The practical applications of Feng Shui are probably endless. For simplicity’s sake, usually they are reduced to the categories of health, relationship and wealth, but here are a few that might not have occurred to you:
- Incorporate your purpose into your work
- Enhance your creativity or fertility
- Promote safety and security
- Prevent loss of housing
- Heal a relationship
- Redistribute wealth
- Improve a child’s sleep/mood, behavior (or yours!)
- Increase effectiveness through timing
The Chinese art of Feng Shui offers ancient solutions to modern problems. Feng Shui is not about the house. It’s about the people in it. Chinese décor not your style? Don’t worry. The majority of interior and exterior Feng Shui adjustments or cures I recommend are unnoticeable as such to a layperson.
Some call BaZi the diagnosis and Feng Shui the prescription. A BaZi reveals helpful elemental adjustments to be made and Feng Shui implements them in space and time. The qi of an environment can be manipulated in the same way an acupuncturist works with the qi in the body. Some things we want more of, some things we want less. Some things we want to accelerate, some we want to slow down. Practiced with experience and expertise these are powerful methods for healing humans.
The purpose of Feng Shui is to create an environment that supports your choices. A BaZi will tell you which of those choices might be in error. While indoor implementations of Feng Shui can bring dramatic results, the real wind and water are outdoors. Your geographical location must not be ignored. More qi can be brought into a dwelling by changing exterior features such as walkways, gates and doors. Simply doing this can be life changing. The positions of trees, fencing, sidewalks and streets are also important. My experience with landscaping and gardening allows me to find simple, subtle solutions that are both effective and aesthetically pleasing.