Category: Elements

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The North direction in Feng Shui practice.

In general, for Feng Shui scholars, the North direction is related to Water element and is also associated with certain areas of life, such as: career, clear and defined path, journey, good ability to communicate internally and externally, etc.

So once you find the North side of your office or home, observe how energy flows in this area and try to stimulate it placing a water element object, such as art using black and dark blue colors, pictures of water, materials such as mirrors, glass, aquariums and all that can relate to water, this could enhance luck and opportunity in your career.

The placement of fountains, particularly, should be carefully thought with a Feng Shui specialist, making sure this strong element is definitely bringing beneficial energy and not the opposite.

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How to choose the dining table according to Feng Shui practice?

When it comes to the shape of a dining table, most of Feng Shui scholars consider round or oval tables the most beneficial in terms of balance, since they don’t have sharp corners and represent metal element.

Nevertheless, square or rectangular tables could also be great if we have enough space to freely circulate, without crashing into corners, and avoid sitting in front of them, this shape of tables represent earth element, also good for nutrition and gatherings.

In terms of materials, there’s a big variety like wood, glass, marbles, metal, and also here we can choose according to the element that works better for our environment, for example:

  • If we want do add a tree element to this space, a solid wood table would be a great option;
  • If by other hand,we want to add water element, a glass table could bring that type of energy;
  • When using marbles, earth element is the presented energy;
  • Metal materials are all linked with metal element.
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How Feng Shui and five elements influence in the energy of a space?

For Chinese metaphysics, all the universe is constituted by 5 elements also described as 5 types of energy: Earth, Metal, Water, Wood and Fire.

These 5 elements interact continuously between them, in a productive or destructive mode.

The understanding of these interactions in the overall context of the house or business and its dimensions of time and space, could allow those who practice Feng Shui to act directly on the energy, so that it manifests in the best way possible.

As we search for balance in our spaces, we can see this influence in a general way :

▫️Fire element it’s Yang, which means a shiny and active energy, contributing to success and progress.

▫️Water energy runs with fluidity, contributing to richness and career.

▫️ Metal energy is strict and cold, contributing for values and order.

▫️ Earth energy covers all, contributing for love and all relationships.

▫️ Wood element is alive and jovial, contributing to development and prosperity.

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How to decorate a bedroom according to our essence?

9 Stars Ki Astrology is one of the great Feng Shui teachings and could really help in discovering more about ourselves.

Generally speaking and according to our date of birth calculation,each one of us belongs to one of the 5 elements of Chinese metaphysics [ Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood ].

As soon as we understand this information, we can apply it in all aspects of our lives, including home decor.

In this example, this bedroom decor would be great for a person with a metal element essence:

  • white is one of the metal colors;
  • the yellow and earth tones represent the Earth element, which precedes the metal in the element’s production cycle, providing it with productive energy.

Find out how to make the most of your home and improve your life with the help of a Feng Shui consultant, bringing more energy and balance to its inhabitants.

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How to choose between a gas or an electric stove?

For Feng Shui practitioners this is a quite controversial theme, however, this is due basically to the quality and quantity of the Fire element , the most Yang energy there is.

Back in the ancient times, we could only cook with fire and for a long time it was our only resource, so many of the Feng Shui studies about this theme where referring to fire itself.

Nowadays, a gas stove also provides a flame, that for most cookers and chefs are the best for cooking, but electric stoves only provide heat and so fire energy as we know it is definitely weaker.

In terms of health, ingesting foods that have been cooked via microwave, electric ovens or induction stovetops disturb the electrical fields in our body, and numerous studies have linked the electro-pollution emitted by them to inflammation, neurological damage, cataracts and even cancer.

Macrobiotics for example, is based on ancient Chinese medicine that appreciates the dynamic symmetry of opposing yet complementary forces necessary to life and health, the balance between Yin and Yang.