Feng Shui at Your Service Nine Feng Shui Life Areas

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Feng Shui at Your Service
Vikki Albers, Consultant

Nine Feng Shui Life Areas

This has happened to you. You’ve walked into two different homes:
one you cannot wait to get away from and the other
you would like to get cozy and sit a spell.
Both homes gave you the energetic experience of Feng Shui;
one a feeling of ‘clogged’ and the other of ‘flow’.

To understand that experience a little better let’s review the
nine different life areas of the Feng Shui Bagua.
The Bagua is a tool to superimpose over a space to determine
the locations of the energetic life areas within that space.
The Bagua might be superimposed over your home,
office, a room, any space with boundaries.
Learn here what the different life areas pertain to and
take a look at the Bagua to learn how easily you'll find these areas in your space.

Feng Shui lets us see our surroundings in an extraordinary way
enabling us to discover what supports us energetically and what does not.
Intuitive Feng Shui uses the octagonal Bagua to
locate the Chi of the nine life areas in your home
but first read on for life-area descriptions in nine little nutshells.

Fame and Reputation

We start with Fame and Reputation,
the area not necessarily about being famous but all about YOU.
How do you show yourSelf love?
How do you present yourSelf?
How are you perceived?
This area resonates with the Fire element, the color red,
the number 1, and the triangular shape (point up, like a flame).

If there are parts of you that you would like to enhance, try this:
on white paper with a red marker write about who You are
(e.g. I choose to feel good!
I love mySelf and am happy!
I am kind, clear-thinking, and successful.
I enjoy the company of other people and they enjoy me.)
These thoughts will energetically support you if
placed in the Fame and Reputation life area.
If you love what you wrote about yourSelf,
put a copy in your purse or wallet or use it as a bookmark;
it will serve as a constant reminder of your essence, the core of Who You Are.

Relationship

The Relationship area is about relating one-to-one.
You and someone else.
Romantic relationships are the most interesting
but only a part of this life area – a big part.
Also in this section the domain of your relationships with one other person
(i.e. your physician, not the practice;
your boss, not the whole company;
your cousin, not the clan).

This area resonates with the Earth element; the colors of red, pink, and white;
the number 2 (of course); and the circular shape.
Your master bedroom represents Relationship as does
the Relationship area of your home (which may be two different places).
If your mate has not yet appeared,
leave a bedroom drawer empty and closet space available.
This is the place for romantic images of the two of you.
Light two candles. Sandalwood is erotic aromatherapy.
Express gratitude.

Children and Creativity

Children and Creativity is about how we express ourSelves and have fun.
How do you express yourSelf? How do you play?
What would you like to create in your life or with your life?
If you feel blocked around these answers energize this area.

Because this area supports creativity with the Metal element,
here sounds the logical location for a music-making bell to ring;
set an intention to let the sound summon your muse.
The most energetic number here is 3, the shape a circle,
and white the color (like a blank canvas).

If you wish to create a child
enhance this area with images of a mom, dad, and baby
employing the energy of ‘three’,
or try two siblings and a new baby.
A silver baby rattle with a beautiful white bow would also energize the Chi.

If you have children in your life display their imaginative art work here… or yours.
If you are feeling stuck, try doing your routine differently;
give your creativity a little shake, consciously turn something upside down
(not the image of a human though unless they are part of a circus act).

Family

The Family life area holds the energy of kin, that of blood and of choice.
These people we feel a sense of community with,
even if we don’t see them across our breakfast table.
Foundation through family, our springboard to the outside world.

The element resonating with Family is Wood and the color green;
picture a family tree to recall this.
The shape here is columnar, like a power pole;
and like the legs of a sturdy chair, 4 is the number.

Photos of family members in wooden frames are an energy activator here.
Where to place the mementos dear Aunt Rose sent from Holland?
Here is good.
An image of a tree is powerful as well.
Do be sure it is an image of green and lush
(think spring and summer rather than fall and winter;
please, no cacti or bonsai).

Helpful People and Travel

Who are Helpful People and how do they connect with Travel?
Helpful people are those that lift us up.
They care about our well-being and success.
When all is well we look beyond - to travel.
We long to communicate with people who look and speak differently than we do.
Learning from other cultures broadens our experience
enabling us to grow to another level of Helpful People ourSelves.

The element here is also Metal (like Children and Creativity)
and the color is gray or silver.
Actually, any metal color can be used to energize here: gold, bronze, copper.
The number resonating with Helpful People and Travel is 5,
and the favored shape is the circle
– like tires on a traveling car with a spare.

Write a listing of people helpful to you for a fun and empowering enhancement here.
These Helpful People might be
a physician, your boss, the mortgage agent, the childcare person, and your BFF.
Once written, place the list in a metal box if you have one.
If you don’t, wrap the folded list in a piece of aluminum foil and
place it in the Helpful People and Travel life area.
Oh, remember to add your travel planner to the list!
Express gratitude during this process to attract even more Helpful People and Travel.
It’s a good idea to review your list every couple of months to stay current.

Career

Career fills the life area where we energize our job and our Work (i.e. Purpose);
and frequently where the front door is located, the Mouth of Chi.
If you have a desire to change your job or leap to something new, focus here.
Polish the brass. Replace an old door mat. Sweep the cobwebs.

Water is the element in sync with the Career life area.
I love the metaphor that the image of water calls to mind:
seeking its own level like we do in looking for a job or seeking our Work in this life.
We keep flowing, until we stop, and when an opening presents itself we flow again.
The shape for this area is free-form, like water;
think stream, kidney-shaped swimming pool, and raindrops.
The colors are dark blue and black; and the number 6.

If you are looking for a job, write statements of gratitude (6 of them, why not!)
and place them in this Career life area.
Set your intention.
Visualize (picture, imagine) yourSelf employed: dressing in the morning, taking the bus
downtown, arriving and having your boss say “Good morning. I’m glad you’re a part of this!”
– envision whatever fits with your ideal job scenario.
Dreaming can be so rewarding!

Skills and Knowledge

While all the areas of the Feng Shui Bagua are important,
Skills and Knowledge addresses processing thought, and therefore far-reaching.
Each cure you apply, every enhancement you place, every bit of clutter you cling to
affects the entire experience.
Our thoughts move around and about every thing.
How shall we think, in a cluttered fog or clear blue skies?

The Feng Shui element in the Skills and Knowledge life area is
Earth, think ‘grounded’.
The number resonating with this section is 7 and the color is blue.
It is said that the shape is a square,
and it is also said that this area has no specific shape associated with it.
I believe this shape/no shape conundrum has to do with the
innately metaphysical nature of this life area.
I think it also serves to show us that however we decide to embrace (or not)
spirituality or religion (be it square looking or not so much)
would be the correct path for us now.

There is indeed a metaphysical quality to Feng Shui.
The greater power of this art and science is in the
intention rather than placing a cure or enhancement.
The mundane act
(e.g. placing a shiny red number one in the Fame and Reputation area)
connects us consciously with the earth plane and
our intention connects and releases the thought and desire to The Universe.

As you might imagine, this is a great space to use for meditation.
Your images of Deitie’s would be happy to spend time here too.

Abundance and Prosperity

Abundance and Prosperity in Feng Shui is not solely about money.
It is about everything (clutter being the exception):
unconditional Love, health and wholeness,
global harmony, supportive friends,
financial serenity, gratifying work,
dream vacations, and sexy cars.

The element is Wood as in grow, grow, grow,
and to complement Wood the shape is columnar (yes, tree-like).
The number representing Abundance is 8 and the colors are red (like happiness),
purple (like abundance), green (like money),
and gold (like what you find in a treasure chest).

Because it is not only about money in the Abundance and Prosperity life area
we can use this space to take steps to affect our planet.
Let us lovingly place world globes and photos of the earth here.
Gather souvenirs and mementos you have brought from your travels
placing those items there with an intention for greater understanding globally.
Light a red candle to illumine abundant Peace,
fresh air, food, and water for all sentient beings.
That’s Prosperity!

Health

Health is the center section of the Bagua, our living spaces, and our lives.
When our Health area is tended to we more easily feel centered and whole.
When our health is compromised the other areas of our lives are challenged as well;
all other life areas touch on Health.

The element supporting the Health life area is Earth.
It’s not difficult to equate health with being centered and grounded;
the solid, square shape emphasizes this.
Colors energizing the Health area are earthy too:
yellow, golden, brown, rust and so on.
The number associated with this important area is 9;
the most powerful Feng Shui number symbolizing completion;
having arrived.

Because laughter is the best medicine, this is a great place for humor.
What tickles your funny bone?
A silly photo or sculpture,
the birthday card that no matter how many times you read it makes you laugh out loud?
Place those items in this area.
Have you had better days?
Consider writing an affirmation on yellow paper and placing it here ("I appreciate my body.").
Let Feng Shui serve as a complement to the care you receive from your chosen healer,
not a replacement for it.

As you walk through your home considering Feng Shui,
set an intention for the highest good for everyone who might be touched
by your thoughts and actions.
Conscious intention is a powerful blessing, use it lovingly.

How to Use The Bagua

In gratitude and with an intention to serve.

Clearing clutter is
the single most important
action
to take to
cause a shift toward
the Greater Good in your life.

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