Q&A Sunday: The Relationship Area of the Feng Shui Bagua

Guest User May 23, 2021

Can you tell me more about the relationship area of the bagua?

The feng shui bagua map is a tool we use in feng shui. It’s often called an energy map, because there are different energetic areas of your life that correspond to a mandala that is overlaid on your home.

One of the most popular areas of the bagua map is called Kun position, usually represented by the color pink. It’s generally referred to as the relationship area or the love corner, or sometimes marriage. Based on these names, I’m sure you can understand why so many people are curious about it!

What a lot of people don’t know is that the bagua areas, called guas, have many different nuances and layered meanings that relate back to the I Ching and the five elements. Kun position is not only your romantic relationships, but also the mother element, the feminine principle, and mother earth. It’s related to yin earth, or soft earth, like sand.

Kun is a great area to work on when it comes to love and relationships. It also has to do with having love for yourself, mothering yourself, and healing your relationship to your mother, whatever that means for you. If you’re interested in working with Kun, I would encourage you to explore that mother element or feminine principle in your life. Some ways to explore this using feng shui are to sit in this area of your home, or bring some attention to it. Know that doing this is working in subtle ways to heal your love for yourself, your feminine side, your relationship with your mother, and your relationship with mother earth. This concept trickles down in so many ways, and it’s quite a deep teaching.

I hope you are able to spend some time giving attention to the Kun area of your home and life this week!

by Anjie Cho

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Q&A Sunday: The Best Place for a Feng Shui Plant

Guest User May 16, 2021

Where is the best place to put a plant for feng shui?

Two of my favorite places to put a plant based on feng shui are Kun (relationships) or Xun (wealth) in your bedroom. These are two of the most popular areas of the feng shui bagua that people love to work with, and I recommend starting in your bedroom because any changes there affect you the most.

Plants are really having a moment right now! Working with plants is beautiful because they’re living things that you can cultivate, so they encourage you to invest in and take care of something outside of yourself. They also represent growth, vitality, and healing. Another thing that’s really great about plants is that you can pay attention to how they’re growing, and what that represents. For example, I have a money tree that I got about ten years ago that started out just a couple of feet tall. Now it’s almost as tall as me! It’s reassuring to see a tangible representation of my own abundance and growth, not only financially but also spiritually.

Xun is connected to wealth and money, but also to how prosperous and worthy you feel. Many people have a great deal of money, but that doesn’t necessarily bring fulfillment or feelings of abundance. When you feel worthy, and recognize that you are a treasure, then you can truly magnetize and attract abundant things to you. You can feel like you have more than enough, which is really what Xun is about. This is a great area to activate with a plant.

The other area that people are most interested in is Kun, or relationships. Most people think that activating Kun will help them attract a partner. That’s true, but there are so many layers to working with this gua. It’s also related to femininity, the mother, and taking care of yourself. You might want to activate that area to invite in a romantic partnership, but you might also want to deepen or heal your existing partnership. Maybe you’ve recently come out of a relationship, and you need to work on healing your relationship with yourself — that’s also related to Kun. Other reasons you might want to work with this gua are wanting to connect more to the earth, or to heal your relationship with your mother. If any of these intentions resonates, this could be a great place for a plant!

If you want more guidance on where to put your plants, I’d recommend working with a practitioner who can help you figure out what would be most supportive for your unique situation.

by Anjie Cho

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Q&A Sunday: Complete Your Unfinished Projects with Feng Shui

Guest User May 9, 2021

I realized I’ve started a ton of things and projects, but I don’t finish them so easily. Do you have any suggestions?

This is a very common challenge! It’s easy to get excited about new projects, and then lose interest. If this rings true for you, you might have a lot of wood element energy. Wood element people tend to start a lot of projects, and not finish them. (You can read more about the five elements here.)

One way to work on finishing projects is to activate the completion area of the feng shui bagua. This area is called Dui in Chinese, and it’s related to children, the metal element, the color white, and completing things. To find Dui position, stand at your front door looking in, and imagine a three-by-three grid laid over your space. The middle right section is Dui, or the completion area. Here are a few ways to activate this gua:

Add a new, healthy plant. You could even look for one with white flowers or foliage since white is the color associated with Dui.
Decorate this area of your home with white accents. You could paint a wall or piece of furniture white, or you can choose something small like a planter or throw pillow.
Ring a bell to activate the metal element.
Invite more metal element qualities into your life by wearing more white clothing.

Another way to make sure things get finished is to get help from other people. If you have a business and are having a hard time finishing work-related projects, consider hiring people who are really good at finishing things — maybe people who have a lot of metal element in them. If you want to finish household projects, could you hire someone to help you? Could you ask your partner or kids to lend a hand?

by Anjie Cho