutting against you. It is best for a house to be set back from the street, and to have steps leading up to the front door. When entering a house, notice whether you feel that it is easy to move about and there are not any broken lines in the interior alignments of walls.
For more information or questions about a Chinese astrological reading and/or Feng Shui consultation, contact
Raphael Simons
www.psychicarts.net
by Raphael Simons
Astrology, Psychic Readings, Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Feng Shui and the Recession
Not that these aren't challenging times, but all the fear mongering and consequent public anxiety isn't helping anyone. How can Feng Shui help with this, you might ask. It is my experience that when life becomes stagnant and money is not coming in as it should, changing the environmental conditions does help to get the energy going again. In other words, move the furniture around, and put it into a new configuration. Sometimes even a small change makes a world of difference.
It really helps to clean out the place. Clutter spells stagnation and anxiety. Traditionally, one completely sweeps clean the house at the beginning of spring, which, in the Chinese calendar, begins on or near February 4th. Throw away everything that you don't need. Clear up all the clutter. Get organized. Look over all the old papers and decide what goes where and what goes into the garbage.
To make a spiritual cleansing of the house, according to tradition, first open all the windows and do a thorough cleaning; washing and vacuuming. When that's done, take a broom and lightly sweep all the floors and walls from the back of the house to the front door, then sweep all the stale energy out the door. If you want to do it right, slam the door behind it all once you've got it outside.
There is a secret method used by Mongolian and Chinese wizards for getting bad spirits out of the house that you can include with the above cleansing. For this, you need to get a small round mirror. Traditionally, one uses a round bronze mirror that can be held in the hand, but a small, round cosmetic mirror will do if you can't find a bronze mirror; they're hard to come by and are expensive. Take the mirror in your left hand; hold it flat with all five fingers around it so the reflecting side shows out. In your right hand, hold a red candle that you have lit. The candle flame has to be reflected by the face of the mirror. With this, go around to all the walls of the house, walk close to the wall surfaces, reflecting the candle fire in the mirror onto the walls as you go from the back of the house all the way around to the front door. This causes hungry ghost energies to flee the house and can cause your hair to stand up on end if you are sensitive to such entities. This practice is best done in the early Autumn. Chinese Autumn season begins on or around August 8th.
To freshen up the house and bring in good luck, bring in fresh oranges and fresh flowers and arrange them on a table. Then light two red candles on the table where you have arranged the oranges and flowers, burn sandalwood incense, and make a prayer for the blessings of Heaven for peace and prosperity to come into your home.
When arranging the furniture, make sure the configuration lets you move easily through the house; nothing should get in the way of movement. The house has to feel open and airy. Clutter anywhere means stagnation in one or another department of your life. A Feng Shui reading of your house will tell you exactly what the cluttered areas of your home correspond to in your life according to the elements of your Chinese astrological chart and the elements of the different compass points inside your house. Whatever, a complete cleaning of the house, including decluttering it and sorting out and rearranging all the stuff will help you to get the energy moving again, and that's what you want. While doing this, concentrate on rearranging how you feel about your prospects in life. A feeling of being stuck in life with no idea what to do is no better than living in a cluttered mess. Clear your mental environment while you clear your home environment; they both reflect one another. When you can see your intention for an unobstructed way in life that is conducive to success reflected in an open, clean environment you will be taking a very positive step in the right direction.
Anxiety or dispair, for whatever reason, needs time to come around and be transformed. In the context of the Chinese elements these emotions are related mostly to Earth and Metal. In their most positive, life supportive expressions, Earth and Metal signify nourishment and cleanliness. If you are in emotional trouble for fear of not having enough, take care of nourishment and setting healthy boundaries. In terms of your space, pay attention to your kitchen, and throw out all the junk.
Money points in the house to consider include the first place you see upon opening the front door, also the far left-hand area, or corner, of your entire house or apartment, and the south-east area of the house or apartment. There are also areas designated as money points that correspond to the age of your house as well as to your Chinese astrological chart; to locate these, however, you may want the help of an expert. Besides the fixed money points, there are money points that circulate around the house on a yearly, even monthly basis due to the rotation of the heavens. In China and Japan people who use fengshui readjust the house or place of business on a regular basis to catch the luck.
What to do mainly in money points is to make sure the energy, or C'hi, breathes. Clutter or unsightly stuff in those areas designated as money points militates against a healthy relationship with money. Money points, besides being uncluttered should be well lit. If you wish, you can put symbols of prosperity at the money points. Symbols of prosperity, besides appropriate Chinese calligraphies, include such things as bouquets of flowers, flowering plants, jade plants, the lucky Buddha, a conch shell, images of two gold fish swiming around one another, elephants, deer, horses, dogs, and so on. Certain images, such as dragons or money turtles need to be positioned in special ways according to the element they represent. For example, a dragon or money turtle made of plastic, crystal or glass corresponds to the element Water and has to be positioned to face north; a dragon made of Wood has to face east or south east, a dragon made of stone has to face northeast or southwest, a dragon made of metal has to face west or northwest. The famous money toad has to be positioned to face the direction of the front door. The money toad should be placed up high, never low down. This is because the money toad is a form of the Moon Fairy Chang-O, and Chang-O lives in the sky, not on the earth. The money toad works with the lunar tides. What this means is if you are using money toads, you are putting your money luck on a lunar tide basis which is always a good idea. To do it right, you have to get six money toads. Select five places to put five of them. They don't all have to be seen; they can be hidden. Put one of the money toads away. Every new moon rotate the positions of the money toads, and exchange the one that was put away with one that was already used. You wake one up and put one to sleep month by month; you rotate the money toads like in a game of musical chairs. Every month one of them goes to sleep. That way when you rotate them you keep your luck flowing. Five is the best number to have working for you. There are five elements; you want to keep the elements turning. The Five Elements are the expressions of the cycle of C'hi, and C'hi is energy. The way magic works is all in your intention. Magic works in the unconscious; it's totally irrational. It works if you let it work.
To make decent money, you need to keep your mind clear. This is where the element Metal comes in. Metal cuts out everything undesirable. To keep your mind clear, or clearer than it has been these past months, make sure to throw out everything you don't want and can't use anymore. Keep your home in a simple, balanced condition.
And to cheer up, use the element Fire. Keep things of beauty that inspire you.
In the Chinese system, everything is cyclical; everything moves in waves. This down cycle will be followed by an up cycle, and so on. Money is flow, or affluence. If the flow of the energy of your home and life is good, your chances of luck are good. If the flow is stale and stagnant, your chances of luck are poor. Breathe right, open the channels to life, let in the light and get more luck. Chaos or clutter often denotes depression. If you or someone in your home is depressed or chaotic, go about decluttering very carefully and sensitively unless you want to get a bad reaction; decluttering often exposes emotional pain that wants to be left alone and needs time to come through its own process by itself in its own time. In other words, be patient with yourself as well as with the others living with you when fixing up the place.
How well can you move through your home? Do you need all the stuff you cling to? Can you take chances with money to improve your condition? Fear comes of feeling stuck. The less freely you can move the more stuck you feel. Open your space and move and you will begin to feel less stuck. That will begin to turn your luck around for the better.
The autumn is a very good time to clear out the house and prepare to concentrate on your aims through the winter.
For more information about Raphael's work in Feng Shui please see www.psychicarts.net, or www.trs-fengshui.com.
It really helps to clean out the place. Clutter spells stagnation and anxiety. Traditionally, one completely sweeps clean the house at the beginning of spring, which, in the Chinese calendar, begins on or near February 4th. Throw away everything that you don't need. Clear up all the clutter. Get organized. Look over all the old papers and decide what goes where and what goes into the garbage.
To make a spiritual cleansing of the house, according to tradition, first open all the windows and do a thorough cleaning; washing and vacuuming. When that's done, take a broom and lightly sweep all the floors and walls from the back of the house to the front door, then sweep all the stale energy out the door. If you want to do it right, slam the door behind it all once you've got it outside.
There is a secret method used by Mongolian and Chinese wizards for getting bad spirits out of the house that you can include with the above cleansing. For this, you need to get a small round mirror. Traditionally, one uses a round bronze mirror that can be held in the hand, but a small, round cosmetic mirror will do if you can't find a bronze mirror; they're hard to come by and are expensive. Take the mirror in your left hand; hold it flat with all five fingers around it so the reflecting side shows out. In your right hand, hold a red candle that you have lit. The candle flame has to be reflected by the face of the mirror. With this, go around to all the walls of the house, walk close to the wall surfaces, reflecting the candle fire in the mirror onto the walls as you go from the back of the house all the way around to the front door. This causes hungry ghost energies to flee the house and can cause your hair to stand up on end if you are sensitive to such entities. This practice is best done in the early Autumn. Chinese Autumn season begins on or around August 8th.
To freshen up the house and bring in good luck, bring in fresh oranges and fresh flowers and arrange them on a table. Then light two red candles on the table where you have arranged the oranges and flowers, burn sandalwood incense, and make a prayer for the blessings of Heaven for peace and prosperity to come into your home.
When arranging the furniture, make sure the configuration lets you move easily through the house; nothing should get in the way of movement. The house has to feel open and airy. Clutter anywhere means stagnation in one or another department of your life. A Feng Shui reading of your house will tell you exactly what the cluttered areas of your home correspond to in your life according to the elements of your Chinese astrological chart and the elements of the different compass points inside your house. Whatever, a complete cleaning of the house, including decluttering it and sorting out and rearranging all the stuff will help you to get the energy moving again, and that's what you want. While doing this, concentrate on rearranging how you feel about your prospects in life. A feeling of being stuck in life with no idea what to do is no better than living in a cluttered mess. Clear your mental environment while you clear your home environment; they both reflect one another. When you can see your intention for an unobstructed way in life that is conducive to success reflected in an open, clean environment you will be taking a very positive step in the right direction.
Anxiety or dispair, for whatever reason, needs time to come around and be transformed. In the context of the Chinese elements these emotions are related mostly to Earth and Metal. In their most positive, life supportive expressions, Earth and Metal signify nourishment and cleanliness. If you are in emotional trouble for fear of not having enough, take care of nourishment and setting healthy boundaries. In terms of your space, pay attention to your kitchen, and throw out all the junk.
Money points in the house to consider include the first place you see upon opening the front door, also the far left-hand area, or corner, of your entire house or apartment, and the south-east area of the house or apartment. There are also areas designated as money points that correspond to the age of your house as well as to your Chinese astrological chart; to locate these, however, you may want the help of an expert. Besides the fixed money points, there are money points that circulate around the house on a yearly, even monthly basis due to the rotation of the heavens. In China and Japan people who use fengshui readjust the house or place of business on a regular basis to catch the luck.
What to do mainly in money points is to make sure the energy, or C'hi, breathes. Clutter or unsightly stuff in those areas designated as money points militates against a healthy relationship with money. Money points, besides being uncluttered should be well lit. If you wish, you can put symbols of prosperity at the money points. Symbols of prosperity, besides appropriate Chinese calligraphies, include such things as bouquets of flowers, flowering plants, jade plants, the lucky Buddha, a conch shell, images of two gold fish swiming around one another, elephants, deer, horses, dogs, and so on. Certain images, such as dragons or money turtles need to be positioned in special ways according to the element they represent. For example, a dragon or money turtle made of plastic, crystal or glass corresponds to the element Water and has to be positioned to face north; a dragon made of Wood has to face east or south east, a dragon made of stone has to face northeast or southwest, a dragon made of metal has to face west or northwest. The famous money toad has to be positioned to face the direction of the front door. The money toad should be placed up high, never low down. This is because the money toad is a form of the Moon Fairy Chang-O, and Chang-O lives in the sky, not on the earth. The money toad works with the lunar tides. What this means is if you are using money toads, you are putting your money luck on a lunar tide basis which is always a good idea. To do it right, you have to get six money toads. Select five places to put five of them. They don't all have to be seen; they can be hidden. Put one of the money toads away. Every new moon rotate the positions of the money toads, and exchange the one that was put away with one that was already used. You wake one up and put one to sleep month by month; you rotate the money toads like in a game of musical chairs. Every month one of them goes to sleep. That way when you rotate them you keep your luck flowing. Five is the best number to have working for you. There are five elements; you want to keep the elements turning. The Five Elements are the expressions of the cycle of C'hi, and C'hi is energy. The way magic works is all in your intention. Magic works in the unconscious; it's totally irrational. It works if you let it work.
To make decent money, you need to keep your mind clear. This is where the element Metal comes in. Metal cuts out everything undesirable. To keep your mind clear, or clearer than it has been these past months, make sure to throw out everything you don't want and can't use anymore. Keep your home in a simple, balanced condition.
And to cheer up, use the element Fire. Keep things of beauty that inspire you.
In the Chinese system, everything is cyclical; everything moves in waves. This down cycle will be followed by an up cycle, and so on. Money is flow, or affluence. If the flow of the energy of your home and life is good, your chances of luck are good. If the flow is stale and stagnant, your chances of luck are poor. Breathe right, open the channels to life, let in the light and get more luck. Chaos or clutter often denotes depression. If you or someone in your home is depressed or chaotic, go about decluttering very carefully and sensitively unless you want to get a bad reaction; decluttering often exposes emotional pain that wants to be left alone and needs time to come through its own process by itself in its own time. In other words, be patient with yourself as well as with the others living with you when fixing up the place.
How well can you move through your home? Do you need all the stuff you cling to? Can you take chances with money to improve your condition? Fear comes of feeling stuck. The less freely you can move the more stuck you feel. Open your space and move and you will begin to feel less stuck. That will begin to turn your luck around for the better.
The autumn is a very good time to clear out the house and prepare to concentrate on your aims through the winter.
For more information about Raphael's work in Feng Shui please see www.psychicarts.net, or www.trs-fengshui.com.
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