Hi!I am reading your Holistic Spaces book and I have tried to find an answer to this on your website but so far no luck.... what if your room has 2 doors? Which way do you put the map as that would totally change the outcome. I appreciate your help and if you have a Frequently Asked Questions page, please let me know!

Linsey R.

Hi Linsey,

That’s a great question. We often get asked how to lay the bagua, or feng shui energy map, when your home has more than one door. You always want to use the formal or official front door, because that’s where qi (energy) enters the home. You use this door to lay the bagua even if that’s not the door you generally use.

It’s very common, especially in many areas of the U.S., to not use the formal front door. Often people use a back door or garage door instead. Because the front door is where energy enters the home, this can limit the opportunities that are available to you, so it’s important to start using your official front door if you can. It can be as simple as making an effort to use the front door when you get your mail; opening and closing your front door will activate it, and will help you start to welcome more opportunities and resources into your life.

You can also place the bagua map on an individual room. I often recommend that people who are not practitioners start by laying the bagua on their bedroom, because it can be much simpler than laying the bagua on a whole house. If your room has two doors, you also want to use the door that feels like the official front door. It’s not ideal to have multiple doors leading to your bedroom, as it can mean that things are a little complicated in your life.

Doors also represent communication, the mouth, and how you connect with the world. I worked on a project where the original front door was closed up and made into a window, and they had added a side door that became the front door. This meant that there was a voice that was blocked or not being heard in the home.

I hope that helps!

by Anjie Cho

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