Ship with Gold Coins

The sailing ship is considered as a symbol of high achievement in one's work and success in business. A model ship can be displayed in the office or home. While displaying, make sure that the ship is sailing inwards, and not outwards. The ship should be sailing towards the inside of the office. If the sailing ship appears to be facing the door or sailing away, it symbolises that all your opportunites are going away and you may have loses in business.

Another important thing to note, is the kind of model ship you install. If you display the model of the Titanic which as you know sank, it could result in your business sinking too!! So display the right kind of ship. The next step you can do is to put a few imitation gold coins in the ship which is symbolic of good fortune coming your way and is very auspicious. If you cannot find imitation gold coins, then you can just put some coins and money in the ship.

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Avoid Ceramic / Earthen Ware in the North

The North of the house is of 'Water' element and in the destructive cycle of elements. The earth element destroy water. hence, ceramic or earthen ware shoule not be kept in this area of your house as this is harmful to the water energy of this area and such can affect your 'career' negatively.

Items made of crystalware and chandeliers made of lead glass crystal are also not to be placed, in this area of North.

Genuine quarts crystal balls, are also not to be hung in this area.

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Globe in the North East for Education and Knowlege

The placement of a globe depicting the whole planet Earth is also good enhancer of education and knowledge. If kept in the NE corner of your house, because the element of this area in the earth.

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Chinese Coins for Money Luck

The use of CHinese coins to activate money luck is very effective. You can take three Chinese coins and tie them with a red thread. This you can keep in your purse or wallet. It symbolises a continuous source of income for an individual. You can use three coins, rather than four or five since the number three itself is very auspicious.

Tying the coins with a red thread is necessary as the red thread activates the coins and gives out yang energy.

These coins given as gifts to someone is wonderful. You can even add the coins to the gifts and presents that you are giving, since it is considered very auspicious.

These old chinese coins, are round coins with square hole in the centre.

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Metal Vase with White Flowers in North

The north area of your house corresponds to your 'Career & Opportunities' Enhance this area with the placement of metal vase preferably, wrought iron or steel vase, with artificial white coloured flowers.

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Musical Clocks

You sould go and select a good musical clock and buy it and fix it in your house. The music should be a soft tune and pleasing to the ear. Remember feng shui is about balance, hence too loud a sound becomes noise.

Remember to never hang a clock above any door or doorway!

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Avoid Blue Colour Pictures and Water Scenery in South

The south area of your house is of the 'Fire' element, and is connected to the 'Fame' aspirations of life on the Pa-Kua. In destructive cycle of elements, 'Water' destroy 'Fire'. Hence, scenes of water in this blue coloured articles kept here are better removed, because the colour blue is symbolic of the water element.

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Round Off Sharp Edges and Corners

Sharp corners and edges of furniture should be smoothly rounded-off, as these are sources of Shar Chi ( bad energy ). When you make new furniture, always make sure that all furniture is rectangular but with sith rounded corners and edges. Whenever possible also round off the exposed column and beam edges.

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Seven Rod Windchime in West

The West are of your house corresponding to Children and Creativity, has the number 7 attached to it on the Lo-Shu grid, hence hanging a seven rod metal windchime here enhances the energy of this area strongly..

Here, we should note that the element of the West corner is metal.

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Red Picture or Object in South

The South zone of your house is the one that corresponds to the 'Fame' aspiration in life. The element of this area is fire and you can enhance your fame, anme and goodwill by hanging a red colour picture, in this area or keeping a red colour objec here, because the colour red is symbolic of the fire element.

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Three Lucky Coins in Cash Box

Old Chinese coins are one of the most effective means of enhancing wealth, luck and prosperity. Three Chinese coins tied with a red thread can be kept in the cash box for increasing your wealth.

another excellent way to improve the sales in your shops is by installing a mirror which reflects your cash box. Mirrors are an effective way of improving your Feng Shui luck. Mirrors can be put anywhere in the shop, except where the main door is being reflected, because this will be very harmful. If the mirror reflects the main door of the shop, rather than the cash register, all the energy entering the shop will be reflected, and directly go out, as also all the good fortune can go out.

Mirrors reflecting the goods in a shop symbolises that the goods are doubled, and so is the turnover of the shop. The shop appears to be well stocked at all the times, and when the cash box is reflected, it symbolises wealth and good fortune, being doubled.

You may even tie the 3 lucky Chinese coins with the red thread over your cash register book, and all important account books, etc.

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Cream Flowers in Yellow Earthen Vase in West

The west area of the house, has the metal element and metal is produced by earth in the productive cycle of elements. hence, keeping a yellow coloured ceramic or earthen vase in the west, with artificial cream coloured flowers will enhance the metal energy of this area and will have benefits on 'Creativity and Children' which is the life aspiration, the west area corresponds to.

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Avoid Green Plant in South West

The SW corner of your house is of the 'earth' element and is connected to relationship and marriage aspirations. Green plants are of the wood element and in the destructive cycle of elements, wood destroys earth. The presence of green plants here hence is harmful to the earth energy of this area and can affect relationship badly. It will also reduce marital prospects. If you have already kept green plants in this area of your house, please get rid of them immediately.

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Agarbattis for Cleansing Negative Energy

People in every household use agarbattis (incense sticks for worshipping God). Agarbattis give out a lovely fragrance and at the same time have a wonderful effect on the surrounding place. They are extremely useful, as they cleanse the air of negative energies.

Burning of incense sticks creates energy, that purifies the place and has calming effect on people. So, burning of agarbattis and incense sticks daily is excellent and very auspicious.

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Gayatri Mantra or Sacred Chants

Every morning, after the daily prayers, chant the Gayatri Mantra, or put on a casette playing this in the house for some time. This fills up the house with good vibrations. You may say sacred chants of your own religion, instead of the Gayatri Mantra, if you are nota Hindu.

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Avoid Bright Lights and Red Objects in North West

There are times in one's life, when a person receives unexpected help from another person, r when one is betrayed by his own people. In feng shui, there are ways in which one can enhance the mentor luck, i.e: luck of helpful people in your life.

The North West is the corner for mentor luck, and you can energise this corner by hanging a hollow sixrod windchime made of metal here, since metal is the element of this corner.

Do not place bright lights or chandeliers in the NW corner of your home, as it is extremely harmful. Red objects symbolise fire, and are bad when kept in the NW. It can lead to betrayal and no helpful people around you, when you need them the most.

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Avoid Metal Objects and Scissors in South East

The element of the SE is wood, and in the destructive cycle of 5 elements, metal cuts (destroys) wood. Hence, keeping sharp metal objects like scissors, knives, etc in this area is harmful to the energy of this area. The negative effect hinders prosperity, because the life aspiration attached to the area is 'wealth'.

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Metal Turtle in the North

Place a metal model of a turtle or terrapin in a small bowl of water and keep it in the north zone of your home. The turtle is a good enhancer of longevity and also, in the north, it is an enhancer for career opportunities. You should just keep the model of metal turtle alone, without the water bowl, if you happen to have a bedroom in the north zone of your house, since keeping water in the bedroom is not advisable.

Keeping an actual / real turtle / terrapin, in a small vessel of water, in this area is an even better enhancer, but the metal turtle works well too.

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Curtains for Good Luck

Curtains and all the upholstery in the house or office, can be designed to suit your personal element, and can bring good luck.

The colour and design on a curtain differ according to its location. Ideally, the curtain should have 2 layers. The curtains in a west room should be white since the element of this area is metal, which signifies white. Similarly, for a room which is in the north, blue curtains are most suitable, since the element here is water. The south corner of a house can have curtains with a triangular pattern, and red colour; this is symbolises the fire element. or an east room which is governed by the element wood, rectangular curtains would be good, and they can be of green colour.

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Non functional Clocks & Appliances

Remove all clocks and watches which are not working from your house. Please get rid of them at the earliest as they are quite harmful.

For those who had old clocks that have sentimental values for them, please take care of them, get them repaired and serviced, and keep them in functioning condition.

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Don't Sit with Your Back to the Door

One should never sit in an office with one's back to the door, even if this means sacrificing your personal luckiest direction, for a second best one. Sitting with your back to the door, causes back stabbing or cheating or frauds and also lack of control, because the main door is not in your view.

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No Calendar Over, or on Any Doors

Never hang calenders on the back or front of any doors or doorways, because hanging calender or clocks over doors or above them, especially above the main door is bad for longevity of the inmates, as it is symbolic of telling you how many days are left in your life.!

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Don't sit Facing a Blank Wall

Since the advent of computers and Internet in a big way, lots of senior executives of big companies, and even big business sitting, facing a blank wall with a computer screen in front of them.

For the visitors, they provide an informal kind of seating arrangement on a sofa on the side. This is very unhealty trend, because the key decision maker is facing a blank wall. He will slowly become a man with short term thinking, whereas, he needs to be aperson, with a long term vision.

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Mountain behind you for support

In any office, the important decision making executives should never sit with their backs to the door, since this almost amounts to betrayal or cheating.

It is adviseable to strengthen the back support by hanging a picture of a mountain on the wall just behind your seat. The best mountain type, is the one resembling a turtle. The mountain behind your back, is symbolic of strong support behind you, and increases the feeling of self confidence. People with weak will and lack of self confidence, should definetely make use of this measure for their benefit.

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Dragon for Good Luck

The Dragon is a symbol of excellent Yang energy. You can energise your office by keeping the model of a Dragon on the east side of your office. The east is the direction associated with this celestial creature. The element of the east is wood, hence a Dragon carved out of wood is very good. You may even use Dragons made of ceramic or crystal, but don't keep metal ones because metal destroys the wood element, of the east.

The Dragon is a symbol of tremendous yang energy. Hence, it is very good to display pictures of dragons in the east of restaurants, shops, departmental stores, etc, wherever lot of energy and movement is desirable.

Avoid the display of the dragon model, or its pictures in the bedrooms because these are places shere we intend to give rest to our tired bodies, and there, a symbol as yang as the dragon, is not desirable.

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Phoenix for Success

The Phoenix is one of the celestial animals of Feng Shui and Chinese mythology. It symbolises the luck of wish fulfilment. The Phoenix is very effective in activating the south corner. To energise your luck, look for symbols, paintings or pictures of the Phoenix, and affix those on the south corner of your office. The Phoenix image at a distance on the South also symbolises farsightedness, which is essential for any intelligent business.

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Horse-Shoe for Good Fortune

The horse shoe is considered a lucky charm in the West as well as India! The shape of the horse shoe describes the ideal land configuration of Feng Shui, hence it is considered a favourable shape as per Feng Shui also.

In India, traditionally people considered the horsee shoe as a lucky charm and use it by affixing it above their main doors for protection and good luck.

It is said that the real horse shoe which a horse has worn, and which has been energised by the horse's galloping, is really lucky! If you happen to find such a horse shoe, you can affix it above your main door on the outside above the door frame. The ideal way is to affix it with its prongs pointing downwards.

Since the horse shoe is of the metal element, avoid its usage, for east and south east facing doors. It is especially effective for west, north west and north facing doors.

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Bamboos for Luck

Bamboo plants are considered a very potent symbol of longevity in Feng Shui! Bamboo represent strong growth even in the midst of adverse circumstances, and symbolise the ability to withstand all kinds of stormy weather!

The bamboo plant symbolises long life and good health. The bamboo plant also symbolises good fortune. Hence, you may energise your office or house even with the picture of a bamboo plant. Hanging a bamboo stem in your retail shop can create a good protection chi for your shop. The business will symbolically survive harsh times, and flourish during good times, like the bamboo plant! You may use a pair of bamboo stems tied with red thread on the wall, opposite the main entry of the shop. They should open at both ends and can be approximately six-inch to eight inch long.

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Telephone and Fax at Right Place

The telephone and the fax machines are communication devices. They are harbingers of business to you. Whenever the phone rings, you get excited at the opportunity of a customer calling you up, to give business to you, or asking for your goods or services. It is always desirable to have customers, who are sympathetic to you, and are almost like mentors to you. The telephone and fax machines are of the methal element. Hence, due to both the above reasons, the placement of the telephones and fax machines in the north west corner of the office, as far as possible.

Here we should note that the north west is the area of helpful people, and its element is metal.

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Water at the Door

A water feature at the door is considered a very lucky feature. It is especially useful for north facing, east facing and south east facing doors. The water feature must be carefully kept, only on one side of the door and that also to the left side only, i.e : to the left when you are standing inside the house, and looking outside. This is shown in the sketch drawn below for more clarity.





This type of water feature, kept as above is considered very lucky and gives lots of benefit. It may be in the form of a fish tank, or even a picture of blue water with dolphins jumping upwards, playfully.

Always remember that we should never keep the water feature to the right of the door, as this could cause a side effect. It could cause the man of the house to develop a roving eye, or even the entry of a third person in your marriage.

Never keep water, on both sides of the door, because water on both sides of the door is like tears in the 2 eyes.

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Luck from Colours

Whenever you are renovating or repainting your house, you can energise it with the use of colours as per the chart given below. You can paint rooms in the particular colours, according to the element of the area, or the element that produces it. You have to be careful to avoid the colours that go against (destroy) the element of the area. For e.g : avoid blue colour or black colour in south side room. Avoid green colour in the north east room.

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Couple Without Baby

A baby, is like a lamp of bright light in your life. It is indeed very sad, that many couples are childless, despite apparently no problem with their spouse. It is the effect of the past paced modern city life and pollution. The stress and the effects of air pollution and etc, probably reduce the heat of the womb, and fertilisation is difficult. Feng shui offers ways and means to enhance chances of conception. Each person has a lucky direction (personalized), which is his nien yen direction. The method include allocating a room in the nien yen location for the husband, and sleeping with his head in his nien yen direction.

Anyway, very often couples unable to conceive are hit by poison arrows of some kind in their bedroom, or at their main door. Check your main door and see if there is any obstruction outside it, or, a poison arrow hitting it. In an apartment, the main door may have a poison arrow of a sharp column or a wall edge pointing at the main door. Sleeping below beam, or having a column edge pointing towards you in the bedroom, is also a poison arrow. Protect yourself from all such poison arrows to enhance your chances of conception. Play soft romantic music while sleeping especially when trying for a child and be relaxed.

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Fu Lu Shou

You will find statues of the 3 Chinese Gods in all Chinese homes. Fu, Lu and Shou are the Gods of Wealth, High Rank and Longevity respectively. The statue of these 3 Gods are rarely worshipped. Their presence is merely symbolic. Their presence in the house is considered to be very very lucky.

Fu is the god of wealth, and is taller than the other 2 gods. He is generally placed in the centre.

Lu is the god of high rank and authority.

Shou is the god of longevity. He has round head which is almost bald.

Fu Lu Shou together represent the 3 most important types of good fortunes.

They are displayed together, and their presence is said to be ensure wealth, authority, respect, long life and good health.

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