Feng Shui means “Wind, Water,” and is referred to as “The Art of Placement.” What that really means is that it is the Art of creating spaces that are comfortable, attractive, and harmonious with their environments.
Feng Shui is rooted In Chinese History, and has 2,000-5,000 years or more of followers. Feng Shui is known as an organized philosophy, with its earliest recorded writings appearing during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
Wind & Water are key factors in assessing quality of movement and energy in a space
The philosophy behind Feng Shui is that the Earth is a living thing, and everything is alive. Each and everything is Interconnected and changing. Traditional Feng Shui combines land forms, magnetic influences, 8 house, birth dates & flying stars
Ancient Feng Shui masters studied slopes of mountain ranges & curves of rivers to identify “dragon veins” of land. They used the dragon veins to locate auspicious sites for emperors’ tombs believing that future generations would prosper. Certain configurations of hills, valleys & rivers considered fortunate, others unlucky, and over time these same principals were applied to house sites.
Think of the way mountains appear. Sometimes you can make out a pattern that appears similar to an armchair. This “Mountain Armchair” is an ideal location to locate a home (or tomb) because it is protected and secure. With the mountain in back, and the smaller hills on each side with gentle slopes, Feng Shui dictates that a home should be situated in an open front that overlooks a river, lake, or ocean.
Today Feng Shui solutions most often sought on existing structures after we’ve moved into existing house, so the traditional site selection & orientation is nearly impossible. Things like power lines, appliances, dense housing, cars parked on streets, and steel structures all can cause issue for Feng Shui, and likely will create different compass readings throughout a house.
Modern practitioners use Feng Shui in different levels and ways, but the goal is same:
To assist in achieving success in all areas of life.
Would you like to learn more about how
Feng Shui can help you sell your home, please contact Carol at Ballantyne Home Staging at 980.322.5825.
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