On ‘Laugh and Get Rich Day’ it might be time to go fishing. Feng Shui says that a fish mobile or a statue of a fish signifies gold, abundance and wealth filling the house. Fish are also employed to avert mishaps and disasters. Position fish in the ‘Wealth’ area of your home or bedroom or place them in the hallway leading to your bedroom. If you go fishing in this Feng Shui manner you’ll surely find yourself laughing — all the way to the bank!
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Today is ‘Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day.’ But what if there’s one finger in particular that you want to wave at them because they won’t quiet down? Looks like it’s time for Neighbor Shui! If you’re having difficulties with a neighbor, this philosophy says to hang a convex mirror on the same side of the house as the annoying neighbor so that any negativity will bounce back to them. A Feng Shui bagua mirror will do the trick, as will hanging a metal wind chime with solid rods. Good fences might make good neighbors but mirrors can make even better ones. Whatever cure you put in place, remove it when the animosity or the neighbor disappears.
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In this world of pads and apps it makes sense that we would celebrate ‘Digital Learning Day.’ But when trying to educate yourself about anything, energizing the ‘Knowledge/Cultivation’ area of your main floor or bedroom is very important. Looking into the room from the main entryway, put a bell in the upper left hand corner. Feng Shui believes bells can symbolize ideas, clarity and mental acuity. Positioned in this arena, the bell also allows you to cope with changes and be optimistic about new projects, however you choose to learn them.
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Are you looking for love in all the right places, including your very own bedroom? If you’re intent on finding the perfect partner it’s important that you represent that same desire in the space that you will both eventually sleep in. It’s also important for you to remove all reminders of failed relationships and replace them with symbols that show your commitment to finding your new true love. Remember that whatever you see first thing upon awakening each day influences the energies that come your way, so put a picture of a loving couple in your line of sight. Soon enough you will roll over and see your other half. For real.
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The energy surrounding ‘World Cancer Day’ prompts me to share information from my most honorable Feng Shui teacher, Grandmaster Professor Lin Yun, and his effective adjustment for healing from this insidious disease. Master Lin Yun also shares that this treatment should only be used to augment and reinforce appropriate medical interventions that address this disease. He recommends that the patient look upon an image containing the Feng Shui ‘Six True Colors’ (white, red, yellow, green, blue and black — in that exact order) so they can then transmit this healing color sequence to all afflicted cells. This coloring outside the lines of mainstream allopathic medicine can be powerfully effective and empowering.
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As we sit on the cusp of February, how apropos that today is called ‘Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.’ Feng Shui says that if you’re looking for love you should display a painting of a woman playing the lute in the love space of your bedroom. According to Eastern traditions, the sound of the lute is believed to express the bliss of marriage as well as the deep and abiding friendship between man and wife. Purity and moderation are both invoked by this instrument’s sweet sounds and so it came to be associated as a symbol for harmony and happiness in family life. In more modern times, the flute has come to be regarded as equally auspicious when attracting the perfect partner, so displaying any artwork with a woman playing that woodwind will work. If you’ve been waiting for a mate, this tip should be music to your ears.
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Today marks the beginning of ‘Hot Air Balloon Week,’ the same visual that Feng Shui says can take your career to new heights. Simply locate the ‘Fame’ area of your main floor or office and place an image of a hot air balloon into this space. Soon enough you should see your own recognition and rewards skyrocket while your professional opportunities soar. Now, you might think that I’m full of hot air, but the balloon will show you differently. Here’s to your career taking off and flying high!
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Today’s ‘National Compliment Day’ recipe will have them eating right out of your hands, or, more appropriately, drinking a magically complimentary elixir from your kitchen. This next recipe comes from ancient Indian texts and tells how we can say or think the sweetest things, and how we can get someone else do the exact same. You need a small amount of saffron, almonds and milk. Mix sliced almonds and some of the saffron together and then boil that in milk. The lore surrounding this secret recipe says that whoever drinks this will then be blessed and think only sweet thoughts and say only sweet words. This legend continues that drinking this mixture will also allow anyone imbibing to expel their anger and forget their woes. Got milk? I hope so.
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Today is John Hancock’s birthday. His was the first signature on the Declaration of Independence and he has become a euphemism for signatures ever since. Feng Shui believes that there’s a certain way to sign important papers (or anything else that requires your own John Hancock) so that success and fortune will follow. If you’re looking for financial independence you might want to employ the ‘Prosperity Signature’ that goes like this: When you write your first name you should be sure that the first letter of your first name ends on an upward slant or curve. Similarly, the last letter of the last name should also slant up and to the right. If you can slightly slant the entire signature up and to the right then you can rest assured that you’ve crossed all your T’s and dotted all your I’s and are well on your way to prosperous times. It’s a Feng Shui documented fact!
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Today is ‘Rubber Duckie’s Birthday,’ and if you want someone to think that you’re ‘the one’ and to make your own bath time much more fun, then you could use a duckie or two. Feng Shui says that a pair of mandarin ducks placed with loving intent into the ‘Romance/Relationship’ area of main floor or bedroom (or both) will quickly bring a perfect partner to you. And who doesn’t want a perfect partner to help feather their nest? If it walks like a perfect partner and talks like a perfect partner, well then it is the perfect partner! Thanks for the love, mandarin duckies — we’re awfully fond of you.
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On ‘National Cut Your Energy Costs Day’ I want to talk about slashing energy costs of another kind. If you want to embrace the Three Great Blessings of Feng Shui (Health, Happiness and Prosperity), than you simply must stop spending time with people who don’t support or help you to invite those aspirations into your life. Cut cords and ties with negative or non-supportive people and move on. If you want to attract other like-minded people in to your life then put three green and healthy plants into the ‘Family/Friend’ area of your main floor and watch new and more amazing friendships bloom and grow.
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Our energies are going up, up and away on ‘Balloon Ascension Day’ and our wishes should be heading in that same direction as well. Feng Shui says that you can make a wish come true simply by sending it skyward on a balloon. Take any red helium filled balloon and with a black marker write your wish on the balloon. Be specific, concise and clear. Then, on any clear and sunny day, let the balloon go. Follow it with your eyes and your intention and once it begins to get close to the horizon visualize it as a small, round and golden orb. As the balloon disappears imagine that it is being gobbled up by the Sky Dragon, a mythical creature who holds the power to make your dreams materialize. Once this dragon swallows your wish it is said that it will soon come true. Forget the pie in the sky, put your delicious wish there instead and watch it unfold!
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Forget Christmas and those four calling birds, on the fourth day of the New Year Feng Shui says that a magically delicious meal should be cooked and the kitchen gods acknowledged. This tradition advises that there is a kitchen god in every home that can substantially add to the flavor and happiness of every occupant of every home. One of the kitchen gods that I acknowledge on this special day is Zhou Chun. On the fourth day of every New Year I write his name in red ink on red paper and affix that above my oven. He’s a pretty swell dining companion and always brings the best hostess gifts. Just you wait and see.
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In many traditions, wishes and resolutions are always made on the New Year, and as usual, Feng Shui puts a decidedly different spin on becoming a resolutionary soldier. This philosophy instructs that you should write your New Year resolution on a piece of paper and then place it inside an envelope. This envelope must be red in order to activate your desires and bring your dreams to life. Then you simply burn the envelope and the contents inside, as this is believed to complete the empowering action steps that this tradition says will soon make your wish come true.
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Happy New Year! Feng Shui says that making an effort to rest is the best way to start off any New Year! That’s it. Just relax if you want to start this year off in a wonderful way. Feng Shui also advises that housework should not be done today lest you sweep, wash or vacuum all your good luck away! Don’t use scissors or knives today, as they have a threatening nature and can contribute to ongoing tension and stress. This philosophy also warns against crying or quarreling today. As you can tell, the masters of Feng Shui believed that whatever occurs on this day will set the precedent for the rest of the year to come. I will also share that you should eat round foods for fortune, eat oranges for prosperity and speak sweet words for an even sweeter New Year ahead! Like I said, Happy New Year!
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by Stephanie Dempsey on the topics of new year, feng shuiThe New Year marks a fresh start. Make the most of this auspicious time by implementing a few Feng Shui cures.
The beauty of Feng Shui is that it is quick, simple and effective. You may not be able to lose 10 pounds overnight, but you can get the scale moving in the right direction with just a few of these simple adjustments.
Don’t wait until spring to launch a massive cleaning effort. By cleaning your abode from top to bottom in preparation for the New Year, you’ll wash away any negative energy. Be especially attentive to your kitchen, as this room governs your ability to cultivate good health and impressive wealth.
Feng shui experts view 3 as a magic number, as it embodies growth and creativity. Squaring the number 3 is even more auspicious. Therefore, if you want to experience a fabulously fortunate New Year, move 27 objects in your home. The objects could be as big as a sofa or as small as a cologne bottle. The important thing is to move 27 items with the intention of improving your luck.
Start the year right with a big, fat wallet. Get 27 crisp, new dollar bills from the bank and put them inside. This will set the trend for a prosperous New Year. Spice things up by sprinkling ground ginger on the outside and inside of your billfold. Ginger is a stimulant, and will attract new sources of income to you.
Fill your sugar bowl and canisters to the brim with sweetener on New Year’s Day. This will make it easier to enjoy all of the good fortune that will come your way in the months ahead.
The first words you say in the New Year will set the tone for next twelve months. Therefore, you should prepare a little speech to utter at the stroke of midnight. “Health, wealth and happiness for all” is a good choice, as is “Thank you for all the prosperity ahead.”
Loud noises are thought to scare away malevolent influences. Therefore, be sure to make a big racket on New Year’s Day, if only for a couple of seconds. Blast the stereo, bang some pots and pans or toot a toy horn. Your neighbors may grumble, but you’ll be sitting pretty!
Because of their resemblance to the Sun, oranges represent prosperity. Put a bowl of 9 oranges on your kitchen table on January 1 as a means to summon all of that positive, life-giving energy.
If you’re getting over a troubled relationship or need to find a new job, sprinkle sea salt around the interior perimeter of your home. Let the salt stand overnight, and then vacuum it up the next day. Imagine yourself beginning a happier, healthier life as you vacuum. When you are finished, throw the vacuum bag into an outdoor garbage can.
People often put off job searches until after the New Year. If you’d like to get a head start on the competition, get rid of 27 objects you no longer use or need. You can donate these things to charity, throw them in the trash, or sell them for a profit — it’s up to you. The key is to make room in your home for new energy. There’s an added bonus to getting rid of stuff: weight loss! When you get rid of dead weight in your home, it starts falling off your body, too.
If you’re in the market for love, you can find it in the coming year by absorbing more western energy. Make it a habit to pause and watch the sunset at least three times a week. By maintaining a positive attitude and a hopeful heart, you could be planning your wedding at this time next year!
Let’s ring in the best New Year ever! That’s right, why not make it hot in the old town tonight? You can do exactly that if you burn seven candles anytime after sunset. These candles will bring unlimited amounts of fortune and luck on this night and the next 365 to follow, especially if that intention is attached. Or, a few minutes before the clock strikes twelve, open every door and window in the house and allow the old and stale to exit and be replaced by the fresh and fabulous. Throw some cash into the house while standing immediately outside the entryway door and you can expect more of the same as the year unfolds. If at midnight you wash your face with pure spring or rainwater and look into a mirror by candlelight that mirror will declare you the fairest of them all for all of the next year! Finally, make sure that the very first words that anyone speaks to you in this New Year are symbolic or representative of how you want your year to be. Happy New Year will do it, but happy, healthy, loving and prosperous New Year says it even better. That’s my New Year’s wish for you, from my house to yours!
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There’s no better day than ‘Tick Tock Day’ to remind us that the countdown to the New Year has begun. In fact, it might be a great day to buy some round foods to eat on New Year’s Day. Round foods are thought to bring luck throughout the following year. Many cultures maintain that anything in a round shape will ring in tons of great fortune since this shape symbolizes the end of one year and a seamless beginning to the next. The Dutch say that eating donuts on New Year’s Day will fill any money holes you have in your life. Many cooks in the Southern United States believe that eating black-eyed peas is another way to magnetize awesome good luck. Cabbage is also eaten to attract luck and boost immunity. But never use a knife, scissors or anything cutting on New Year’s Day lest you cut the cords connected to all that fortune, health and luck.
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Happy, Happy and Merry, Merry! Take some time today to take a walk outside so that the energies from all the food and fire, the bright and shiny and the many visitors will disappear along with your tension and fatigue. This is the gift I share right now, ages-old wisdom that guarantees that you will feel like a brand new you! From my house to yours, I wish you nothing but peace and prosperity on this day, and always.
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Is it music to your ears to know that today is ‘Go Caroling Day?’ Making music is not only good for your ears, it’s also great for bringing balance to the rest of the body. And the ‘Carol of the Bells’ can bring that same beautiful balance, peace and prosperity to your home too. Traditions throughout time have told us that bells cleanse the exterior environment. Legends maintain that the sound of the bell can actually positively affect the environments surrounding each of us. These sounds ostensibly purify the molecules of our external space and acts as a strong and powerful detoxifier of existing negative energies. Sleigh bells and silver bells, Tibetan or Balinese; it doesn’t matter what kind of bell is tolling, as long as it is toiling and detoxing for you.
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