Lillian Too’s Smart Feng Shui For The Home: 188 brilliant ways to work with what you’ve got

Linking to Elements

On the north walls of living and dining rooms you can use color to create the wavy shape of its Element Water. This will create good career luck for the residents. Cover the bottom half of the wall with this shape to enhance the grounding nature of water. The result will help bring better recognition at work and also enhanced promotion opportunities for you.

In terms of shapes, it is a good idea to avoid using the Fire Element shape. The fire shape is triangular and this is generally considered as inauspicious and unsuitable for home interiors, mainly because fire inside the home can be one of the signs of danger. Too much of the Fire Element will be overpowering because the destructive force of fire can destroy any good luck coming into your living space. In the same way, water on the rooftop also constitutes a danger in feng shui, as it can symbolically drown you and wash away positive influences.

The shape of the Wood Element

Rectangular walls are good in the east and southeast.

The shape of the Earth Element

Square shapes are best in the dining room for harmony.

The shape of the Metal Element

Circles are suitable in the west and northwest.

The shape of the Water Element

Create the wave shape with blue for the Water Element in the north for career luck.

27 – identifying and coping with inauspicious shapes

It is important to identify inauspicious shapes to improve the flow of chi in your home. These shapes may exist as part of the layout of your home, and be present in your furniture arrangement.

Some of the most commonly encountered inauspicious shapes reflected in floor plans are those which are made up of unbalanced combination of squares and rectangles, so that missing corners or incomplete shapes are created.

The examples shown here are S-shaped, N-shaped, and T-shaped arrangements. To remedy the imbalance, if you cannot alter the space of a room structurally due to lack of space or budget, or because you live in an apartment, then it is a good idea to keep that corner well lit in order to increase yang energy there. Otherwise, luck will be missing from this area.

Dealing with missing areas

Usually the best way of coping with missing areas is to use floor-length mirrors that have the effect of visually adding new space to the missing corner. But this remedy can only be used outside the bedrooms and kitchens. Another acceptable method is to enhance the energy of any missing areas by creating greater yang energy there, either with sounds, bright colors, or moving objects. This activates the chi that has become sluggish there, making it move and compensating for the unbalanced energy situated in those corners.

Keep the empty spaces well lit.

28 – missing corners and what they mean

Missing corners are diagnosed according to which corner is missing in terms of its compass direction. Its effect depends on whether the missing corner represents your good or bad directions.

It indicates which member of the family’s luck will be curtailed or affected. It also shows what kind of luck will be missing.

According to the Pa Kua method of feng shui, each of the eight compass corners of any home or any room is assigned one type of luck or life aspiration. To find out what type of luck is affected, therefore, it is necessary to first determine which compass direction the missing corner represents. Remember, as mentioned in here (#u73d86de8-f833-4938-b13e-19e5fe59c56a), use a good reliable compass to determine the orientation of your home’s rooms, and then after you have superimposed the Lo Shu grid onto the floor plan, you will be able to see immediately which corner is missing. Then read on to see whose luck, and what kind of luck, is missing from the house. Also please note the remedies that are suggested for each corner.

The south sector

This affects the luck of respect, honor, recognition, and fame for those engaged in high-profile jobs or businesses. If this corner is missing, the good name of the family or its patriarch could get tarnished. To change and correct the luck here, add a mirror or some bright lights. The family member who will be affected by this luck is the middle daughter.

The southwest sector

This area affects the luck that is related to love, family, marriage, and romance. If this section is missing, it also causes the family’s social life and popularity to suffer. The mother is seriously diminished, and the luck of the women of the household will also be reduced. To correct a missing southwest corner, place a cluster of natural quartz crystal here and shine a bright light on it.

The west sector

A missing corner in the west reduces the luck of the next generation. Your children will find it difficult to fulfill their ambitions – they will lack motivation and may feel alienated from the family. The most badly affected will be the young girls of the household, as the west area stands for the youngest daughter. Correct the imbalance of luck here by placing several six- or sevenrod metallic windchimes. The sounds of the windchimes will awaken the metal energy here, making it possible to redress the imbalance.

The northwest sector

In this area a missing corner will severely curtail the luck of the patriarch; sometimes, the husband can be encouraged to leave the household. The family will also find it hard to attract helpful people or patrons, which is considered to be a severe affliction. The Chinese identify this luck as one of the most important kinds of luck for getting ahead and being successful. It is vital to either regularize this section with mirrors or build an extension here. If this is not possible, hang six sets of six-rod windchimes to make up for the missing corner.

The north sector

In this sector, a missing corner curtails the career prospects and success potential of the family members. Anyone with a missing north sector will find it hard to get a promotion at work or thrive afterwards. The best remedy is to place a water feature here with moving water, such as a small fountain or fish tank. This creates yang water which enhances the chi of this corner, and helps to correct the imbalance. A missing north sector particularly affects the fortunes of the middle son.

The northeast sector

A missing corner here affects the knowledge luck of the family. Literary pursuits will be hard to achieve, and those sitting examinations will find it harder to do well. A missing corner here is bad news for families with children who are still at school or who are attending college. The best way to correct a missing northeast corner is to place a large boulder there, or emphasize the Earth energy of this sector by painting the wall a prominent Earth color, such as yellow. A missing northeast corner affects the youngest son.

The east sector

In this area, a missing corner affects the family’s good health, and the children of the family are especially affected. Correct this space by placing a strong and healthy plant in the east. A missing east sector is very bad also for descendants’ luck, as it curtails the luck of the eldest son.

The southeast sector

This is a particularly bad area to be missing as it affects the wealth and income luck of the corner. When this part of the home is missing, the family wealth too suffers as it is affected in a negative way. Re-balance this area by painting the wall a bright green color or by placing a large plant here. Or better still, hang a wall mirror and let it reflect the plant thereby creating a garden effect in this particular corner.

If you use a yang water feature it will also do wonders for your wealth and your prosperity luck. A missing southeast corner reduces the luck of the eldest daughter.

Curing missing corners

This floor plan shows missing southwest and northwest corners, curtailing a family’s popularity.

29 – using mirrors to cure missing corners

Mirrors are powerful expanders of energy and can be used in certain situations to deal with missing corners in the home. But be careful; if placed in the wrong area, they can create havoc.

In addition to using Element remedies in the home, as suggested previously, a more powerful way of dealing with missing corners is to fill in the corner with an extension or install a bright light to raise the energy of the missing area. Usually, some kind of overhead shelter is required for the remedy to take full effect. However, if you are on a budget or have space constraints, you may wish to use a full wall mirror to visually create space where it does not exist.

Placing wall mirrors

This solution, however, should only be used if the mirror does not have to be installed inside a bedroom. It is always important to remember that in solving one feng shui problem you do not want to create another bigger one. If you place a mirror wall inside a bedroom it brings in a great amount of unsettling energy, which can lead to some unfortunate consequences. So the main taboo for using mirrors to correct missing corners is not to put them on bedroom walls.

In the sketch shown on the right here, the missing corner of this apartment is occupied by the lift lobby. Here, it is easy enough to place a wall mirror on the wall of the living room as shown. If this missing corner is located in a compass direction where the luck of a family member is considered as particularly important to the residents’ aspiration, this mirror cure should definitely be put into place. The mirror placed here will have the effect of visually expanding the space and correcting the missing corner.

When correcting a missing corner, such as the one shown here which is occupied by an elevator shaft, always use mirrors in living or dining areas rather than kitchens or bedrooms. You must make sure that any mirror you install does not reflect a toilet, a staircase, a bed, a door, or ugly scenery.

30 – guidelines for using wall mirrors

Wall mirrors can be excellent feng shui features, when placed correctly to expand an auspicious space or to visually extend into a missing corner as a remedy.