Feng Shui

Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space which is claimed to achieve harmony with the environment. Skeptics consider it to be nothing but superstition.



Feng shui, meaning "wind (feng) and water (shui)", is not a decorating style, but a discipline with guidelines compatible with many different decorating styles.



For a place to have "good feng shui" is for it to be in harmony with nature, and to have "bad feng shui" is to be incongruous with nature, although people aren't usually described as having good or bad feng shui themselves. Believers in feng shui say that certain people by force of personality or visual appearance are able to add or subtract from the feng shui of their surroundings.Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space which is claimed to achieve harmony with the environment. Skeptics consider it to be nothing but superstition.



Feng shui, meaning "wind (feng) and water (shui)", is not a decorating style, but a discipline with guidelines compatible with many different decorating styles.



For a place to have "good feng shui" is for it to be in harmony with nature, and to have "bad feng shui" is to be incongruous with nature, although people aren't usually described as having good or bad feng shui themselves. Believers in feng shui say that certain people by force of personality or visual appearance are able to add or subtract from the feng shui of their surroundings.



The goal of feng shui guidelines is to locate and orient dwellings, possessions, land and landscaping, etc., so as to be attuned with the flow of qi. Location is considered to be of far greater significance than orientation. This is in line with modern thinking, where the 3 principles of buying a piece of property are location, location and location.



Some general rules are:



  • When sitting at a desk, the entrance door should be in a clear line of sight, and you should have a view of as much of the room as possible.

  • When lying in bed, the entrance door should not be directly facing the soles of one's feet. In other words, the end of the bed should not be in line with the door.

  • Straight lines and sharp corners are to be avoided, and especially should not point where people tend to sit, stand, or sleep.

  • Avoid clutter

  • Your stairs should never face the front door.

  • Roads to and from ancient towns were often curved and windy, an attempt to disorient and keep away evil spirits, who were believed to travel in straight lines.

  • Some objects are believed to have the power of redirecting, reflecting, or shifting energy in a space. These include mirrors, crystals, windchimes, and pools of flowing or standing water.




    Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space which is claimed to achieve harmony with the environment. Skeptics consider it to be nothing but superstition.



    • Feng shui, meaning "wind (feng) and water (shui)", is not a decorating style, but a discipline with guidelines compatible with many different decorating styles.

  • For a place to have "good feng shui" is for it to be in harmony with nature, and to have "bad feng shui" is to be incongruous with nature, although people aren't usually described as having good or bad feng shui themselves. Believers in feng shui say that certain people by force of personality or visual appearance are able to add or subtract from the feng shui of their surroundings.


  • The goal of feng shui guidelines is to locate and orient dwellings, possessions, land and landscaping, etc., so as to be attuned with the flow of qi. Location is considered to be of far greater significance than orientation. This is in line with modern thinking, where the 3 principles of buying a piece of property are location, location and location.


    • Some general rules are:



    • When sitting at a desk, the entrance door should be in a clear line of sight, and you should have a view of as much of the room as possible.

    • When lying in bed, the entrance door should not be directly facing the soles of one's feet. In other words, the end of the bed should not be in line with the door.

    • Straight lines and sharp corners are to be avoided, and especially should not point where people tend to sit, stand, or sleep.

    • Avoid clutter.

    • Your stairs should never face the front door.

    • Roads to and from ancient towns were often curved and windy, an attempt to disorient and keep away evil spirits, who were believed to travel in straight lines.

    • Some objects are believed to have the power of redirecting, reflecting, or shifting energy in a space. These include mirrors, crystals, windchimes, and pools of flowing or standing water.