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: Feng Shui for Spring

Guest User April 11, 2021

Do you have any feng shui tips for spring?

This is very timely since we’re welcoming spring in the Northern Hemisphere, where I’m located!

There is actually an area of the feng shui bagua map that’s related to springtime: the Family or New Beginnings area, called Zhen in Chinese.

Zhen is connected to new beginnings of any kind, family matters, as well as the season and energy of spring. It’s represented by the colors blue and green, the number three, and tall, columnar shapes (like the trunk of a tree). It’s also related to the element of yang wood. To get a sense of yang wood energy, imagine a new blade of grass pushing out of the soil.

In winter, our focus is more interior and we often don’t go out a lot. In spring, we start to come out of our shells a bit more. You can visualize the energy of a sprout pushing through a seed’s shell. Another way to imagine this is a butterfly coming out of its chrysalis. It has transformed inside the chrysalis, and is now ready to emerge in its new state. This is the type of energy we’re welcoming in the spring.

This is also part of the energy of Zhen position. Zhen is a great area to activate in your home if you have trouble starting new things, if you want support in starting a new project, or if you want to invite more harmony in your family.

When I teach my students, we work with something called the Nine Star Path, which starts with the number three. Three represents new beginnings. One and two are the parents, and three is the child, the number of creation and creativity.

If you’re new to feng shui, or if you want to reset your home, you can activate this area by placing something with intention in Zhen position. This can be a green plant, a water fountain, a crystal, or anything that resonates with you and represents new beginnings.

I hope you all have a beautiful beginning to the spring!

by Anjie Cho

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Feng Shui & Color: Green and Blue

Guest User March 3, 2021

Color is a simple and powerful way to shift the energy of a space. Just think about how you feel walking into a bedroom that’s painted bright pink versus a similar room painted in deep charcoal gray. Also, there are so many possibilities when it comes to introducing color into your home, so it can be a fun way to get creative with your space!

Today, I want to talk about green and blue. Greens, blues, and teals are associated with hope, new beginnings, and growth. They’re tied to the wood element in feng shui, which represents vitality and healing.

Green and blue are also calming and relaxing. They can be tranquil, healthy, and restorative, and soothing for the eyes. They’re balancing colors that are often found in nature, in trees, plants, and the sky. There have even been scientific studies where people have healed much more quickly when they have views of nature.

In feng shui, wood element colors like green and blue represent life energy and are connected to the Zhen or new beginnings area of the bagua. Green is also related to the heart chakra, and blue to the throat chakra.

Greens and blues are great colors to choose for wall paint. They work well in most rooms, and the softer versions of these hues are especially good for bedrooms and other areas where you want to rest. In more public rooms like your living room, you can use stronger tones, like vibrant teals, to invigorate, refresh, and promote conversation.

Another way to introduce green and blue is through crystals in these colors, like turquoise, aquamarine, and malachite. You can also add green in the form of plants, which promote growth and healing.

As you’re thinking about how you want to use colors in your home, make sure to follow your own preferences and intuition. We all have different associations with particular colors, and the most important thing to remember is that the colors in your home should feel good to you.

by Anjie Cho