Читать книгу Lillian Too’s Smart Feng Shui For The Home: 188 brilliant ways to work with what you’ve got - Lillian Too - Страница 47

There is a close relationship between different feng shui formulae and the trigrams of the Pa Kua. Knowing the eight substances associated with each trigram fosters valuable insights into them.

The eight substances and their trigram origins and compass directions are summarized here.

Fire links to the trigram Li in the south. This substance is also one of the Five Elements. This trigram symbolizes the brightness of fire and the dazzle of the sun. It stands for glory; the applause of the masses. Li also suggests activity and heat. The symbolism of the Fire substance is that of a great man who perpetuates the light by rising to prominence. The color of Li is red, the bright red that suggests celebrations and happy occasions. To benefit from the chi of the south, activate Fire in this corner.

Heaven is associated with leadership, massive yang forces, and power. The trigram is Ch’ien and the direction is northwest, the place of the patriarch. To attract the luck of heaven, activate with gold energy simulated by metal objects. To produce good feng shui for the father, place a pile of polished decorative stones in the northwest corner. Spray gold paint on the stones to simulate gold. This is a good technique, as the Element of the northwest is Big Metal, and in feng shui terms, metal is like gold. The pile of stones represents the Earth Element in which gold is found. The energies created are in harmonious balance.

Earth and Mountain These down-to-earth, grounding substances are represented by the powerful K’un and Ken trigrams. These substances of the Earth Element stand for matriarchal wisdom forces that signifies real strength, sustenance, and family-related happiness. A pile of boulders here is excellent, but do not exhaust the Earth energy by spraying gold. A crystal cluster is also excellent. The directions are southwest and northeast.

Water is the substance of power and wealth. It is a substance that can bring great prosperity or hardship and suffering, so the water chi must be harnessed carefully. It has a double-edged effect: placed in the north, water brings luck, but differentiate between the flow of water and actual placement of water. It is easier to work with water features than to harness luck from water flow, so a fish tank in the north corner of the living room, for example, is always good and always beneficial.

The other three substances are symbolized by the lake, thunder, and wind. These align with the trigrams in the west, east, and southeast. Paintings and decorative objects give life to the energies of these substances.

Gold stones in the northwest create patriarch luck.

Fish in the north of the living room bring wealth luck.