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Stop reading this article right now and look around. What does the room in which you are in look like? Are there people sitting directly in front of the door? How about your chair? Does it have arms and a back? Whether you like or not, all of these things (and many, many more) are influencing your life right now. Are you facing an auspicious direction for your Kua number? You see, if you were a master of Feng Shui, you would be totally aware of these things, and would therefore have a more productive and beneficial day. But you’re not, and that’s why you’re here. I’m not bragging (well, yes I am), but my room’s Feng Shui is near perfect. Sure my windows face my total loss direction, and my bedroom door is opposite another door, but I have used the many “cures and remedies” found in Feng Shui to alleviate these problems. Before I begin to offer you tips on how to enhance your life through the use of Feng Shui, I will give you a little background information on its history and some of its most basic principles. The simplest definition of Feng Shui is the placement of objects in and outside of the home to promote the beneficial flow of chi, or energy. Chi can make or break you in terms of health, relationships, and your success at work. Certain items in the house and their layout in rooms influence how chi flows, where it collects, and whether or not good chi is “tapped.” Items such as mirrors and wind chimes can deflect the flow of chi, while features such as water help to “activate” it. But chi is not the only thing that must be balanced in the environment in order to be successful. The elements of yin and yang, as well as your auspicious directions, must be utilized successfully, or bad luck and misfortune are sure to follow. These aspects of the house and garden are controlled through features such as color and placement of windows, doors and other structural features. Certain, newer form of Feng Shui utilize a system known as the Bagua, where different areas of the house have control of different parts of life, such as relationships and creativity.
The art of Feng Shui has its roots in the Tang Dynasty of Ancient China. Since that time, several different “schools” of Feng Shui have developed. Each one has to do with different aspects of Feng Shui’s intended purpose. According to these schools, Feng Shui is divided into three categories:
corrective (remedies existing problems),
constructive (to enhance parts of your life or create certain outcomes),
and predictive (to reveal the past, explain the present and predict the future).
Most modern Feng Shui consultants do not use one school exclusively, but rather incorporate different parts of each to create the most beneficial environment. This is because each school has a different strength in some aspect of the Feng Shui art. Those who are utilize Feng Shui in their home and offices are called “Geomancers,” meaning that they are able to influence the future through the use of geographic features. Using my daily tips, you too will be able to “Geomance” your home to be the most beneficial, Chi harboring place that it can be!
-George The Geomancer
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