Whether you’re in the market for a new home or looking to spruce up your current abode, achieving the most conducive environment for its occupants is often the primary goal. This ideal domain would certainly help foster better family ties and promote healthy psychological growth. A large part of this revolves around surrounding energy and how it meanders into the home, as detailed in the study of metaphysics.
Unfortunately, much of the ancient art of Feng Shui is commonly misunderstood as interior decorating and unwittingly invite problems when practised erroneously. Instead of doing a trial-and-error run, let’s take a look at seven popular factors in your home that you can disregard and yet see the changes you want.
1) Colour Schemes
The colour of curtains, cabinets, walls, tiles, and carpets are merely choices driven by personal taste. They have no palpable Feng Shui effects as they are purely to put the mind at comfort. If used as single hue themes, colours can impose a small 10% to a maximum of 15% effect on a room or the occupants. This of course depends on the amount of colour that is used.
2) Dimensions
Believe it or not, some people go to the extent of having their homes aligned to suit so-called auspicious dimensions. This, also plays no part in Feng Shui for homes but it does have an impact on other areas. Feng Shui dimensions are mainly used for Yin Houses or tombs for burial processes. It can also be considered negligible for Yang Houses.
3) Flooring & Tiles
This section is popularly confused as a Feng Shui catalyst to the home because personal BaZi charts often reference the Five Elements. In actual fact, what the property you live in is made of, contributes no impact whatsoever to your Feng Shui. You should focus all your attention on location and direction instead.
4) Furniture
Feng Shui is primarily about Qi in the environment and how it makes its way into your home, not about personal taste. Furniture is often confused as a Feng Shui proponent due to its varying shapes and material too. Collect any furniture as you like because personal preference is the only thing that would be dictating it, not Feng Shui.
5) Main Door Materials
As mentioned above, location and direction are prime things to look out for in a home where Feng Shui is concerned. They also apply to the Main Door of the home and that is about as far as the practice will go. If you’re spoilt for choice between sliding, grille, wooden, double or single doors, be sure to go with what you desire. You will certainly not be able to see different Feng Shui effects for differently styled doors.
6) Toilets
Having the Water Element present in the toilet does not make it a Feng Shui goldmine. This is because we don’t exactly spend a lot of time in there, making it one of less important factors in the home, with reference to Feng Shui. It is also important to note that luck will not be flushed away if you need to use the toilet. It really is just a New Age belief.
7) Stairs
Most Feng Shui practitioners are of the idea that the staircase must be a certain number of steps. Believe it or not, there is even a preference for odd or even numbers. Calculating the number of steps to your staircase with hopes of seeing Feng Shui effects is nothing but an old wives tale. Some even have resorted to ensure that there are five steps leading up the Main Door to represent the Five Elements. Rest assured that you can leave this out of the Feng Shui audit of your home.
Dato’ Joey Yap is the leading Feng Shui, BaZi and Face Reading consultant in Asia. He is an international speaker, bestselling author of over 160 books and master trainer in Chinese Metaphysics. He is also the Chief Consultant of Joey Yap Consulting Group and founder of the Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics.
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