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Bagua- General Guidelines (GUA-AREA)
By Pramila Paul |
| Bagua- General Guidelines |
This area signifies with wind.
Wealth represents prosperity, health, financial situations -
money and anything else that makes you feel "wealthy" or blessed.
The Far left room/ area as you enter is the wealth and fortune
area. The direction of this section is South East and its element
is WOOD. Colors are RED, Purple and Blue.
To acquire success in life make sure the area or the room is
free from clutter. Decorate this area with a fountain, a small
aquarium, to symbolize good flow of money. Symbols of gold coins,
plants with round leaves, fresh flowers, wind chimes images
of bear, buffalo are appropriate. Among crystals citrine and
emerald are powerful for prosperity. |
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| Fame & Reputation Gua: |
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This area signifies with fire.
Fame represents how the world sees you, and how others perceive
you.
The room/ area directly opposite your front door are the fame
and reputation area or room. This is in the South. Colors are
RED symbolic of fire and ambition.
To acquire fame, the area or the room should be free from clutter,
decorated with lights, images of things you want to be known
for. Your degrees, diplomas, awards can be placed here. Bright
lights or Scented candles add power to this area. Crystal's
stones like Ruby; Garnet which is fiery can be placed. Display
horses, natural or artificial plants with red flowers add fame.
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| Relationship & Love Gua: |
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This area signifies with Earth.
Relationship symbolizes all relationships, personal relationships,
such as those between husband and wife, business partners and
good friends.
The Far Right room/ area from your door are the Relationship
area. The direction of this section is SouthWest and its element
is EARTH. Colors are Pink, RED, and white.
To build a marriage, relationship, the right rear room is very
important as this area is also called the power point area.
The number 2 is allotted to this area. Anything placed in this
area or room should be in Two or pairs. Things like candles,
lamps, roses, doves, paintings of couples, hearts Red roses
flowers of silk or real etc look pretty. Rose Quartz can be
placed here. Display images of turtle, wolf etc that mate for
life are good. |
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| Family & Health Gua: |
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This area signifies with THUNDER,
interpreted as Elders, anyone who is superior to you. This area
represents physical and emotional health. It also represents
your ancestors, current family, friends and co-workers.
The Mid Left room/ area from your door are the Family and Health
Gua. The direction of this section is East and its element is
WOOD. Colors are Green and sometimes Blue.
To build a good family life with joy and good health this sections
is to be treated carefully. There should be no clutter in this
area. Healthy plants and fresh flowers add value to this place.
As the element is wood and color is green, any plants will do
well. Ideal place to locate furniture and decorations made of
wood. Wall hangers and picture s of plants, trees are effective.
Stones like smoky quartz, Azurite, rose quart are good. Since
this area signifies thunder, Table chimes are good here. |
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| Children & Creativity Gua: |
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This area signifies with LAKE,
meaning creativity. This area is related to Children, our creative
flow, our inner child, and youthfulness... This area also represents
current projects or anything creative.
The Mid room/ area t your right from your door is the children
and creativity Gua. The direction of this section is West and
its element is Metal. Colors are Gold, Silver, White and pastel
colors.
Avoid clutter in this area to ensure children flourish. The
furnishing items are anything made of brass, metal, steel, gold,
copper etc. They should not be pointed and sharp but round.
Paintings of children, their creative works can be kept here.
Display toys, stuffed animals and children's images. This is
also good location for a fountain. Malachite and carnelian are
good crystals that enhance creativity. Have plants with white
streaks or flowers. |
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| Knowledge & Wisdom Gua |
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This area is signified by
Mountain, meaning contemplation. This area represents our relationship
with our spirituality, our ability to withdraw from the world
and gain strength from our inner spirit. This area represents
learning, wisdom, knowledge or study.
The room/ area to your LEFT from your door when you enter reflect
ones knowledge, intelligence and scholarly success. The direction
of this section is NorthEast. Its Element is Earth. Colors are
Black, Greens and Blue.
To acquire knowledge is important to grow in life. Keep this
room too clutter free. Symbols of ones education certificates,
awards, teachers or college photos with the professors. Paper
cuttings of noble prize winner's articles add value. Wall hangings
like paintings or picture of mountains, landscapes etc, along
with books or set of encyclopedia or computer with internet
connection would be apt. Stones of Amethyst can be placed in
this area. An image of a sleeping cat will be appropriate too.
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| Mentor or Helpful People Gua: |
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This area is signified by
Heaven, means helpful friends. This area relates to the gift
of kindness. This area represents relationships with people
other than your intimate family and friends, such as a stranger
who touched your life a mentor at work, your priest, rabbi (or
other spiritual guide).
The room/ area to your right from your door are your travel
and helpful people room. The direction of this section is northwest
and its element is Metal. Colors are Gray, Black and White.
This is where one can create a situation when outside help either
spiritual or manual starts coming. So, keep this space free
from clutter. Symbols of Angels, Picture of whom we feel protect
and watch over us is recommended. Also picture of places you
have traveled or would like to travel, you can also include
picture of a new house you want to buy. Fresh flowers, wind
chimes crystals are appropriate here. All crystals can be placed
here. Picture of an Eagle is suitable for this area. |
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| Career & Self Gua: |
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This area is signified by
WATER, one of the most important necessary for life. This area
relates to Career, the ability to flow in our life- our life
situation that corresponds to our daily routine of 8-6 obviously
refers to your job, but it can also mean the passage of life
and ones success in their career or business.
The main entry room/ area from your door are your career area.
The direction of this section is North and its element is Water.
Colors are Blue and Black.
Career is what helps one earn his living, it also give a social
status and security in later life. Keep it free from clutter
to excel in career prospects. All images relating to water are
excellent here. A fountain, pictures of rivers, waterfalls,
fish tanks, images of frogs, dolphins, whales, fishes etc. Aquamarine
and turquoise are water colored crystal best in this area. In
an office room, place business cards, brochures in this area.
Center or Chi: The center is the last part of the bagua called
the interior bagua. This area harmonizes all the areas together.
It represents health and longevity and is the center of the
Bagua. It should be as uncluttered as possible.
You can determine the Bagua of the home by the location of the
front door. Apply your map with the Knowledge, Career and Helpful
People Areas placed along the wall that contains your front
door. The other six areas will follow from there. Once again
would like to remind you that you can make use of this bagua
to the entire building, Plot, each room, or even a desk. |
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Here is a step-by-step guide to apply
the Bagua Map
to your Home, Room, Office or Property: |
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On a large sheet of paper,
draw a sketch of the home. Make a plan of your house or room.
If you have a square, rectangle or two or more floors--do a
floor plan for each level and focus on one floor at a time.
Finish off any missing areas to form a square. Write in the
names of the rooms on your plan with a door on it facing your
body. If you live upstairs, the landing of the stairs represents
the front door if there is no other formal front door.
If your plot or house is L-shaped or U-shaped home, then you
are using only some area and the other area of your life is
vacant. Feng Shui restores balance and harmony, and one of the
ways you can do this is by completing the L or U shaped plan
of your area into a square, color that part of your drawing
so that u can know it is not a part of your area.
To overcome the missing areas, you can build an arbor in the
space, landscape with large potted trees or add a sculpture
or wind chimes. This will help symbolically "fill in" the missing
area.
Do not forget to include any areas that just out, such as a
garage, a breakfast nook or a greenhouse
Now when your sketch is ready, Divide your floor plan into nine
equal squares. Your front door entrance must be on the baseline
on the Bagua map.
Either stand or imagine yourself at your open front door. If
the front door is on the right side of your space, that sector
represents Mentors. If the front door opens in the center of
the space, it represents the Career area and if it opens on
the far left, the Self-Knowledge/Wisdom area is represented.
The wall with the front door can only be one of those three
values or some combination of the two if the front door falls
somewhere between two values. Fill in all the other areas of
your home with the areas represented by the Bagua.
Now you know which rooms in your home relate to the various
Feng Shui areas. If, for example, your bathroom is in the Wealth
Area, you could be flushing your money down the toilet, so to
speak! (Keeping the lids eliminates that problem.) You need
to take steps to improve this area.
If you have two or more floors, the areas and rooms on each
story correspond to each other. If, for example, your kitchen
is in the far left corner downstairs and there is a bedroom
above, both rooms are in your Wealth Areas. |
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