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I need a recommendation please. My bathroom in my new apartment is in the spirituality and knowledge area and is VERY blue - bathtub, sink, toilet, tiles on the wall. How can I counteract excess water energy there? It’s rental, so I can’t replace anything, decor only. Thanks in advance!

Tatyana Alexandrovna

Hi Tatyana,

There are a few things I want to clarify before we get into the answer to your question. First, the bagua map does have an area related to self-cultivation and self-knowledge, called gen. It’s in the bottom left hand corner of the bagua map and it’s related to the color dark blue.

Second, there are dozens of schools of feng shui and they all have slight variations. In the school I practice, BTB feng shui, water is actually related to the color black, not blue. Very dark blue that is almost black can be related to the water element, but lighter shades of blue are actually related to the wood element. This is true if you look at the I Ching as well, which is where we get the trigrams of the bagua and the five element system.

The blue color in your bathroom is not creating excess water after all. Instead, it sounds like you have a lot of wood in your bathroom. And, how do wood and water work together? Think about a plant, which represents wood: when you water a plant, the water feeds and nourishes it. Over time, the water helps the plant (wood) create more life and grow upward. Similarly, having wood energy in your bathroom can help to take the downward energy of water and transform it to upward energy. In fact, adding the wood element is a common cure for excess water in a bathroom.

Thank you so much for your question!

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