– William Longgood

Love, beauty, bliss, commitment, connection, community, relationship are themes of Valentines Day but they are especially compelling this week. What is even better, and this gets me excited, planetary alignments are conversing in a “love signature” that supports going for what we want, what truly feels good and what makes us happy. We may even get swept off of our feet in the experience. Then on the tails of the great Valentines Day is an auspicious opportunity to seed a commitment that will last a long time. We may be prompted to ask: What will this year mean to me? How will I commit a little deeper to myself? To my dreams? To my resources? To my relationship(s)? As you get clear you may ask what can I do to feel supported in my choices?

Through my own participation and helping clients I have experienced the deep, lasting, positive influence of setting a home in balance. I use the Bagua formation because I find it’s a potent resource for mobilizing and supporting personal growth, healing, generating wealth and enhancing relationships. So whatever you are saying Yes to this year I believe Feng Shui design can open to a world of possibilities.

Before we get started with some out of the ordinary adjustments, if your luck has not been good recently, every nine, eighteen or twenty seven days, change the appearance of your furniture arrangement. You are changing the Ch’i using the sense of touch. Your Ch’i will be redirected and revived. If there is bad luck in the house, put a three inch round mirror on the ceiling above the stove and adjust Wealth.

Career (Water)

A water fountain makes a pleasant sound. Water is associated with our ancestry. Our ancestors seeded our DNA and it is their hands holding us up that support our life’s work. The motor continuously activates this gua. And if you have experience some job related predecessor Ch’i, sit on the purple side of the red and purple cushion from the Yun Lin Temple. If you do not have the cushion, sit on a mat that is purple on the upper side.

Knowledge/Self Cultivation (Mountain)
Place a gong, or a wind chime, or a bell, or an image of an archway into a path on a misty morning, perhaps a photo or painting of a mountain. The mountain is a metaphor for climbing the quiet heights within ourselves, to develop our inner knowing and find nourishment for our soul. From this place insights flow.

Family (Thunder)
Find your voice and express it. Thunder travels on the ground. Be open to surprises. This is the place of initiating change. A wooden windmill fosters new beginnings. Or place three bamboo stalks because this trinity represents happiness, wealth, and longevity. If you add a fourth stalk you add stability and power.

Wealth (Wind)
Are you listening to the messages that ride upon the wind? Be gentle with yourself and success will follow. Besides Family, Wealth is also a Wood gua but water lives happily here too. The peony is a flower of wealth, rank and honor. The image of a peony in a vase expresses the wish for prosperity and peace because the vase symbolizes peace. Its fragrance is considered heavenly and the flower is believed to be of divine descent. An aquarium of eight red fish and one black is the balance of Yin and Yang and the power of nine.

Fame (Fire)
The place of brilliance, illumination and consciousness. Express your artistry. Here is a good place to learn for there is always something to learn. An image of a sunset, a rainbow or paint your wall red in the Fame gua. Embrace spontaneity for it is the gateway to the unexpected where all potential exists. Hang an affirmation on the wall, one that is meaningful and inspires your soul such as “I am inspired and I inspire others.” or “I live my dreams with passion and purpose.” Do good for others and your reputation will light up.

Relationship (Earth)
Earth is yielding. When you are receptive, people and opportunities find you. Find pleasure in the subtleties in life. Express diversity of interests. Gather in your community to support you. Generosity is a virtue to cultivate. Create a radiant space for your heart to feel nourished. If you are seeking a relationship, purchase a silk pear tree for either the bedroom or the Relationship gua, for pear, in Chinese, sounds like “partnership” and symbolizes the act of sharing. Or buy  an image of a peach tree for it signifies romantic love. To develop the willingness to be open to another point of view place mirrors opposite one another on either side of the bed. It can be on either side of the bed near the head of the bed or on the walls at the head of the bed and the foot of the bed. As you begin to walk out into the world you more easily feel someone’s Ch’i, be present with them in the moment, understand their point of view, develop the willingness to help and the ability to compromise and develop the compassion that is needed from each and everyone of us to create a brighter world around all of us.

Children (Lake)
In this area lives refinement, fullness, reflection, reason, joy, sensuality and fruition. Where as in Family you began a project, here is in Children you are finishing. If something is left unsaid, a venture is not complete or if you procrastinate, place  a white statue in this area for white is the color of the gua. See the maturation of  your ideas and the joy of your harvest.

Helpful People (Heaven)
Heaven is effortless. In this by gua is the place of synchronicity. Direct your thoughts in such a way they are without effort. Meditate, chant, contemplate and relax.  Dragons are regarded as descending from the Heaven realm. Being a divine, mythical animal, the Dragon, can ward off wandering evil spirits, protect the innocent and bestow safety to all that hold its emblem. The Chinese Dragon is looked upon as the ultimate symbol of Good Fortune. It represents fertility, immortality, happiness, power and wealth. Place the celestial five toed dragon (green or gold) either as a painting in Helpful People or in the Helpful People gua on your desk. Of if you love to travel, hang an image of a place that holds fond memories for you.

The eight trigrams were created as a representation of the thousands of things in the universe. However they still cannot cover everything. What is not covered, is in the center. Go to the center to find what you cannot find elsewhere. As you identify what is needed and the corresponding gua, recall this thought: If you are not sure about which gua, or if you want to be “totally covered”, adjust the center as well.

When you perform a cure, envision that you are at the juncture between heaven and earth and you will receive universal Ch’i to help you overcome all obstacles.

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