Feng Shui Tips Blog

Hey There,

Have you ever found parts of Feng Shui to be confusing or hard to understand?

Well I don’t blame you… Over the Years I think I’ve heard “every remedy re-translated
from the wrong end of the kitchen sink!”

Today Teina has asked me a question and I decided to make a little 6 minute video about it.

To Watch This Feng Shui Video – Click Here

Enjoy!

Gayle

Happy New Year

I wanted to start off the New Year with an interesting Feng Shui Video
and Puzzle I know you will all enjoy!

Kate has written in with an unusual problem – her bedroom is too big and she is not
allowed to put holes in the walls - She’s renting!

(Kate we hate you! We’d all love to have a big bedroom to play in – especially me!!).

So here’s an interesting Feng Shui renovation with a difference.
It’s the ultimate in doing a Feng Shui renovation – and I havent moved a single wall!

Maybe you’ve got a similar situation in some other part of your home.
Watch this Feng Shui Video for some very interesting answers…

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…

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.

1. 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].

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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…

5. 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.

6. 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

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…

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

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…