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FENG SHUI pronounced fung shway |
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Feng Shui is an exciting component of ancient Chinese wisdom & a science that goes back at least 4000 years to the days of the emperors and mythical legends. That is has so brilliantly survived the centuries is testament to its potency. |
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| Feng Shui means "wind and water?." . In the literal sense it refers to the topography of the earth, its mountains, valleys and waterways whose shapes and sizes, orientation and levels are created by the continuous interaction between the two powerful natural forces of wind and water. |
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| The traditional knowledge lays down guidelines for differentiating between where and where not to build a house but it also provides instruction on how to design room layouts to enhance the quality of life dramatically. |
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| In the family home, well-orientated feng shui features work to create harmonious relationships between family members, to foster good health and to attract abundance and prosperity. |
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| In the office good feng shui creates opportunities for growth, attracts customers, raises profits and expands turnover. |
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| Good feng shui results when when the winds and the waters surrounding your home and work space are harmonious and well balanced. |
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| Bad feng shui is said to bring illness, disasters, accidents, burglaries and financial loss. Above all, bad feng shui is said to bring grave unhappiness. |
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| Feng Shui advocates being in harmony with the earth?s environment and energy lines so that there is balance with the forces of nature. |
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| Feng Shui advocates that the environment is crowded with powerful but invisible energy lines. |
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| Feng Shui says that some of these energy lines are auspicious, while some are pernicious. |
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| Feng Shui offers ways of arranging the home so that these energy lines become harmonious and bring prosperity and harmony. |
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| Feng Shui instructs us in the clever use of auspicious energy lines ? referred to as SHENG CHI , or the Dragon?s Cosmic Breath ? making sure that they meander gently through the home and accumulate and settle. |
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| Feng Shui teaches us to avoid, deflect and dissolve inauspicious energy lines ? known as SHAR CHI, which represent the killing breath. |
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| Feng Shui strenuously warns against sleeping, working, sitting, eating and generally living in places that are hit by these inauspicious energy lines. |
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| THE HARMONY OF YIN AND YANG ENERGIES |
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| At its most basic, feng shui is a question of balance but this balance is related to the complementarity of opposites, expressed in the terms of the YIN and the YANG. |
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| Yin and Yang together make up the wholeness of the universe, which includes heaven and earth. Yin and Yang breathe meaning into each other, for without one, the other cannot exist. Therefore, without the yin of darkness there cannot be the yang of light. Without the cold temperature of yin there cannot be the warmth of yang and vice versa. |
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| So, where there is the balance of the yin and the yang, the wholeness of the universe is represented. |
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| Feng Shui practice always includes a yin-yang analysis of room space, land configurations, sunlight and shade, dampness and dryness, bright and pale colours, and solids and fluids. |
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| HOMES THAT ARE TOO YIN |
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| Houses that are built too near graveyards, hospitals, prisons, slaughter-houses and police stations are too yin because such places are associated with the yin energies of death. Even places of worship like churches, temples and mosques are said to give out extreme yin energies because of the rituals associated with mourning. Same goes for the use of the land prior to the house being built there. |
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| ROOMS THAT ARE TOO YIN |
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| Rooms that never see sunlight, are damp or decorated in only shades of grey and blue, narrow and cramped, always closed and silent, or occupied for a long time by someone who has been chronically sick, have too much yin energy. |
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| HOMES THAT ARE TOO YANG |
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| Buildings that are constantly exposed to bright sunlight or heat of any kind are said to have an excess of yang energy. |
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| Also if you live too near an electrical transmitter, or within view of a large factory or factory chimneys that belch smoke through the day, there is too much yang energy. |
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| ROOMS THAT ARE TOO YANG |
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| If you play loud music all day long and your room is fitted with bright red furnishings and the walls are painted red or bright yellow, the energies are too yang. Similarly, if your room receives direct hot afternoon sun, the room is too yang. |
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| Essentially, a room should have elements of yin and yang but never too much of one or the other. Have music and life in the room, but not all the time. Have peace and quiet in the room, but not to the extent that it becomes lifeless. Have a cool décor of blue but incorporate a splash of yang colour which may be represented by a vase of red roses or a painting of a sunrise. |
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| BLACK AND WHITE COLOUR SCHEMES |
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| Black and white colour schemes are symbolic of yin and yang harmony, but there should also be sounds and life. A completely black and white décor that is always silent is regarded as much too yin in the same way that if there is too much noise it is regarded as too much yang. |
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| Remember that feng shui is a subtle blend of opposite energies that complement each other. What you should always strive for is the harmony of opposites. |
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| This is the fundamental guiding principle of yin and yang. |
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| CHI |
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| Chi is a concept unknown in western philosophy but figures repeatedly in the philosophies of the East. |
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| Chi is the life force of all animate things, the quality of environments, the power of the sun, the moon and weather systems, and the driving force in all human beings.. In China, the movement in T?ai Chi encourage Chi to move through the body. |
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| The purpose of feng shui is to create environments in which chi flows smoothly to achieve physical and mental health. Where chi flows gently through a house, the occupants will be positive and will have an easy passage through life. Where chi moves sluggishly or becomes stuck, then the chances are that problems will occur in the day-to-day life or long-term prospects of those living there. |
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| THE ELEMENTS |
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| WOOD |
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| Is represented by all shades of green. |
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| Its season is Spring. |
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| Its direction is East. |
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| Symbols of the wood element are paper, plants, furniture and all things made from wood. |
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| In numerology wood is represented by the numbers 3 and 4. |
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| The Chinese horoscope lists the tiger and the rabbit as wood animals. |
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| WATER |
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| Is represented by blue or black. |
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| Its season is Winter. |
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| Its direction is North. |
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| It is a yin element with the number 1. |
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| Represented by aquariums and fountains. Animals are the rat and boar. |
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| FIRE |
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| It is represented by Red. |
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| Very auspicious as yang energy |
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| Its season is Summer. |
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| Its direction is South. |
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| Represented by bright lights. The number of 9. |
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| Fire animals are the snake and the horse. |
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| METAL |
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| Colours of gold and silver and white. |
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| Its season is Autumn |
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| Its direction is West. |
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| Objects are wind chimes, bells, chimes and jewellery. |
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| Its numbers are 6 and 7. |
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| Metal animals are the rooster and the monkey. |
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| EARTH |
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| Represented by all shades of brown. |
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| Element of the centre and represents the third month of every season. |
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| Its numbers are 2, 5 and 8 |
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| The horoscope animals are the ox, the dragon, the sheep and the dog. |
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| PRODUCTIVE CYCLE |
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| Fire produces earth which creates metal, which makes water, which produces wood, which makes fire. |
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| DESTRUCTIVE CYCLE |
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| Wood devours earth, which destroys water, which extinguishes fire which consumes metal, which demolishes wood. |
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Feng Shui Index Page |
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Feng Shui and your Home |
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