The free flow of Qi energy is what the ancient Chinese science of Feng Shui sees as the secret to a happy life. By organizing our home in accordance with her recommendations, we will create all the necessary conditions for health, love, luck, and money to come into it. How exactly to achieve this? Feng Shui of an apartment is a comprehensive concept, we will focus on the main points.

Determining Feng Shui zones in an apartment

A certain sector (zone) is responsible for each aspect of life in an apartment. Its activation leads to positive changes. But here it is important to know: what to activate and how. Let's start with the first one.

Any house is divided into 8 zones - according to the number of cardinal directions. Here they are, indicating the area of ​​responsibility of each of them:

• north – career
• northwest – travel and helpers
• northeast – knowledge and wisdom
• south – self-realization and glory
• southwest – love and marriage
• southeast - wealth
• West – children and creativity
• East – health and family.

We activate the necessary sectors

Now you need to determine which parts of your apartment they fall on. In other words, where, for example, is your wealth sector located - in the corner of the kitchen or near the entrance to the bedroom. There are three ways to find out:

1. Ba Gua. The easiest way.

• You need to draw a Ba Gua grid diagram on cardboard and cut it out. Here she is:
• The next step is to reproduce the apartment plan on paper, displaying on it all the available premises, with the exception of balconies and loggias: rooms, kitchen, bath, toilet, storage room. Maintain the same scale as on the Ba Gua grid, as well as the real proportions of the rooms.
• Remember where your windows face and connect the house plan with the Ba Gua octagon in mirror image. If the windows face east, attach a line with their designation to the western sector on the grid. Now you can see where which zones in the apartment are located.

1. Using a compass and protractor.

• Again, you will need a plan of your apartment. It must be cut along the contour.
• Now take a well-sharpened pencil and place the outline on its tip. We are looking for a balance point - a place where the paper does not fall from the pencil. This is the center of the apartment.
• Using a compass, we determine the cardinal directions and plot them on the plan, but in a mirror image. That is, where south is, we write north, where west is east, and so on.
• We connect the center of the protractor with the center of the apartment on the plan. We divide the apartment into 8 sectors (each 45 degrees). Now all sectors are at your fingertips.

1. From corner to corner. We focus on the corners of the room. We determine the sectors, standing with our backs to the front door (not to the interior doors):

• the center of the wall with the entrance door, that is, behind you is the quarry area
• the center of the wall opposite the front door is the zone of glory and self-realization
• the near left corner is the zone of wisdom and knowledge
• the near right corner is the zone of assistants and travel
• far left corner - wealth zone
• the far right corner is the zone of love and marriage
• the middle of the left side is the family and health zone
• the middle of the right side is the zone for children and creativity.

A properly drawn up housing plan will help activate the right areas

Before activating specific zones, you need to harmonize the entire space of the apartment. Because if in one place everything is according to science, and in the rest - haphazardly, nothing will work out. So, where to start arranging an apartment according to Feng Shui:

1. To clean up. This means not only washing the floor and wiping the floor, but also clearing away the rubbish, throwing away all unnecessary, unnecessary, broken things. By doing this, you will put things in order in your head, get rid of unpleasant memories and clear the way for positive thoughts. Nothing will distract you from acceptance. important decisions. If you are hesitant to remove from your life old clothes, toys, gifts - this suggests that you are not ready to part with the past. And this will prevent you from moving on and you shouldn’t count on positive changes in this case.
2. Correctly position the front door and objects at the entrance. This is important because Qi energy enters the house through the front door, and nothing should interfere with its further movement. Therefore, the front door should open inward, not outward.

Order in everything - both in the apartment and in thoughts.

If, when opening, it bumps into a wall or rests against a small and cramped hallway (corridor), this is bad. Hang a large mirror that will create the illusion of larger space.

The front door should not open onto the toilet. If this happens, keep it closed at all times.

If there are windows opposite the door, the Qi energy, as soon as it enters the house, will immediately leave through the window. With this layout, you need to curtain the windows with thick curtains.

1. Correctly arrange interior items. The main goal of organizing the interior according to Feng Shui is to allow favorable Qi energy to move freely around the house, bringing comfort and harmony to it. Therefore, you should not clutter up the space with furniture. It is better to use built-in furniture, and regular furniture should be placed along the walls. It is also worth raising it above the floor, placing it on high legs.

Massive cabinets with mirrors should not be placed opposite stairs and doors. Their reflections can bring great misfortune to the house.

Correct arrangement of objects is the key to favorable energy circulation

Do not place the TV with its screen facing a window or door. But on the contrary, it is better to place armchairs and chairs with their backs to the window.

1. Choose suitable decorations and images for your home. Everything that is associated with negativity should leave the house. For example, paintings and photographs depicting suffering, pain, death. Only pleasant, positive things that bring a smile and pleasant memories. Then thoughts will be directed only towards improving life.
2. Decorate the premises of the house in accordance with their purpose. The bedroom, for example, should be quiet and cozy. Nothing should get in the way good sleep. Therefore, there is no place for a computer or TV here. Avoid bright colors and create narrow passages.

Activation of the Feng Shui zones of the apartment

Now let’s move on to activating the sectors you need.

Sector of love and marriage. It is perhaps the most important for women. Located in the southwest. Responsible for all types of love: between a man and a woman, parents, relatives, as well as the intimate sphere.

To maintain strong marital relationships, place two candles in this sector - red and white. They will symbolize a man and a woman. You can tie the candles with a red ribbon. When disagreements arise, you need to light these candles for a short time to clear the subtle levels of energy.

For the same purpose, it is necessary that all objects in a given zone be paired. Two armchairs, two sofa cushions, a candlestick - only two-armed, and so on. There should be no portraits or photographs of single women or men. Violation of these rules can lead to divorce or the fact that the search for your soul mate will not be successful.

On the contrary, post here your wedding photos of the two of you, happy and smiling.

Pairs of doves (symbolize romantic love), butterflies, mandarin ducks, geese (they personify marital fidelity) stimulate this zone well.

Wealth sector. Located in the southeast. The main element is wood. To attract money, the science of Feng Shui recommends first of all getting rid of:

• trash cans (especially open ones)
• boxes with metal tools
• paper shredders
• unpaid bills
• broken things
• trash.

And you need to place here everything that symbolizes the Tree and what feeds it - Water and Earth:

• living plants: money tree (crassula tree), bamboo, fern
• artificial tree with leaves made of stone or Chinese coins
• toad with coins
• small fountain
• aquarium with goldfish
• paintings with images of ponds, waterfalls and other sources of water
• images of green plants and natural landscapes.

Living plants in the Wealth Sector will help you achieve what you want

There are also recommendations regarding the colors and shapes of objects located here. The best colors to use in the wealth sector are black, brown, green, blue, and light yellow (earthy). Red and orange are also acceptable, but not as primary colors. The shape of objects and drawings on them should look like rectangles, squares or waves.

Good lighting and fresh air are also necessary conditions for activating the wealth zone.

Health sector. It is no coincidence that according to Feng Shui, it is the center of the apartment: without health, there is nowhere. There will be no prosperity in any area of ​​life if there is no health. Located in the east. The main element is Wood. Therefore, the more wooden objects, living plants and green paints- all the better.

Among the symbolic objects, it is advisable to place a crane, a deer, a porcelain peach, a pine tree and a bamboo here. They represent health and longevity.

The following can be harmful to health:

• sharp corners and overhanging beams (drape them, cover them with climbing plants);
• the proximity of the bed through the wall to the kitchen stove, bathtub or toilet (rearranging it will help);
• things left over from previous residents who were ill for a long time (wash everything thoroughly and “ring” with air bells).

By eliminating everything that prevents the arrival of positive events, you can significantly increase your chances of success and happiness.

Sometimes we don’t feel comfortable in our own home, we can’t fully relax, and we often get sick. This suggests that positive energy is in a state of dormancy, it needs to be activated so that it begins to work for us. Feng Shui rules for an apartment will help with this. By following them, you can gradually improve your life.

Feng Shui apartment number

Numbers have always been given importance great importance. Fortune telling was carried out using them; important holidays with mystical origins were tied to dates. In China, belief in numbers is especially common. Feng Shui attributes great significance to even seemingly insignificant numbers of apartments and houses. A door is a separator of external and internal space, a portal to your individual world, and apartments are extremely important. The well-being of all those living inside largely depends on what number hangs on the door.

Lucky apartment numbers according to Feng Shui are 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 . One is always the beginning of something new, a birth, which represents a happy event. Two is balance, like yin and yang. The number three in all cultures has mystical powers, and six and nine are multiples of three, therefore they also bring happiness. In addition, nine represents the culmination of the cycle and the imminent achievement of the peak. In addition, the word nine in Chinese means longevity.

Number four is best avoided as it is considered unlucky. It sounds like the word death in Chinese. The number seven is also unlucky. Five is simply neutral, bringing neither happiness nor unhappiness. When the apartment number consists of one digit, it is easy to judge. If you have a two-, three- or four-digit number, you need to add all the numbers and continue adding until you get a number from 1 to 9. Example: for apartment number 156 you need to add 1+5+6=12 , then perform the following action 1+2=3. And by the number three you can judge the energy in the apartment.

Feng Shui zones in the apartment

Inside the home, it is extremely important to correctly configure the energy in order to achieve the desired effect in one or another area of ​​life. According to the Ba Gua map, the Feng Shui of an apartment consists of 8 sectors or zones. They are located on the cardinal points, and on the map the cardinal directions are mirrored. To correctly distribute the zones, the map must be turned over, and only then applied to the apartment plan. The size of the home does not matter at all. So, the Feng Shui of a one-room apartment or a spacious penthouse is determined in a similar way.

Feng Shui wealth zone in the apartment

The main element of this zone is wood. Colors – green, violet, lilac. The talisman is water. Therefore, when approaching the question of how to furnish an apartment according to the style, first of all you need to take care of the presence of a water feature here - an aquarium, an indoor fountain, or at least an image of water. You can put a beautiful vessel filled with water.

To increase the family’s wealth and attract money to the house, in the wealth sector it is necessary to increase lighting and remove all trash, which in general Feng Shui does not accept in an apartment. You can place a model of a sailboat here, the bow of which will be directed into the room. It would be good if the sailboat was made of wood, and coins could be placed inside it. It is also customary to place symbols of wealth here - Chinese coins, money tree, money toad.

Feng Shui love zone in the apartment

The main element of the love zone is earth. Colors – red, pink, brown, terracotta. The most common talismans that decorate the Feng Shui love sector in an apartment are paired figurines of birds and animals. These could be swans, mandarin ducks, pigeons, dolphins. Also symbolic in this case are images and figures of hearts. You can complement the love corner with a couple of scented candles, fresh flowers, and heart-shaped pillows.

It is logical that this zone is responsible for romantic relationships with the opposite sex, a strong marital bond. In addition, with the activation of this zone, you can strengthen relationships with family and close friends. Post photos with your loved ones here. But sharp objects, thorny plants, images of sad and lonely people are extremely unacceptable here.

Feng Shui health zone in the apartment

The main element is earth. Colors – yellow, orange, terracotta, beige. Apartment Feng Shui offers the following talismans for activating the health zone - turtle, bamboo, monkeys, cranes, depicted against a background of pine trees. This zone is located in the very heart of the apartment, in its center. And it is also a spiritual center, responsible for the well-being and health of not only the body, but also the soul. This zone unites all other zones and influences them, so you should always keep order here so that other areas of your life do not suffer.

Activation of energy in the apartment occurs when this sector is well lit. It is advisable to hang a crystal chandelier in the center of your home, the crystals of which will direct positive energy to all corners of the apartment. You can also activate the zone using clay jugs, wooden objects, fresh indoor flowers, an odd number of fruits, bamboo branches, seascapes and pebbles.

Career zone according to Feng Shui in the apartment

The main element is water. Colors – blue, blue, black, white. Talismans - Chinese turtles, mirrors, coins, wind chimes. Additionally, this zone is a sector of the life path. She is responsible for everything that will help you earn money, as well as for everything that will lead to spiritual development. In dreams of career growth, the activation of Feng Shui zones in the apartment should be accompanied by the installation of turtle figurines and a small fountain. If the goal is to consolidate the achieved effect, then you need to hang an image of calm water. Aquariums, sailboats and other water talismans have a good influence.

Children's zone according to Feng Shui in the apartment

At the same time, this zone is a creative zone. The main element is metal. Colors – white, silver, gold, yellow, gray. , which can be used to diversify the design of an apartment according to Feng Shui in this sector - figurines of children, bells, wind chimes, shells, horseshoes, plants with round leaves. Since the apartment sector according to Feng Shui is responsible for creative success, new projects and the birth and raising of children, your and your child’s self-expression, the method of activating this zone depends on the needs.

If you want to achieve creative success, place objects and images related to your hobbies here. For a seamstress, this could be a machine and spools of thread. For the artist - an easel and brushes with paints. For a musician - the instrument he plays and music books. If you can't cope with raising children, you can't find relationships with them. mutual language, place items associated with their astrological signs in this area. Also arrange and hang children's drawings, crafts, indoor plants, photos with children.

Feng Shui travel zone in the apartment

She is also responsible for the assistant, mentor, Teacher. The main element is metal. Colors – gold, silver, white. Talismans - photos of parents and other people you respect, a horseshoe, metal bells, images of exotic corners of the planet. The arrangement of this zone predetermines the appearance of people who can help you in difficult situations, instruct you, and patronize you. Placing figurines of the deities Ganesha and Guin here will help strengthen the influence of this sector.

How to arrange an apartment according to Feng Shui if your goal is travel? First of all, post photos of places where you would like to go, as well as images of travelers and various Vehicle. Increase lighting, remove all broken objects and images with erotic overtones. All kinds of firearms are also undesirable here.

Apartment according to Feng Shui - rules

There are several basic rules that must be followed if you want to improve the atmosphere in your home and activate beneficial energy:

1. Get rid of clutter. Everything that has long ceased to be useful to you, has lost its original appearance, is broken, cracked, or does not function should be removed from the house without regret. By doing this, you will make way and space for new energy that will fill your home and bring prosperity.
2. Protect the entrance to your apartment using Feng Shui. To prevent the negative energy of people coming to you from penetrating into you, hang a mirror above the front door. It will reflect and return negativity to the one who came with it. This method is good in the fight against damage and curses.
3. Provide free space and light in the hallway and living room. Do not keep clothes and shoes that are out of season. Keep these two rooms clean and tidy.
4. Keep an eye on the head of the furniture. There should not be empty space behind the bed, sofa, or armchairs; they should be placed against a wall or partition, which serve as a symbol of support and confidence in different life situations.
5. Pay attention to the location of windows and doors. Feng Shui of an apartment is important in the details. If the door in the room is located opposite the window, energy flies out of the house. You can correct the situation with the help of a tall living plant on the windowsill. The plant should have round leaves that will retain the energy of the house.

Feng Shui paintings for an apartment

Paintings that complement your apartment design can act both positively and negatively according to Feng Shui. To avoid the second, you need to make sure that the images on them evoke positive emotions, and not feelings of anxiety or worry. It is better not to bring aggressive and hostile pictures into the house. You should also avoid posting portraits of deceased relatives and celebrities who are no longer alive. Abstract and incomprehensible paintings are also undesirable. They do not carry any message, and sometimes contain a hidden negative meaning that you are not even aware of.

Arranging furniture in an apartment according to Feng Shui

Furniture should not interfere with the movement of Qi energy, therefore the question of how to furnish an apartment according to Feng Shui is very important. So, the main points:

• place tall cabinets against solid walls and preferably away from doors;
• Doors and stairs should not be reflected in mirrored furniture doors;
• High backs of chairs and armchairs are preferred; their seats should be turned towards the window;
• It is better to choose round tables - it is more friendly;
• the TV does not need to be installed with the screen facing the window or door;
• the bed must be placed with its head against the wall, and the door to the room should be visible from it;
• in the kitchen you need to zone the room, separating the elements of fire and water with a table, shelf, cabinet.

Feng Shui aquarium in the apartment

According to Feng Shui, water features such as an aquarium or a fountain in an apartment are simply irreplaceable. The energy of water activates three important zones at once, so Feng Shui rules in an apartment require the presence of at least one such object. At the same time, its size should correspond to the room in order to facilitate the accumulation of energy of money, career and family, and not wash away what is there. At the same time, the aquarium must have constant water movement and good lighting. The number of fish in it must be odd.

Indoor plants according to Feng Shui in the apartment

They bring a certain energy. Their correct choice and arrangement will help harmonize the atmosphere in the house. These should be plants that stretch upward and preferably have rounded leaves. Flowers with masculine energy- this is dracaena, lemon, asparagus, chlorophytum, etc. On the female side - violet, crassula, begonia, cyclamen. For a harmonious distribution of energy, it is advisable to have plants with both energies in the house. To ensure that the energy field of a flower is always active, take good care of it, show it love and care.

Mirrors in the apartment according to Feng Shui

When starting to study how to arrange an apartment according to Feng Shui, people are certainly faced with the issue of placing mirrors. This powerful magical item is capable of attracting and repelling energy depending on its location. The mirrors of your home should not reflect the front door, bed, or unpleasant landscape outside the window. But the dining table reflected in the mirror promises an increase in wealth. The reflection of the picturesque landscape also has a positive effect - this way additional beauty will enter your home every day.

Today at modern world cosmic speeds and constant stress, followers of the Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui are becoming more and more numerous. Feng Shui is an ancient science that studies the principles of preserving and redistributing the harmony of space, the flow of cosmic energies, their impact on a person’s environment, on his emotional and physical health, as well as on his successes and achievements.

Feng Shui is based on the teachings of vital energy Qi that is scattered around in greater or lesser concentrations in different places. Followers of the teaching believe that Qi energy can be controlled.

According to the principles of Feng Shui, any space or room can be divided into zones, each of which is responsible for a specific area of ​​human activity. To divide Feng Shui zones, the so-called Bagua grid is used. The Feng Shui zone diagram is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 – Bagua grid or Feng Shui zone diagram

The Bagua grid is a regular octagonal figure with a trigram on each side. Simply put, a trigram is a combination of the symbols of the masculine and feminine Yin and Yang.
Each person can be classified into a specific trigram based on their unique qualities. Each sector in the Bagua grid with an angle of 45 degrees corresponds to a specific zone. Each zone has a corresponding Feng Shui color.
There are the following Bagua zones according to Feng Shui:

• zone of wealth;
• health zone;
• career area;
• creativity zone;
• assistants area;
• knowledge zone;
• love zone;
• zone of glory (self-realization).

How to determine Feng Shui zones

To determine the Feng Shui zones in an apartment, it is best to use a documentary plan taking into account storage rooms, toilets and utility rooms. Make a photocopy of the document for the apartment, zooming in two to three times. On the same scale, draw a schematic Bagua grid indicating the zones. Approximately determine the center of your apartment on the plan and connect it to the center Bagua grids.

Determine the direction of the world (south, north, east, west) where the windows of your apartment face. Now you need to position the Bagua grid on the plan so that it mirrors the cardinal directions in reality.

For example, south should actually match north on the Bagua grid, east should actually match west, etc. Mark the rays of the diagram and draw them from the center on the plan.

Label each sector with the corresponding zone. Now you know in which part of your apartment this or that Feng Shui zone is located. By the way, studying the Bagua grid will also be useful to you when drawing up a wish map.

To determine the Feng Shui zones in a room, stand in the center of the room and mentally divide it into eight parts. In practice, this can be done by drawing a center with chalk and drawing a circle with a radius of 0.5 meters.

Stand in the center and determine which side of the world the windows of the room face. If this is the north, then when you apply the Bagua grid, it turns out that in this part there will be a zone of glory, that is, the south. If the windows face south, then according to the teachings of Feng Shui, there will be a quarry zone, that is, north.

It is important to correctly determine the location of Feng Shui zones in the room, otherwise the effect may be the opposite.

How to strengthen Feng Shui zones

According to the teachings of Feng Shui, each person has eight categories, in the sphere of which events occur that radically affect his activities, successes and failures, mood, relationships with others, and even fate. Above, we determined the correspondence of these categories to zones on the Bagua grid and determined their location in the layout of the house where you live.

In order for the Feng Shui philosophy to work in full force, it is necessary to strengthen the zones. Activation of apartment zones occurs by placing certain objects that enhance Qi energy in each specific zone. So, for example, to activate the wealth zone, according to the Bagua grid - this is the southeast, it is enough to install an aquarium or a decorative fountain in this sector, you can hang talismans - symbolic Chinese money tied with a red ribbon.

In order for the effect of correctly placing objects in zones to be obtained, it is enough to activate several of the zones that are most important to you. For example, only zones of wealth, health and career.

Or just zones of creativity, love and health. The effect of activating only a few zones will be large-scale and affect all areas of activity. Activating zones according to Feng Shui is a way to change the energy capabilities of your apartment and increase the impact on certain areas of your life. Now let's talk a little about Feng Shui zones.

Wealth Zone

By activating this sector, we hope to improve financial health and cash flow. The wealth zone according to the Bagua grid corresponds to the cardinal direction - southeast.

The main colors of this zone are green and purple. Element – ​​water. Water is an important component of all life on earth and it is with it that talismans working in this zone are associated.

You can activate the wealth zone by installing mini-fountains with murmuring running water or an aquarium with live fish. Stagnant water will not work in this sector, and musty and capped water in this case will play a bad role and will not bring profit, but loss.

Another talisman is a model of a ship, which brings the owner good luck in business. It is important, in turn, to orient the sailboat into the room with its bow.

Health zone

The health zone is located in the east of the Bagua grid, and in the center of the diagram. The main color is terracotta, the element is earth. The main mascots of this zone are considered to be paintings depicting cranes against a background of pine trees. Do you remember how they were like that in Soviet times?

So now is the time to rummage through the closets, clean them and hang them in the center of your apartment. It turns out that people lived according to Feng Shui during Soviet times! And, by the way, crystal chandeliers, especially the round ones, which hung in our Soviet apartments, are also excellent talismans for the health zone!

Peaches are also a symbol of health. They can be placed fresh on the table; by the way, the dining table itself is also a talisman of this zone and should be placed, if possible, in the middle of your room. All sorts of interesting things, figurines, positive books, CDs with songs and videos placed in the health sector also have a good effect.

Career zone

Landmark – north, element – ​​water, colors – black, blue and cyan. A person spends most of his life at work; success at work and moving up the career ladder are sometimes very difficult, take a long time, and sometimes nothing happens at all.

If you want to change anything in your work, move up your career ladder, get a different position, or change your profession, then you just need to activate this sector.

To activate the career zone, the turtle is best suited - a talisman of reliability, crawling slowly but surely towards its goal. The more turtles you install in this area, the better. Water talismans - sailboats, aquariums, fountains, paintings depicting water - will also have a good effect.

Children and creativity zone

The main colors of this zone are white, metallic, silver and gold, the element of the zone is metal, and the creativity zone is located in the west of the Bagua grid.

This zone is not only responsible for creativity, but is also considered a children's zone. This is caring for children, children's success, maternal happiness, everything that concerns children - by activating this sector, you can achieve good results in raising children and creative success.

Good talismans for the creativity zone are “wind chimes” - bells that are hung near the doors of stores. It is important that the bell tubes are hollow, without sharp edges. Figures of small children are also considered mascots of this zone.

Helpers area

It is also a travel zone. Located in the northwest of the diagram, colors are white, metallic, gold, silver.

Activation of this zone allows you to find a patron among your superiors, get a lobby, outside support, have a relaxing trip, have a great vacation, etc.

To activate, you will need images of angels, portraits of well-known and authoritative people, icons of saints.

Knowledge Zone

Located in the northeast of the Bagua grid, colors are shades from light beige to brown, element is earth. Activation of this sector allows a person to achieve success in learning, self-improvement and gaining experience.

The main talisman is a snake, any images of a snake, figurines, and various crystals.

A good effect is achieved by activating the zone with the help of porcelain vases and figurines - they are made using clay, which in its properties belongs to the element of earth. You can install a globe in this zone, which is also an excellent talisman of the earth.

Love zone

Oriented to the southwest of the diagram, element – ​​earth, color – terracotta. The name itself speaks volumes about what this sector is responsible for. Everything related to romantic, marital relationships, stability in relationships, fidelity and sexual relationships takes on great importance in this zone.

You can activate this zone with the help of paired things - figurines of a man and a woman kissing, a photo of you together in which you are happy, fresh flowers, chocolates, hearts, etc.

Glory Zone

Fire zone – the main element of this sector is fire. The color is supposed to be red. This zone can be activated by installing additional lamps. The main talismans are a figurine of a dove; other birds (not birds of prey or wooden figurines) are also possible.

Place all your achievements in the glory zone: cups, diplomas, medals and other awards, as well as symbols of your birth: astrological signs, an image of a constellation, your zodiac sign, etc.

Determining zones according to Feng Shui is fundamental in studying the methods of influence of surrounding objects on human life. The knowledge of Feng Shui has existed for almost 4,000 years; during this time, many people have taken advantage of the experience of their ancestors accumulated over centuries and found their happiness.

And there is no book that could describe all the knowledge and the entire philosophy of teaching. Feng Shui is a way of life, an understanding of the ways of placing energy in space and methods of managing this energy, these are techniques often lost for centuries, and are being discovered every day again and again. Feng Shui is logic bordering on the magic of objects.

The free flow of Qi energy is what the ancient Chinese science of Feng Shui sees as the secret to a happy life. By organizing our home in accordance with her recommendations, we will create all the necessary conditions for health, love, luck, and money to come into it.

How exactly to achieve this? Feng Shui of an apartment is a comprehensive concept, we will focus on the main points.

Determining Feng Shui zones in an apartment

A certain sector (zone) is responsible for each aspect of life in an apartment. Its activation leads to positive changes. But here it is important to know: what to activate and how. Let's start with the first one.

Any house is divided into 8 zones - according to the number of cardinal directions. Here they are, indicating the area of ​​responsibility of each of them:

• north – career
• northwest – travel and helpers
• northeast – knowledge and wisdom
• south – self-realization and glory
• southwest – love and marriage
• southeast - wealth
• West – children and creativity
• East – health and family.

We activate the necessary sectors

Now you need to determine which parts of your apartment they fall on. In other words, where, for example, is your wealth sector located - in the corner of the kitchen or near the entrance to the bedroom. There are three ways to find out:

1. Ba Gua. The easiest way.

• You need to draw a Ba Gua grid diagram on cardboard and cut it out. Here she is:
• The next step is to reproduce the apartment plan on paper, displaying on it all the available premises, with the exception of balconies and loggias: rooms, kitchen, bath, toilet, storage room. Maintain the same scale as on the Ba Gua grid, as well as the real proportions of the rooms.
• Remember where your windows face and connect the house plan with the Ba Gua octagon in a mirror image. If the windows face east, attach a line with their designation to the western sector on the grid. Now you can see where which zones in the apartment are located.

1. Using a compass and protractor.

• Again, you will need a plan of your apartment. It must be cut along the contour.
• Now take a well-sharpened pencil and place the outline on its tip. We are looking for a balance point - a place where the paper does not fall from the pencil. This is the center of the apartment.
• Using a compass, we determine the cardinal directions and plot them on the plan, but in a mirror image. That is, where south is, we write north, where west is east, and so on.
• We connect the center of the protractor with the center of the apartment on the plan. We divide the apartment into 8 sectors (each 45 degrees). Now all sectors are at your fingertips.

1. From corner to corner. We focus on the corners of the room. We determine the sectors, standing with our backs to the front door (not to the interior doors):

• the center of the wall with the entrance door, that is, behind you is the quarry area
• the center of the wall opposite the front door is the zone of glory and self-realization
• the near left corner is the zone of wisdom and knowledge
• the near right corner is the zone of assistants and travel
• far left corner - wealth zone
• the far right corner is the zone of love and marriage
• the middle of the left side is the family and health zone
• the middle of the right side is the zone for children and creativity.

A properly drawn up housing plan will help activate the right areas

Before activating specific zones, you need to harmonize the entire space of the apartment. Because if in one place everything is according to science, and in the rest - haphazardly, nothing will work out. So, where to start arranging an apartment according to Feng Shui:

1. To clean up. This means not only washing the floor and wiping the floor, but also clearing away the rubbish, throwing away all unnecessary, unnecessary, broken things. By doing this, you will put things in order in your head, get rid of unpleasant memories and clear the way for positive thoughts. Nothing will distract you from making important decisions. If you do not dare to remove old clothes, toys, gifts from your life, this indicates that you are not ready to part with the past. And this will prevent you from moving on and you shouldn’t count on positive changes in this case.
2. Correctly position the front door and objects at the entrance. This is important because Qi energy enters the house through the front door, and nothing should interfere with its further movement. Therefore, the front door should open inward, not outward.

Order in everything - both in the apartment and in thoughts.

If, when opening, it bumps into a wall or rests against a small and cramped hallway (corridor), this is bad. Hang a large mirror that will create the illusion of larger space.

The front door should not open onto the toilet. If this happens, keep it closed at all times.

If there are windows opposite the door, the Qi energy, as soon as it enters the house, will immediately leave through the window. With this layout, you need to curtain the windows with thick curtains.

1. Correctly arrange interior items. The main goal of organizing the interior according to Feng Shui is to allow favorable Qi energy to move freely around the house, bringing comfort and harmony to it. Therefore, you should not clutter up the space with furniture. It is better to use built-in furniture, and regular furniture should be placed along the walls. It is also worth raising it above the floor, placing it on high legs.

Massive cabinets with mirrors should not be placed opposite stairs and doors. Their reflections can bring great misfortune to the house.

Correct arrangement of objects is the key to favorable energy circulation

Do not place the TV with its screen facing a window or door. But on the contrary, it is better to place armchairs and chairs with their backs to the window.

1. Choose suitable decorations and images for your home. Everything that is associated with negativity should leave the house. For example, paintings and photographs depicting suffering, pain, death. Only pleasant, positive things that bring a smile and pleasant memories. Then thoughts will be directed only towards improving life.
2. Decorate the premises of the house in accordance with their purpose. The bedroom, for example, should be quiet and cozy. Nothing should interfere with a restful sleep. Therefore, there is no place for a computer or TV here. Avoid bright colors and create narrow passages.

Activation of the Feng Shui zones of the apartment

Now let’s move on to activating the sectors you need.

Sector of love and marriage. It is perhaps the most important for women. Located in the southwest. Responsible for all types of love: between a man and a woman, parents, relatives, as well as the intimate sphere.

To maintain strong marital relationships, place two candles in this sector - red and white. They will symbolize a man and a woman. You can tie the candles with a red ribbon. When disagreements arise, you need to light these candles for a short time to clear the subtle levels of energy.

For the same purpose, it is necessary that all objects in a given zone be paired. Two armchairs, two sofa cushions, a candlestick - only two-armed, and so on. There should be no portraits or photographs of single women or men. Violation of these rules can lead to divorce or the fact that the search for your soul mate will not be successful.

On the contrary, post here your wedding photos of the two of you, happy and smiling.

Pairs of doves (symbolize romantic love), butterflies, mandarin ducks, geese (they personify marital fidelity) stimulate this zone well.

Wealth sector. Located in the southeast. The main element is wood. To attract money, the science of Feng Shui recommends first of all getting rid of:

• trash cans (especially open ones)
• boxes with metal tools
• paper shredders
• unpaid bills
• broken things
• trash.

There are also recommendations regarding the colors and shapes of objects located here. The best colors to use in the wealth sector are black, brown, green, blue, and light yellow (earthy). Red and orange are also acceptable, but not as primary colors. The shape of objects and drawings on them should look like rectangles, squares or waves.

Good lighting and fresh air are also necessary conditions for activating the wealth zone.

Health sector. It is no coincidence that according to Feng Shui, it is the center of the apartment: without health, there is nowhere. There will be no prosperity in any area of ​​life if there is no health. Located in the east. The main element is Wood. Therefore, the more wooden objects, living plants and green colors there are, the better.

Among the symbolic objects, it is advisable to place a crane, a deer, a porcelain peach, a pine tree and a bamboo here. They represent health and longevity.

The following can be harmful to health:

• sharp corners and overhanging beams (drape them, cover them with climbing plants);
• the proximity of the bed through the wall to the kitchen stove, bathtub or toilet (rearranging it will help);
• things left over from previous residents who were ill for a long time (wash everything thoroughly and “ring” with air bells).

By eliminating everything that prevents the arrival of positive events, you can significantly increase your chances of success and happiness.

According to Feng Shui, it is the main tool for analyzing the energy assessment of any space, be it an office, a house, an apartment, or a personal plot. This octagon location is an energy map divided into 9 sectors, including the center. Each sector describes a specific aspect of a person's life. Below we will describe each of them.

Magic square Lo Shu, is a square with nine sectors, which, like the Bagua octagon, serves as a tool for analyzing the energy of rooms. According to legend, four thousand years ago, a divine turtle crawled ashore from the Lo River, with the image of numbers on its shell; the order of these numbers forms the basis of all feng shui formulas.

Different schools of Feng Shui use either the Lo Shu magic square or the Bagua octagon, both tools give almost the same result, but there is still a slight difference, but we will not consider it in this article. For beginning Feng Shui practitioners, I would recommend using the Lo Shu square, as it is easier to apply to the apartment plan.

How to use the Lo Shu square

Lo Shu Square one of the main Feng Shui tools for assessing the energy of any room. To use it, you will need a plan of your apartment or office, house, garden plot, etc., after which you will need to determine the orientation of your room to the cardinal points. To do this, take any tourist compass, stand with your back to the front door of your apartment, and take measurements with a compass; when measuring, you need to take into account interference from iron structures. So take a step forward from the door and take a second measurement, and if they match, then there is no interference and your measurement is accurate. If the results do not match, try to identify the source of interference and take measurements at a distance from it.

After you have taken measurements with a compass and accurately determined the orientation of your apartment. Apply a Lo-Shu square to the plan of your apartment, aligning it exactly with the cardinal points. Now in front of you is the energy map of your apartment, with the help of this map you can influence different aspects of your life, below we will consider them all in order.

How to correctly apply a Lo Shu square to a floor plan

According to Feng Shui practice, the correct shape of a house is a square or rectangle; in such rooms, Qi energy is distributed evenly, and applying a Lo Shu square to the house plan will not be difficult. To do this, take a plan of a house or apartment and draw lines along the load-bearing walls of the house; you should end up with a square or rectangle, depending on the shape of the building. Everything that fell overboard, balconies, ledges, all non-residential premises does not need to be taken into account. Next, evenly distribute this square or rectangle into nine identical sectors, you should end up with nine identical squares or rectangles. Then mark the cardinal directions on the diagram.

If your apartment plan does not have correct form, that is, it is not a square or a rectangle. For example, your apartment is the letter “G”, then also along the load-bearing walls, draw it to a square or rectangle.

As can be seen in the figure, the eastern zone of the apartment is completely absent; this sector belongs to the family; below we will describe them all. According to Feng Shui, the residents of this house have disagreements with parents, misunderstandings with children and everything that is associated with the family sector. If you have a similar situation and are missing any sector, do not worry, there are corrective Feng Shui remedies that correct such situations and make the energy of your home favorable.

Sectors and zones of the apartment

Knowing the descriptions of all sectors and zones of the apartment, we can analyze the energy map of our home and find out which sector should be activated first in order to feel luckier, happier, richer, etc. You will find out in which zone it is best to place

1. Career, life path - NORTH

Main element: Water.

Power element: Metal.

Colors for sector activation: White, blue, light blue, black.

The Career sector refers to how you earn a living, it indicates your life path and your goals that you are striving for. The idea is that if you're truly on track, you'll feel really good at work, you'll be enthusiastic, and you'll enjoy your job. If this is not the case, then you should pay attention to this sector in your home.

2. Relationships and love - SOUTHWEST

Main element: Earth.

Power element: Fire.

Colors for activating the sector: red, pink, all shades of brown.

The sector of love and relationships is responsible for your relationships with a loved one, as well as relationships with friends and family. If you are single or have problems in your marriage, then it is worth focusing on this sector and getting it in order. To activate the sector, you can use paired things, for example two vases, red candles, etc.

3. Family - EAST

Main element: Wood.

Power supply: Water.

Colors for activating the sector: brown, green, blue, black, a little red.

The Family sector is responsible for your relationships with children, parents, as well as your relatives. If you have disagreements with your parents or children, then you should pay attention to this sector and put it in order. To activate the sector, you can use fresh flowers.

4. Wealth - SOUTH-EAST

Main element: Wood.

Power supply: Water.

Colors for activating the sector: purple, green, lilac, a little red.

The Wealth sector is responsible for material wealth, prosperity and prosperity. It also applies to your inner perception of the world, whether you feel happy and satisfied with life. To activate the sector, you can use an aquarium with fish, a fountain, or fresh flowers with round leaves. If you are haunted by financial failures in life, then you should first of all pay attention to this sector, put it in order, remove the rubble, if any.

5. Health - Center

Main element: Earth.

Power element: Fire.

Colors for activating the sector: beige, yellow, terracotta, orange.

This central sector is responsible for your overall health, your well-being, and how quickly you restore your strength. This sector has a special location, being in the center it unites other sectors together, so it has an impact on all sectors in your home. The word health conveys the direct meaning of this sector; the health of other adjacent sectors depends on its health, that is, if this sector is not in order, there are blockages, then this will negatively affect all other sectors and have a bad impact on all aspects of life. Or vice versa, if you activate this sector, then the positive one will have a positive impact on all other sectors in your home.

6. Helpers and travel - NORTHWEST

Main element: Metal.

Power supply: Earth.

This sector is responsible for travel, patrons, support of friends in difficult moments of life, as well as spiritual mentors and intuition. Do you have someone you can turn to in difficult moments in life? Do you have authoritative friends who can help you in insurmountable situations? If you are having problems with all this, then you should pay attention to this sector and put it in order.

7. Creativity and children - WEST

Main element: Metal.

Power supply: Earth.

Colors for activating the sector: gray, white, golden, silver, yellow.

This sector is responsible for how you spend your free time, outdoor activities, or how you express yourself through art and sports. And also your relationship with children and their upbringing. If you have problems conceiving, you should also pay attention to this sector. This area also relates to your setting of life plans and their implementation, the materialization of your desires.

8. Knowledge and wisdom - NORTHEAST

Main element: Earth.

Power element: Fire.

Colors for activating the sector: orange, yellow, terracotta, beige.

This area is responsible for how you learn, understand the world, and gain experience. If you are experiencing problems in the area of ​​learning, you should first look for reasons in this sector of your home. Also this sector perfect place for home meditation and yoga classes.