| After determining where the Eight Life Aspirations | | | | your home is said to bring happiness and health to |
| sectors are in your house, you will need to | | | | all that live in your home. |
| decorate and place items that correspond with | | | | Bamboo plants are symbolic of good health |
| those sectors. Remember that activating these | | | | Display a tortoise or turtle in the East corner of |
| sectors will benefit all the people living in your | | | | your living room for good health. |
| household. | | | | Use aromatherapy to enhance your health, relieve |
| Please do not confuse this with enhancing your | | | | stress, create harmony and promote overall well |
| PERSONAL directions. Personal directions must be | | | | being |
| enhanced by using your KUA number. | | | | SOUTHEAST Sector |
| Don't spend a lot of money! | | | | The Southeast corner of your home is the |
| You don't have to go out and spend a lot of | | | | Prosperity and Wealth Sector. |
| money to "Feng Shui" your house! How many | | | | Try to use as much green as you can in this area |
| people who have a specialty store will tell you | | | | without over doing it. |
| THAT?? : ) Just look around your home and see | | | | Flowers are great in this area. The best types of |
| what items you have in various places. I am | | | | flowers and plants to use according to Feng Shui |
| speaking of figurines, plants, wooden objects, | | | | are bamboo, orchids, chrysanthemums and plum |
| metal objects, photos, candles, oil burners, | | | | blossoms. However - any type of plant will do. |
| flowers, etc. Then look at your layout of your | | | | Don't use dried flowers, bonsai plants or cactus |
| house that you have done, and move the object | | | | they are not good to have in the home. |
| to the sector that you think best suits it. | | | | If your bedroom is in the SE corner of your |
| When I first started activating my sectors, I | | | | home, do not place plants or flowers there. Just |
| found that there were MANY things already in my | | | | try to find curtains, rugs, pillows, etc that have |
| home that worked great for certain sectors. | | | | green tones to them to enhance the room. |
| Problem was, sometimes they were not in the | | | | Put a Lucky Cat in the SE corner of your home |
| RIGHT sector. So, all I had to do, was rearrange | | | | to bring about good fortune. |
| things a little - and boy, what a difference! For | | | | Create a wealth vase to put in a cupboard |
| example, I use aromatherapy a lot in my home. I | | | | somewhere in your Southeast Sector. See the |
| have an earthenware crockpot potpourri burner | | | | previous newsletter for tips on creating a wealth |
| that I had to move to my Northeast area | | | | vase |
| because of the earth element. I have another | | | | Prosperity - General Guidelines |
| Sterling Silver oil burner that I had to move to | | | | Hang a set of doorknob coins activated with red |
| my Northwest sector - the Metal Element. Didn't | | | | thread on the knob on the inside of your front |
| cost me a dime - just the energy to move them | | | | door. This helps to keep the money in your home. |
| to different areas. | | | | Do not put either of these on a back door - |
| Become color conscious. | | | | which will bring about the opposite effect. Also, |
| If you have blue curtains in your Northeast sector | | | | this needs to be on your front door whether you |
| and they will fit a window in the North sector, | | | | actually USE that door or not. |
| move them and replace them with some beige | | | | Hang a prosperity bell on the outside of your |
| curtains. Keep the colors for each sector in mind | | | | front door knob to invite prosperity into your |
| as you go about the house rearranging things. | | | | home. Make sure it is tight against the doorknob - |
| "Feng Shui" your MIND. | | | | otherwise it may get bent when closing the door |
| Get yourself used to looking for items that will | | | | if it gets caught in between the door and the |
| help you. Also, keep in mind that Feng Shui is not | | | | door jam. I will be introducing a bell with a |
| about oriental art. It is about where you place | | | | stretchable cord this month on my web site. |
| certain objects - doesn't matter who made it - it | | | | Placing a small Buddha directly across from the |
| just matters what it is made OF, what color it is, | | | | front door will also create positive chi and |
| what shape it is and/or what it represents. If you | | | | welcome prosperity into your home. Do not put |
| go to a garage sale and find a beautiful picture of | | | | the Buddha the floor. Try to have him at eye |
| a waterfall and bring it home, THINK about what | | | | level if possible. |
| sector that should go in - Water - Career - North! | | | | Place 3 Good Luck coins in your wallet or in your |
| Reversing that situation, if you are wanting to | | | | purse to signify that it will have money in it at all |
| activate your Career Sector in your home, go to | | | | times. |
| the garage sales and look for things that have to | | | | Place some 3-Legged money toads in various |
| do with WATER. It is really easy to do, once you | | | | places around your house. These can go on the |
| get used to it. Make yourself a little 3x5 "cheat | | | | floor and be very inconspicuous if you want them |
| sheet" card that has your sectors and what | | | | to. You need to put one right beside your front |
| colors, etc to use and carry it around in your | | | | door facing into the room. Then, if you can, put |
| wallet if you need to. | | | | another one diagonally across from it - not facing |
| NORTH Sector: | | | | the front door - but off to the left or right of the |
| The North part of your home is considered your | | | | opposite wall that your front door is on. |
| Career Prospects Sector | | | | Place FuDogs right inside your front door. They |
| Use the colors blue and black as much as possible | | | | symbolize protection of the family and protecting |
| in this area. Do not use those colors so much that | | | | your wealth. |
| they are overwhelming. | | | | SOUTH Sector |
| Have water features here as the element of the | | | | The South sector governs recognition and fame. |
| North is water. Some examples of water | | | | This also covers popularity and reputation. |
| features are: water fountains, paintings of a lake | | | | Use red and various shades of red in this area |
| or river, water globes, animals that live in the | | | | including burgundy, pink, hot pink, maroon. Take it |
| water (turtles, fish, etc) whether live or ceramic, | | | | easy on the bright red as it is a very powerful |
| anything that has wavy lines. | | | | color and could overwhelm things. |
| NORTHEAST Sector | | | | Place a crimson bird sculpture, eagle in flight, |
| The Northeast sector governs education, | | | | dragon, rectangular shaped crystals, fire features |
| spirituality, knowledge and self-growth | | | | like candles, oil burners, bright lights, crystal |
| Use the color beige or very light brown in this | | | | chandeliers, plants, a fire place, wood burning |
| area | | | | stove in this sector. Do not display water |
| Use Earth type decorations here. Examples could | | | | features here. |
| be plants, brown colored objects, globe, and map | | | | SOUTHWEST Sector: |
| of the world. Hanging crystals and a Buddha is also | | | | This sector governs Marital Happiness and |
| good for this area. | | | | Romance |
| EAST Sector | | | | Use yellow, beige, red and orange colors in this |
| The East Sector governs family relations and | | | | sector, being very careful not to overdo the red |
| health. I am going to break the two of these | | | | and orange colors. Do not use green or brown in |
| down a bit further: | | | | this area if possible. |
| Family Relations - Harmony | | | | For plants, use earth tone or pottery for the |
| Clearing the clutter is the most important way to | | | | planters. |
| create harmony in your home. I have found | | | | Make sure when enhancing this area that you |
| personally that when my office is cluttered, my | | | | always put things in pairs. Not one and definitely |
| children seem to get a little unruly. (They spend a | | | | not three - just two of different items that |
| lot of time in my office because that is usually | | | | symbolize love and romance to you. Mandarin |
| where I am! LOL) Also, sounds silly, but when I | | | | ducks, love birds and peacocks are good symbols |
| get behind on the laundry they tend to get unruly | | | | here |
| as well. Coincidence? I doubt it! The second most | | | | Crystals in the SW sector of your home or |
| important way is to KEEP the clutter gone. | | | | bedroom will activate the earth energies of that |
| Use green and brown colors in this area. | | | | sector. You can hang these in a window or just |
| Activate this area with: dragons, wooden objects, | | | | have crystal ornamental items there. |
| crystals, objects representing family unity - like a | | | | WEST Sector |
| dog family, turtle family, figurine of children | | | | This sector governs the luck of children and also |
| playing, pictures of your family in wooden frames, | | | | new projects, hobbies, stages of life and pleasure. |
| plants in earth tone pots or pottery | | | | Use white, silver, yellow and gold in this area. |
| Take steps to activate all the sectors in your | | | | Place white, silver or yellow flowers, hollow wind |
| home by placing objects and using colors that | | | | chimes, bells, metallic or earth objects, round |
| correspond with those sectors. If all sectors are | | | | objects, ceramic objects, quartz crystal, a |
| energized it should create harmony in your home. | | | | sleeping white tiger (MUST be sleeping or don't |
| Health | | | | put it here), TV, computer, stereo, soapstone |
| Green and brown are good colors to use here, as | | | | objects representing family in this area. |
| well as black and blue. | | | | NORTHWEST Sector |
| Follow the guidelines above under Harmony. Also, | | | | This sector governs mentors, networking, |
| check around the house for what is called "poison | | | | beginnings, meeting influential people and important |
| arrows" - anything sharp, pointed and angular that | | | | meetings. |
| seem to be threatening. Exposed beams are | | | | Use metallic colors here like white, silver and gold. |
| considered poison arrows. Redirect the bad shar | | | | Place hollow wind chimes, stone and metal |
| chi by using crystals, bamboo flutes or wind | | | | sculptures, any objects that are metallic in color |
| chimes. | | | | or in material, metal candle holders and picture |
| Displaying a Happy Buddha in the living room of | | | | frames in this area. |