The Feng Shui Tips page desribes how to find a feng shui location or a feng shui point.
Feng Shui Tips
We may all have a good idea of what we are looking for in life, but reality does not always allow things to go our way. The perfect Feng Shui location for our home would incorporate the following:
1. The Dragon
2. The Protective Dragon
3. The Dragon Point
4. The Water
5. The Direction
In conjunction with our ideal location, we need to give some thought to the four animals. Assume, for a moment, that your body is like your home, and we will call ourselves the Dragon Point (or focal point).
Behind and protecting us, is the Turtle. Relative to our home, the Turtle would be like the Dragon. To our left is our Dragon side, which is like one arm of our Protective Dragon, and this is associated with the sky, the spirits, with the wind. To our right is our Tiger side, associated with more earthly things and is therefore more unpredictable. This is also like another protective curve in the Protective Dragon. The source of our Chi energy is from the air or water, which is the space in front of our bodies, and from the winds coming from the front and sides. Ahead of us is the Phoenix, or Red Bird, and is like our Direction. It is the long-range view.
Basic in Feng Shui are the Five Elements, which are fire, earth, metal, water and wood. Each of these has several different meanings and is associated with different compass directions.
Before the Tang Dynasty, (about 618 to 906 a.d.), Feng Shui came under the control of the ruling Emperors. The practice was kept secret from the people under the control of the Feng Shui Masters, as it was felt the Emperors would lose power should Feng Shui become common knowledge.
Assuming we are placing a desk that we will be spending some time at, we need to consider whether the incoming Chi will energize or distress us.
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