The questions become:
–Will you work with the energy of the year?
–Are you ready to stop fighting the flow and rowing upstream?
–Did you know that by following the energy patterns, you can ride the tides like a nimble kayaker navigates the rushing whitewater with deft skill?

Each year presents opportunities with the dominant energies of the year — for both good and bad.

Like the ocean rip tides that can suck a swimmer out to deeper water, it’s the swimmer who fights the tide that drowns — and it’s the survivor who swims with the tide, using the tide’s own energy to help move him or her closer to shore.

It’s like that from year to year.  You can either fight the tide — or you can trust the tide, and let it carry you and propel you even further than swimming alone.

So what do you need to know to get ahead in 2010?

The very best energy for 2010 is found in the center, west, east, north, and northwest. That’s the good news! We have five sectors with helpful energy. The difficult energy is found in the southwest, south, northeast and southeast. 
 

Let’s talk about the energies…

Networking through civic groups is another benefit of the 4 Sexy Star moving to the career sector. Anything that gets your name out in front of others is the best way to promote your availability to do the job. Write, network, and get your name out to help you move ahead in your career this year. Write, promote, publicize.  That’s the key to getting ahead this year.

The one cautionary note this year with regard to career is that it’s possible there will be infidelities at work – like there always is – but to an even higher degree in the coming year. Keep alert for these dalliances as they can cause scandal – and possible job loss – at work.

Family Outlook
The family will benefit by the addition of the heavenly benefactor energy in the east sector of health and family. Men and helpful people can be called on to assist your family. The family can also benefit by traveling together internationally as these trips will promise to be both helpful and unifying for the family.

The southeast wealth sector can see more arguments about money and hurtful words exchanged. Adding water to this sector will help to dissolve the harsh energy. Theft is another concern. Lost wallets, break-ins, and Internet or credit card theft is a heightened worry in the year ahead. Keep careful watch over all expenses and your accounts in the coming year.

The south sector of fame and recognition and social status may see the break-up of old friendships as bickering and squabbling could occur this year. Watch associations with others for possible legal entanglements as the Jade 3 star visits the south sector creating legal wrangling and potential lawsuits, slander, or hurtful gossip. This would be the year to pull in as a family and limit outside interactions as much as possible to save your family’s name and reputation.

In the northeast sector, the Black 2 illness star makes its appearance. This can cause children to lose more days away from school due to sickness and face school hardships. Children also figure into the west 1 star this year and they may suffer more from ear aches and bladder or kidney problems. Watch children’s health with extra care and diligence.

Keep your home and office chi fresh and alive

Every year you buy new clothes. It’s important to keep your clothing new to look fresh and updated. It makes you feel good too! The same is true with feng shui and that’s why it’s the smart person who makes the simple, easy changes that keep your home and office chi fresh and alive from year to year.

Perhaps most importantly, it’s the clever person who makes certain that negative energies are addressed first and foremost – much like the driver who gets into the car and fastens his seat belt. We know we’re very unlikely to be in a car crash, yet the wise person takes steps to protect him or herself and his or her family before driving, secure in the knowledge that if a crash does occur, you will be protected. This is the same with feng shui.

Protection is a must
Feng shui’s first priority is always protection first. That’s why addressing problems and afflictions each year helps you get the most out of the year – because you can proceed knowing that you’ve handled problems and if they do occur, they’ll be easier to handle.

Once that’s done, then you can proceed to making enhancements feeling confident and secure that the changes you make will be more effective because you’ve already handled the afflictions!

Themes for the Year of the Tiger
As I talked about earlier, this is the year to pull in as a family, take care of each other, be careful in cars and in sports, and watch your family name. Avoid dalliances at work – and instead – put that romance energy to work with your partner or spouse where you will reap the real rewards of the Sexy Star!

Plan ahead…now

And in 2010, be thinking about where you want to head in the next few years and begin making a plan of the steps to get there.

Start planning for growth now, because although it was a rough year in 2008 and 2009, we will start to see some signs of recovery and you want to be there ready to take advantage of it in the year ahead!

And true to the idea of planting seeds, this is a great year to do more landscaping and adding water to your home landscape. Growth from making future plans and actually planting and adding water will help you to reap rewards and in the years that follow.

I’ve got all the details you need to get your year underway so that its healthy, happy, productive, and prosperous in the 2010 Red Lotus Letter Success Pack.

For more detailed and in depth information about

the Year of the Gold Tiger click here

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Kathryn Weber is the publisher of the Red Lotus Letter Feng Shui E-zine and certified feng shui consultant in classical Chinese feng shui. Kathryn helps her readers improve their lives and generate more wealth with feng shui. For more information and to receive her FREE Ebook “Easy Money – 3 Steps to Building Massive Wealth with Feng Shui” visit www.redlotusletter.com and learn the fast and fun way how feng shui can make your life more prosperous and abundant!

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To greet the New Year, set aside a couple of hours to give your house, bedroom, or office a New Year Blitz. Just remember, you are inviting a very special guest to your house: The New Year. So treat your house the way you would a very important dignitary. This is a new year of your life so welcome it in a grand way!

Take the list below in hand and check off the items one by one! Are you ready? Then, let’s get ready for the New Year! Remember to get everyone in the house in on the act.

OUT WITH THE OLD

1. De-clutter
Grab a laundry basket. Next, set a timer and take it with you from room to room. Set it for five minutes. Now, start throwing out old papers, magazines, empty bottles of shampoo from the bathroom, old clothes you know you’ll never wear again! Do it.

Got CDs you never listen to? Throw those out or donate them to charity. Have some old coffee mugs that don’t match or odd drinking glasses still hanging around in your cabinets? Pitch ‘em.

When in doubt, throw it out. Don’t forget to look under the bed, too! And toss that lipstick you haven’t worn in two years! Remember to clean out the pantry, too, and toss that half-empty box of Rice Krispies that’s gone stale.

2. Sweep or vacuum
Get the old energy out by making the floors clean.

3. Do the laundry
Don’t have dirty clothes hanging around. You can throw in a load or two while you declutter. Be sure to fold and put the clean clothes away.

4. Clean the bathroom
Make it sparkle. You don’t want a nasty mess to greet the next year of your life!

5. Empty all trashcans
Don’t want last years’ trash hanging around, do you? Toss, toss, toss.

6. Clean out the refrigerator
Got a half-empty jar of apple butter? Get rid of it. You don’t want to go into the New Year with old food or a moldy science project lurking in the fridge.

7. Clear out visual clutter
Too much stuff everywhere? Clear off the counters in the bathrooms and kitchen. Clear off your desk and dust it. Pitch the sticky notes and papers and things taped everywhere! You can do it. Don’t forget the refrigerator! Make it a blank slate.

Make as much space as possible. You cannot bring in new things if there is no room for it and we want a fantastic year, right? Then make your space “open” for the abundance of the New Year!

8. Yard work
Make sure the yard is picked up and the front door step is swept and clear.

9. Change the sheets and towels
Put clean sheets on all the beds on New Year’s Eve and clean towels in the bathroom and kitchen. New sheets are even better.

10. Clean the car
This is what gets you around during the year. Drive through a car wash, take out the trash and do a quick cleaning.

All done? Wow, doesn’t that feel good! Now you’re ready for the next step.

IN WITH THE NEW!

1. Fill your pantry and kitchen
Stock the refrigerator with food and make sure the pantry is also stocked. It is bad feng shui to have an empty refrigerator and pantry. If you have canisters in the pantry or on the countertops, be sure to fill these.

2. Got citrus?
Oranges are excellent symbols for the New Year and the Chinese often celebrate the New Year by rolling oranges (symbols of gold) into the house. Place a big bowl of 8, 9, or 10 (the numbers of prosperity!) oranges in the living room or central location in the house next to dishes of nuts or candies to symbolize an abundant, fruitful home.

3. Buy a new plant
Put a beautiful new plant in the East (health & family relationships) sector of your house or office to symbolize a healthy beginning. You can also display some beautiful flowers here to symbolize your good health in the coming year.

4. Welcome good news
Place a golden bell in the NW corner of your home, office, or bedroom to bring good tidings from helpful people. Like old school bells? If so, place one of these in the NW corner of your yard for good news from helpful people.

5. Hang up new calendars
What better way to greet the New Year than by throwing out the old one? Take down all of last years’ calendars.

6. Fill your wallet
You don’t want to go into the New Year with an empty wallet. Put some money in your wallet — or better yet — go and buy a new wallet (red is the best!) or purse and start your financial off with new energy!

7. Invite a toad to your house
Place an old, broken clay pot upside down next to a water spout so a toad can make its home here. Toads are believed to invite money into the household; they’re especially nice by the door. You can also place figurines of toads by the door.

8. Feed the birds
Birds are excellent feng shui and believed to bring good news. Fill your feeders or put out a feeder for the New Year.

9. Have fun and celebrate
Fun is good feng shui. A happy vibrant home or space is a good space, so plan a party of some kind of happy gathering. Remember, a home or office with good feng shui is easy to spot it’s the one where everyone goes and doesn’t want to leave! Make your space that kind of place!

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Below is an assessment of the energies for the upcoming year.  Be sure to put your remedies and enhancements in place!

The very best energy for 2009 is found in the center, southeast, south, southwest and northwest corners.

The worst energy is found in the north, northeast, east, and west.

2009 should be a much, much better year than 2008, thankfully. We have had some major upheaval because of the instability of earth over water, which is what 2008 was the year of the Earth Rat. The earth element is on top of the rat element, putting earth on top of water. This created upheavals around the world and made for some difficult times.

Many people work on the good energy sectors first and often don’t apply remedies to the negative energy areas. However, that is a mistake. Ignoring negative sector and concentrating on the positive ones is like being told you have gold in one corner of your property and you go to dig and ignore an angry mob of marauders heading toward your house.

Instead, you should do what you can to exercise protective feng shui first and foremost and fortify yourself against negative energy and once that is done, then work on digging your gold!

POSITIVE ENERGY SECTORS

CENTER SECTOR (Health, Wealth, Relationships)

LUCKY 9 STAR MAKES THIS A FAVORABLE SECTOR

The 9 star is a very fortunate star in a wonderful location. Because the purple 9 is located in the heavenly heart palace, the whole family benefits from a more convivial atmosphere, communications are enhanced and the family has a good sense of well-being.

The 9 star is a fire star and enhances the earth location in the center palace. Socializing at home will bring prosperity and enjoyable times to the whole home and everyone who lives there. Make it a point to spend lots of time in the center of the home.

SOUTHEAST SECTOR (Wealth, Material Abundance):

No. 8 WEALTH STAR BRINGS PROSPERITY TO THE WEALTH SECTOR

The 8 star brings opportunities to create more prosperity and wealth. This is especially fortunate if your home faces the southeast or if your bedroom or office is located in the southeast corner. This star brings wonderful success when this sector is brightly lit and activated with yang energy. Because of the 8 star’s location here this year, the southeast wealth sector is the luckiest of the nine sectors.

SOUTHWEST SECTOR (Romance, Relationships, Women, Woman of the House):

EXCELLENT NO. 6 HEAVEN ENERGY IN THIS SECTOR THIS YEAR!

This is a wonderful combination as the white 6 star is considered to be very auspicious. It signifies wonderful accomplishment and the ability to rise to prominence and attain greater prestige. The six star also makes a request. It asks women to think bigger, aim higher and open their world up to larger possibilities – and it supports them in those endeavors.

One cautionary note and that is to be careful of overwork. Women tend to work non-stop, but this year could take this to a new level. It is possible that overwork, stress, and fatigue sets in. Make sure that you schedule down time, self care at the spa, and schedule weekends away and vacations for 2009.

NORTHWEST SECTOR (Travel, Helpful People, Patriarchs, Foreign Travel):

1 White Star brings business opportunity

The 1 white star is a beneficial, helping star. When it is located in the northwest corner, it brings opportunities for both business and career. Because the northwest corner is associated with six heaven energy, the six and one combinations are especially beneficial for making great progress in business. This is especially so if the business situation is one where you need to outdo the competition!

SOUTH SECTOR (Fame, Recognition, Social Status):

No. 4 Green Romance and PR Star located in this sector

Typically the four star brings great creative and academic success and travel energy to the sectors it visits. The four star brings wonderful work creativity, unique ideas, and all kinds of breakthroughs.

It also draws suitors to you. Lastly, the 4 star is known for the ability to help you advance in matters related to romance, education, creativity, writing, sales, and public relations. If you want to spread the word about yourself or your business (or your romantic availability!), this is the sector to enhance.

NEGATIVE ENERGY SECTORS

NORTHEAST SECTOR (Spirituality, Wisdom, Education, Personal Growth):

3 Quarrelsome Star here creates gossip, slander, legal tangles

Grand Duke Jupiter (22-37.5)

This star makes legal problems more contentious and makes everyone more likely to want to settle disagreements in court! Because this is a wood element flying into an earth sector, there could be some mental fatigue and stress and inability to think clearly.

Studies could slide from burn out and so could the ability to make good decisions. To offset this tendency keep candles in this sector, keep the area well-lit and use lots of red colors. This will help to exhaust the negativity of the three star. DO NOT FACE THIS DIRECTION.

EAST SECTOR (Health, Family relationships):

7 Red Violence Star and THREE KILLINGS

The 7 star is known for creating injuries, robberies, theft and other malicious tendencies. Because it is located in the health and family palace, there could be a possibility for violence that harms the health and family – such as a carjacking. Take extra care if your home faces this direction or if your main door faces east.

If you have a garage or workshop in the east corner of your home, careful of any kind of injuries from metal such as saws and blades. The same is true if your kitchen is located in the east. Be extra diligent and careful with sharp knives and choppers.

It’s also possible that sharp words will be harmful in the family because the 7 star relates to the mouth and is associated with the element of metal, so watch that arguments are not too cutting or that things said in anger are left to fester. To help offset this negative energy, use water.

THREE KILLINGS CURSE: Located at 45-135 degrees East.

The three killings wreak havoc wherever they’re located. Because they are in the east, there is a likelihood of legal tangles associated with families and between family members. Be extra cautious about all paperwork with relatives and troublesome family members.

Be aware, though, that the 3 Killings is located here, and you shouldn’t have your back to the east. People will talk about you and gossip could hurt your good name, rob you, try to steal from you, or otherwise betray you. Concentration will also be poor if your back is to the east. Watch for legal tangles and lawsuits. So, be sure to avoid sitting with the EAST at YOUR BACK or you will be surprised by underhandedness.

NORTH SECTOR (Career, Business Opportunities):

5 Yellow Misfortune Star

This star is said to be the most unfortunate of all the stars. The Five Yellow Star brings misfortune, misunderstandings, bad luck, accidents, and financial problems. This is especially true if you sleep in the north sector, work in the north sector of your home, or if your front door is in the north sector. Do take extra care any of this is true for you.

The energy is located specifically between the degrees of 337.5 – 22.5. If these are your door facing degrees be sure to pay extra careful attention and take the precautions outlined here.

Try to avoid this sector if you can. If not, do be sure to have a windchime hung up to draw away negative energy. A pendulum clock, a whirling fan or any kind of metal movement is helpful. Shiny metal bowls or figures are also effective as are metal colors of white, gray, silver and gold – and will stimulate the north’s water-producing (wealth!) capabilities.

WEST SECTOR (Children, Creativity, Family):

NEGATIVE ENERGY FOR 2008 – Annual Black 2 Sickness Star

The black 2 star is a very strong star. It creates problems wherever it goes – especially illness. Because it is in the west sector there could be problems associated with the mouth, teeth and eating. Children could be more likely to suffer from illnesses. Because the two is an earth star and it’s moving into a metal sector, it will be weakened, which is good news.

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