Wood, Earth, Fire, Metal and Water
At some point in time, every realtor will have clients who want to make sure the Feng Shui in their home meets their Fung Shui birth elements. Feng Shui (pronounced Fung Shway) means Wind-Water. It's a Chinese science that is important to many people in the creation of balance and harmony in their living spaces. The belief is that our ch'i, or life force, flows in a way that produces personal prosperity and health. There are five elements of Feng Shui: wood, earth, fire, water and metal. Good Feng Shui is called sheng ch'i and bad Feng Shui is called sha ch'i. Feng Shui provides the way to manage and predict ch'i in our lives. Ch'i shouldn't flow too slowly or too quickly into our lives. Therefore, there's a need to balance it.
Feng Shui is person specific depending upon birth date, so often clients will have differing needs when it comes to the home address (numbers involved) or even the direction the home is facing, as there are good directions and bad directions depending upon your person Feng Shui.
Realtors can be aware of some universal understanding, though. Homes at T-intersections or at the end of a dead end street are not good as prosperity can't escape or become stagnant. It's poor Feng Shui to have a front door that leads directly into a stairway or one from which the back door can been seen from the front as prosperity shouldn't flow out the door. I have used the compass on my phone to help clients discover the exact direction the home in which they are interested faces. No matter how much they like the home, as a rule, they won't purchase if the directionality isn't good with their Feng Shui.
Basically, using the five elements of Feng Shui in a home is very important. Here are a few things to know about a home that has proper Ch'i:
Get rid of clutter. Homes need to be bright with as much open space as possible so the energy of the universe is welcome to flow and move around.
Furniture Arrangement: Chairs shouldn't face a couch at a 45 degree angle but should be placed facing the sofa. All furniture is better pulled out from the walls, too, as energy can then flow behind and around it.
Balancing the Elements: Wood, earth, fire, water and metal need to be evident in the arrangement of the home and its accessories. It doesn't have to be an actual element but can be representative. For example, for fire, the colors red, orange, purple and pink, the colors of flame, can be used. For metal, things made of silver, white or gold and a spherical shape are used. Wave-like forms and dark blue colors can be water. Wood can be imagined in column or stick-like forms and the color green. Finally, earth can be represented by square or rectangular shapes in brown, beige or yellow.
Add Greenery: Except in the bedroom!! You don't want to sleep in a room with all that bursting energy. Don't have green thumb? I guess you might have to buy green plants more often than the nurturing plant guru next door. You don't want a forest, though. Too much green is bad Feng Shui as energy is all about balance.
Positioning: Rooms have a commanding position. It is always furthest from the door and facing it. Your bed would be in the corner of the room or even diagonally as far from the door as possible. The idea is that you want to know what might be coming upon you at all times--you'll see the boogie man in the night before he sees you! Just don't put the bed in direct line with the door with your feet pointing toward it as that is the position associated with death.
The Entryway: This is where the energy enters or leaves the home, and everyone wants to invite the good ch'i and repel the bad. Mirrors that don't face the door, greenery, crystals (I love the new crystal lighting!) You don't want anything that pushes the energy back out the door, so the space needs to be inviting and warm.
Water features: Fountains and recirculating water features create a soothing space. Incorporating stones into the landscape is also a plus.
A few of the bad Feng Shui examples are clutter of any kind, sharp corners or an oddly shaped home, fast flowing water such as a stream, a yard that slopes downhill, glass front doors or a bald hill that has no foliage.
The purported benefits of a Feng Shui home are significant, and buyers have been known to pay more for a home that has good ch'i because it offers:
Increase in prosperity and abundance
Enhanced financial security
Better health
Reduce stress and insomnia
Ease family conflicts
Increase concentration
Draw new people to your home or customers to your business
It took me a couple of years to finally find the perfect home for my recent buyers who had to have the Feng Shui just right. If we found a great home, the address had the wrong numbers. If we had the right numbers but the home faced the wrong direction, we had to keep looking. I learned so much from them, and you can't imagine how happy they were when we found the perfect place in the neighborhood they'd wanted to purchase in all along!
Bottom Line: Feng Shui is very important to many buyers entering the market today. It's important to understand why they have their specific needs so that the realtor can eliminate homes she knows they won't like and discover homes that will meet their specific needs. Be patient if you don't understand, yet, but educate yourself on this buyer desire as you would be surprised how many people want a home where the ch'i is just right for them.
Feng Shui is person specific depending upon birth date, so often clients will have differing needs when it comes to the home address (numbers involved) or even the direction the home is facing, as there are good directions and bad directions depending upon your person Feng Shui.
Realtors can be aware of some universal understanding, though. Homes at T-intersections or at the end of a dead end street are not good as prosperity can't escape or become stagnant. It's poor Feng Shui to have a front door that leads directly into a stairway or one from which the back door can been seen from the front as prosperity shouldn't flow out the door. I have used the compass on my phone to help clients discover the exact direction the home in which they are interested faces. No matter how much they like the home, as a rule, they won't purchase if the directionality isn't good with their Feng Shui.
Basically, using the five elements of Feng Shui in a home is very important. Here are a few things to know about a home that has proper Ch'i:
Get rid of clutter. Homes need to be bright with as much open space as possible so the energy of the universe is welcome to flow and move around.
Furniture Arrangement: Chairs shouldn't face a couch at a 45 degree angle but should be placed facing the sofa. All furniture is better pulled out from the walls, too, as energy can then flow behind and around it.
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| This is poor Feng Shui arrangement of furniture. The chair should be facing the loveseat. |
Balancing the Elements: Wood, earth, fire, water and metal need to be evident in the arrangement of the home and its accessories. It doesn't have to be an actual element but can be representative. For example, for fire, the colors red, orange, purple and pink, the colors of flame, can be used. For metal, things made of silver, white or gold and a spherical shape are used. Wave-like forms and dark blue colors can be water. Wood can be imagined in column or stick-like forms and the color green. Finally, earth can be represented by square or rectangular shapes in brown, beige or yellow.
Add Greenery: Except in the bedroom!! You don't want to sleep in a room with all that bursting energy. Don't have green thumb? I guess you might have to buy green plants more often than the nurturing plant guru next door. You don't want a forest, though. Too much green is bad Feng Shui as energy is all about balance.
Positioning: Rooms have a commanding position. It is always furthest from the door and facing it. Your bed would be in the corner of the room or even diagonally as far from the door as possible. The idea is that you want to know what might be coming upon you at all times--you'll see the boogie man in the night before he sees you! Just don't put the bed in direct line with the door with your feet pointing toward it as that is the position associated with death.
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| This is the worst position for your bed...the death position. |
The Entryway: This is where the energy enters or leaves the home, and everyone wants to invite the good ch'i and repel the bad. Mirrors that don't face the door, greenery, crystals (I love the new crystal lighting!) You don't want anything that pushes the energy back out the door, so the space needs to be inviting and warm.
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| This would be beautiful in an entryway. |
A few of the bad Feng Shui examples are clutter of any kind, sharp corners or an oddly shaped home, fast flowing water such as a stream, a yard that slopes downhill, glass front doors or a bald hill that has no foliage.
The purported benefits of a Feng Shui home are significant, and buyers have been known to pay more for a home that has good ch'i because it offers:
Increase in prosperity and abundance
Enhanced financial security
Better health
Reduce stress and insomnia
Ease family conflicts
Increase concentration
Draw new people to your home or customers to your business
It took me a couple of years to finally find the perfect home for my recent buyers who had to have the Feng Shui just right. If we found a great home, the address had the wrong numbers. If we had the right numbers but the home faced the wrong direction, we had to keep looking. I learned so much from them, and you can't imagine how happy they were when we found the perfect place in the neighborhood they'd wanted to purchase in all along!
Bottom Line: Feng Shui is very important to many buyers entering the market today. It's important to understand why they have their specific needs so that the realtor can eliminate homes she knows they won't like and discover homes that will meet their specific needs. Be patient if you don't understand, yet, but educate yourself on this buyer desire as you would be surprised how many people want a home where the ch'i is just right for them.
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