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By Alison Marks
When
I talk with people about what I do, they often have ideas about feng shui
that don’t match up to how I see it. In my book, an ideal “feng shui’d”
home is one where you can’t tell that there’s been a feng shui consultant
around. It just
feels
good. Many
creative and sensitive people naturally develop environments that are
“good feng shui”. They can feel that certain things make for good design.
For example, not blocking doorways with large furniture, having your back
“protected” with a wall behind when sitting at a desk or table, using
bright colors to enliven a space – these things all make sense to us, and
most of these “form school” principles are right in line with western
design principles. There’s
another aspect of feng shui which is not so intuitive. “Compass school”
feng shui – so-called because it is based on calculations derived from
compass directionology and the nature of change over time – is akin to
acupuncture. Using various techniques, a skilled practitioner can develop
a series of energetic maps of an environment to allow them to pinpoint
exactly where and what kind of attention is needed in order to get energy
moving right. While
some of the “cures” called for by compass school techniques may seem like
superstition on the surface, they’re actually very deeply-rooted, based on
thousands of years of observing patterns found in the natural world,
especially the movement of the sun.
Here’s
an easy way to apply a powerful compass school technique in your own home
or workplace to take advantage of the energy during this Year of the Rat,
which started in early February.
First,
draw out (or dig out!) a floor plan of your home. If you live in a building with
other units, use just the floor plan of your own space. If you have
multiple floors, you can do this exercise separately for each
floor. Take
a compass reading – you may need to go outside for this, as you’ll want to
be away from the influence electronics (including electric lines), pipes,
large metal objects, etc. Find the center point on your floor plan and
mark it with a dot. Then draw
four lines through the center, as if you were cutting a pizza, to create
eight sectors for each
direction
(N, NE, E, SE, E, SW, W and NW).
While you want to get it as accurate as possible, if this all seems
like too much trouble, just figure out where the directions generally lie
and work with that. This
year, the most important thing is to know is that the south
sector carries strong unlucky energy. This means we want to avoid this
sector as much as possible, and not “activate” it by spending a lot of
time there. If you have no choice, DON’T PANIC! You can neutralize some of
the effects of this negative chi with a salt cure. Place a bowl of sea
salt somewhere in this sector where it won’t be disturbed. It’s fine to cover it up. For extra juice, place six coins
on top. All of these things
(salt, round bowl, the number six and round, metal coins) are associated
with the metal element, which “drains” the overabundance of earth in the
south this year, which in this configuration is unlucky. To
capitalize on the good
energy this year, let’s look at the east,
and secondarily, the southeast.
Activating these sectors will stimulate prosperity and abundance. The best
way to do this is to make sure these areas have lots of activity. You can also use anything that is
associated with the fire element to give them an extra jolt. For example,
the color red, flowers or even candles (real fire!) are good options. Even
if your east sector is all in a closet, go ahead and hang a something red
on the wall in there. You don’t have to overdo it… a little can go a long
way. Now, wait a few months, and let me know how it goes!
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