Let's talk. First the magic square. If you add up the numbers in each column diagonally, the sum is always 15. Five in the middle 15 divided by three equals five, five in the center represents the most important thing have the rest of the numbers represent various aspects of life and also one of the eight compass directions. One is north, nine, South, seven, West, three east and so on. Please note, these are general directions, which can be applied to the entire house or in one room within the house.
Even on a vision board, desk or computer screen. It's worth to mention that the compass directions are not located as you're probably used to it. When you look at the map north is at the top Self is at the bottom, he says to the right, and rest is to the left. The Chinese compass is the opposite, as it's represented on the Bagua. Why? picture the Chinese compass directions in a piece of paper.
And now picture yourself standing in front of a perfectly positioned house, the South Bay in front of you, the North being behind you. holding this piece of paper parallel with the ground, you'll find that the top of the page points in front of you to the south. The bottom of the page points behind you north. To the left hand side is the East onto the right hand side is the West. It makes more sense now isn't it? It works on a vision board on your desk or your computer screen.
The next chapter I talked about personal energy numbers and the directions for each number, path, wisdom, success, relationships and you will find that for individual and engine numbers directions and how we activate them can be different to the general directions. It just means that it's more tailored to specific individual and can be more effective than general directions. Use the main directions of your personal energy number whenever you can. However, there's no such thing as perfect Fung Shui and sometimes you need to activate certain general directions when the personal ones are not practical. What aspects of life do these numbers areas represent? The next step is to use the Bagua.
I mentioned previously that modern Fung Shui is different the original Fung Shui knife is massively different now than it was thousands of years ago. And also functionally gain popularity all over the globe. By living conditions and landscape can be can be different to North China, functionally originated. People use functions In the southern hemisphere too, and people live in flats, townhouses, semi detached houses, they use heating air conditioning houses that generally insulated protecting us from the elements. Anyway. I also mentioned that the most important thing in Fung Shui is to understand the principles and apply common sense, as opposed to blindly following rules.
This applies to Burgoo as well. The first Bagua was established by the compass Fung Shui school. The Grove was aligned to the north number one career and life path when later Eva houses for floor plan. The reason for that was having the fame and reputation in the south, fed by the most energy from South Korea still applies today if you live in a detached house, because your house benefits from all directions most probably. If you live in a flood, though, it is highly likely that the sunniest parts of the flat is in the opposite direction to the front. Therefore, it makes sense to align the bottom of the Bagua to the front door.
That can be oddly shaped for plans where you might find that certain areas are missing. For example, in the case of an egg shaped house, one corner of the Bagua will overhang. If you have a missing area, you can do two things. If it's in your garden or yard, you still can do certain things to activate the area. However, your options are possible limited. You apply the Bakula to one particular room to activate the missing area.
Let's see what it looks like when you applied to house. This is a detached house, the front door faces East number three. Number one on the Bagua is the line with the north wall of the house. If this was a flat number one would be aligned with the front door. Let's take a look at each individual area. Number one, career and life path.
To remember the three lugs. The first one was heavenly, which is what we bring with us when we born our destiny. It cannot be easily changed. And everything is a big struggle when we go against our destiny. Well, often we are not sure what our purpose is. follow a family tradition or may choose a profession, or go with something that we believe would provide a steady living most probably, and ignore what our heart is trying to tell us.
On the other hand, when we live our purpose, everything is like breeze, because we do what we're supposed to do. It brings us joy and happiness. And guess what? Money will flow. Remember, money is just energy like everything else. The first area so but your life path, activities area if you are in a job, which doesn't give you any fulfillment or satisfaction.
If you're struggling to find the career which provides you with a good living. If you want to change jobs if you want promotion, if you run a business with rich took a downturn, or has never really picked up this area, it's not just about money I must remind you. Money is a result, not a purpose. chase your dreams and money will chase you. I know it's hard to take a leap of faith but start slowly activate this area in your home take small steps at a time. What should you know about the first area direction is north the element is water.
If you recall from the previous chapter, you will know straight away that the color for water element is terribly black. The pattern is wavy, and best object to use is moving water like a fish tank. You might have noticed that most Chinese businesses have a fish tank with an uneven number of fish, often near the cash register to attract prosperity for their business. It's important to use moving water like a fish tank or a small indoor fan tennis as the water micro stagnation. If using water is not practical, you can use images of water. But again, pay attention to the details.
Pick one with moving water. Michael lovely calm see with sailboats, or a picture of a river, Lake and steer water should be avoided. Just like two rapid water, white waves, waterfalls, anything that suggests to rapid movement functions above balance, either too slow, or too fast, not ideal. Think of the interactions of elements and they're impacting each other. As books water, wood weakens water and metal is supportive of water. Number two, relationships.
This area is about relationships, love friends, business Partners characters. It is number two for a reason, as it's about the relationship between two people. If you have conflicts with people that you work with with neighbors, you're single but you'd love a relationship. You wanted more friends into your life, or would like to improve the relationship with the existing ones. This is the area that you need to pay attention to. The colors Magnolia cream, peach, pink, and red if you need to bring passion into your life.
Direction wise, this is Southwest element wise muscle. The best way to activate this area is having objects in pairs. If you have pictures on the wall, make sure it's a nice loving one. If you are single, avoid pictures with only one person on it. Have couples preferably looking at each other with love, never turning their backs on each other. Depending on what kind of relationships you need to work on.
You can activate the key Have an area of the house where you can use the same direction Southwest in the bedroom. If it's about romantic relationship marriage, in your home office, if it is work business related or in the living room if it's about friendships. As you can send the Floor Plan above, the relationship corner falls in the kitchen which is less than ideal. The kitchen is not the best place to activate and the energy as it is a source of drainage sink and the fire element is heavily present the hope of Mr. Campbell pictures up we'll find other ways to activate what you wish, but I'd recommend finding a better room for this purpose. You can always use the right direction for any room if the room itself is not at the ideal location in the house. When you activate the relationship energies in your bedroom, make sure that everything is in pairs, matching bedside table matching lamps.
If you have a couple of ducks, many other ones Humans keep them together, as opposed to placing one on each bedside table. If you are worried about breaking the balance from decoration point of view, as an interior designer, I can assure you by achieving harmony and balance is possible and many different ways. If you need to improve your love relationship, basic of love heart shape rose quartz crystals on the bedside table. Number three, have an ancestors. This area is all about ancestors, mentors, teachers, spiritual teachers. We are part of a family, we might not be always entirely happy about our ancestors and disapproving some of the actions, beliefs, etc.
But it's important to show respect and honor them. Same applies to our teachers and mentors. You'll see that when you have a respectful relationship with them, you feel much more peaceful and then another little piece falls into place in your life. If you have no issues in the area, you don't need to do anything. But if you could use some improvement in the relationship with your parents, for example, it's worth to pay attention to this area. This area is east.
New Yang energy as the sunrises element is wood, its color its rich green. That couldn't be any better element for this area than wood tree, which represents a family tree with our roots. What is supported by water therefore, it's a great choice if you need to strengthen the natural element of this area. But be careful with fire and matted elements as fire destroys and matter controls would. Having life plants that you nurture with love and care can be extremely beneficial to your relationship with family members and mentors. Make sure you keep them happy and healthy all the time.
Number four luck, wealth and prosperity. This is the southeast area of your house. Although it's about wealth and prosperity, don't you think about money. As I mentioned before, if everything else is in place in your life, money will follow. This is about overall birth and prosperity or luck if you will. This is when everything is happening so easily.
When you seem to make the right choices all the time, you are in good health. You have an abundance of wonderful friends and family. You eat wonderful food. Life is just good in general. You feel badly you prosper. everything turns out just right.
As a consequence, of course, if this area is active, it will bring you more money for sure. But money is the result, not the cool. This area is close to go down and unless you want growth here, a tall, upward growing healthy large plant is perfect. As the color is also green here. Now it makes sense why bamboo is so popular in China doesn't it? When you pick a plant, make sure it has nice round leaves, a spiky, sharp, sharp leaves.
Plant cut cheese instead of making it turning and swirling nicely. If I asked you to tell me a symbol that represents luck, what would you say? I reckon the four leaf clover would be one of the first ones that springs to your mind. Can you see how it fits with Fung Shui? it perfectly? coincidence?
I don't think so. This area is similar to number three in terms of elements it's wood element support is beneficial. But be careful of using much fire and metal here. You wonder what element to flourish here and bring you all the luck possible. Number five, if I can say which one is the most important part of your House, I'd say the center. This is about half.
What is more important than half nothing. If you want to focus on one area where you are starting your journey with Fung Shui, make sure the center of your house is spot on. This is earth element here, the balancing Earth being grounded as a must. First thing is to find out where exactly is the center of your house. If you have a rectangular or square house, it's very easy just to align between the opposite corners and where the lines are crossing that's the center of your house. If your floor plan is a bit trickier, like the one above, you need to extend the walls into your square or rectangle and then follow the same steps as above.
If your floor plan is very tricky, like L shaped, stick it on the board, cut out the exact floor plan and find the balancing point within needle by the board balances nicely marked where the needle is and is the center of your house. When you extend the walls to make a square or rectangle, in an extreme situation the center might be outside of the internals. In that case you have a choice of either using the outside area of practical to activate the health area or activate it at the center of the living room. The single most important thing about the center of your house is to keep it always clean, fresh, tidy, uncluttered. This is your house we are talking about. Nothing can be more important.
Unfortunately, in western houses, the center of the house is often where a staircase or click remains. It's hard to activate good house in a dark place. And as lightless understands covered by you most likely so all the mess that has no place then Whereas right less than ideal. Equally, the click room is not great either, and it is by energy train through the sink and toilet. You can do a few things to minimize the negative impact at least keep you under stairs cupboard as tight as possible if it is the center of your house, likewise the cloakroom make sure it's always clean and tidy, it's pleasant, as much as possible. Because this area's earth element yellow, brown colors are the best.
Keep this area free from large tall furniture and give fresh flowers here if possible. crystals are wonderful earth elements. Amethyst is especially beneficial here. Number six, helpful people. This is Northwest direction. The element is metal.
This area is about helpful people, people who you can Relying under any circumstances, most probably your friends. The element metal can be activated here with objects made of metal and having pictures with your friends in the matter picture frame would do a wonderful job both from metal colors, white is also a color of this element. The element metal is found by Earth, which is a great addition here to enhance the impact of metal. Be careful too much more today or fire here. As water wears matter the ray and fire mounts it always finding the balance is the most important thing. The shape for this element is circle round.
Therefore avoid sharp, pointy patterns. Number seven, children and creativity. This area is about children and creativity. The direction is West the element is metal I carry on number six same instructions apply. You might want to activate this area if you're stuck on a creative project your relationship with your children grandchildren, nieces nephews could use some improvement. Or if you're trying to conceive, battle object.
Remember you want round shapes here so avoid sharp pointy objects and patterns. Matter colors are whiter excellent here. As mentioned before, pay attention to the elements relationship with each other. Metal is controlled by fire and worn away by water. So you need to pay close attention to these elements in this area. Number eight, knowledge and wisdom.
This is the Northeast area of your house. I like to refer back again to the three Lux that I mentioned in the previous chapter. Human luck is the component which is entirely in our control. It's about awareness, self development based on all the skills we learn the knowledge we acquire spirituality, meditation, knowing ourselves, and using all this knowledge and wisdom to take actions which make us better people and have fun luck. In this area, it makes sense to create a reading or meditation corner. Keep your most treasured books hear from people who you respect professionally and spiritually.
The color is purple. It should be a quieter place of the house ideally, earth elements rules this area. Therefore, it's advisable to avoid wood as a controls exhaust Earth. Number nine, fame and reputation. The last area to discuss this for fame and reputation recognition, respect when this area is serving up Purpose who will be respected and recognized as an expert in our area. This is the South direction and the element is fire.
The colors are here red, pink, and purple. The pattern and shapes are triangle and star according to the element of fire. The best tool to activate t here is candles. If you combine it with the right colors, you will enhance the impact. Think of the elements again. Avoid water as it puts the fire out.
What face the fire. Make sure you have some good elements here, upward growing plants, but you can use some green from the color palette to put Be careful of earth element is Earth rains fire. However, be always cautious with fire. You don't want too much fire like in real life. But a lovely fire in the fireplace is gorgeous, comforting and gives us warm without danger. For us fire is nothing but destroying applying this to Fung Shui.
If we have too much wood, the fire energy can get out of control easily. In that case, adding some earth element is advisable. Remember, finding the balance is key. Now you have an understanding of how to use Bagua. What the characteristics of each are, how you can activate them and what you need to pay attention to. But before you be part of floorplan for you Belgrave right and start rearranging your house, do this exercise first.
Find a piece for half an hour when you can be with your thoughts undisturbed. Make a nice cup of whatever come for to sit down. Take a few deep breaths. Take a look at the Bagua and go through all the areas on a scale of one to 10 one being problematic needs fixing 10 being perfect puts a number to each area. Yeah, for example, if you have no idea what your purpose is here, you're unhappy in your job, with your career, etc, he would give a low score for area number one can be a life path. If you live in a wonderful loving marriage, you get along with people brilliantly, both in private life and in business, then you would give a high score to area number two relationships to a overthinking, just follow your intuition.
Write down the first number that pops into your mind. When you've gone through the areas, put them in order, starting with the most cool, they will be the most edge areas first. Don't try to change too much at the same time. Remember, it's about energy flow. There is a certain dynamic in your house right now. Say you really want to make subtle changes.
Otherwise, you could confusion, and things might get worse. Before starting to make any changes, please complete the next chapter. But you'll learn about your own personal energy number, and your most important good directions. The Bagua shades the general directions which are always advisable to bear in mind, however, the person that directions have the greatest impact in you, good or bad, therefore, scrubbing important to learn about them. The general directions areas and your personal ones are all there to serve you. But we are all different individuals therefore not everybody will respond the same way to the same Fung Shui solution.
Some of us are more tolerant to certain adverse energies, while other people are more sensitive. The partial manatee function works with symbols therefore, it's also extremely crucial. What's a given symbol means to you? What emotions would it trigger very same symbol can be very supportive for someone but having an adverse impact on somebody else. playing ball redeye, I teach you how to be certain that you are doing the right thing. There's a way that you can test your functionary idea even before you actually do it.
Your subconscious knows absolutely everything. What's good for you, and what isn't? Make sure you check out under the bonus material how to test your functionary decisions. If something is not broken, don't change anything, even if functionally it doesn't seem right in the right direction. As I mentioned, we all react to the same energy and symbols differently. If a given area of your life is perfectly fine, be happy about it.
And don't make any changes.