General Feng Shui Tips

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General Feng Shui Tips
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basics/)
I get this a lot: “I kind of believe there might be something to feng

shui, but I kind of don’t. The jury is still out. But if it doesn’t require
an overhaul of my space, I don’t mind implementing a few tips here
and there. So. What’ve you got for me? Also, I’m not made of money
so be mindful of my expenses. Also, keep it short, because I ain’t got
time for all that.”
All right. Challenge accepted, so long as we understand that I’m

proposing a one size fits all when the philosophical core of my feng
shui practice is that one size does not fit all.
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Focus on the Kitchen
You don’t need a large, fancy kitchen. However, irrespective of

directionality, your kitchen is linked to your fortune. Your kitchen
needs to be a space you want to spend time in. It invites you to stay a
li le longer. You also want it to be well-lit. Ideally, lots of sunlight
should enter your kitchen. If that’s not going to happen, then install
good overhead lighting and keep the color of the décor light and
bright.
Traditionally, you want to avoid a fire-water opposition in the

kitchen. If your stove and sink are facing off against one another
directly, then that’s a fire-water opposition. This can trigger more
strife, tensions, and arguments among the occupants of the home. If
you have a fire-water opposition in your kitchen, consider some form
of buffer between the stove and sink, such as a prominent floor mat
or rug that can visually draw a ention away from the fire-water
opposition, or prismatic crystal hanging from the ceiling between the
two, which can help sca er the intense energies created by the
opposition.
If there’s only one room in your house you’re willing to clean, then
make that room the kitchen. Of all the rooms in the home, the kitchen
condition needs to be clean, healthy, operating, inviting, and lovingly
used. Sure, there are a million and one other feng shui maxims for the
kitchen, but the one takeaway point for you is this: you need to love
your kitchen. Figure out what you can do to the kitchen to make it a
space you love.
De-clu er
Sprawling wide open and empty space is ideal, but not realistic for
most modern homes. Nonetheless, de-clu er. As much as you can,
de-clu er and get rid of your junk. If it doesn’t spark joy… blah blah,
you’ve heard it before. But yeah, listen to that.
Even if everything you own sparks joy and still forms a fortress of
towers of stuff, this isn’t ideal, but we’ll work with it. Meet me
halfway by making sure your piles of stuff are organized piles,
stacked neatly and with clear intentions. Just because it’s a li le bit of
a mess, don’t lose all hope and let it become a crazy-ass mess. Still try.
If you can, push your piles of stuff against the wall so the center area
of each room is clear, for unobstructed flow of Qi energy.
Pssst… out of sight is not out of mind! If the room looks neat and tidy
but your closet, cabinets, and drawers are a hot mess, you’re not in
the clear! Clu er that is a racting stale or atrophic Qi energies in
your closet, cabinets, and drawers is still going to have an adverse
impact on your life path (according to feng shui). So don’t clean your
room by stuffing all your clu er into your closet! Doh. I just busted
you wide open, amiright? Yeah…. clean your closets, too.
A Prosperity Bowl
If there’s a bathroom in the north, south, or southeast area of your

home, this becomes a particularly important consideration: get a
prosperity bowl. You’d then place your prosperity bowl in the
bathroom. Otherwise, the common place to put it is the southeast
area of the home.
A prosperity bowl is a concentrated ba ery that generates Qi energy

in a way that you want, and fills that space with that intended Qi
energy. In this case, Qi for good luck when it comes to money,
success, and fortunes. You know, prosperity.
Here are the basic feng shui rules: refer back to the Lo Shu feng shui
grid and Wu Xing correspondences to figure out whether you need to
empower Water (north area), Fire (south area), or Wood (southeast).
Incorporate knowledge of numerology, gemstone correspondences,
even the metaphysical correspondences for herbs and flowers, and do
not overlook the magic of happiness. Charms, trinkets, and symbolic
objects that evoke happiness and joy for you can also be added to
your prosperity bowl.
Get this. It doesn’t even need to be a bowl. However, it does need to

be bowl-like in shape, so metaphysically like a cauldron it can hold
and keep energy. The bowl shape is kind of what gives the “ba ery”
some semblance of longevity and efficacy. Mine is a gold-toned
money tree growing out of a money bag. The money bag part of the
figurine is shaped such as to be bowl-like.
Fu talismans and sigils can be incorporated into your prosperity

bowl. A thoughtfully crafted sigil rolled up into a scroll and placed
discretely into your prosperity bowl may be one of the best feng shui
cures for bringing good luck and fortune you can opt for.
Most important of all, the prosperity bowl needs to evoke prosperity

to you. I like citrine, Chinese gold ingots (not real gold, heavens..), and
Chinese coins. I also like prisms. All that Chinese-y stuff is just a bit
too much for my sister, so she opts for crystal. She sourced a beautiful
prismatic crystal bowl and filled it with loose pieces of Swarovski
crystals. It’s really stunning to look at. To oomph it up, you can bury
a talisman that brings prosperity and fortune into the loose gems, and
that talisman can be entirely out of sight.
Feng Shui: Wind and Water
Stand just outside your front entrance. Visualize a river of water that
starts where you stand and goes into the home through that front
entrance. Now follow the river of water. Furniture in your home are
like rock boulders that block the flow of the river. Also, imagine
predominantly bright or well-lit rooms to be heat and darker, dingy
rooms to be cold. Brightly lit rooms heat up the river. Warmth is
good, but you don’t want it to be bubbling, so if it’s too bright, that
room needs to be tempered with something more yin, cooler. If it’s
too dark and too yin, water will freeze to ice and become immobile.
(Atrophic Qi energy.) You’ll want to warm up these rooms with more

yang. You want to temper the yin and yang of every room so that the
balance looks and feels just right to you.
Given your personal findings from the river visualization, make

adjustments to your décor accordingly. Make sure there is a nice,
even, balanced roll of energy throughout the home.
Same visualization technique, only now it’s wind, not a river of

water. Wind is breath. We all need to breathe. We need air. So now
imagine wind flowing through the home. Sharp corners, furniture,
and obstructions will weaken the wind. By the time that wind reaches
certain areas of the home, is it strong enough at its destination to give
life to that area? If not, something in that area needs to reinvigorate
the wind (or Qi energy).
When you perform the wind and water visualizations, also be

mindful of areas where energy might bo leneck, or accumulate to
become stale or atrophic, or where energy might flow too quickly and
thus cause frenetic, restless, anxious energy. One of the reasons why
empty vases as décor is not advised is because it’s believed they
accumulate energy, which can then become stale. If you really like the
vase for décor, then make sure it’s filled with something that will
keep the energy invigorated. This is often where gemstone
correspondences come into play. I have this whole gemstone
correspondences reference download somewhere on this website.
Stashing the vase with something like crystal quar , carnelian, or
selenite can help.
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Manifesting What You Want with Feng Shui
The above feng shui grid applies to the entire parcel of land you’re
assessing and it applies to each and every individual room. In other
words, looking at the bigger picture of your property, the north
sector of the parcel corresponds with career. The north sector of the
home interior corresponds with career. Now, for your bedroom– the
north sector of your bedroom corresponds with career. The theory
here is every microcosm is a perfect representation of the macrocosm,
and vice versa.
The grid is a reference table for which areas of life Qi in a particular

compass directionality affects. The indications in all caps (e.g., top
row left to right, WIND, FIRE, EARTH) indicates the Ba Gua trigram
that governs that sector. The corresponding number is from the Lo
Shu magic square. Then below, each sector in the grid shows you
which of the Wu Xing strengthens the Qi in that compass
directionality for that area of life. It also indicates the Wu Xing that is
supportive (think: elemental dignities) and the one that weakens the
Qi in that area.
Too much Earth in the north sector for career success, for example,
can weaken and hinder career success. Interestingly, note the
philosophy expressed here. Earth corresponds with home, love life,
and family. If you think about, that’s commentary on work-life
balance. Too much focus on the domestic can have an adverse effect
on your professional gains. Those who are driven for career success
tend to have a weaker domestic life.
If you examine every sector of the grid and what strengthens or

weakens Qi energy there, you get a complete life philosophy that
resonates with a Truth we all know. That’s why I say feng shui is
philosophy.
To manifest a particular goal using feng shui, consider the grid and
determine which area of your home and living space, per compass
directionality, needs to be enhanced. If you don’t know the
correspondences for the Wu Xing, recall the below reference chart
that was presented earlier.
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A large oval wall mirror and lead crystal lotus décor in the north
section could help increase professional prosperity, or perhaps an
aquarium of fish, adorned with seashells. Or hang up a painting with
a color pale e that is blue-dominant, and which depicts the ocean.
If you’re seeking gains in your social status, perhaps consider an

arrangement of candles in the south area of your home (or your
bedroom) surrounded by a crystal grid of carnelian and citrine.
Single, lonely, and looking for love? How about some symbolism in
the southwest corner of your living space, such as a pair of mandarin
ducks, which in the Chinese culture symbolizes long-lasting true
love. One thing I’ve always found fascinating is the elemental
discrepancy between how the West expresses love and how the East
expresses love. In the West, when I say love and romance, you
probably think of fire, right? Like a burning flame. In the East, love
and romance corresponds with earth, an element more akin to
security, stability, and endurance.
Feng shui cures aren’t just limited to strict Wu Xing correspondences,

though that’s the basis of how to craft a feng shui cure. Symbolism is
also very important in feng shui.
Purely through oral tradition, I’ve heard that if a couple is having

trouble with fertility and seeks to conceive a son, you place
chili peppers or ornamentation that look like chili peppers in the west
area of the home, west wall of the kitchen, west wall of the master
bedroom, and west wall of the to-be baby room. I once asked my
mother “why peppers?” She nodded at the ornamentation. Look at it.
Look at it again. What does the shape remind you of? Oh. Huh.
Sadly, given the “we-just-want-sons” tradition in Eastern cultures, I

don’t know if there’s any oral tradition on what to do if you want to
conceive a daughter…
When crafting your own Fu talismans per The Tao of Craft,

(h ps://benebellwen.com/the-tao-of-craft/) consider compass
directionality per the feng shui grid. If you’re creating a talisman that
you’ll activate by placing somewhere in the home or office, then place
it in a directionality that corresponds with your intentions per the
grid.
Feng shui consideration is a two-step process, or consists of two

parts. The first part is finding a parcel of land that is most in harmony
with who you are and what you value. You use feng shui for that. The
second part is how you enhance the land you have to optimize
manifestation of your intentions, dreams, goals, and aspirations. So
always think of your feng shui considerations in two parts. How it is
as it is, and what you make of it once it’s yours.
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<< Learning Feng Shui (h ps://benebellwen.com/feng-shui/feng-shui-

I get this a lot: “I kind of believe there might be something to feng

All right. Challenge accepted, so long as we understand that I’m

Focus on the Kitchen

You don’t need a large, fancy kitchen. However, irrespective of

Traditionally, you want to avoid a ﬁre-water opposition in the

If there’s a bathroom in the north, south, or southeast area of your

A prosperity bowl is a concentrated ba ery that generates Qi energy

Get this. It doesn’t even need to be a bowl. However, it does need to

Fu talismans and sigils can be incorporated into your prosperity

Most important of all, the prosperity bowl needs to evoke prosperity

Feng Shui: Wind and Water

(Atrophic Qi energy.) You’ll want to warm up these rooms with more

Given your personal ﬁndings from the river visualization, make

Same visualization technique, only now it’s wind, not a river of

When you perform the wind and water visualizations, also be

Click to enlarge and save to your ﬁles.

Manifesting What You Want with Feng Shui

The grid is a reference table for which areas of life Qi in a particular

If you examine every sector of the grid and what strengthens or

Click to enlarge and save.

If you’re seeking gains in your social status, perhaps consider an

Feng shui cures aren’t just limited to strict Wu Xing correspondences,

Purely through oral tradition, I’ve heard that if a couple is having

Sadly, given the “we-just-want-sons” tradition in Eastern cultures, I

When crafting your own Fu talismans per The Tao of Craft,

Feng shui consideration is a two-step process, or consists of two

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