After determining where the Eight Life Aspirations sectors are located in your home, you will need to decorate and place items that correspond to those sectors. Remember that activating these sectors will benefit all the people who live in your home.
Do not confuse this with improving your PERSONAL addresses. Personal addresses must be enhanced using your KUA number.
Don’t spend a lot of money!
You don’t have to go out and spend a lot of money to “Feng Shui” your home! How many people who own a specialty store will tell you THAT? 🙂 Just look around your house and see what items you have in various places. I am talking about figurines, plants, wooden objects, metal objects, photos, candles, oil burners, flowers, etc. Then look at the design of your house that you have made and move the object to the sector that you think best suits it.
When I started to activate my sectors, I discovered that there were already A LOT of things in my house that worked very well for certain sectors. The problem was that sometimes they were not in the RIGHT sector. So all I had to do was rearrange things a bit, and boy, what a difference! For example, I use aromatherapy a lot in my house. I have a crock pot potpourri burner that I had to move to my northeast area due to the earth element. I have another sterling silver oil burner that I had to move to my northwest sector: the metallic element. It didn’t cost me a penny, just the energy to move them to different areas.
Be color conscious.
If you have blue curtains in your northeast sector and they will fit a window in the north sector, move them and replace them with some beige curtains. Keep in mind the colors of each sector as you rearrange things around the house.
“Feng Shui” your MIND.
Get in the habit of looking for articles that help you. Also, keep in mind that Feng Shui is not about oriental art. It’s about where you place certain objects, it doesn’t matter who made them, it only matters what they are made of, what color they are, what shape they are and/or what they represent. If you go to a garage sale and find a beautiful picture of a waterfall and take it home, THINK what sector it should go in: Water – Race – North! Reversing that situation, if you are wanting to activate your Career Sector in your home, go to garage sales and look for things that have to do with WATER. It’s very easy to do, once you get used to it. Make yourself a little 3×5 “cheat sheet” card that has your sectors and what colors to use etc. and carry it in your wallet if necessary.
NORTH Sector:
The northern part of your house is considered your Career Prospect Sector
Use the colors blue and black as much as possible in this area. Do not use so much those colors that overwhelm.
Have water features here as the element of the North is water. Some examples of water features are: water fountains, paintings of a lake or river, water balloons, animals that live in water (turtles, fish, etc.) whether live or ceramic, anything that has wavy lines .
NORTHEAST Sector
The Northeast sector governs education, spirituality, knowledge and personal growth
Use beige or very light brown in this area
Use Earth-type decorations here. Examples could be plants, brown objects, globe, and world map. Hanging crystals and a Buddha is also good for this area.
EAST Sector
The East Sector rules family relationships and health. I’m going to break down the two of these a bit more:
Family Relationships – Harmony
Clearing clutter is the most important way to create harmony in your home. I have personally found that when my office is messy, my kids seem to get a bit unruly. (They spend a lot of time in my office because that’s where I usually hang out! LOL) Also, it sounds silly, but when I’m late with clothes, they tend to get rebellious too. Coincidence? I doubt it! The second most important way is to KEEP clutter.
Use green and brown colors in this area.
Activate this area with: dragons, wooden objects, crystals, objects that represent the family unit, such as a family of dogs, a family of turtles, figurines of children playing, photos of your family in wooden frames, potted plants earth or pottery.
Take steps to activate all sectors of your home by placing objects and using colors that correspond to those sectors. If all sectors are energized, it should create harmony in your home.
Health
Green and brown are good colors to use here, as are black and blue.
Follow the guidelines above in Harmony. Also, look around the house for what are called “poison arrows”: anything sharp, pointed, and angular that looks threatening. Exposed beams are considered poison arrows. Redirect evil shar chi using crystals, bamboo flutes, or wind chimes.
Displaying a happy Buddha in the living room of your home is said to bring happiness and health to everyone living in your home.
Bamboo plants are a symbol of good health.
Display a turtle in the east corner of your living room for good health.
Use aromatherapy to improve your health, relieve stress, create harmony and promote general well-being
SOUTHEAST Sector
The southeast corner of your home is the Sector of Prosperity and Wealth.
Try to use as much green as you can in this area without going overboard.
Flowers are great in this area. The best types of flowers and plants to use according to Feng Shui are bamboo, orchids, chrysanthemums and plum blossoms. However, any type of plant will do. Do not use dried flowers, bonsai plants or cacti that are not good to have around the house.
If your bedroom is in the SE corner of your house, do not place plants or flowers there. Just try to find curtains, rugs, pillows, etc. that have green tones to enhance the room.
Place a Lucky Cat in the SE corner of your home to attract good fortune.
Create a Vase of Wealth to put in a cupboard somewhere in your southeast sector. See the previous newsletter for tips on how to create a vase of wealth.
Prosperity – General Guidelines
Hang a set of red string activated doorknob coins on the inside front doorknob. This helps keep money in your home. Don’t put either of these on a tailgate, it will have the opposite effect. Also, this should be at the front door whether you USE that door or not.
Hang a prosperity bell outside your front doorknob to invite prosperity into your home. Make sure it’s tight against the doorknob; Otherwise, it may bend when closing the door if it gets caught between the door and the door frame. I will feature a bell with a stretchable cord this month on my website.
Placing a small Buddha directly in front of your front door will also create positive chi and welcome prosperity into your home. Don’t put the Buddha on the ground. Try to have it at eye level if possible.
Place 3 good luck coins in your wallet or purse to indicate that you will have money at all times.
Place some 3-legged money toads in various places around your house. These can be placed on the floor and remain inconspicuous if you wish. You should place one right next to the front door leading into the room. Then, if you can, place another one diagonally across from it, not facing the front door, but to the left or right of the opposite wall that the front door is on.
Place FuDogs right inside your front door. They symbolize the protection of the family and the protection of its wealth.
SOUTH Sector
The South sector rules recognition and fame. This also covers popularity and reputation.
Use red and various shades of red in this area, including burgundy, pink, hot pink, maroon. Take it easy on bright red, as it’s a very powerful color and could overwhelm things.
Place a sculpture of crimson bird, flying eagle, dragon, crystals of rectangular shape, fire elements such as candles, oil burners, bright lights, crystal chandeliers, plants, a fireplace, wood burning stove in this sector. Do not show water features here.
SOUTHWEST Sector:
This sector governs Marital Happiness and Romance
Use yellow, beige, red and orange colors in this sector, being very careful not to overdo it with the red and orange colors. Don’t use green or brown in this area if possible.
For plants, use earth tones or ceramic for planters.
When upgrading this area, make sure you always put things in pairs. Not one and definitely not three, just two of different items that symbolize love and romance for you. Mandarin ducks, lovebirds, and peacocks are good symbols here.
Crystals in the SW sector of your home or bedroom will activate the earth energies of that sector. You can hang them in a window or just have glass ornaments there.
WEST Sector
This sector governs the luck of children and also new projects, hobbies, stages of life and pleasure.
Use white, silver, yellow and gold in this area.
Place white, silver or yellow flowers, hollow wind chimes, bells, metal or earthen objects, round objects, ceramic objects, quartz crystal, a sleeping white tiger (MUST be sleeping or do not put here), TV, computer , stereo , soapstone objects that represent the family in this area.
NORTHWEST Sector
This sector governs mentoring, networking, beginnings, meeting influencers, and important meetings.
Use metallic colors here like white, silver, and gold.
Place hollow wind chimes, stone and metal sculptures, anything colored or metallic material, metal candle holders and picture frames in this area.