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6 Tips for Creating a Harmonious Christmas and a Happy New Year during the Holidays

Even though I have been traveling and working overseas for the past 5 weeks, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas and New Year during the Holiday Season.

Create a colorful Christmas

Traditionally Christmas Colors are red and green… BUT… Having a balance of bright colors brings brightness and cheer to the Christmas Season and environment. In particular adding a balance of all colors to the front door, the Christmas table or the living space brings more harmony and lightness to the Christmas Season… A balance of all color includes Red, Pink, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Gold and/or Silver in vibrant hues [rather than pastel hues].
Decorate Your Home with Natural Christmas Items

Adding natural decorative items around the home such as Pine Cones; Real Christmas Tree [Branches] a few Sprigs of Holly brings a very grounded earthy feel to Christmas and New Year Season…. It also helps to put us in touch with mother nature, the Christmas experience of “Peace on Earth” and it prepare us for the newness and freshness of a Brand New Year.
Create Harmonious Furniture Arrangements Creating Harmonious Furniture Arrangements within our home and Christmas and New Year helps us to create more harmony at this special Holiday time. When arranging furniture the L and U shaped seating arrangements are the friendliest. Arrangements to avid are when seats are positioned exactly opposite each other (as this a very competitive and unfriendly arrangement). And if you’re sitting at a table, having people flanking each table side is the best.
Fill Your Home with Earthy Christmas Smells…

Fill your home with earthy smells: Cedar wood, Rosewood, Lavender, Patchouli, Mahogany, Sage, Rosemary, Orange, Grapefruit – all beautiful for bring newness to any home… An easy way to arrange these in a very interesting way is to add a different fragrance to each room and even two or three fragrances to large sized rooms…
Create Vibrant Lighting Effects… Christmas and New Year are such a perfect excuse for adding magical lighting effects to our homes. Candles, fairy lights and other special lighting effects brings an aliveness to the environment in a way that it revitalizes and freshens all of our interactions and the way we live [in the environment]. Moving lights stimulates activity within us and can make us restless at times… but mellow still lighting such as ornate sting lighting brings a lot of comfort and ambience.
Remember Loved Ones at their Best

For some people, spending the Christmas Season with family is like Heaven and for others it’s Hell… Families can bring out the best and the worst in all of us. But, at the end of the day these are the unique people we were born to be with. They help us to learn a lesson or share a lesson… and appreciating the Specialty of that at Christmas and the Holiday New Year Season brings you into harmony with yourself and everyone around you.

Most Important, have a lovely Christmas and New Year in this Happy Holiday Season.
Take time out to enjoy a good rest time, share good company and be with the people you love…

Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas and New Year during this special Holiday Season

from Feng Shui Master Gayle Atherton
and the team at Feng Shui Dragon Enterprises

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Could You Have Changed the Feng Shui Horoscope of Your Building Accidentally???

Here’s a Feng Shui Tip for the Day…

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Brian Asks…
My house was built in period 6, I moved in, in period 7, and in period 8 part of the roofing was replaced after storm damage. Although the storm only damaged about 10% of the roof tiles, when the builder replaced the roof tiles he said that the plastic waterproofing underneath them had decayed with age and also the batons, and they all needed replacing. This was done over a period of 4 days. Would this alter the house chart to period 8?

My Answer:
Hi Brian,
Thanks for your question Brian. I have to say that this is not a question that’s easily answered…

According to the Flying Stars Method of Feng Shui you do have a good chance that the horoscope of your building could have changed… but then again…

Here’s how the Chinese think about this particular Flying Stars Criteria.

In Feng Shui, the floors and ground represents “earth,” the walls represent “man” and the ceiling and roof represents “Heaven.”

In particular, whenever “Heaven’s energy” is altered we know there can be a change in conditions and change to the person’s destiny.

According to the Ancient Ruling on this topic: if the roof/ceiling was opened up to the sky (especially at the middle of the building) this would change the horoscope of the building because the house would “accept the new Chi” from “Heaven.”

The Big difficulty here is did the building accept the new chi, release the old chi, did the building renew itself or not?

In Asia, some Feng Shui Masters will say that if you add another floor level to your building you automatically change the horoscope of the building (irrespective of whether the roof is opened to the sky or not).

At another level, Feng Shui Masters also say that the roof has to be open to the sky for at least 10 days (2 weeks is better) and this the preferred practice when we want to deliberately renew the energy and fortune of the building (ie once the Feng Shui Master has established that the new horoscope for the building is going to be better/more fortuitous than the old existing horoscope!!).

In my own experience when we deal with “Heavens Energy” we are definitely dealing with the mystical side of Feng Shui – which is what the Heavenly side of Feng Shui is all about. (because we are interacting with the realm of Heavenly Blessings)

Sometimes I have seen buildings change their horoscope when they have changed their roof, at other times definitely not.

In reality there is only one sure fire way to know…

If you have already had Feng Shui done and later you’ve changed the roof… if the roof did release the chi and accept the new chi – the old Feng Shui remedies in place will no longer work (seriously – and this will happen almost overnight)!

WHICH MEANS you would need to install the new Feng Shui remedies for the new time era that corresponds to the roof change (ie the age of to activate the prosperity or your luck in the building.

So to experiment with this process you should look at the old building horoscope and compare it to the new building horoscope.

Notice which energies are over your front door, your bedroom, etc and where your prosperity and human luck areas are located. See if there is anything you can relate to here.

If everything is still going along well – then you may not have changed the horoscope of your building. BUT if you feel like your Feng Shui is no longer working – then test your building.

To test your building horoscope do the following:

1. Take down all remedies from the old era and add the age of 8 prosperity remedies only (presuming your new Age of 8 prosperity locations have the right conditions to stimulate prosperity). Do not add any other remedy (with the exception of toilet remedies) until you know you have the prosperity energy active. If your prosperity energy falls over a bathroom and toilet – you will need to remedy it before your prosperity can activate and reveal itself (otherwise you won’t be able to “keep” your prosperity and do this testing properly).

2. If you notice better things happening after you install the age of 8 prosperity remedies – then start to add the rest of the remedies you need to reduce negative energy and activate the rest of the human luck.

OK Brian there are a lot of instructions with this answer – so good luck with it all.

Best Regards

Gayle

PS. If you would like to Ask Gayle a Question and have it answered in Gayle’s Feng Shui Tips or Gayle’s blog visit http://askgaylefengshui.com Remember, the more detail you give and the clearer your question – the better your answer will be!!

PPS. You can also continue this discussion in THE BLOG if this is your question or it’s similar to a question you have…

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Feng Shui Blessings… the “Hand of Blessings…”

Here’s a Feng Shui Tip for the Day…

Bec Asks…
I want to get my sister in law a feng shui gift. She is just moving into a new home with her husband and daughter. She has had a tough few years of late. Her brother was XXX and her sister has now been XXX (personal details removed for privacy). I want to give her something that may bring back some harmony and good fortune to her life.

My Answer:
Hi Bec,
Thanks for your question. After reading your question I note that your sister-in-law has definitely had a tough time and I’m very sorry to hear that.

The most important thing from a Feng Shui point of view when giving is gift like this is to give something that makes a person feel as though they a have blessing or a protection upon them.

For each person, feeling as though you are receiving a blessing or getting some kind of protection is personal thing.

However, the Feng Shui Remedies that spring to my mind immediately is things like the “Hand of Blessings” Remedy or a picture, statue (or even a crystal) that has an “Angel” (because we all love and feel connected to Angels).

Even though we definitely have Hand of Blessing remedies and Angel Crystals in our online shop, you may want something a bit more elaborate than what we have and you can also find some very nice versions of these same remedies online as well.

I am sure your sister-in-law will also get the Feelings behind your gift – and this is often like gift in itself.

Good luck with your search

Gayle

Hand of Blessings

And a Second Feng Shui Tip for the Day…….

Susan Asks…
I have recently moved into a house where my front door faces a tree which is about 2 metres in height. However the tree is on the opposite side of the road and not in front of my footpath. Will this cause any bad feng shui?

My Answer:
Hi Susan,
Thanks for your question.

The first point of reference for answering this question is to get to check that the tree is in a direct line… (or not)

If the tree is NOT in a direct line and it’s on the opposite side of the road (especially with something like a fence in between) this could be OK simply because it’s quite a distance away (unless the tree is really large, threatening or you just get the vibe there is some bad Feng Shui involvement).

If the tree IS in a direct line, then you need to install a Concave mirror above your front door.

A Concave mirror is a mirror with a hollow. This acts because the concave of the mirror turns the image upside down compared to a normal mirror.

If you try to add a normal mirror – be aware that this could also repel your prosperity influences – if they are located at your front door according to the Flying Stars method and the Unseen Influences.

Good luck with deciding your situation

Gayle

PPS. You can also continue this discussion in THE BLOG if this is your question or it’s similar to a question you have…

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Do This if Your Toilet or Bathroom is Next To the Kitchen…

Here’s a Feng Shui Tip for the Day…

Rhiannah Asks…
My bathroom and toilet are situated next to the kitchen? How do i cure the bad energy?

My Answer:
Hi Rhiannah,
Thanks for your question. This is a very important question from a Feng Shui point of view because this particular configuration can create bad health for the entire family if left unchecked…

You will be surprised how easy this 2 part remedy is to install…

The first thing you need is a Self Closing Door latch.

This is like a door fitting that goes at the top of the door and it automatically closes the door if the door is opened…

You can install these yourself relatively easily yourself but the idea is that no matter who uses the toilet/bathroom… after use… the toilet door magically closes itself! This way you don’t have to bug anyone to close the bathroom door and this keeps the energy of the toilet/bathroom separate from the kitchen.

You should be able to get this “self-closing door latch” from any hardware or home depot store.

OK the second thing is:
I personally like to strengthen this remedy by adding some artwork or some type of art feature to the actual toilet/bathroom door to create a barrier between the toilet and the kitchen.

If you think back to older times, it was quite common for people to add a little plaque to their toilet/bathroom door which let the visitors know where the toilet was…

Well, those little plaques created quite good Feng Shui and you can still get them from a hardware store even now.

AND if you can’t find one you like… just do your own. You have full creative license to add some kind of feature – that could look really good – and remedy the energies between your toilet/bathroom door and the kitchen.

Good Luck with designing and installing your remedies

Gayle

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Is This a Good Enough Reason To Reject Buying a Home?

Here’s a Feng Shui Tip for the Day…

The Question Tee asked was:
Hi, We just bought a house recently without realizing that the front door faces the East. This is a really bad direction for my partner as his best is the West. We are thinking about repositioning our front door as a last resort but was wondering if there are a better inexpensive alternative to fix this? We are starting out so are limited in resources financially. Hope you can give us some advise. I’ve also heard about using a different door and having a mirror inside the house and in front of the door to reflect bad Feng Shui. Does this work? Many thanks, Tee

My Answer:
Hi Tee,
Thanks for your question and detail… You may be a little surprised with my answer!

When we make recommendations in a pre-purchase Feng Shui Consultation – whilst we do consider each members Feng Shui Astrology (ie their Kua) we do not ordinarily decide against a building just because it’s not facing our best direction…!

In reality, in Feng Shui there are many things to take into consideration and one of the more important considerations is the “unseen energies” the building will attract – according to how it is aligned on the land and when it was built or we moved in… (because this type of information is going to give a Feng Shui Master a lot of insight into what kind of fortune people can have in their building once they own it!!).

So what I’m trying to say is:

If the front door faces one of my bad directions – it’s not such a big problem if the house has got really good Feng Shui on the inside according to the unseen energies… If the rest of the house has got good Feng Shui influences throughout – the facing direction may become a minor issue.

Of course you can pick up a lot of added benefits you get when the house DOES face your good direction but the reality is – it’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t!!

You can still set yourself up inside the building to be facing, sleeping and sitting in all your directions AND, if there is one of your two prosperity energies falling over the current front door you already have… then this is very, very auspicious!! (it means you will automatically do well in the home)

I would genuinely recommend you get some professional advice before you even think about moving the front door. From a Feng Shui (and a Flying Star) perspective, if there is ALWAYS a better place to put the front door – the Flying Stars method will help you tap into this.

There’s no generic answer for the main front door unfortunately (because again – there are so many other things to consider…) but if you bought the house quickly – there must be something good about it (ie the house must have some kind of good energy right…? Otherwise you wouldn’t buy it – hopefully).

You can definitely use a door that does suit your Feng Shui directions if you have – so this is big yes. You can also look at how you have yourselves set up in your building and make the best of that…

Please do not install the mirror idea you have mentioned in your detail. We cannot say for certain that there is bad Feng Shui coming through the door (at all!!) because we don’t know what kind of influences come through that door (according to the Flying Stars method)…

So we don’t need to “remedy” something if it’s NOT broken right…
ie if it’s not broken you don’t need to fix it – correct?

Good Luck with your New Home…

Try to tune into all the good things you bought it for and look at how you are set up in your home according to your good directions. This will help more than you think.

Best Regards

Gayle

PS. If you would like to Ask Gayle a Question and have it answered in Gayle’s Feng Shui Tips or Gayle’s blog visit http://askgaylefengshui.com

Remember: the more detail you give/the clearer your question – the better your answer will be!!

PPS. You can also continue this discussion in THE BLOG if this is your question or it’s similar to a question you have…

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