After attending day two of the Happiness and it’s Causes Conference at Sydney’s Town Hall, one of the practical components of the day was about using the powers of Feng Shui. So today I am going to be Feng Shui(ing) (I’m really not sure if that’s a word) my bedroom whilst I write this. Keep in mind, I am no Feng Shui expert, I am just putting into practise what I learnt at the conference as well as from a couple of google searches.
The first step for Feng Shui(ing) my room is to find out what my number is. No not that number (my room already knows what that number is). You need to find out your Kua number, which is based on your birth date. You Kua number can be worked out like so.
KUA NUMBER FOR A FEMALE:
1. Add the last two numbers of your year of birth and bring it to a single digit.
2. Add your single digit to number 5. (and bring it to a single digit if required)
3. This is your Kua Number!
KUA NUMBER FOR A MALE:
1. Add the last two numbers of your year of birth and bring it to a single digit.
2. Deduct your single digit from number 10.
3. This is your Kua Number!
Keep in mind, this is based off your Chinese Year of Birth, so those born in Janurary and Feburary need to be a little cautious and find out which Chinese Year they were born in, as the dates vary from year to year.
Using your number, you will be able to place yourself in the East Group or the West Group.
- The East Group Kua numbers are 1, 3, 4 and 9.
- The West Group Kua numbers are 2, 6, 7 and 8
From working out if you belong in the East Group (like me!) or the West Group, you will be able to figure out which directions work best for you and which corners and areas of your space (whether it be your whole house, or someone like me who lives with their parents, just the bedroom) create the best energies for your life. You might need a compass for this, or at least a good sense of north, south east and west.You will also need to divid your room into sections, which corralate to aspects of your life.
Putting this into practise, the first shocking thing that I noticed was that this section of my room, is my section for love,marriage and relationships.
The first reason why this seemed alarming was because my section for love is found in my closet(could Feng Shui be trying to tell me something?) but what also is alarming, is that this chest of draws contains all the stuff my ex has given me over the years that I just shovered in there to forget about and haven’t thought about since. This also includes a birthday present from him, which was a jumper/sweater from his college in USA. (how it got past me that he has narcissistic tendencies is beyond me sometimes) This is the first thing that needs to go from my love area. The second thing that needs to be removed is a photo of my gay friend Michael, in which he framed, signed and gave me for my birthday. Items also found in the love section include boxing gloves,Introduction to Psychology of Health textbook and a lot of rubbish and clutter. (It’s almost like a bad omen) The number one Feng Shui rule is to remove all clutter. It however, is still in a closet, but seeing as my parents refused to assist me in transforming the guest room into my new room, it will just have to do.
My love section is now clutter free, ex-boyfriend free, boxing glove free and health psychology free. It is clean, organised and with plenty of calm symbols, pictures of friends and spare draws (to invite someone new into my life, hey I can dream)
The next area that I am drawing my attention to is my area for Money and Success. Looking at the space of my room, it could be argued that I do not even have an area for money and success as my room is not really a square space. Pointing this out to my overly positive mother, she believed that I was in fact was lucky and 2 areas for money and success. (though I think this statement might have come from a dread of having to help me move my furniture into the spare room.)
Seeing as changing bedrooms is not an option, I will have to work with what I have. My desk located in one corner is a cluttered mess and contains photos of friends and candles. It does not scream success. This has been removed and replaced with a clear desk with just a lap-top.
The sections of my room for calm and health didn’t need to much fixing, well nothing I could do immediately, (other than move my candles over there) but it is very much a working progress, now with my ex-boyfriends stuff in the bin and most of the junk from my room gone I feel better already. Bring on the positive energies and if that doesn’t work, well at least it made cleaning my room less of a chore.
What are your opinions on Feng Shui? Have you DIY Feng Shui-ed your living space? Have you ever considered putting Feng Shui into practise in your home/bedroom? Or better yet, had a professional to come in a do it for you?
