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This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as a reference [...]
Traditional Chinese houses were square or rectangular. There were no missing areas of the bagua. But modern houses are often oddly shaped. That can create problems.
Simpler, modern feng shui relies heavily on the bagua map, overlaid onto the floor plan of the house. Modern houses, especially houses built in the middle of the 20th century [...]
Traditionally not much information is available on feng shui for the bathroom. In fact, traditional feng shui experts say do not treat the bathroom as a room at all. That is partly because centuries ago, when feng shui was formulated, people did not have indoor bathrooms as we do.
There is, of course, a good bit [...]
Feng shui is very clear on the importance of bedrooms. The bedroom is your haven. It should be a sanctuary of serenity.
The purpose of a bedroom is to sleep, and nothing should be in the bedroom that may interfere with that. In feng shui terms, that usually means, no TV, no computer, no bookshelves—if possible, no [...]
Traditional Chinese circle of elements, showing how each element feeds the next one. Image via Wikipedia
Author: Feng Shui Master
Feng Shui Numbers House
House numbers in feng shui have been one of the most revered and sacred information from this famed and authentic Chinese tradition. Such is the power and forcefulness of these house numbers in [...]
Lush, green plants make wonderful decor, of course. The right plants in the right places add life and charm to any room, from casual to formally elegant. They are also extremely useful in enhancing feng shui.
Plants in Feng Shui
Healthy, growing plants are a staple of modern feng shui. Plants represent the element of wood. They can be [...]
Testing Originally feng shui was about siting the graves of loved ones in places with harmonious energy so that their spirits would not haunt you. Vengeful, insulted ghosts are not fun to live with. Putting their final resting places in auspicious locations was a way to placate them.
Eventually it occurred to the powerful and wealthy [...]
Feng shui is all about good energy, or chi. The purpose of feng shui is to improve your natural luck and make your life more pleasant and harmonious, including health, prosperity, children, mate and relationships, and having friends and helpful people in your life.
That all sounds grand, but on a daily basis, feng shui simply [...]
Feng shui is a very practical philosophy. Many of the tenets of feng shui are just good common sense.
One example of feng shui practicality is having the host sit facing the doorway to see who enters. That practice dates from the days when the host was honor-bound to defend guests, and watching out for enemies [...]
Bedroom decor is important in feng shui for several reasons. As a practical matter, the bedroom should be a haven, a place to rest and recharge at night before facing another day.
For a married couple with small children, the bedroom may be the only place they have privacy and time to maintain their relationship. For [...]
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