The Bagua map is a very useful tool in feng shui. It is used to show where the 5 elements should be placed in your home, office and your yard, yes you can even Feng Shui your yard.

The north element is water, water can be represented in paintings, by small or large fountains or by a fish tank, make sure that the water is kept moving if it’s not it will harm you instead of help you. The north color is black , use this colors in the north area of your home or room. The north section effects your career and life path, keep this area well kept if your looking for a promotion.

The Northeast Element is Earth, you want to perk up this area if you are looking to get better grades in school, or are looking for the knowledge you need for a promotion. The color to use here is blue, but you can also use black and green.

When you want to improve your family ties, have better luck having children, or just looking to improve your sex life, look to the east. The color here is green, you can also use black or blue. The best Element for this area is wood, but you can also use water.

The Southeast area is the “I want money!” area, if you are looking for wealth perk this area up by using wood or water elements, and these colors, purple, green and gold.

The south part of your home, office or yard is in my opinion, the most important one, This area effect your reputation. If you want that promotion, or just to be liked more, this is the area you need to improve. The element here is fire, use red or green in this area.

If you are looking for love and friendship, the southwest area is where you want to perk things up. Earth is the element here and it can be very helpful, use red and pink colors here.

The west is one of the most powerful areas, I think because of what it helps with, Children problems and creativity. If your children are not getting along with you or other children perk up this area. Use metal, for your element and white for your color.

I will be posting more about each area in separate post, so keep checking back, If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. If I don’t know the answer, I will try to find it!

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Many people love the idea of fung shui but are not sure what it is or how to use it. I am going to do a series on fung shui starting with a history of the art.

Fung shui has been around for over 2000 years. The term fung shui means wind and water, the Chinese science looks at the environment we live in and works with it to make our lives better. Fung shui also works with the theory of yin and yang, where everything is balanced.

Many people use fung shui to bring wealth and happiness to a home. I know some people who do not believe this, but still have used the method because it does seem to make you feel better and helps with stress. The big reason this works is because fung shui works with the environment and creates a wonderful calm living space when followed correctly.

There are a few key elements for fung shui, the five elements, wind, fire, earth and water. The trigram and bagua chart help you to use fung shui to your advantage.

That was just a touch on the history of fung shui, there is much more to learn about it. Tomorrow I will talk about the bagua chart sections this will include the five elements and colors that represent them.

So winter is all most over and I’m sure you are as happy about it as I am. It’s time to start spending some time outside and getting some sunshine.

So today I’m going to talk about what you can do inside and outside your home to bring in some great spring style!

One thing to do is of course do some spring cleaning. Clean your windows inside and out, go through your whole house and figure out what you don’t need anymore and sell it or donate it.
Many people want to hold on to everything and this just really makes your home look cluttered and messy. Nick knacks are fine, but in moderation and not all over the room. Pick a few select spots to display things and either store the rest or get rid of them.

One great way to welcome spring is to start a garden. If you haven’t done much landscaping to your home you really should think about it. One it can increase the value of your home, and it can be very relaxing for those of you who need to de-stress. Landscaping can also help you and your neighbors in selling a home. If the home they are looking at and the homes around it have good landscaping they may decide to buy the home over another. Why would your neighbors home selling benefit you? If you get enough homes selling in one area the neighborhood value goes up. So start that landscaping! If you have no idea what do do with your home, you can either hire a landscaper or drive around and look at homes similar to yours, what have they done with the front area? What did you like, what did you not like?

The last thing I’m going to talk about is curtains, yes curtains. Why? Because changing your curtains has a huge effect on a room, it can make it darker or brighter, it can also make it taller or shorter. Since is spring think about lightening up the curtains if you have heavy dark ones. If you all ready have light curtains you should make sure there clean and free of holes. Make sure they are not dry clean only, curtain material can be very delicate and if it says dry clean only, take it to the dry cleaner.

Those are a few of my tips, I will have some more up in a few days.