Are you ready to learn how to become a feng shui consultant making $250 an hour…or more?
 
I’m ready to teach you everything I learned when I made feng shui into my career — and what I’ve learned about creating a profitable, thriving feng shui business.

You’ve probably thought about it a long time. Isn’t it time you took that step and began working as a feng shui consultant?

If you’re ready, I’d like to personally teach you feng shui.

I’ve been asked about this for years now.  Feng shui is often very confusing and my readers have asked me to teach a course in feng shui, because of the way I can take feng shui’s difficult and esoteric ideas and make them easy to understand and learn. 

This course is perfect for anyone who is seriously interested in gaining a good working knowledge of feng shui, either to enhance their own homes or to use as a foundational experience and knowledge in feng shui — or use it like I did for your own launch pad for a career in feng shui. 

Now you can learn feng shui for fun or profit. 

This Feng Shui Master Consultant Class provides:
1. A carefully designed, high-quality privately-taught feng shui experience
2. Increased focus and clarity of feng shui via this one-on-one intensive course
3. An intense yet supportive classroom experience
4. Total immersion in feng shui ideas, concepts, and foundation
5. Certification as a Master Feng Shui Consultant

The Red Lotus Master Consultant Course will be held November 10-14, 2010 in exciting Austin, Texas at a luxury hotel property where you will enjoy beautiful surroundings in the class and in your room that is convenient to the airport.

The Red Lotus Master Consultant Course can help you move ahead in your life as a Master Consultant and give you the confidence to practice feng shui competently and be paid like the professional you are.
 
This is not a feng shui class that rehashes 5 Element Theory. 

It is a class on what a Master Feng Shui Consultant needs to know — like how to write a report, how to present yourself to clients that gives them (and you) confidence in your work,  what to charge and how to get paid.  And, I’ll give you tools and tips to help you make complicated feng shui easier and faster to practice.

Are you working as a consultant already and barely making ends meet? 

If you’re tired of working yourself to the bone and not making anything for it, I’ll show you how to be a consultant who works with integrity and eats, too! You’ll get real-world, down to earth, and, yes, frank and candid, talk about what being a consultant is all about.

I’ll share with you how I started my own business , what I did in the beginning, and how my little feng shui Ezine began with only 22 subscribers (mostly family and friends!). But now, my business is growing and I want to help you help others as a feng shui consultant — and have a life too. 

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In a perfect feng shui world, you’ll find all five elements present in a room. This helps to keep the room feeling comfortable, harmonious and balanced – and thus making you more productive, effective, and successful.

The checklist below has some of the most common problems associated with missing or excess elements. The list will help you determine what element is out of balance and the Element List will help you balance the energies in your home correctly.

Don’t forget to look at all important rooms, such as your living room, bedroom, office, and even your garden to make sure your surroundings are in good feng shui shape.

Common Problems

__Lethargy, depression, excess weight – too little fire or too much water

__Instability, clouded thinking, hyperactivity, unhappy relationships – too little earth

__Lack of opportunity, low career growth, feeling spiritually disconnected – too little water

__Poor health, lack of growth, low vitality, family disharmony – too little wood

__Nervous exhaustion, scattered thinking, busy for busy sake, disorganized – too much metal

__Impulsiveness, anger, frustration, anxiety – too much fire

__Lack of creativity, initiative, ability to analyze – too little metal

__No fun, little enjoyment or zest for life – too little fire

__Financial problems, too many bills, too little income – too little water and/or wood

__Stuck or smothering relationships, boredom, overly serious – too little earth

Element List

_____Water Element. The water element relates to business, career, and opportunities. It also has an effect on emotions, feelings and intuition. When the water element is correctly placed, career and business function more smoothly and there is progression in the climb up the corporate ladder. Water can also help create insights, make you feel inspired and spiritually connected and refreshed.

When there is too much water, there is depression, lethargy, weight gain, and isolation. Look for dark colors, blues, black, purple and wave shapes. When there’s not enough water, add water using color or shape. You can also add water figures such as shells or figurines of fish or a real aquarium.

_____Wood Element. The wood element relates to health, growth, and advancement. It is the element that relates to the family, the feet and the oldest son. When wood is correctly placed, the family is happy, growing and health is vibrant. Too much wood can cause arguments and fiery tempers.

When wood is lacking there is little expansion, life feels stalled, stuck. The shape is rectangular, similar to the tall shape of a tree trunk. To add wood energy, use brown and green colors and rectangular shapes. Dried flowers, bonsai trees and cactus are negative wood symbols and should not be used in the house.

____ Fire Element. The element of fire is the one element that is not naturally present in the earth and has to be created. It is powerful and spreads rapidly. It can keep you warm or burn down the house. Fire represents sociability, the family name, good friends, happiness and its presence indicates the success that comes with fame or public recognition.

Too much fire energy can create a home that is overly-stimulated, nerves frayed, anger and irritability rampant, not enough rest. Too little fire creates remote feelings and a lack of ambition or vision, low self-esteem, little happiness or zest for life.

The fire element is symbolized by triangle shapes, lamps, and candles. It’s also associated with the color red. Add red colors or triangle shapes or more lighting to brighten up your home and give it a punch of color and energy! Do be careful with the fire element. Too much of it can overwhelm your space.

_____Earth Element. The earth element is an element of caring, stability and calm reserve. When earth is lacking there is a lack of focus and mental clarity. The shape is square. Earth elements help make relationships strong and enduring. Too much earth can create a home that is sluggish and ineffectual. This can manifest with low motivation and apathy.

The earth element is symbolized by square shapes, stones, ceramic and crystal elements. It’s associated with the color of ochre, beige, tan, and yellow. To boost the earth element add stone or earth-related objects and golden colors. To reduce the earth element in your home add metal objects as these exhaust the earth energy.

_____Metal Element. The metal element is an element of creativity and represents the manifestation of inward flowing movement, which includes wealth. Adding metallic objects such as Chinese coins, metallic bowls and windchimes brings more metal energy to a home. Arching, oval and round shapes are associated with the metal element. Metal energy helps bring logic, precise thinking and ability to think analytically. Ceiling fans, white colors, televisions, stereos and computers are associated with metal energy.

Too much metal can cause too much movement, speaking before thinking, and being hasty. Too little metal brings mental dullness and inability to manifest because metal is a conductor and its presence in a home helps manifest quick thought, decisiveness, and movement. When you want to activate the metal element choose gold, silver, white or gray colors. If metal is too prominent, add water colors of blue and black or water elements such as fish or fountains.

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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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Let’s talk about a few of the ways you apply feng shui to yourself to stay fresh and energized….

Your signature says it all.
My mentor and feng shui master, Lillian Too, often recommended people make changes to their signatures to give them more influence. Some signatures have letters that curl backwards — this means lackluster growth and success.
Some tilt left — this causes the same problem. Even the graphic above shows writing that tilts to the right and looks like it’s going forward. Look at your signature and make sure yours says “affluence” and that it tilts right and up — not left and backwards.

A client of mine had a tough time being promoted even though his income kept going up; he simply never got the nod. I told him his signature tilted backwards — as though he turned his back on others or looked backwards. In fact, all his writing has a tendency to lean left. He changed his signature and the money flowed into his life — and he leap-frogged at his job being promoted up two levels!  Is your signature squeezed and tight?  Money will be tight too.  Get your signature flowing and watch the money flow with it!

What does your email really say?
This may sound strange but your email address conveys ideas about you to the people who read it.  What we call ourselves can influence the way we are treated by others.  If you have a negative email address or something very difficult, it could have an effect. What does your email address say about you?  Also, use proper punctuation even in an email.  Some emails are written using the lowercase “i” instead of “I.”  This diminishes you. Don’t do it.

Like hair color commercial says, “You’re worth it.”

Do you do little things for yourself that make you feel pampered?  I set up a tea tray by my office with a hot water kettle on a pretty tray with apothecary jars full of elegant teas and some of my favorite ginger cookies (Biscoff and Anna’s Ginger Thins are my fave!).  Now when I want a break from the computer, I only step to the next room instead of trekking downstairs and I feel luxurious with my herbal tea. It’s also some self care that makes me feel good.

Do your best to beautify yourself.

Everyone feels better when they look better.  Get to a new stylist, or a make-up counter at a department store. Freshen up your image and your look. I got Invisalign braces last month and I’m almost 50, but who cares? I wanted a straighter smile so that when I ring in the New Year in 11 short months, I’ll do it with a straight, white smile. We all get into ruts, just have the good sense to get out of it and make some improvements to keep your energy flowing and active and help you feel great!

What makes you feel inspired?

We all need something that lifts our sights.  I like to find my inspiration at my desk because I spend a lot of time on the computer.  Last year, I posted a picture of Hong Kong on my computer and guess where I went? That’s right, Hong Kong.  This year, I put a new photo on my computer’s wallpaper.  It’s a gorgeous waterfall because I want a lot of water this year — and remember water is wealth in feng shui!  Find a picture for your wallpaper on your computer or a scene to hang on a wall where it can inspire you!

Open your eyes to your habits of speech, your writing, your email name, even your resistance to change and openness to receive. This is part of applying feng shui to yourself and to your life, to keeping energy positive and moving and flowing for yourself. Sometimes the change to your environment isn’t as important as the changes your make to yourself.
 
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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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Gems and crystals are powerful symbols of our earthly desires and they are powerful activators. Gems are regarded as earth’s most beautiful and precious energy represented in clear, beautiful, sparkling stones. These stones are widely regarded as storehouses of this beautiful earth energy – and potent objects to ground your deepest desires and help them come to fruition.

Don’t believe me? Think about one of the most common gem activators. This one is an activator of love and commitment. It’s called an engagement ring. The size, quality, and beauty of stone is often used to transmit the intent and desire of the man to make his intentions known to a woman, which in this case, is marriage.

But stones and crystals can be used to manifest more than just marriage. Used in your life, gems bring precious earth energy to your goals and dearest wishes!

I recommend you find one beautiful stone and make a single wish with great focus and intention. Keep your focus on this intention until you see it come to fruition. Also, be sure you give plenty of attention to your gem and don’t disregard your crystals.

To get the best results, place your wish fulfilling gem where you see it and activate it regularly, such as at your bedside table, your desk (my favorite), or your living room. When placed here, you can put your gems under a light to help activate them. You can even put it in a window where the sunlight will hit your gem and activate it. It’s especially helpful to raise the gem up so that the light can penetrate and activate the entire crystal.

As wonderfully as these magic activators work, you must be sure to do your part too. If you’re interested in creating opportunities for love, get out there and circulate. If you want to lose weight, be sure to modify your eating and exercise more.

So now that you have learned this wonderful – and potent – feng shui trip, it’s your turn to find a gem and activate any and all of your wishes!

Select one special POWER gem.

When you have a dear desire, such as to get married or attract love, select a large faux diamond and place it next to your bed or on your desk – anywhere you’ll see it and can activate it with light. Treat it special and keep it clean. Focus on your desire to attract your perfect mate. You can do this with any special wish or desire you have. If it’s a work-related wish you have, keep your gem at work where you see it often.

Surround your Chinese astrology sign with gems.

Looking to enhance yourself or members of your family? Create a gem bowl with a variety of gems. Place small figures of each family member’s astrology animal sign in the bowl to use as an enhancer. You or your family will find yourself receiving more opportunities and exciting new ventures coming to you as a result. My husband and I are both tigers and I have a heart-shaped glass bowl of faux diamonds with two tigers in it (picture above). We continue to move ahead in life and have exciting opportunities and adventures — so I can personally attest to this!

See your ship come in with gems.

Sailing ships have long been activators of arriving wealth. Take that one step further by loading your ship figurine with crystals or faux diamonds. Crystals placed on the body of a ship figure are a great way to represent your wealth sailing into your life. Make sure ships seem to be sailing into the house, office, or room.

Choose gem colors by your wish.

Green crystals will bring health and family luck, red crystals bring fame and recognition for your desire (perfect for an ambitious person!), blue crystals can be used for business opportunities and career advancement (and the money that comes with it), white crystals bring luck with children, creativity, and helpful people and mentors, yellow, pink and amber bring opportunities for education, love, and romance. Pink is especially powerful for bringing you attention for love.

Pick your gems with care.

Always choose clear, sparkling and beautiful gems that appeal to you. Glass, crystal, and natural gems are all perfectly acceptable activators of your wishes. Make sure the gems are not cloudy or unappealing to you in any way. Keep them clean and dust-free.

Put your gems to work.

Have a certain business you’re looking to attract? Place the name of that business or a picture of the person associated with the business or a business card on top of your diamond. If you want a commitment from a reluctant suitor, place a picture of your beloved on top of the diamond. A certain clothing size is what you’re after? Use a green colored gem and place a picture of your slimmer self on the gemstone.

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The number is called your personal kua (KWAH) number.  The number falls into one of two groups:  East or West.  Auspicious directions are determined by whether you are an East person or a West person.  To determine your kua number, use the Red Lotus Letter feng shui KUA calculator.

There are two kinds of people:  East and West

In personal feng shui, there are two groups of people, east people and west people.  They are broken out as follows:

East Group People:  Kua Numbers 1, 3, 4, & 9
Your auspicious directions are north, south, east, and southeast

West Group People:  Kua Numbers 5, 2, 6, 7, & 8
Your auspicious directions are west, southwest, northwest, and northeast
Personal Feng Shui’s Most Important Rule: Observe The Man’s Directions.
Feng shui goes back thousands of years and because of this it is very traditional with regard to men’s and women’s roles.  So, when it comes to selecting a home and front door direction, sleeping in a particular sector or direction, it is always the man’s best directions that are observed. 

This is because men are usually the breadwinners of the family and their position must be respected and protected.  No, it’s not politically correct, but if the man is the breadwinner in the home, then his directions should always come before anyone else’s.  If the woman is the breadwinner, then hers would take precedence.

Personal feng shui is most powerful when:

Your front door and/or house faces your auspicious directions

Your bedroom door faces your auspicious directions

You carry a compass and make extra efforts to negotiate raises,salaries, loans, gambling, contracts, etc., facing your success direction

You sleep with your head pointed in your success direction

Your office is in a success location and/or your desk faces your success direction

HOW TO IMPLEMENT YOUR AUSPICIOUS DIRECTIONS (AD):  6 EASY IDEAS

1.  Enter the house using a door in your AD; avoid the doors from the non-AD

2.  Sleep with your head pointing in your AD

3.  Dine and seat each person in your family at the table in their AD

4.  Face your AD at your desk at work (if this is possible)

5.  Energize, emphasize, and accentuate the AD locations in your home

6.  Always negotiate (a mortgage, raise, or anything) facing your AD

You may not always be able to face, eat, sleep, etc. in your AD, but do as many of them as possible. 

KUA NumberSuccess   Health  Love  Growth        Misfortune Directions
EAST GROUP
1 SEES  NW,NE,NW,SW*
3  SNSE ESW,NW,NE,W*
4  NS E SENW,SW,W,NE*
9  ESEN SNE,W,SW,NW*
West Group
5 (Male)NE     W NW      SWE,SE,S,N*
5 (Female)  SW           NW  WNES,N,E,SE*
2  NE     W NW      SWE,SE,S,N*
6   W    NE SW      NWSE,E,N,S*
7 NW   SW NE WN,S,SE,E*
8 SW   NW  WNES,N,E,SE*
Each direction has a success color. 
Use yours to maximize your own success potential. Below is a table of colors related to the individual kua numbers. 
Kua #Money/Success ColorRelationship Colors
1Green, Purple    Red, Pink, Purple, Burgundy
2Yellow, Brown, Taupe, Beige   Silver, Gold, White, Pearl
3Red, Pink, Burgundy,Green
4Blue, Black, Purple    Dark Green, Brown
5 M / F     Yellow, Brown, Taupe, Beige    Gray, Silver, Gold, White, Pearl
6Gray, Silver, White, Pearl Yellow, Brown, Beige, Taupe
7Gold, Silver, Gray, White, PearlYellow, Brown, Beige, Taupe
8Yellow, Brown, Beige, Taupe   Gold, Silver, Gray, White, Pearl
9Dark Green, Brown   Blue, Black, Purple
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Numbers are an integral part of feng shui, with each direction having its own corresponding digit.

Certain numbers, such as 1, 6, and 8 are considered especially auspicious and confer excellent luck to anyone with these numbers in their address or telephone number.

The number eight is considered particularly auspicious because it is also the shape of the infinity symbol (and a woman’s figure, too!;). In numerology, numbers are added together and reduced down to one number. However, this isn’t the practice in feng shui. Rather, it is the sounds of the numbers that create the best luck.

An example of this would be the address “1008 Walnut Street.” The sound of the address ends on the number eight. This gives it emphasis. By the same token, the double zero also adds strength. (Incidentally, double O’s are also auspicious whether they are a number or a letter. Just think of the words Google or Yahoo.)

When you have a home address, you would ideally want a home that ends in 9, 3, 8, 1, or 6. The numbers ending in 2, 5, and 4 are not as auspicious. However, it’s important to understand the Chinese view before worrying about your house numbers.

The word “four” in Chinese sounds similar to the word death, therefore that number brings a negative connotation. My take is that the number four is represented by Southeast which is the prosperity and wealth sector because the word “four” doesn’t remotely sound like death to me.

It’s a lot like Friday the 13th. Many people associate negativity with the number 13 falling on a Friday. If you associate good luck with it like I do, then the association goes from negative to positive. The number two makes me associate the duality of the universe (yin/yang) and the number five with the number of elements in the universe.

So, you see, it’s not as negative or worrisome in English and when you make a better association with the numbers. This is helpful when an address or phone number ends in a two or a five.

Numbers can be utilized to help create better luck. By placing items in the correct number in the correct direction, you can energize the items. Not only that, but you’ll also gain more benefit by the item’s placement when it corresponds to a beneficial number.

Another benefit is when you use the five element theory for your numbers and combine the productive cycle. An example would be to place six silver balls in the north corner because six is the number of big metal which creates water!

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Here is a recap on feng shui directions and numbers:

North: Career, personal growth, prospects, music and art, number 1
Black or Blue color; Water element;
Objects: ponds, fish, aquarium, turtles, frogs

Add a single object here, such as a single frog or turtle figure. You could also have a picture of a single sailing ship to bring wealth to the home.

Northeast: Education, meditation, & spirituality, number 8
Beige color; Earth element;
Objects: hills, bumps or rocks in the ground

In the northeast, place eight items together. This can be crystal or stone spheres, or a bowl of eight beautiful crystals. Secondarily, eight lights may also be placed here. This enhances the power of the northeast by aligning with the number of items used.

East: Family, nutrition, health and healing, number 3
Green-brown color; Large wood element;
Objects: wood furnishings, trees, bamboo, baskets

East is the direction of the number 3. A grouping of 3 wooden items in this corner would be perfect. Or, place an arrangement of three plants in this sector. Three pictures of your family would also be good in this location.

Southeast: Wealth, abundance, communication, possessions, number 4
Green color; Small wood element
Objects: potted plants, small wood knick knacks

In the southeast, group four plants together. Or, select four items that represent growth to you. These can be pictures of fruits and vegetables, flowers, or other items.

South: Fame, opportunity, dreams, awards, happiness and recognition, number 9
Red color; Fire element;
Objects: lights, candles, lamps, fireplace, oven

In the south, the number 9 reigns supreme. Consider an arrangement of nine candles (such as those fireplace candleholders). Or, arrange 9 pictures on a wall that feature the color red. These could be pictures, paintings, or prints or roosters, peacocks, triangles, etc. Or, choose red frames for the pictures. Nine tall peacock feathers would also be a good choice.

Southwest: Romance, motherhood, marriage prospects & marital happiness, number 2
Beige or yellow color; Large earth element;
Objects: Large stones, crystals, hills, lamps

In the southwest sector of the home, you can place globe bookends here. Since the number of the SW is 2 and the globe symbolizes ‘earth,’ this would be an excellent addition. Or, you can use two bookends made from stone or geodes.

West: Creativity, entertaining, socializing, children, luck of children, number 7
White, silver, or gold color; Small metal element;
Objects: small metal objects, wind chimes, etc.

To improve your creativity or help your children, hang a metal mobile with seven pieces in the West corner of your home or living room. Or, you can place seven crystal spheres here to keep relationships harmonious. Items that are white, silver, or gold-colored are especially good here.

Northwest: Helpful people or mentors, international travel, fatherhood, number 6
White, silver, or gold color; Large metal element;
Objects: large metallic objects, electronic items

To enhance the NW, which is the direction of helpful people, place six brass bells in this area. This is also good to do if anyone is looking for a job.

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1. What is the difference between traditional Chinese feng shui and western, or Black Hat Sect, feng shui?
Black Hat Sect or western feng shui uses the front door to align the bagua, the eight sided octagon that corresponds to the 8 Aspirations, or guas, in life (wealth, health, fame, marriage/love, children, career, wisdom, and benefactors). Black Hat sect aligns the career sector, or gua, with North, the career sector. Traditional Chinese feng shui says that if your front door faces east, you align the east gua with your front door. In other words, you follow the compass directions.

2. Can I use both Black Hat and traditional Chinese feng shui?
You can, but you need to know what you are doing. It’s usually best to use one method or the other. If you’ve had good results with the Black Hat, stick with that. If you’ve done well with traditional feng shui, then use this as your preferred method.

3. Do I use the bagua over the house or over a room?
You can use both. Apply the bagua over the entire house by the facing direction. Apply the bagua in a room according to the compass directions. You can apply the bagua to areas as large as a city or as small as your desk. There’s no limit to how it can be used with regard to size.

4. I have an L-shaped house. Should I apply the bagua to both sides of the L or to the entire home?
I typically recommend that you apply it to the whole footprint of the home, and this usually means that there will be large sectors that are missing. Some recommend applying two separate baguas to each “rectangle” of the L. However, that doesn’t treat the house as a whole, and that is what concerns me about doing it that way. If you prefer to apply it this way, though, you certainly can.

5. Can I use personal feng shui and compass feng shui together?
Yes! They go easily together.

6. What if I am an east person and my spouse is a west person in personal feng shui. How do we decide whose feng shui to focus on?
The Chinese are very old fashioned about this. Basically, you select to enhance the breadwinner’s directions, regardless of who is male or female. The person who brings home the most income should be protected. Therefore, if you’re the breadwinner and you are an east person, then you will want to select a house with an east-facing entrance and position your bed according to your best directions.

7. If I move my bed to suit my personal feng shui, my bed lines up on the same wall as the door. Is that OK?
No, it’s not good. Never forsake good feng shui basics (easily be able to see who enters the room from a chair or bed) in favor of your best directions. Always follow good feng shui first before following personal feng shui.

8. The south is my total loss direction according to personal feng shui. What can I do to enhance my fame sector?
The south is still the fame sector and you should enhance every direction regardless of whether or not that sector is good for you personally. That’s because when you enhance a particular sector, you aren’t magnifying your bad luck…you’re just enhancing that area and that’s still good for you. Personal feng shui just means that you try to avoid sitting and sleeping in those sectors that are not personally beneficial for you, not that you avoid them altogether or that you don’t enhance them.

It’s ideal if you can select houses with beneficial directions, such as entrances in your best directions, and you want to face, sit, and sleep using your personal directions as much as possible. So, even if your dining room is in your loss sector, you can still eat seated facing your health direction, for example.

9. Do I have to change things around every year for feng shui? Can’t I just “feng shui and forget it”?
Of course you can. Even simple, easy feng shui is still very effective. But, there are some who want more and more detail. Feng shui is a complex art that has been developed over the past few thousand years. Anyone who studies anything in detail delves deeper and deeper with each passing year. Feng shui can be as simple or complex as you want it to be. Don’t feel obligated to follow flying star or annual feng shui if you don’t want to.

10. I live in Australia. How does that change my feng shui?
It doesn’t. I have no idea why that notion that everyone “Down Under” doesn’t have the same directions ever got started. South is still south in Australia and New Zealand and Argentina, for that matter. You use the directions exactly the same way below the equator that you do above because the compass needle moves to the north in Australia the same way it does in Morocco. Only the toilets go in a different direction when they flush!

11. If I put a fountain on the right side of my door (looking out from the house toward the street), does that mean my husband will have an affair?
This is a common question many people have about water to the right of the front door. What it means is that the water could draw predatory females who are interested in your husband. If you trust your husband, it shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve had a fountain to the right of my front door before and mentioned it to my husband just in case. If your husband has a wandering eye, though, you might not want to chance it!
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The elements include metal, wood, water, earth, and fire. They’re collectively called Wu Xing. Each element is related to an energy present in the earth and to a season of the year. For instance, fire is related to the summer months. Each element represents a different type of chi, such as growing chi, ripening chi, or spreading chi.

The way these elements interact with one another can either create harmony or disharmony. That’s because the elements correspond to one another differently. There are three ways in which the elements respond to one another: 1) Generating or productive, 2) exhaustive or reducing, and, 3) destructive. In a generating cycle, the elements enhance one another. For instance, water makes plants grow. Therefore, the water element enhances the wood element.

What does all this mean for you? Well, if you have an east sector that you want to enhance, you would improve it by adding water. The same is true for southeast, because it’s also a wood sector. If your home faces south (the fire direction), then what do you throw on a fire to make it grow? That’s right, wood. So, by painting your home brown, if it faces south, or adding plants in this area, you will be “enhancing” or producing more of your south/fire element.

Likewise, when you have a problem area, you’ll want to exhaust or destroy the energy. A good example of this is the bathroom located in the center, northeast, or southwest sectors of the house. These are all earth sectors. Plants, whose roots dive deep into the soil for nourishment, destroy the earth by using it up. Likewise, metal is also taken out of the earth, exhausting it.

So, in the earth sectors you can either destroy or exhaust the negative energy of the toilets by either adding more metal elements or wood elements. In this case, you could choose to paint your bathroom white, or simply add a plant in the bathroom. Either way, you’ll help to hold down the negative toilet energy.

Let’s go through the elements one by one…

1. Water
Water is the direction of the north. It’s color is black, blue, or deep purple. It’s enhanced by metal and destroyed by earth (dams contain water) and exhausted by wood (plants drink water). This makes having metal in a water location a benefit, and wood or earth a detriment. It’s associated with the number 1.

2. Earth
Earth is associated with the northeast, center, and southwest sectors. It’s enhanced by fire and destroyed by wood and exhausted by metal. It’s color is beige or yellow. It’s associated with the numbers 2, 5, and 8.

3. Wood
Wood is associated with the direction of east (big wood) and southeast (small wood). It’s enhanced by water, destroyed by metal (think of an ax against a tree) and exhausted by fire. It’s color is brown or green. It’s associated with the number 3 (east) and 4 (southeast).

4. Metal
Metal is associated with the west (small metal) and the northwest (big metal). It’s produced by earth and destroyed by fire and exhausted by water. It’s associated with the numbers 6 (northwest) and 7 (west) and the colors of white, gray, and gold (metallic gold, not ochre).

5. Fire
Fire is associated with the south. It’s enhanced by wood, exhausted by earth (think of throwing dirt on a fire), and destroyed by water. It’s associated with the number 9 and red is its color.
This diagram shows graphically how the elements work together

Now that you know how the elements work, you can begin making beneficial changes to the feng shui in your home.
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