Fengshui and Turtle Figurine

In our Chinese culture, there are four celestial animals. They are namely, the Green Dragon (protector for the East direction), the Red Phoenix (protector for the South direction), the White Tiger (protector for the West direction) and the Black Turtle (protector for the North direction).  The Fengshui turtle that I’m going to introduce in this article acts as a protection and energy enhancer.

1)     Place a black metal tortoise in the North; it will help you in strengthen your career luck.

2)     Place a small Fengshui tortoise at your back in the office, or in the back of your home. It shall acts as a protection and energy enhancer for you.

3)     Place a gemstone turtle close to main door if your house is a West-facing unit. This helps to bring energy and protection to the main door.

4)     Position a turtle figurine under or beside your bed or at the headboard of your bed for a more restful nights and support.

Just a small reminder, never place a fengshui turtles in toilets or in the kitchen.

Fengshui and Pets

Pets are considered positive (yang) in Fengshui because they add activity to our homes. The love we put into caring for our pets also generate positive energy to our living environment. But when pets dominate your life, the result can be an upset in the natural balance that is critical to good Fengshui. Please take note of the following , if you own a pet at home.

1. Never Allow Your Pets ON FURNITURE – unless the furniture is meant for them.  

2. Never Allow Your Pets ON THE BED, particularly for newlywed couples. This divides the couple and sometimes affects the relationship. It would be better if you can keep your pet out from the bedroom.

3. Never Allow your Animals BE THE FIRST THING YOUR GUEST SEE When ENTERING THE HOUSE. Use Pets to enhance a home, not dominate it.  If your hamster cage is the first thing your guest can see – or smell – when he/she entering your home, it’s a Fengshui problem.

4. YOUR Pets Should Never COME BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. Feng shui is all about balance.  If pets are completely superior, then balance doesn’t exist. For example , if you paste pictures of your pets all over the house, you may have difficulties in finding a life partner . 

5. Avoid Having Pets If You Have HEALTH PROBLEMS. People, who suffer from all kinds of health complaints, should not keep pets to bothering them.  If the animals fur is all the house, this is not healthy.

6.  USE YOUR PETS TO STRENGHTEN YOUR FENG SHUI. Have a loving pet is good for you.  But, the pet must also be good for the entire family or even neighbourhood. Make sure the pet is friendly, clean, and do not bother your relationships or people around you. 

If you don’t feed, bathe and nurture your pet properly, the Fengshui of your house will suffer. You may not realize it, the way you treat people, pets and plants is very important for your own self-image and well being.

5 Elements in Fengshui

Paintings play an essential role in Fengshui design of your premises. In the situation where you are unable to change the color of the wall, you may choose to hang a special painting to balance up the 5 elements of your room. There are 5 types of elements painting, they are namely: water, metal, earth, wood and fire.
Metal painting
Metal paintings are usually associated with Wealth.

Metal paintings can be enhanced by the images of coins or anything in metal forms.It also can be the picture of something circle or round silver, gold, gray or white.
To enhance one cash flow you can hang Metal paintings in the West or North West. If the paint is placed in north, it can be used to strengthen and maintain the energies associated with leadership.
Metal painting
Metal paintings are usually associated with Wealth.

Metal paintings can be enhanced by the images of coins or anything in metal forms.It also can be the picture of something circle or round silver, gold, gray or white.
To enhance one cash flow you can hang Metal paintings in the West or North West. If the paint is placed in north, it can be used to strengthen and maintain the energies associated with leadership.
Water painting
Water paintings and pictures are associated with Life, Wealth and Career.
In the Water painting the drawing must be something fluid like and waved blue. It can be also the images of rivers and oceans.
Water painting can be placed in the North strengthen the energy of Career and Life. If we hang it in the East, water painting can help to enhance Wood energy.
Fire painting

I always associated Fire paintings with Success and Recognition. Fire paintings can be anything in red triangles.

The paintings can be hanged in the South direction of the house to maintain the energy associated with Fame, Reputation and Social Life.

Earth painting
Earth paintings are associated with Relationships. 
The powers of the Earth element give us stability. The best symbol of earth energy is a mountain. It too can be images of something square yellow, brown or cream.
If the paintings placed in the South West, it helps to strengthen one Relationship. If it is hanged in the North East it raises one wisdom and Calmness.

Main Door and Inauspicious Colour

The following are the inauspicious colours for your main door if it’s facing the following directions:

1. North- Yellow
2. East -White
3. West – Red
4. South –Blue
5. Northeast- Green
6. Southwest-Grey
7. Southeast- White
8. Northwest- Red

Fengshui and important direction in your home office

To enjoy a better work-life balance,alots of people nowadays work from home and make part of their house into home office. The following are a few Fengshui tips on the important direction in a home office.

·South area (Fame and Reputation), like I mention earlier it’s Fengshui energy fire , so avoid having color blue , big mirrors , fountains or images of water in this area, as the water element may puts down the Fire energy.

·North area (Career or Path in Life). The Fengshui element for this direction is Water. To strengthen your career one can place inspiring images related to your career in white /black frame colors in this area of your home office.

·Southeast area (Prosperity and Abundance). As the Fengshui element for this direction is Wood avoid Fire and Metal images here. Places images that bring you wealth and abundance in this area.

Fengshui and Fountain

Please consider the interplay of the five Fengshui 5 elements or seek your teacher for advice before having a fountain at home. The following are a few points to note noted before placing them in the house.

·Never put a water feature in your bedroom, regardless which Fengshui area of your house room is located. We believes that the water element attract worry into the resting place of the owner

·In Fengshui, South is connected to one fame and reputation and the energy to maintain it “Chi” is fire. Therefore it’s not advisable to place a water feature in the South area, as the water element may kill the Fire element

·Always keep the fountain clean.

· Using natural crystals or stones to strengthen your fountain energy benefits

Fengshui and Main door

In FengShui, main door of the house is also known as the 'Mouth of Chi'. The house absorbs energy or Chi through the main door. Therefore it is important for you to where to fix and choose the type of door for your main entrance. The following is few of the points you have to take note,

1. Main door must be solid and protective (fire proof)
2. Main door should open inwards and ideally have 2 leaves
3. Main door should open into an open space
4. Main door should look out to an open space ( with greenery)
5. Main door should not be under a toilet/bathroom
6. Main door should face one of fortunate directions of the house owners’
7. Main door should try to avoid facing a stair case and toilet
8. For landed houses main door should have a protective roof