About Feng Shui

Feng shui is concerned with the relationship between buildings and occupants. By matching your energies to the energies of your home and workplace it is possible to achieve harmony in your home and in your life. In order to do this, it is necessary to know the dates of birth of you and your family so that you can choose a house, plot and location that harmonises with you/your family’s energies, or modify your present situation to suit you better. Feng shui also helps you to understand the rhythms and cycles of energy which affect timing – a very important aspect to getting things right in your life:

• When your energies are at their best/lowest
• Which seasons/years suit you better than others
• When to invest money
• Unlucky energies for the year and how to avoid them
• When you can/cannot carry out works to certain areas of the home

In feng shui terms, our health takes top priority followed by our relationships, and lastly, our wealth, so a feng shui consultant’s priority is to tackle people’s health, relationships and finances - in that order. Our health is our wealth; without it our quality of life is reduced, and the attitude of others towards us is adversely affected because our energies are poor. Good relationships promote friendship and family harmony in our lives, and the support of others brings us love, kindness and benevolence. If you have your health and good relationships, then it is easier for the wealth to follow.

“Nina began the process of obtaining balance within our home.She took the time to go through each room and each individual and gave very clear and simple remedies to correct situations.”

The Role of the Feng Shui Consultant

A feng shui consultant assesses the exterior and interior of a property and its occupants:

The surrounding forms and landscape
Taboos according to feng shui principles
Date of construction of the property/moving-in date and occupants’ dates of birth
The location of the property on its plot, and the shape and layout of the property/plot
The direction it faces according to the way the occupants enter/exit the building
The history of the land/its former use(s) and the history of the previous occupants
The five factors in the home that impact most on the occupants
Compass to read the building’s energy and diagnose what’s happening in occupants’ lives
Recommendations for changes that will bring about a more positive outcome

Feng Shui Horoscopes

When we are born, we are given a unique personal identity by Mother Nature. Our date of birth gives us certain information about ourselves and our loved ones, and we can make use of this information to help us to live well and better manage our health, well-being, and relationships - throughout our lives. Your date of birth can tell you the following:

Your Animal Sign

Each animal sign in the Chinese year moulds the personality and characteristics of those born in that year, as well as that year’s course of events. Everyone is born under an animal sign according to their year of birth in the Chinese calendar. There are twelve animal signs in the Chinese zodiac, one for each year, which runs in a twelve year cycle. Each animal has a certain set of characteristics that affects the personality and behaviour of a person born under that animal sign. The twelve animals are the rat, ox/buffalo, tiger, cat/rabbit/hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat/sheep, monkey, rooster/chicken, dog, and pig. Some of the signs should get along well together, but there are those who find it difficult to tolerate one another’s company!

Your Reigning Element

Everyone has a single reigning element from the five elements, i.e. earth, metal, water, wood or fire. The five elements influence people’s characteristics, the way they interact with others, their energy type, and their tolerance levels in the company of others, as well as affecting how they should decorate their home, the type of house they should live in and the location in which they should live. Some people belong to an element that benefits our element so we feel supported by them, whilst other people may belong to an element that harms our element so our energies are depleted by them. There is also a season that best suits your element i.e. when your energies are at their best or their lowest.

Your Kua Number

Everyone has a kua (magic) number, and these numbers range from 1 to 9. The numbers are applicable depending on your year of birth and whether you are male or female. Your number relates directly to your health (weakest organ), your form of communication (group), and the energies nature gave you (best and worst directions). Your number does not directly relate to your reigning element or to your animal sign.

Your Communication Group

Everyone belongs to one of two communication groups, one group being east and the other west. East group people and west group people find it easier to communicate with others of the same group as themselves. This is because when a person belonging to, say the east group, says something to a person belonging to, say the west group, the west group person misunderstands because they are on two entirely different wavelengths. In turn, this has an adverse effect on our relationships and our ability to relate to certain people.

Your Weakest Organ

Everyone has a weakest organ, which is the organ that takes the greatest impact of negative energies from our surroundings, and/or a poor diet and lifestyle, and/or stress. To better manage and look after our health, we should monitor our weakest organ for signs of impending illness, and avoid things that will aggravate or negatively affect those organs. For instance, if our lungs are our weakest organ, then we should avoid smoking, and if our liver is our weakest organ, we should avoid excessive alcohol consumption.

Your Best & Worst Directions

Everyone has a set of four best and worst directions, depending on the communication group they belong to. Our best directions are directions we should face or sectors we should locate ourselves in within our homes, in order to get the maximum positive energy from our surroundings. Our worst directions should be avoided, in order to minimize any negative impact on our energy and in our lives.