Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Feng Shui: Using the Power of the Bagua

By Herbert Reich

Feng Shui has managed to become a way of life these days. Restaurants, malls, shops and even public places have realized the importance of Feng Shui and its various facets. One of the most important aspects of Feng Shui is the Bagua map. Octagonal in shape, this map helps you to understand and apply the aspects of Feng Shui correctly to your home and office. The Bagua is a great tool to bring all the elements of Feng Shui into harmonious synchronization!

The basic principle of Bagua dictates that there are nine aspects of Feng Shui, which correspond to the aspects of our lives. Each of these aspects is an integral part of our life and needs to be harmonized for best results. It's an accepted fact that subtle vibrations play a very important role in our lives. The right vibrations can help is achieving prosperity while the wrong ones can create problems in our lives. According to the Bagua, there are nine areas of our lives, namely: family, health, relationships and love, prosperity, fame and reputation, creativity and children, skills and knowledge, helpful people and travel, and career.

Feng Shui and the Bagua suggest people with money problems concentrate on prosperity. The associated elements are water, wood, and the color purple. When you want your fame to grow, then the area of fame and reputation is to be concentrated upon in Bagua. This aspect is governed by the elements of fire and wood. The color of this aspect is red. If you want to enhance or initiate a new relationship, then you need to concentrate on the area of relationship and love in Bagua. The color of this aspect is pink and it's ruled by the elements of earth and fire.

These days there are a lot of divorces happening across the world. If you have a family issue that needs to be sorted out then you need to concentrate on the family area of Bagua. This aspect has the main element as water. The colors associated with this aspect are green, black and blue. If you are suffering due to your health, then you can harmonize the health aspect of Bagua. The colors related to this area are yellow, brown and orange. Health is governed by the components of fire and earth.

As our children grow, we tend to have a number of adjustment issues and problems with them. The Bagua has answers for this problem through the life area of children and creativity. This aspect helps in issues with the children and also our creative energies. It is governed by the colors yellow and earth tones and metal element. Skills and knowledge in life can be enhanced by the color black and green with the element earth. We all need people in our lives to help us at some or the other point in life. This area can be enhanced by the colors white and black and the elements metal and water. Career can be improved by blue and white and metal element. Feng Shui has all the answers in the form of Bagua, which can teach us to harmonize our lives and truly be happy. - 15252

About the Author: