Fend Shui for the Year of the Metal Rabbit!

Basic Fung Shui/:The Least for the best result in any year!

1. Remove all dried flowers. They extract energy. Silk ones are acceptable. Get dead plants out of your house and yard as well.
2. Get rid of all outdated magazines and newspapers. No you will not reach into that stack of 100 magazines and find that article you have been meaning to read. Through them away and replace them with Google!
3. Dead batteries and light bulbs. Remove, throw away and replace! They are energy drainers too.
4. Oil doors and cabinet hinges so that they don’t squeak. It is an energy disruptor like nails on a chalkboard.
5. Recycle all unused electrical/computer appliances and cell phones. Again a drain on energy of the house.
6. No mirrors, family photos, or excess electrical appliances in the bedroom. No your bedroom is not for your computer. If you do have a T.V. cover it at night with a plastic table cloth and keep your cell phone at least 3 feet from your body. There should only be two things happening in the bedroom! It is also not the place for flowers and plants.
7. Clear out old food from the pantry and your refrigerator/freezer.
8. Wash your crystals in salt water.
9. Collect the loose change from around the house. Tell the kids it’s a movie night if they can collect the change up! Clears up money energy.
10. Throw out all out-dated medicines, vitamins, make-up...Although make-up doesn’t have an expiration date on it after a year it is pretty much a petri dish!  
11. Don’t place your alter in front of a door, stairs, or outside. This can cause the energy of your work to dissipate. You can re-charge crystals outside under the moon though.

     12. Detach from those trinkets that your ex-lover gave you. If you can’t bear to part with them at least box them up and                store them in a basement. This creates an open space for new relationships or makes more space for “love” in your new relationship.

     13. Brooms and mops are for the broom closet or at least out of sight.

     14. Get rid of clothes that don’t fit or are worn out. If they haven’t fit in two years they probably won’t fit next year.     Embrace yourself by getting rid of negative reminders!

Every New Year the Chinese check which energies (called “Stars”) are entering the different directions (N,S,E,W). Some are positive, bringing abundance and good fortune while others are considered Negative or “Killing” and should be guarded against.

  North Sector: #3 Hostile/Argumentative Star Enters- Add items and colors associated with the fire element here and avoid a strong water elements (black and blue) here. 

  N.W. sector- #8 Wealth Star -fire colors and amethyst and rose quartz crystals (good place to store financial papers)

  N.E. sector- #1 White Star/success-Add metal (black, charcoal grey, white) colors. Avoid fire colors (red, purple, pink, orange). Avoid triangles. A good place for your vision board!

  South Sector: Illness Star #2- Metal balances this energy. Avoid fire colors. A good spot for your “salt cure”. 

  S.W. sector- Romance Star #4-No fire or metal colors here. Water colors, blue and black are good. Green plants and fresh flowers are good as well. Images of romance go here this year.

   S.E. sector- Heavenly Star #6 (cosmic energies)-Blue and black are good here as are quartz crystals, especially rose quartz. To still this energy a bowel of pure water can be placed here.

   East Sector:Misfortune Star #5- Keep this area quiet! No renovations or remodels here this year. Metal Feng Shui cures are good. Metal chimes are excellent. Metal colors (silver, grey, white) here. Also a good area for a salt cure.

   West Sector:Future Prosperity #9 Star- Add Fire element here. No black, blue, or water elements/features. Fresh flowers, candles and happy images.

   Center: Violent Star #7-Blue and clear crystals! Water and Metal colors and elements go here. A blue crystal or 3 bamboo sticks in a glass jar are good “cures” for this area. The Taoists will place a blue elephant or rhino here to combat this negative energy.

Fire Element: Activated by candles, the colors red, purple, pink, and orange. Diminished by Water colors and symbols. Earth drains Fire as well. The shape of Fire is pointed.

Water Element: Activated by the colors blue and black. Diminished by Fire, Wood, and Earth. The shape of Water is wavy.

Metal element: Activated by the colors grey, silver, and white. Diminished by Fire and Water, supported by Earth. The shape of metal is round.

Earth Element: Activated by shades of green. Fire supports Earth while Metal drains it. The shape of Earth is square.

Wood Element: Activated by yellow and brown. Metal destroys wood and Fire drains wood. The shape of Wood is round.

The Salt Cure: http://www.fengshuiweb.co.uk/advice/saltwatercure.htm