Feng Shui Bathroom

Bathrooms should face North, the direction of water, according to Feng Shui. North is also the direction of malevolent spirits and hence, bathrooms are considered to be prone to accidents  and mishaps.
A plan where bathroom isn't located directly across from any entry doors would be most preferable. The entry to the home is where career and opportunities enter. If the bathroom is located directly in front of the entry, they could flow out immediately.

Display bamboo and have it reflect in the mirror. Bamboo thrives in any location and plants that grow upward represent money. As well, the reflection doubles the amount of the bamboo.

Good color schemes for a properly located bathroom are light grays, cream colors, and pale blues. If your bathroom is located in the center of the house, paint it red. The fire element will increase income and therefore counteract the drain of wealth.

No family pictures should be placed in the bathroom.

A bathroom is the room for wealth and a dirty and cluttered bathroom can make you poor. Bathrooms that are clean well organized and in good shape, encourage the free flow of energy leading to prosperity in the household.

Place a mirror in the bathroom in such a way that the person in the shower can see the bathroom door clearly.

Pipes of the bathroom should be maintained in good working order and clean them occasionally to prevent clogging.

Don't allow dripping faucets or dirty fixtures to be a part of your bathroom. A dripping faucet is a sign of wasting money.

Sinks and bathtub drains should be kept covered to stop your money from going down the drain.

A screen between the toilet area and shower area is desirable.

Avoid clutter and never ever bring things from the kitchen into the bathroom. One needs to remove waste, dead and stagnant energy that gets blocked ere and cleaning with natural cleaners can help you to keep Chi fresh in this area of your home.

Another way to counteract opportunity and prosperity from being flushed away is to keep a bowl of pebbles or fresh flower arrangement on the toilet tank or on a shelf above the toilet. By adding this element of Earth, you will help control the water.

A black or red rug at the base of the toilet will also provide protection against wealth loss.

If you choose a home with a second floor, the bathroom shouldn't be located over the main entrance.

Feng Shui Bedroom

The head of the bed should be placed against a solid wall for support. Do not place it against a window as you will not only lack support but your health may be affected by the cold draft from the outside!

Watch out for overhead beams cutting across your bed (lengthwise or otherwise!). Over the long term these beams can cause health problems.

The ceiling should also be level. Sloping ceilings can create emotion related problems.

Also ensure that lighting fixtures, fans and air-conditioners are not installed over your head or any parts of the bed.

Ideally, the bedroom should be as far away as possible from the front door, mirroring the practice of our prehistoric ancestors who did not sleep in the mount of their cave.

On entering your bedroom, note where the windows are located. Chi tends to travel between the door and any windows, so avoid positioning your bed in line with this flow of Chi.

Position your bed so that you can see the door from where you sleep. This gives you a deep sense of inner security.

If it is feasible, position your bed as far away from the door as possible.

Avoid sleeping with your head close to a window as your Chi will dissipate through the window and make you feel more tired on awakening.

If you have a bathroom, toilet or shower leading off you bedroom, make sure that the toilet door is always shut while you are asleep.

Make sure all bedside tables have rounded edges and not square to prevent cutting Chi being focused towards the occupants. If two sleep in the bed, ensure matching beside tables on either side for added stability and protection in the relationship.

If you sleep with another, make sure your bed is symbolic of this relationship. Beds that are rickety or likely to fall part speak volumes about the state of the relationship.

Given that the bedroom is a more yin environment, the lighting that you choose needs to reflect this. Soft lighting is ideal. Avoid having ceiling lamps right directly over your bed.

Pastel colors are ideal for the bedroom.

Avoid sleeping with your image visible in a mirror. The worst scenario if all is a mirror at the foot of your bed.

Place something beautiful that inspires you where you first look in the morning.

Pay attention to what is under your bed. Keep the space clear and get rid of any unwanted items there.

The toilet door should not open to the bed. Ideally the toilet door should be located at the side. If the room is big enough you can place a free standing screen to block the toilet (door) from the bed.

The toilet door should ideally be closed all the time. Installing an automatic door closer will help greatly.

The bed should not share a common door with the toilet/bath. The walls are porous and over a long period the water from the bath can seep through the walls. If your bed is located at the other side of the wall, the excess moisture can affect your health.

A desk is not meant to be in a bedroom, neither is anything else related to work. Electronics such as televisions, stereos and computers are also inappropriate for this particular room, because they will distract you from getting the sleep you need.

Move the exercise equipment out, as they too tend to promote restlessness.

Keep all sorts of doors closed during night. It might be your bedroom door, the door of your closet, your bathroom door etc. This will ensure the optimum flow of nourishing and healing energy and will improve your health and strengthen your relationship.

A good looking and balanced bed is the most important thing in a bedroom. For producing harmonious Feng Shui energy, you need to have good mattress, solid headboard and high quality sheets from natural fibers.

5 Element Pagoda

The 5 Element Pagoda is a powerful metal cure for earth-related afflictions of the year. It can be used to counter illness and reduce obstacles in one's life.

The 5 Element Pagoda is an excellent cure for the deadly five yellow star (wu wang) which brings accidents, financial loss and severe problems. It is also perfect for suppressing the #2 black star, also known as the ‘Sickness Star’ which brings illnesses and ailments to occupants. Placing the 5 Element Pagoda in the afflicted sector not only exhausts the these malignant stars but activates the lucky 1, 6 and 8 flying stars as well.

This item can be unscrewed and earth or crystal pieces can be placed inside for good luck. Fill the 5 Element Pagoda up with earth taken from your garden or potted plants if you do not have a garden. This symbolizes "locking up" the Five Yellow (五黄) and hence suppresses its malignant chi.

Windchime

Windchimes are excellent metal cures for feng shui afflictions. This six-rod all-metal windchime is particularly potent because it is made completely from metal, is of a weight heavy enough to effect the cure, and further to this, the number 6 is METAL., and symbolises help from heaven. Place in the sector of the Five Yellow to ward off illness and bad luck from this unlucky star.

This year (2010) the Five Yellow resides in the Southwest of each and every home. It is thus important to control the annual 5 yellows with this 6 rod all metal windchime . This windchime is also excellent for enhancing the energy of the West for children, NW for mentors / helpful people, and North for career prospects and advancement.

Wu Lou

Wu Lou, feng shui Calabash or Chinese Gourds are the symbol of good health.

The Wu Lou also known as Calabash is a fruit and when dried was used to store medicine or water, this is how it got its name "giver of life" its shape was replicated into brass (metal weakens earth) and this is why it is used to absorb the negative energy of the 2 & 5 bad luck stars.

They are an extremely powerful traditional and authentic cure and also a well-known symbol of good health and longevity.

Elephant: The Sacred Symbol

Elephant is regarded as the most wondrous creature ever created and is greatly admired. According to Buddhist beliefs, elephants are celestial animals and one of the sacred treasures of Buddha. Throughout time, these regal animals have come to symbolize many things including:

• Wisdom
• Power
• Dignity
• Intelligence
• Strength
• Longevity
• Virility
• Fidelity
• Good luck
• Good fortune
• Success

In the application of feng shui, the elephant is considered a sacred symbol. Although it is often used to symbolize power, wisdom, strength and fertility, it can also be used to symbolize longevity, good luck and success. It can act as the grantor of wishes and as the protector of the household.

How to Place a Feng Shui Elephant

There are many applications of the use of elephants in feng shui depending on the material of the elephant and its placement in the home or office. The following are some of the more common applications.

• Placing a statue of an elephant, or a pair of elephants, at the front door brings good luck, protection and strength to the household. These elephants are sometimes referred to as elephants of many blessings. It is believed that these elephants should have their trunks facing upwards as that represents prosperity, good luck and victory. Some people believe that elephants with their trunks facing downward represent longevity and conception.
• Elephants always used as guardians and protectors of the household involves them keeping the powers that you attract and maintain inside the house. The elephants act as housekeepers as they guard the door, keeping the powers safely inside.
• An elephant, or a pair of elephants, displayed in the bedroom promotes love and faithfulness between two people. The statues can also be placed in a study or office to enhance the love between couples.
• A statue of a mother elephant and its baby is as symbol of the love and bonding between a mother and her children and will make that bond grow even stronger
• A symbol of fertility, couples that want to have a child, or more children, should place elephant statues in their bedroom. Often a statue or a group of seven elephants is used in the bedroom for fertility because in feng shui the number seven represents children. A statue of a mother and baby elephant can be used to represent fertility.
• Using elephant symbols to bring knowledge and academic success to children is another feng shui application of these magnificent creatures. Place a statue in a child’s bedroom, on the desk, or wherever he or she does homework.
• Placing a statue of a frog on an elephant or a monkey on an elephant promotes career stability.
  

Elephants should always have their trunks turned upward, as if trumpeting, this meant to herald good news. They can be placed in the entrance hall, but not directly facing the door.

Qi Lin (Kei Loons)

A qi lin tassel is a ancient oriental object which feng shui uses in order to enhance the protection within any environment. Qi lins can be seen in many oriental houses and buildings, and even some palaces show them as a protective ornament at their entrance. In the oriental cultures, Qi lins or Kei Loons, are widely known and employed as symbolic objects which not only have the purpose of protecting but also helping people achieving some of their life goals.

According to Chinese traditions, qi lin tassels are very loyal to their owners and protect them as they would protect themselves. They would not only protect those who keep it but also help them attract prosperity and good luck to the environment where they are. Therefore, they are ideal for being placed at strategic environment places, such as those which feng shui guidelines indicate to be the right spots for attracting prosperity.
A red string around a qi lin tassel makes this object very auspicious and enhances its good luck powers. According to Chinese traditions, color red, and especially red strings are known to be good luck and fortune attractors as well as very auspicious for every life aspect. Therefore, a qi lin tassel with a red string can be a very powerful and auspicious amulet.

A protective qi lin tassel can also be placed according to feng shui guidelines and to what the bagua map indicates. For example, if you need to attract good luck to a spot which has wood as its main element, you can place a wood qi lin tassel and solve the problem. Or, in case you need to add metal to a specific environment in which money has a great impact, you can hang a metal qi lin tassel at it.

Qi lin tassels can be not only placed at houses or offices, but they can also be carried and kept as a good luck amulet. This way, qi lin tassels can work as feng shui lucky charms and protect you not only while you are in your house or at work but also the rest of the time and wherever you go.

The qilin is the Chinese version of the unicorn, with a number of similar creatures including the kirin appearing in the mythology of other Asian cultures. The appearance of a qilin is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity, and you often see depictions of qilins worked into various clothing designs and works of art to convey fortune on the purchaser. Qilins are also depicted in a stylized dance known as a qilin or unicorn dance which involves feats of physical strength and dexterity on the part of the dancers.


The appearance of the qilin is a subject for debate. Most depictions involve a hodge-podge of animal parts, giving the qilin the scales of a carp, the hooves of an ox, the tail of a lion, and the head of a dragon, for example. In many depictions, the qilin has two horns, rather than one, and the horns may lie flat against the animal's head, rather than sticking out. Qilins are closely associated with fire, which they supposedly use to defend the righteous.
A qilin will only appear in an area which is controlled by a just, wise, and benevolent leader, and qilins are closely linked with sages and other wise people. According to the stories, qilins are very gentle, friendly animals, but they can become violent when they need to protect someone. In the course of protecting the righteous, a qilin may breathe fire, gore someone with its horn, or trample someone, making the qilin a useful friend to have at your back in a fight.

In most stories, the qilin is described as a very gentle, loving animal. According to the stories, qilins can walk on grass and flowers without causing harm, and they can also walk on water when they need to. The gentle animals eat a vegetarian diet, and conscientiously avoid injury to all living things. These traits are also regarded as virtues in some parts of Chinese society, so the qilin could also be said to be setting a virtuous example which others should follow.

For a brief period of time, the qilin was identified with the giraffe. This is probably because giraffes were quite novel to the Chinese when they were first brought to China, and giraffes are also naturally gentle, vegetarian animals with heads which do resemble those of some mythical qilin. The qilin is also associated with femininity, perhaps because it exhibits some classically feminine traits like gentleness.