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Q: I have been reading your feng shui books and am now totally confused on some basic issues. They are:
1) Is an attached garage considered part of the house when I place the baqua on it?
2) If we enter our home from the attached garage (and never through the actual front door of the house) is this where I place the bottom of the baqua?
Until I have firm answers on these questions I am unable to attempt any of the great ideas I have read. Your help would be greatly appreciated!
PS It always brightens my day when I get your newsletter!
A: Happy to help? you?re not the only one confused about this, and it?s an easy answer (long here only ?cause I?m ranting a little):
1) Yes, an attached garage is included in the house ba gua, if there?s a door directly into the house from the garage (as there usually is).
If there?s no direct-to-inside access from the garage ? i.e., you step from the garage onto a porch, patio, or walkway and walk around to a house door (front or back) ? then the garage is considered a separate space and gets its own ba gua, even if it shares a wall with the house.
2) No. Nope. Never. Not at all. Not negotiable. I?m not a stickler for the rules in many ways, but this is the one where I put my foot down.
The ?bottom? of the ba gua ONLY and ALWAYS is placed at the FORMAL FRONT DOOR of the house. That?s the door the architect planned as the main entry. The one that?s oriented to the bottom of the page on your floor plan. The one that faces the street, your neighborhood, the world.
The garage entry, a side door, the back door ? I can?t tell you how many times I?ve heard (or read) ?yeah, but?? Nuh uh. No buts. Not for the ba gua. Not for the front door. Not ever.
There are some feng shui writers/teachers out there who say that the ?main? entry of the home is determined by your movement, and that if you always go in and out the garage door, that?s where the ba gua should go. I understand where they?re coming from: we often say, ?chi flows where people go,? and I expect that?s why they?re taking that stand.
However, I strongly feel they are missing the key point here: the front door of your home is the formal main entry, and the entire layout and architecture of the house has been designed around it. The home itself is (usually, although not always) situated with the front door facing the street, and it?s the focal point of the ?face? your home presents to the public passing by. As feng shui consultants, when we evaluate a home one of the most important features we look at is the front door, and whether or not the occupants use it.
When you go in and out of the house from any other entry than the front door ?all the time,? then you are messing up the right and appropriate flow of chi through your home, and your experience is likely to be impacted by that in some way. The front door is called your ?mouth of chi? -- no other entry, no matter how frequently used, ever takes that position. When you never use your front door, you are shutting out fresh new chi and the opportunities and ?luck? with which the front door is associated.
Think about it this way: which is the more attractive environment, the area around your front door (perhaps a nice stoop or portico, maybe some potted plants on either side, at the very least, fresh air and sunshine on a daily basis) or the interior of your garage (most likely a little untidy, either gloomy or with harsh overhead lighting, may house your garbage as well as the car, plus all kinds of odds and ends and clutter; usually the air in there is a long way from fresh).
When you go in and out of your house, you?re bringing the chi of one or the other of those entries with you. Which chi would you rather invite into your home on a daily basis?
Turning the ba gua to line it up with the garage door is not the solution! The solution is to go in and out of your front door from time to time. Not all the time (you?re allowed to use the garage entry when your arms are full of groceries, or the weather?s foul, or it?s late at night, or you?re just plain pooped), but every few days ? aim for, say, twice a week ? use your front door! Walk out to get the paper or pick up the mail, or just take a stroll through the neighborhood on a nice afternoon. Don?t be a slave to your garage-door remote. Your home will thank you, and you?ll probably feel better, too.
Hope this brightens your day a little,
Stephanie R.
Q: In my kitchen the sink is exactly opposite the stove. I have read that this creates a lot of conflict in the house. Since it is impossible for me to shift the position of the appliances I would appreciate if you could recommend a cure for this.
A: The secret to figuring out how to remedy this and many other feng shui situations is to understand why it has earned a position on the ?don?t? list. This case is one of many in which the problem lies in the elements represented.
The stove is associated with FIRE, and the sink with WATER. Fire and water are natural enemies: water extinguishes fire, and fire evaporates water. That conflict between the elements is why a sink-opposite-stove kitchen layout is said to lead to arguments and tension in the home.
Sure, you could invest in a kitchen renovation and move your appliances around, but that?s a very costly and time-consuming solution. The standard cure for this feng shui problem is to introduce the WOOD element as a peacemaker. The WATER chi of the sink will go to nourishing the WOOD, and WOOD will feed FIRE. Everybody?s happy, and water and fire aren?t getting in each other?s face any more.
In a spacious kitchen, you might have a table or island between the sink and stove. In that case, a nice (healthy, green) houseplant on the table can be the cure. (A wooden table, BTW, does not count as a wood-type object: it has no living chi; is either a metal (round, oval) or earth (square, rectangular) shape; and usually an earth (brown) or metal (white) color.)
In a smaller kitchen, where there?s no room for a table, a green area rug in front of the sink, in front of the stove, or half-way between them, will provide the same benefit. The rug can either be a solid green, or might have a pattern of green vines or leaves.
If you can?t use a rug, hang a green (or leaf-patterned) kitchen towel over the oven door handle.
As a last resosrt, if you can?t find any way to place something green between the sink and stove, put a small plant or two near the sink, and something else to represent the wood element near the stove.
This is very basic feng shui advice, BTW, and just one of the many common situations I discuss in Fast Feng Shui. I strongly recommend that feng shui beginners take some time to study the five elements as well as the ba gua if they wish to apply feng shui successfully to their homes.
Hope this helps,
Stephanie
Q: I?m considering buying a floating home. It?s secured on 3 sides and is built on a ?positive floatation? concrete base that has foam in it. I?m wondering about the effect of living on water ? in this case on a river. Any suggestions you can give me would be very welcome. It feels so right for me.
A: If it feels that right, go for it! I am a great believer in following your intuition, regardless of what the feng shui ?rule book? might say.
People have been living on boats and houseboats probably for millennia, so it?s not like you?re attempting anything truly radical. And I assume that making a floating house safe and secure is something to which appropriate experts have given a great deal of thought over the centuries and in more recent years as technologies have improved.
From a feng shui perspective, a floating home does raise some unique issues. The key one is the lack of a solid foundation, which in feng shui terms implies a lack of stability. I suspect that traditional feng shui probably sees this as something to be avoided, but old-school feng shui values ?not rocking the boat? more than I do, and is often overly alarmist and ?one size fits all? in my opinion. (No surprise I?ve chosen to practice the modern methods!)
How much of a problem the flotation issue might be is hard to say. We generally think of stability as a good thing, but too much of it can be stifling. The fact that you are considering a floating home tells me you?ve got an unconventional streak, so ?not being tied down? may suit you just fine.
Living on the river (i.e., being surrounded by abundant water chi) is likely to be beneficial in terms of your social life, career, and finances? although of course there may be any number of other factors involved that counteract that. Rivers are courses of commerce, and although these days we think of flooding as a bad thing, in an agrarian society annual flooding of riverside land was essential to renew the ground and ensure a bountiful harvest.
In broad terms, feng shui is usually seeking balance. A floating home is going to have an abundance of water chi around and beneath it, so that influence is likely to be much stronger than any other element in your home. Keep that in mind in terms of your color choices and décor. Try to minimize WATER and METAL influences (blues, white, metallics) and play up EARTH especially, to add a stabilizing influence. I?m assuming your flotation base is rectangular, so that?s an earth shape, right there, and will help with the stability issue. I?d also recommend a photograph or painting of a mountain somewhere close to the center of the home, to help you stay grounded.
As I finished writing this, I realized that I was smiling: that means my intuition has given you a big thumbs-up, too.
Enjoy living on the river!
Stephanie R.
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Q: Dear Stephanie, I did some Feng Shui adjustments and empowered them as you advise in your book, Fast Feng Shui For Singles, but the strangest things are happening: things are just dropping and breaking from my relationship corners. A picture fell off the wall and shattered; I had 2 candle holders and was burning the candles and one just shattered to pieces; and I had a figurine with 2 birds and it fell and one of the birds shattered.
To say the least I am very concerned. Is this normal in Feng Shui? If so what does it mean?
A: Sorry to hear your feng shui remedies are not working out as you'd hoped.
One item falling is not necessarily significant, although I think it?s worth pondering what it might mean. But a cluster of cures dropping and breaking is not normal at all. Clearly there is something discordant going on with that area. It's impossible for me to say exactly what that is, but here are some possibilities:
1) Mundane factors: nearby construction, or train tracks, for example, could be creating vibrations that cause things to fall. Sometimes when we get focused on the more mystical aspects of feng shui, we forget that very ordinary things to happen also! If this were the case, though, I would expect other things (not just your romance cures) to be affected.
2) External "chi" factors: perhaps predecessor chi or some other factor needs to be cleared with a space clearing.
3) Internal conflict: if you have any inner doubts or uncertainties about relationship or intimacy issues, perhaps due to a past difficult experience, these could be influencing what's going on in the home. These are not necessarily conscious or obvious. You may feel strongly that you want to meet someone, but perhaps you have some subconscious fear of intimacy, or of being hurt or abandoned if you do get involved. That would create a discord between what you are focusing on as your desire, and what your inner self is anxious about, and that discord might manifest on the physical level as cures falling/breaking.
4) Resistance from household members: You haven't mentioned whether or not you live alone but if, for example, you have children or a parent living with you, and they would prefer you not to be in a relationship for some reason, that could be a contributing factor.
Whatever the reason, these incidents are a clear sign that you should step back and do some clearing of space, thoughts, intentions, etc. I suggest that you take ALL your relationship cures and remedies down and clean them and set them aside (place them all in a box somewhere until you are ready to put them back up).
If you don?t think there are any ?inner conflict? issues at play, I suggest "dowsing" (with a pendulum or dowsing rods) to determine just where this energy discord is present in your home, or find someone locally who can work with you. If the problem is something that could be improved with a space clearing ceremony, it would help to have someone who is not emotionally invested in the outcome to help you with it.
Once you have cleared the space, put the objects back up. If you need to do any inner work or clearing, you might find that something as simple as journalling about it will help. EFT ("Emotional Freedom Technique") tapping can be very helpful as well. Or you might work with an energy healer to release subconscious blocks about relationships.
As you can see there are lots of possible causes, and many options for what you might do about this. Allow your intuition to guide you in choosing what approach feels best to you.
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I sent my comments to this question by email, and received this reply:
"Your number 3 reason hits the nail on the head. About 2 days after I put the remedies in place a lot of things that I had buried in my subconscious started to surface. My first relationship, when I was quite young, was with a very jealous and abusive man. Since that time (it was many years ago), I have thought I?ve wanted to be with someone. But as soon as anyone started to get close to me I would sabotage the relationship in various ways, without seeing what I was doing. I recognize now how my behavior has kept me single. The broken cures and my prayers have brought it all out, the memories and the pain and humiliation. This has been a very painful realization, and I hope it means the healing has begun. I am going to arrange to do a space clearing, as it feels that it would be beneficial for me now."
Many of us are attracted to feng shui because it seems like a fun and easy way to create change in our lives. But sometimes feng shui turns out to be a more difficult learning and growth process than we expect. As difficult and painful as it is to face deeply buried feelings, letting them up and out is the single most important and powerful step of the healing process.
When an emotional history is so (understandably) difficult, it seems wise to take some time to focus on healing and release work before moving on. A victim?s support group might be especially helpful for anyone whose gone through such a difficult past.
It is a lot more appealing to look for love than do the alone work, but it's the alone work that enables us to get ready for a new relationship and to fully and joyfully participate in one when we find it. Too often, people -- and I think women especially -- keep looking for the "right" relationship to heal their heart-wounds, not understanding that healing has to happen from within first, to allow a good relationship to happen.
Wishing you peace, luck, and happiness,
Stephanie R.
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Q: I wanted to ask you which are the best bracelets for protection: what color and rock you must use to protect and where can I buy a bunch of them to manage a very difficult situation we are going through with my husband.
A: I?m sorry to hear you are having a difficult time, and hope the issue is resolved amicably and quickly.
Yes, gemstones are associated with various different types of energy, and certain stones may be recommended to someone wishing to benefit from that energy. Amethyst, for example, is widely known as a highly spiritual stone, while tourquoise and peridot are often associated with prosperity. Rose quartz is popular for romance cures.
For protection, agate, onyx, and hematite come to mind, but please be aware that I am not a gemstone expert. There are (at my estimate) about a gazillion different types of stones and a wide range of different meanings, so if you do a little poking around (Google ?protection stone,? for starters) I?m sure you'll find other options.
Dragon-Gate.com has some feng shui bracelets specifically for protection (just type ?protection? in their search box and these will come up):
Crystal-Life.com has very good quality products, at good prices, but I don?t know that they?ll have the specific type you are looking for.
I?d like to caution against the assuming that the more bracelets you wear, the better. Piling on the bracelets can be seen as a lack of faith that one will work. These are subtle energies, and in my opinion protection (in whatever form you feel you need it) is a lot to expect from a bracelet, even ?a bunch? of them, no matter what colors or stones they are made of.
If wearing a particular stone makes you feel better, and that will help you to cope better with a stressful situation, then I see no reason not to do so. But no bracelet is going to ?manage? a difficult situation for you. Feng shui accessories are not an appropriate substitute for family counseling or (should the situation be quite dire) a restraining order. I hope things are not that extreme for you, and you're simply looking for a little something to help you feel less vulnerable and more empowered. I don?t want to discourage you from wearing a ?power? bracelet if you want to -- or to imply that "power" bracelets have no value (I'm fond of them myself!) -- but don?t expect miracles from it.
Hope your situation improves soon,
Stephanie R.
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Q: The "Prosperity" wind chime (Chinese coins strung on red strings), which I had hung outside my front door, suddenly broke this weekend. I happened to look out this morning and saw them lying on the railing below where I had hung them. Can you tell me what that might mean? After I bought a rose quartz "love" bracelet that had broken, I read that this was actually a good thing. In the case of the bracelet, it mentioned that perhaps it symbolized that a cycle in my life was finally breaking and leading me onto a better path concerning love.
I have experienced a very difficult year financially and am awaiting word on an offer to purchase a piece of property I co~own, which had been my main source of income. We have been having trouble finding new tenants to replace the one large tenant who moved out over a year ago, so we are hoping to just sell the property finally. ... If nothing else, I am so glad to have come across your website, Stephanie!!!
A: I believe what matters is what the broken wind chime means to you, not what meaning you might find if you could look it up in an index somewhere. Kind of like dreams: there may be universal meanings associated with various dream imagery, but any particular event or image might mean something very different to you than it does to most people. You did ask what I think, though, so here goes:
On the most mundane level, perhaps the wind chime fell because the string from which it was hanging isn't suited to an outdoor location. Sun and rain damage fibers, so if it's been out there for a while needing a new string would be normal. (It?s a good idea to inspect your feng shui remedies from time to time.) When you get into something like feng shui, where virtually everything has some symbolic meaning, it's easy to start over-interpreting things. So, even though it's worth exploring what a fallen wind chime might imply, jumping to the conclusion that it means something ominous or highly significant could be a stretch. That doesn?t mean it isn?t worth paying attention to, though, and I suggest that you do. If nothing else, it may signify that there?s some aspect of your money situation you?ve been taking for granted which could use attention before it "breaks."
I also think that when something falls or breaks, it?s usually because you have conflicted feelings about it on some level. This would especially be likely if the string should not have worn out so quickly. Perhaps you aren?t 100% convinced that you?ve made the best decision about what to do with the property you?re selling. Doesn't mean selling is the wrong decision, but maybe there are some issues you still need to make peace with.
When you feel undecided about something, flipping a coin can help you make up your mind: not because of any commitment to do what the heads-or-tails outcomes dictates, but because when you see the result, sometimes you feel an instant twinge of relief or disappointment, and that tells you what you really want to do.
Did you have a gut feeling when you saw the fallen wind chime? If so, was it "Uh oh, something's not working out for me", or "Oh, good, I'm moving away from needing that prosperity cure now"?
If you had an "uh oh" response, that's a clue to explore what assumptions, beliefs, or anxieties you might have about money that are still factoring into your experience. It?s difficult to experience good results from feng shui if your mind is filled with doubt or worry, or if you have a subconscious belief that you don't really deserve to prosper. I explore these very important issues in depth in my book, Fast Feng Shui for Prosperity, so you might want to take a look at that.
Whether your fallen wind chime is highly, or just mildly, significant, do be sure, if you?re going to hang it up again, to use a heavier/sturdier red string to hang it with, and be sure that the desired outcome you image is clear and strong in your mind.
Hope this helps you gain some helpful insight from the incident, and that your finances take a turn for the better soon,
Stephanie R.
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Here are two recent questions I received expressing concern about the laundry closet in a key area of the ba gua. (If you don?t know what the ba gua is, click here.) Personally, I think having a washer and dryer in the home is a wonderful thing. Here?s what I had to say about it.
Laundry Room in the Wealth Area
Q: Dear Stephanie, I just closed on a new home, and am so excited to apply some of the feng shui techniques from your book. My question is about the wealth area, which includes a laundry closet and a portion of my kitchen. The previous owners installed some storage shelving above the washer and dryer. There is not much room in this closet, but it takes up a big part of my wealth gua. How would you suggest I make this closet work for me?
A: Although it?s not ideal to have a small utility space (such as a laundry closet) in a key area, it?s not necessarily harmful either. The wealth area isn?t a bad place for it, because hsun gua (the wealth area) is associated with the WOOD element, which is nourished by WATER, which a laundry closet has in abundance.
I do recommend making the laundry closet as pleasant a space as possible. Keep it clean, and make sure there is adequate lighting. If it?s dingy, a fresh coat of paint will spruce it up: pale green or lavender are both good color choices for hsun gua. If you can, try not to completely fill up all that storage space on the shelves. Leave some space free for abundance to move in to the new house with you. Because this is in your prosperity area, look for an attractive and appropriate object or small image that you could place on the shelves to liven up the dull space and encourage prosperity.
A small area is easy to keep tidy and organized, but closets tend to invite abuse. Resist the temptation to use that shelf space for things you don?t have a place for elsewhere. It?s easy to think, ?I?ll just stick this in the laundry closet for now until I figure out where to keep it.? That?s a sure path to clutter, and clutter in the wealth area is not a good thing!
You might consider looking for another place to keep dirty laundry prior to washing, so the closet doesn?t get stinky. (I don?t let my husband leave his smelly workout clothes in our laundry room; they go on a rack on the deck until I run the next load.)
Instead of seeing the laundry area as a potential problem, focus on the positive: how convenient to have laundry facilities in your home, instead of having to haul your dirty clothes to a Laundromat! Many of us take our in-home laundry facilities for granted, so take a moment to appreciate that many of the world?s inhabitants would consider your laundry closet a pinnacle of wealth and luxury.
The wealth area is a good place for the kitchen, BTW, because the kitchen is always associated with prosperity (no matter which gua it inhabits).
Congratulations on your new home!
Stephanie R.
Laundry Room in the Relationship Area
Q: I am moving into a new apartment with my husband, and I want it to have a very positive energy. It is a narrow 2-story condo, and the first floor is basically open space, with a balcony at the far end from the door. I?m including the balcony in the ba gua because it is covered, but this puts the laundry closet (which is on the balcony) in the relationship area. What should I do about that?
A: The ba gua for your home only includes interior spaces: that means four walls and a roof. A balcony, even if covered, is open on at least one side. The only time you would include a balcony in the interior ba gua is if it is fully enclosed (with at least screens and preferably some kind of half-wall on any open sides) and used year-round as part of your living space.
I don?t see the laundry facilities as a problem, even if they were inside the home. Yes, the washer and dryer are in the relationship area of the condo ba gua, but it?s a leap to assume that?s a bad thing. What?s a more natural pairing than a washer and dryer? They go hand in hand, just like husband and wife.
I understand your desire to maximize the positive impact of the relationship gua, so want to remind you that the most important area for relationship remedies (if needed) and enhancements is kun gua within your bedroom. Keep the laundry closet clean and fresh-smelling, and it shouldn?t be a problem.
Hope this helps,
Stephanie R.
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A common question people new to feng shui ask is the subject of 'moving water,' especialy with regards to their use as feng shui remedy for their career or wealth area. Is there advantage to using one over the other? What's the difference? What is the significance of the fish in the aquarium? Stephanie answers these questions and more in her article in the latest issue of the Fast Feng Shui newsletter.
An interesting question in the Feng Shui Q+A is from someone who lives in a small apartment and has no place for the litter box except in the wealth corner of her office. What can she do to keep the 'negative' energy from polluting her finances? Stephanie provides a clever and stunning solution using knowledge of the five elements to actually use the energy of the litter box to support strong wealth chi. You can read the answer in the Feng Shui Q+A of the newsletter now.
Plants are among the most popular and frequently recommended feng shui remedies. There are several ways you can use them to improve the feng shui of your home or office:
1 - To add vitality (living chi);
2 - To encourage luck;
3 - To counteract sha chi (harmful energy); and
4 - To absorb excessive water chi in a space.
You can find out details about these methods and more in the current issue of the Fast Feng Shui newsletter.
Also of interest is our Feng Shui Q+A which addresses the placement of a bed under a window. How bad is it? What if there is no other place to position the bed in the room? This is a good example of not getting restricted by a certain 'rule' and looking at the broader picture and choosing from best possible options. For more details, read Stephanie's answer to this question.
Bigger is not always better. This statement applies to feng shui as well. Feng shui beginners are usually guilty of overdoing their cures due to the mistaken notion that it will hasten or multiply the good fortunes they supposedly bring. Not so. This newsletter issue's article addresses this issue...
Stephanie wrote: "Wind chimes have been on my mind a lot lately. That's because our next-door neighbors have several very large wind chimes hung by their front door, which is on the side of their property nearest to us. Our houses are close together, and it's windy here, especially on summer afternoons. The wind chimes have been chiming so loudly and continuously it's been starting to drive us nuts.
"Now, I am very fond of wind chimes when used appropriately. But in feng shui, more and bigger is not always better. The size of your cure - whether it be a wind chime or anything else - should be appropriate to the location where it is being placed..."
The Q&A addresses the 'front door' vs. 'facing direction' issue, esp. with regards to high-rise apartments. Plus very good featured resources. Check out our latest Fast Feng Shui newsletter issue now.
"The new beginning we experience with each new year doesn't emerge from nowhere. It's the beginning of another round of the annual cycle, and in spite of feeling like a fresh start it really begins with how we conclude (resolve) the previous year. Traditional New Year's resolutions tend to emerge from a focus on the negative. Our 'resolutions' to do better come January 1 arise out of thoughts such as 'I'm too fat,' 'I haven't been taking very good care of myself,' 'I hate my job,' or 'I've been neglecting my spouse/family.'
"Instead of focusing on negatives, how about focusing on some positives instead? Take a few minutes to think the successes and accomplishments you experienced in 2005. What "successful conclusions" did you achieve? What are you grateful for receiving? What did you do that was fun or joyful? What happy memories have you added to your life experience?"
To read Stephanie's New Year article and to learn how to use the inspiration of the ba gua to create your New Year resolutions, check out our latest issue of the Fast Feng Shui newsletter.
Also covered is an interesting Feng Shui Q+A concerning the proper location of a 'mudroom' in relation to the ba gua, and a New Year's Resolutions Toolbox that can help you 'rewire your brain' to make your resolutions stick. Interesting stuff! Check out the newsletter now.
Space clearing is a powerful way to remove unwanted energy from your space and to fill your home with vibrant, positive chi. Any time you want to feel that you are making a fresh start or if you have been feeling stuck or hopeless about some aspect of your life, it's time to consider purifying your space. Other situations that would call for space clearing include moving into a new home or office, or planning to sell your home, or whenever you experience major life changes. In this newsletter issue's article, Stephanie describes the most common elements of space clearing, and why each is important: What Space Clearing Can Do for You
Also in this issue is a good Q+A regarding the ba gua and personal kua number. What is your kua number and how does that relate to the ba gua? Read the answer to this question and find out how you can have access to a kua calculator for free. Read the newsletter now
Our current newsletter issue's article is an important one. It talks about clutter and how it could inhibit your ability to attract finances. Stephanie points out not only the obvious wealth areas of the ba gua that need to be cleared and taken care of, but other areas as well, such as your office, your closets, the kitchen, and the bedroom. As she defines it, "like a blood clot that blocks circulation in a vein, clutter of any kind is an energy block that prevents chi -- vital energy -- from circulating through your home and life." Read this very important article, follow its pointers and watch your cash flow get 'unclogged.' Go here now: How Clutter Affects Your Finances
Also in this issue is a Q+A from a reader who has a question about her carport and the ba gua, as well as her two bathrooms located right in the center of the ba gua map. Stephanie's answer is a perfect example of how to use your knowledge of the five elements and their cycles. We include a link to our FREE ebook, "A Quick Guide to the Five Elements." Check out our latest newsletter now.
Over the past few years ?Lucky Bamboo? has become one of the most popular feng shui accessories on the market. If you don?t yet have a Lucky Bamboo plant, once your friends and family find out that you are interested in feng shui you?ll probably receive one as a gift someday soon. In fact, Lucky Bamboo is said to be luckiest when it is received as a gift. That doesn?t mean you can?t buy one for yourself if you want to, though; just think of it as a gift from you to your home or office...
Bamboo is a symbol of luck and success because of its rapid growth, strength and fortitude. In this newsletter issue's article, Stephanie shares some things she has learned to ensure that your Lucky Bamboo continues to bring you good fortune for a very long time. Interested? Read the article How to Choose and Care for Lucky Bamboo.
Also in this issue is a Q+A regarding the "Peach Blossom" method of attracting new lovers. A reader expresses a little impatience and wonders how long it takes to see results. Stephanie's answer expounds a little bit on the subtle nature of manifesting and how feelings of desperation can actually subvert or slow down results. You can go read the rest of her important comments in our latest issue of the Fast Feng Shui newsletter.
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