ABC’s of Fine Design

Mirrors have an important use in fung shui, they help move chi and make a room bright. Mirrors represent the water element, just as water can calm you so can a well placed mirror.

Mirrors have other great benefits when used with fung shui. Look at the area of your life you want to enhance, then find a mirror with the element for that area.

Use a wood frame if you want to promote creativity
Use a metal frame to bring energy to a space and your life.

The following was taken from about.com
http://fengshui.about.com/od/fengshuicures/p/fengshuimirrors.htm

Best areas to have a mirror:
East (Health & Family)
Southeast (Wealth & Abundance)
North (Career & Path in Life)

Areas to avoid placing a mirror:
South (Fame & Reputation)
on the wall directly facing the Main Door
on the wall(s) facing the Bed.

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Today I am going to cover a little more in depth the north area of your space.

This area is governed by the element of water. Water is what gives us life and keeps our life moving. The area of your life that the north effects is your career. Do you need a new job or a promotion? Then you need to improve this area of your home.

How do you do this? Well it’s actually very easy as you just have to introduce the water element, but it needs to be moving water and you can not just put it anywhere. Examples of things you can use are, fish tanks, fountains, or paintings of moving water. When it comes to these items you need to watch where they are placed, you do not want a waterfall painting at your back as this can bring bad luck instead of good. Also moving water is not good for a bedroom, so keep all fountains and fish tanks out! Glasses of water by the bed are okay.

Other things that you can do is use a color that represents water, such as blue or black. this can be done by painting the area, using accents or light.

A great room to have in the north section is either an office or living area. As said before bedrooms are not as suited for the north.

Keep in mind, when doing a room, you also can fung shui just one room by using the bagua chart. If you do this with a north room, focus on adding something in the southeast, that area deals with money and complements the north well.

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The Bagua map is a very useful tool in feng shui. It is used to show where the 5 elements should be placed in your home, office and your yard, yes you can even Feng Shui your yard.

The sections area as follows: I will go into more detail on each on later

The north element is water, water can be represented in paintings, by small or large fountains or by a fish tank, make sure that the water is kept moving if it’s not it will harm you instead of help you. The north color is black , use this colors in the north area of your home or room. The north section effects your career and life path, keep this area well kept if your looking for a promotion.

The Northeast Element is Earth, you want to perk up this area if you are looking to get better grades in school, or are looking for the knowledge you need for a promotion. The color to use here is blue, but you can also use black and green.

When you want to improve your family ties, have better luck having children, or just looking to improve your sex life, look to the east. The color here is green, you can also use black or blue. The best Element for this area is wood, but you can also use water.

The Southeast area is the “I want money!” area, if you are looking for wealth perk this area up by using wood or water elements, and these colors, purple, green and gold.

The south part of your home, office or yard is in my opinion, the most important one, This area effect your reputation. If you want that promotion, or just to be liked more, this is the area you need to improve. The element here is fire, use red or green in this area.

If you are looking for love and friendship, the southwest area is where you want to perk things up. Earth is the element here and it can be very helpful, use red and pink colors here.

The west is one of the most powerful areas, I think because of what it helps with, Children problems and creativity. If your children are not getting along with you or other children perk up this area. Use metal, for your element and white for your color.

I will be posting more about each area in separate post, so keep checking back, If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. If I don’t know the answer, I will try to find it!

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