Blog Archives

Tag Archives: bagua

Success Story: Getting Help with the Helpful People Box

By Karen

March 19, 2013

8 Comments

I am really shocked. I am doing a major cleaning/purging of stuff in my house and my idea was to Feng Shui each area as I went, but I got a little anxious and decided to start a Helpful People Box. I put in the name of a friend I just couldn’t get a hold of and the name of my husband. I had to – I was getting so frustrated with having to do everything by myself. Two days later, he did the dishes (3rd time all year), took out the trash, cooked dinner, went grocery shopping, and even …Read More

The Wrong Color for a Part of the Bagua – Q and A

By Karen

June 27, 2011

0 Comments

Question: I just read your book and am now rethinking my decor ideas. I was just getting ready to hang a red curtain in my guest bathroom that falls in the Creativity and Children Gua, and white blinds in a window in the Family Gua window. What would you say to this? Answer: If you only knew how many questions I get like this! The answer is: it depends. Color is one of the MANY items you can use to cure a space, that is true. But unless EVERY SINGLE thing in the room is that same color …Read More

Are Toilets Bad Feng Shui?

By Karen

May 26, 2011

34 Comments

Question: How do I activate my wealth corner if a toilet is there? I do keep the toilet lid closed at all times but what should I place in that corner so that wealth is retained? Answer: Good feng shui, bad feng shui, I know I scared half the world to death when I declared that toilets are a serious no-no in the prosperity gua (AKA, the back left-hand area of a room or building,) so let me at least try to rectify the situation with a little discussion about balancing toilets ANYWHERE, and then we’ll talk about the prosperity …Read More

Feng Shui Info That is Not Covered in My Book “Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life”

By Karen

May 5, 2011

0 Comments

Question #1: I know where the five elements fall on the bagua. It leaves the four corners “element-less.” Is there an element designation for these corners? Answer #1: I know it is not in my book, but the main element for each of the four corner guas are, Earth in “Skills and Knowledge,” Wood in “Prosperity,” Earth in “Relationships,” and Metal in “Helpful People and Travel.” Here’s a mini graphic of the pattern of how the elements are places in the bagua – the map of feng shui: This side is the back of the room or home WOOD (prosperity) …Read More

Using the Feng Shui “Bagua”

By Karen

March 17, 2011

6 Comments

Question: Is it more important to overlay the bagua onto the home or do each room when you start applying feng shui? Answer: First, let me describe the bagua and then I’ll get into answering the question. The bagua is “the feng shui map” that you would use to arrange your spaces for optimal energy. If you get these proper natural patterns in your spaces, your life flows along more optimally, leaving your healthier, happier, etc. Now, let me describe what Professor Lin said about this. (Before his recent death, He was the Grand Master of the Black Hat style of feng …Read More

Pets versus a Love Life? Feng Shui Q and A

By Karen

September 9, 2010

0 Comments

QUESTION: We got a cat in August and I discovered I was allergic to her. I close my bedroom door to keep her out. My bedroom is in the relationship area of my house. How can I keep the ch’i flowing? Is keeping my bedroom door closed closing off any relationships? I’m a single mom and would like to encourage energy into this part of my life. Any thoughts? ANSWER: Sometimes doors closed makes a big difference in flow of ch’i and sometimes not. So, without personally assessing the situation, here are my suggestions: First of all, ’d …Read More