There is a great crowd moving towards the auditorium, and the audience brought along their laptop or notebooks to take notes from the important speaker that day. It was not their company’s CEO, neither was it their Chief Financial Controller. The important speaker of the day was a Feng Shui Master. Feng Shui has always been an attractive and mysterious business when it comes to properties. Most buyers will take on the basics of property Feng Shui when they look for new investments or a new home to move to. Some of the general tips include a house with its front facing the sea and the back against a mountain, and to avoid a house directly facing a T-junction.

Some owners might even consult a Feng Shui Master to help them determine whether to buy a house, and if they already bought it, how they should renovate the house to bring out the best of the home to bring prosperity to its owners. The Feng Shui Master then proceeds to ask for the birth dates and other details of the people staying in the house, and then checking on the house with a traditional luopan to see the compatibility of the owners to the location. If you are one of those who do not wish to engage in a Feng Shui Master, you may use some simple logic to help you. One of the first things you will wish to take note on is the colours of your wall. Feng Shui Masters advise against dark colours as they supposedly bring bad luck to you eventually, but by simple logic, dark colours may suppress your feelings and bring your mood down. So, do get some bright colours such as white or yellow, and these will lift your moods up anytime.

Other than this, you might also want to ensure that there are no odd-shaped items in your interiors. By logical thinking, it will potentially cause injury if you bump into them accidentally. Neither will you want to put anything in front of your door, which means obstructing your walkway. Sometimes, Feng Shui is just logical thinking and common sense. Just decorating your home with lovely and safe furnishing will give you a lot of peace and good luck for a long time. Comfort is the key ingredient to an excellent home.

Landscaping is important to the feng shui of a property as well. Are the trees healthy? Are there birds or squirrels around? Thats good. A big, open yard is good too, allowing for lots of good energy to flow into the front door. But remember, any garden should be larger in the back than it is in the front, and it should never be bigger than the house itself. This goes for swimming pools, patios, or a gazebo, and anything inside the house as well. Everything should be proportional to the house doors, windows, or a fireplace. Anything that looks too big probably is, and that throws off the balance.

Straight lines are never good. For example, the front path should not be a straight and narrow sidewalk. A wide, winding path is a much better, allowing for a steady flow of good energy. Trees should not be super tall, especially close to the house itself. If they dwarf the home, they block light and hinder the flow of Chi. The further from the house, the higher they can go. This is not really too big a deal when thinking about buying a property, as it’s easily corrected there are, after all, many companies that can take care of this for a fee. But its something to think about.

The entrance is very important in the feng shui of the house, as it is how the energy gets into your home. Theres a lot to think about when it comes to the front door. It should not be set too deeply in the frame, it should face out into the street (not sideways, like in many duplexes), and it should open inwardly. It should not be further back from the garage, as the good energy should reach your door before any other part of the house. And once in the door, there should be no direct lines to the back door, a bathroom, the kitchen, or the bedroom, or you let the energy just flow right out. So watch for that.

These feng shui principles basically deal with balance and flow of the property. The goal is to promote a better living environment, and they might be something to consider when purchasing a home. While these principles are important to keep in mind, the key to using feng shui is to combine it with your own aesthetic sensibility in order to improve your surroundings in a way that is meaningful to you.