The Horoscope Master

There is a strong emphasis on protection and longevity in feng shui. There are few symbols that offer both like the precious wu luo. The wu luo is revered both in Buddhist and Taoist circles as a symbol of long life and perfect health. The wu luo is known by many names, such as hulu, bottle gourd, calabash or wu luo. It’s often called a calabash because of the calabash tree that the gourds grew from. The gourds were often used to carry water after they dried and were hollowed out. Because the wu luo is in a figure eight shape, it is also reputed to symbolize both heaven and earth, with heaven being at the top and earth at the bottom. Its figure eight shape is considered auspicious for wealth and prosperity. Sometimes the gourd is looked upon as magical and having the beneficial properties of transmuting problems and surmounting difficulties. In feng shui, the wu luo is most often shown as a metal figure or as the wooden gourd itself. Displaying these will enhance your life and ad...

Just because you’re on the road, traveling for business or headed off for a long-awaited vacation doesn’t mean you have to give up on your feng shui. If you’re used to living in a comfortable, clean and organized environment that has good feng shui, you’ll want to stay in hotel room that feels like your feng shui home. But how do you do that? Feng shui isn’t a difficult concept to use when you’re traveling and staying in hotel rooms. Plus, by using a little feng shui while you’re on the road, you can keep yourself energized and refreshed. That’s because we’re often tired when traveling and that often comes from being in a different environment even when that environment is a luxury hotel! Making even some small feng shui changes when you’re traveling can make a difference in the quality of your travel and the quality of your energy and vitality. So take a few steps to ensure your travel and hotel room all have good feng shui for safe, successful travels. Before you leave Packing for yo...

One of the frequent targets of feng shui is clutter, and rightly so. Clutter drains our life energies, saps on mental energy and drowns us in the possessions that we once took interest in to where they simply take over our homes, and our lives, in some instances. It doesn’t matter how a collection starts, but what begins as an interest or even a gift, can go quickly from interesting to overwhelming. The energy of the collection then begins to take on a life of its own. Think about people who have collections that you may have known….or your own. Maybe you saw their house went from seemingly normal to feeling somewhat odd or sometimes obsessive, depending on the collection. That’s how fast collections can get out of hand. Sometimes a collection was never the goal, but they happened anyway. Like the funny camel your brother gave you and then suddenly, you’re getting camels for every occasion and from everyone. Camels begin to take over your life until you don’t see the camels anymore. Al...

Trees are an important life source and vital members of our outdoor community. Often called “the lungs of the Earth,” trees take the carbon dioxide that we breathe out and return it to us as oxygen. They also prevent groundwater run-off and soil erosion. It is obvious that trees are a crucial part of our living Earth and treasured members of our landscape family. Besides being beautiful, they provide us with shade, beauty, and a wonderful place to climb or swing from. Fruit and nut trees give us good things to eat. On a less tangible level, trees also exert a powerful influence on the feng shui of our homes. For this reason, it is important to look at the trees surrounding your home. What else do trees have to offer us? Let’s take a look at the feng shui of trees. 1. Trees give excellent support. Planted at the rear of a house, trees provide important “Mountain support” at the rear of a property. Ideally, all homes and businesses are situated on a lot with a rise at the rear of the pro...

In feng shui, the ideal position for a house embodies what’s called the “armchair” position. This position has a rise at the rear of the house, and the left or east side of the house is higher than the right side of the house, as you are looking out from the front of the house. Many feng shui devotees know about the importance of the supportive cosmic tortoise that is represented by the rise at the rear of the house. This rise gives support, like the back of a chair, so that the residents have opportunity in their lives. But one of the areas of the home and your environmental feng shui that’s often missed is the position of the phoenix. And it’s this position and portion in the landscape that creates the relaxation that comes from having enough money, prestige and success – and why it’s so important to activate! The phoenix is the fabled bird that can burn and then regenerate from its ashes. It symbolizes success and the ability to rise again after difficulties. But in feng shui, the p...

One of the things that frustrates me most is when I get a referral for a feng shui consultation and it’s to re-do a consultation from another consultant who took the crazy train right on out of feng shui town. And it happens. I understand that we all have a different take on things, but what I’m talking about is the difference in feng shui that’s it’s no longer recognizable as feng shui. It’s the kind that has clients doing positively weird stuff, crazy rituals and things that’s just hands-down odd. Here’s some of the kinds of feng shui that I’ve come across and how it hurts the feng shui profession -- and feng shui clients. Frog turning. In feng shui, wealth frogs are toads that are placed on a low table across from a door and are used to symbolize wealth. They symbolically hold the good chi coming into the door. Frogs are good omens of wealth and prosperity because they are most often associated with the presence of water, which is the element of prosperity. Some feng s...

Feng shui is all about creating flow, energy, finding balance and unstopping blockages. This is true for your personal space, your office, your home, and, well, you. You have energy (or maybe you don’t) and that energy impacts the way the world responds to you in the form of career, prosperity, health, wisdom, love, and happiness. Applying feng shui to yourself is just as important as applying it to a home or office because you are the vessel that transports you through life. Let’s talk about some ideas that will help you feng shui yourself – and help you get your personal feng shui in sync, in harmony, and in a productive and prosperous mode! 1. Subtle change is powerful change. Rather than a huge, sweeping change, such as losing 50 pounds, resolve to stop drinking sodas or fruit juice every day, for example. I had a habit of eating hard candies while writing and it packed on the pounds over time. I stopped eating them and dropped five pounds rather quickly. Do small th...

Today, many of us share one common problem: too much stuff in our homes. And, if you're willing to invest just a couple of weeks - or weekends -- you can get a grip on clutter and start feeling more in control over all the stuff in your house. Better still, you won't have to live in a disorganized, cluttered home that frustrates and annoys you. Having an uncluttered, organized home will repay you in time and money -- and will return your peace of mind -- and in just a few short weeks. Besides being a serious re-charge to your life and vitality, decluttering is good feng shui. Everything you are surrounded by exerts an influence on your life. If you're surrounded by clutter and disorganization, it's a serious energetic drain on your mind, your emotions and your physical body. Too much stuff quickly turns a home "yin" and that makes energy turn negative. Once that happens, the circumstances of life start changing, too. You could say that clutter become...