Map 649 What is Feng Shui

What is Feng Shui

Feng Shui hides the words Huge Sign. That is basically what Feng Shui is an observation on a life situation, look for the most obvious signs for an answer to your question.

I once arrived at a house to offer a Feng Shui consultation, I had to tiptoe through the dog muck at the front of her house as she had a tendency to put the dog out of the front door to go to the toilet at night and she would cry when she had finished and wanted to come in. Now I guess that would not be so bad if she picked up after him unfortunately she had not managed to do that before I arrived. So my first impression of this household was that her life at the moment was to say the least messy. This lady needed to see what she had around her. She was suffering from depression and had suicidal thoughts of just going under the water and not coming up whenever she had a bath. She also had a picture by Sir John Everett Millais hanging in the bathroom called Ophelia.

The painting depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare's play Hamlet while floating in a river just before she drowns. Obviously not the best picture for a bathroom when you are suffering from depression. She began to look around her and understand she could have depression and that would need to be addressed before she could move on. Things had to change starting with getting rid of the picture.

Another house has small, medium and large pig ornaments everywhere and I asked the woman why she had so many pigs and she replied her friends had bought them for her. She was also very over weight. Not such great friends I would say. She got rid of all but kept one of them as a reminder not to let them accumulate again. She is now average weight.

Another woman wanted a relationship but her house was full of paintings of women on their own, in what looked like lonely depictions. She removed them and is getting married next year.

When a house has too many dolls and teddies and no children live there it could be telling of arrested development in childhood. Perhaps divorced parents or some other unhappy childhood issues.

An untidy chaotic room is showing you that inside you are all over the place. A tidy house is a tidy mind. An overly tidy house of course is a sign of rigidity and control where everything has to be in the charge of the home owner, perhaps its the only thing they feel they have any control over.

An overgrown garden is symbolic of someone who feels out of control, lacks motivation and simply cant get things done. If your garden is like this start today doing one small task and keep adding to them until you have brought order to the chaos. If you cant even manage small tasks make a Doctors appointment you could have thyroid or other health problems. Rule them out and then start again.

I once viewed a house for sale and on every wall where pictures by Sir William Russell Flint, known for his love of the female body, his pictures are divine but imagine being a flat chested wife whose husband collects William Russell Flints prints of busty women. That must do something to your self esteem. You could of course buy some of the male form so your husband can learn how it feels not to be up to scratch.

Another house had mirrors everywhere and I suggested removing some of them only to find the man of the house was very much in love with himself and liked to be able to look at himself as often as possible. I could think of nothing appropriate to say to that and the mirrors stayed. Heaven help them both as he gets older, my Father always used to say without mirrors he would not have known how old he looked and would surely of been happier for it.

Look around your home and read the signs. Tidy or messy, clean or grubby, hoarder or charity shop donator. All signs of who you are. The colours you choose will also define you. I once had a very red dining room, never again whilst there was never a dull moment there was little peace either. A hint of red yes but not a red carpet or curtains unless you have a V.I.P. Coming.

You may think you know yourself but look more closely and find out more. Your friends and visitors will know more about you once they gain access to your home. It will give away your secrets whether you want it to or not. For example a romantic homely setting can be a danger to the home owner if she has predatory friends. A pink cottage is more likely to be robbed than a white one. You are telling people about your vulnerabilities without realising it.

Your home is your sanctuary let it remain that way. Nothing in your home got there on its own. You bought it and put it in there. Ask yourself why, look at everything and if you don't use it or love it get rid of it. Do this on a regular basis. The charity shop will love you for it and your home will be full of loved and much wanted things.

I loved the TV Series The Killing if you apply the principles of Feng Shui to a stage setting you get a better idea of what I am saying. Nothing on that stage setting is there without good reason. I noticed an object in the first episode and kept saying to my husband that's your killer simply because this item was in the shoot. My husband said I was being ridiculous not only because it was unlikely to be that person but that my reasons for choosing them where ludicrous. I had to say lets wait and see and sure enough I had chosen the killer because I could see no reason to put this item into the scene without good reason. I wont tell you more as I would not want to spoil it for you.

Your home will have those same qualities everything chosen by you and yours at some point. Does it still work for you. For example if you hang a picture in the west of two red roses you may well find your not short of romance and fun but if you fall in love with the person you are having fun with you had better buy a picture of two roses in pink and place them in the south west or fun is all you might get.

I believe it is our intent that makes all the difference when we place items intentionally and if its what we really want it is likely to be what we get. Choose wisely but above all enjoy your home, your life and the people in it that will bring you the greatest happiness and from happiness comes the best lives. Your home should engage your heart and mind, how does your house make you feel when you return home to it.