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One of the best books on the market about feng shui and space clearing, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston, is being revised and will be released in November 2008. I am really looking forward to getting the new book, but even better, this time it will be available as an audio book, a real bonus as I will be able to listen to it on the journey to and from work.

If you can’t wait until November, then I recommend getting hold of a copy of Clear your Clutter with Feng Shui, and Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui from a friend or a local library.

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Starry Starry Night Part II by margaritanitz.

Picture credit: Margarita Nitz
If you’re interested in Feng Shui, chances are you’ve come across the Flying Star school of Feng Shui. This is much more involved than the simple compass feng shui that has become popular over recent years, but I came across a good introductory article by Alvin Yap.

In the Flying Stars system of Feng Shui, there are nine types of stars which are given numeral of 1 - 9. These stars are actually bodies of energy (known as qi or chi) that moves within a property. In Feng Shui, a property is divided into nine equal sectors based on compass direction of North, South, East, West, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest and Southwest. The sector without any compass direction is the centre.

Each year, the Flying Stars change position, following astrological cycles. In Flying Stars feng shui, there are nine periods, each of which lasts 20 years based on the Chinese Solar Calendar. We are currently in period 8 which started in February 2004 and will remain there until February 2023. In each period, the nine flying stars are categorizes into good and bad stars, currently the few good stars are 8, 9 and 1. Star 8 is the current prosperity star whereas star 9 and 1 are future and distant prosperity stars respectively.

Here is the rest of the article: A few good stars

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by Kristy Chung

Many people are fascinated with Feng Shui and with many good reasons. While others generally believe that it is just some oriental superstitious set of paradigms on interior design (but that is just part of the extensive definition for Feng Shui), the Feng Shui that we know now is actually comprised of various schools of learning and incorporates the different cultures under which it is housed.

The advantage to the different options available in Feng Shui is that even everday people can easily understand and apply it immediately in their homes without having to break the bank. And aside from that, there are advantages that only Feng Shui can incorporate if you can just open your mind and try it out.

Balance is the key to Feng Shui. Ever found yourself totally overcome with cluttered junk and completely stressed out? You’re possibly suffering from an unbalanced visual environment. A great way to create a sense of balance is by pulling together elements that give you a sense of control in your immediate outer surroundings. If you can employ some semblance of harmony in trivial things like your furniture, surely you’ll find that creating balance in other facets of your life equally doable.

It helps you to focus on the details. Mindfulness in the small things can be a very good thing. Many people tend to focus on the large things in life so much that even the minor details like how you arrange your home or office seem to be lost. When these “minor” aspects of life continually get put on the back burner they tend to build up and produce a stressful environment which will accumulate into other problems complicating your life.

It also increases the possibilities for meeting new people. Meeting new people and making friends is another benefit of employing Feng Shui. When you apply Feng Shui you’ll more likely to find other people within your social circle who share similar likes and may even help you to increase your knowledge of Feng Shui.

It gives a fresh perspective on things. At any given time, a fresh perspective is always welcome. This positive perspective can invite changes for the better. A new way of looking at home arrangement, for example, may actually serve to benefit you in the long run. The fresh perspective brought about by Feng Shui can actually bring about an enrichment of one?s mind.

Inviting success and abundance. The primary goal of Feng Shui is to invite all good possibilities into your life. Success and abundance will feel within your reach and a prosperous outlook can be expected if Feng Shui is practiced correctly.

Increased aesthetic appeal. Beyond all the listed benefits of Feng Shui, the top would surely be its natural beauty. The aesthetic appeal of a properly decorated and organized home, incorporated with good Feng Shui technique, can be a legacy that may transcend generations and promote beauty in all other aspects of your life.

Article kindly provided by homeandgardenweekly.com

Explore how Feng Shui can change your life. Get tips on how to enhance and harmonize any home or office. We’re revealing the secrets of Feng Shui that are revolutionizing the way people create balance in their surroundings. It’s easier than you think.

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If you’ve always thought that the Big Brother house had bad feng shui, it looks as if you could be right. Feng Shui master Paul Darby comments on how the chi energy in the house is confused from the outset. Although the entrance of the house has a great aspect, opening up to the South/Southwest, which in according to feng shui rules combines richness of life and success of connections, once inside the house the energy begins to stagnate.

The two staircases offer confusion, but what’s more, there’s a twist! In feng shui, left and right are determined from inside the house, so as the housemates enter the house, anyone choosing left has really chosen right, and vice versa. This mix up of energy makes for some very interesting television, no wonder there is so much conflict in the house!

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When I initially became interested in Feng Shui about ten years ago, it was considered a bit weird and kooky in the West. How times change! Now international companies such as Canon are flocking to use the wisdom of feng shui to redesign their offices. Even the Wall Street Journal is reporting on such events.

International, cutting-edge, technology-based, multi-billion dollar company, Canon Europe took a socially responsible stand last fall and went back to the ancient natural science of Feng Shui.

Canon’s initial interest for Feng Shui came after reviewing a new, groundbreaking research study into the causes of office stress conducted by ICM Research. In the study they interviewed 1,857 office workers in 18 European countries including UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain. The findings were that an overwhelming 60 percent of respondents felt that their office layout increased their stress levels with 19 percent feeling it “significantly” increased stress.

Fascinating how the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui can be applied to modern western corporate life!

Read more here: Canon’s report on how to use Feng Shui - Wall Street Journal

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It’s amazing what power beautiful feng shui crystals can have. Not only do they enhance almost any decor, they enhance almost any decor and have the edge on other traditional feng shui cures as each crystal has its own energy vibration. This energy can be used to great effect in your life using the ancient Chinese wisdom of Feng Shui.

Maybe you want to attract a relationship, or improve an existing one. Rose Quartz is often used to attract love and friendship. What’s more, the energy of this stone is even more powerful when it is placed in the relationship area of your room or house, which in traditional feng shui is in the southwest.

The symbolic effect of crystals can be further enhanced by their shape. To continue with our example of Rose Quartz, it is particularly effective in the shape of two hearts together, a double happiness symbol, or as a pair of mandarin ducks. In feng shui it is said that the mandarin ducks should never be separated as this will bring bad luck. If you are already in a relationship, they should be positioned so that they are swimming alongside each other. If on the other hand, you would like to attract a loving relationship, then the crystal ducks should be arranged as if they are swimming toward one another. Naturally, these feng shui love cures work particularly well placed in the relationship area of the bedroom.

Mandarin Ducks

Any of the above feng shui crystals would make a wonderful gift either as a wedding present or for a friend who is seeking a relationship.

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