Feng shui, explained plainly
Feng shui traditions generally treat what a picture shows as more significant than how well it is painted. A calm landscape, a body of still water, or a pair of birds is read differently from a solitary figure, a wilting flower, or a scene of conflict — because the image is thought to set a … Read more
Feng shui does not treat clocks as neutral décor. Most published guidance — largely from the Western Black Sect (BTB) adaptation — holds that a clock’s position, sound and visibility affect a room’s chi (qi), and gives specific rules on which wall it belongs on, whether it should be visible from bed, and whether it … Read more
In the tradition, wind chimes are said to disperse or redirect chi (qi) — the moving air and sound break up stagnant energy in a corner, a corridor, or a spot where a sha chi (“killing energy”) is thought to collect, such as the line facing a sharp corner or a long straight hallway. What … Read more
Feng shui treats an aquarium as a concentrated dose of moving water, and water is one of the five elements associated with wealth and career flow in several schools. The tradition holds that a tank should be clean, well-placed, and never in a bedroom — but none of this is universal, and the popular “eight … Read more
Feng shui treats water as one of the five elements, and moving water indoors — a tabletop fountain, an aquarium, a wall-mounted feature — is read as an active symbol of that element rather than a neutral decoration. What it is said to do, and where it should or shouldn’t go, depends heavily on which … Read more
Most feng shui teaching treats dried plants as carrying “dead” or spent chi and generally advises against them, particularly in bedrooms. Artificial plants are viewed more mildly — acceptable as visual stand-ins for greenery where real plants cannot survive, provided they are clean, undamaged, and not mistaken for a substitute in a spot the tradition … Read more
Certain houseplants — the jade plant, pothos, lucky bamboo, peace lily and snake plant among them — are the ones that keep appearing in feng shui advice, mainly because they are hardy, tolerate low indoor light, and are read within the tradition as steady, upright, and long-lived. The reasoning given is symbolic, not medical or … Read more
Feng shui treats a mirror as an active object, not a passive decoration. Because it reflects and can double the appearance of light, movement or a doorway, different schools give it different jobs: amplifying chi (qi) in one reading, or creating unwanted duplication and disturbance in another. There is no single “feng shui rule” for … Read more
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