Principles for Positive Feng Shui
From location-scouting to minor renovations, here's how you can attract good energy into your home
Positive features
Having a home next to any of these is a major bonus:
1. Mountains or hills, even small ones
Having a house with its back towards the mountains would be the best, but even mountains on the side of the house is fine.
Having a home next to any of these is a major bonus:
1. Mountains or hills, even small ones
Having a house with its back towards the mountains would be the best, but even mountains on the side of the house is fine.
2. Sentimental Water sources, like lakes, ponds, and calm rivers
Having natural Sentimental Water – water that is gently meandering and flowing smoothly – sources near the home is always good. However, don’t confuse them with man-made water sources like drains and swimming pools, or rapidly-moving water like fast rivers and waterfalls.
Having natural Sentimental Water – water that is gently meandering and flowing smoothly – sources near the home is always good. However, don’t confuse them with man-made water sources like drains and swimming pools, or rapidly-moving water like fast rivers and waterfalls.
3. An open space, like a park or a field in front
This is known as a ‘Bright Hall’, which is able to collect qi in the area.
4. Location in a quiet and peaceful neighbourhood
Negative features
Don’t worry if you can’t find the positive features as an alternative to finding a home with positive feng shui is to ensure that the home is not located near a negative feature. Avoid getting a home that is located near any of these:
This is known as a ‘Bright Hall’, which is able to collect qi in the area.
4. Location in a quiet and peaceful neighbourhood
Negative features
Don’t worry if you can’t find the positive features as an alternative to finding a home with positive feng shui is to ensure that the home is not located near a negative feature. Avoid getting a home that is located near any of these:
- A highway or a road that has constant traffic.
- A train or monorail line. Note that if your unit is above the train track or the highway, the negative impact of these features is lessened.
- A drain that cuts right in front of the house as this completely blocks the qi flow into the house. It can be negated by covering part of the drain; however, this is not always feasible.
- A garbage dump or a construction site. It could be temporary, but while it’s present, the negative features are quite harsh.
- A tall sharp object, such as a pylon or water tower.
- A sharp edge pointing towards your house, such as the corner of a roof.
- A house that is facing an alleyway, a T-junction or other roads.
What then?
Now that you know whether your home is in a positive or negative environment, what should you do next? If it’s in a positive environment, you’ll want to arrange your interior to benefit from the positive qi. On the other hand, if your house is located near a negative feature, you’ll need to take steps to prevent the negative qi from entering your home.
If you’re in a landed property, the key to this is your main door. If you’re in an apartment unit, you’ll need to pay attention to both the balcony and your main door.
In order for your house to collect, contain and spread the qi throughout the house, the area right in front of the main door and the balcony should be open and spacious so that the qi is allowed to flow into the house and spread. For an apartment unit, the qi also flows in through the balcony, therefore, the area in front of the balcony must be open and spacious.
However, what if the qi entering your house is negative? In that case, you want to block the qi from entering the house. You could put a screen right in front of the door so that the qi can’t flow into the house. Alternatively, you could reconfigure your layout so that a rarely-used room like a powder room or a storeroom has its door directly opposite the main door. This guides the negative qi to flow into that room and stay there. For apartments, you could just keep the balcony closed so the qi is unable to enter.
Now that you know whether your home is in a positive or negative environment, what should you do next? If it’s in a positive environment, you’ll want to arrange your interior to benefit from the positive qi. On the other hand, if your house is located near a negative feature, you’ll need to take steps to prevent the negative qi from entering your home.
If you’re in a landed property, the key to this is your main door. If you’re in an apartment unit, you’ll need to pay attention to both the balcony and your main door.
In order for your house to collect, contain and spread the qi throughout the house, the area right in front of the main door and the balcony should be open and spacious so that the qi is allowed to flow into the house and spread. For an apartment unit, the qi also flows in through the balcony, therefore, the area in front of the balcony must be open and spacious.
However, what if the qi entering your house is negative? In that case, you want to block the qi from entering the house. You could put a screen right in front of the door so that the qi can’t flow into the house. Alternatively, you could reconfigure your layout so that a rarely-used room like a powder room or a storeroom has its door directly opposite the main door. This guides the negative qi to flow into that room and stay there. For apartments, you could just keep the balcony closed so the qi is unable to enter.
Feng shui is a vast subject that requires years to fully understand. The information here is just the tip of the iceberg but it shows that feng shui can be easy to implement.
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