Q&A – Portraits & Family Photos

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” – Firstly, I’d like to thank you for your monthly predictions and all the precious time you are putting into posts that you publish for all of us!
I have just read in one of my old Feng Shui books not to put portraits facing front door. Here, we have a family portrait in front of our door location and it feels so right to have it there. Our family is happy.
I’d love to hear your views on this. Best wishes – B.Y. -“

Thank you for your email and your question B.Y.! I always welcome emails with queries as they become a post and explanations for others.

There are many books and sometimes authors will have experienced some situations that they illustrate as examples in their book.

As a rule of thumb, many people have family photos in their entry, sometimes on the entry table in the foyer. This is usually welcoming.
Seldom people would have just one portrait staring at visitors when they enter, that could be what the author of your book might have meant.

I’m not sure which arguments the author puts in his book in regards to other family photos facing the door, maybe in some cases, the family could then be too exposed.

You are telling me that your family photo feels right to have displayed facing your door, that’s good.

Keep in mind that most of the books give broad guidance and this is not replacing a Feng Shui consultation. I know that you work very intuitively, so, would you feel that your family is too exposed then you know what to do.

Hope this helps. Kind regards,

Roseline Deleu
International Feng Shui Master, Author
www.fengshuisteps.com.au

Feng Shui… it’s like Weather Forecasts of your Life

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I believe Weather Forecast is the most interesting program that comes on our TV screens. It helps us planning when a cyclone approaches, gives us idea how and where rain will be falling soon, how plants and crops will potentially grow, etc. In other words, how survival is looking ahead.

Feng is symbolically translated by Air & Wind, in Shui expressing Water & Rain… how can we contextualise this in our daily lives, in our homes?

When we look at a satellite view of Wind (Feng) we see it swirls, curls sometimes rapidly. When we check the precipitations (Shui), rain washes some areas, feeds vegetation, fills rivers, erodes lands, re-shapes landscapes.

Let’s take a satellite view of each of our homes and let’s open our imagination how the energy of Wind and Water are flowing in our surroundings? Oh, no, I need to re-word this… from the satellite you won’t be seeing all the details because you won’t be zooming too close to avoid looking at some of your clutter. Let’s say, we are going to look at your home from above, a bit closer, from a bird’s eye point of view.

You are the bird, flying above your home, there is no roof and you look at the inside of the place. You can see how the Wind (Feng) is flowing, which door, which window can open and bring fresh air inside the place. Where (Feng) Wind can’t go, there is a block – could be where a pile of clutter is hiding in a corner, a door that never opens.

You then look where Water (Shui) flows, from bathroom, laundry and kitchen taps, escaping through the drains. But Water is also when you wash your floors, making your home clean and renewing its inner energies. Water is part of washing your curtains, your bedding, your bodies, your hair, your teeth. Water purifies.

With both Feng and Shui in mind, place now an imaginary 9 square grid (align 8-1-6 with your front door) onto your premises and still, like that little bird looking from above, where is Wind (Feng) or Water (Shui) challenged?

You keep your toilet seat open all the time? Your flow will escape through this open mouth, so will your opportunities in life.

You never use your front door and come in through the laundry? You bring in the flow of stagnant dirty wash inside the place.

Your home symbolises your life: look at the bigger picture. Today is the result of choices and decisions you made until now. Tomorrow will be what you decide to change right now. Altering the Chi flow inside your home and it will affect the Chi flow of your mind.

Look at the bigger picture… Where do you see yourself in 3 months time, in 6 months, in a year? Uplift the energies in the area of the Magic Square where you need a ‘push’ by de-cluttering and adding photos and posters of your dreams and they will soon come true.

Roseline Deleu
International Feng Shui Master & Author
www.fengshuisteps.com.au BLOG www.fengshuisteps.wordpress.com

 

 

 

 

Apply Yin & Yang Symbol onto the Magic Square of your Life today

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Yin & Yang is movement, is change, is evolution.
Very seldom the 9 sectors of our life (corresponding to the Magic Square) are all perfectly well balanced.

Today, place the Yin & Yang symbol onto your life and see what is quiet (Yin = dark)  what is active (Yang = white)!

For example – I am about to go to Europe, solve family matters (at this stage) and hopefully also start new projects. As reflected in the picture above, the emphasis (Yang) of my life is heading in sector ‘3’ mainly about family and past need to be solved during this trip (to start with).
Yin is covering sectors 4 & 9… while traveling, I’ll be spending money and investing my time and will be working on my self confidence and well-being (probably will be challenged by what will be happening in sector 3).
On the other hand, in sector ‘2’ the white dot/eye is present, something Yang could well happen there!

In a few weeks all will be very different. In your life too!

Ask yourself where are you up to in your life today and embrace the movement 🙂

Roseline Deleu
international Feng Shui Master & Author
www.fengshuisteps.com

The Colours of Wood

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This is the last post of the series on the 5 Elements… After the Colours of the Earth, Water, Fire and Metal… here are finishes and colours of Wood.

The presence of each element in every room brings harmony while the most predominant presence in that room should be corresponding to the Element of the sector your room is located (see Ba Gua grid).

For the Wood areas, sectors 3 and 4, the predominant colour or decor should be Green. A touch of Water is also essential (Water feeds Wood).

Wood is often represented by green and in some Feng Shui schools also by the colour light blue (symbolising the blue sky above).

It also includes the Wood finish, the decor of columns, vertical lines, cylinders (they symbolise the trunk of trees)

Plants are WOOD – alive they need WATER to survive and grow

The WOOD tones are usually: all shades of GREEN and in some cases, some consultants will also recommend light blue.

Think of this when decorate your rooms next!

Feng Shui Yours,

Roseline Deleu
international Feng Shui Master, best-selling author & inspirational speaker
http://fengshuisteps.com/roseline.html