The Feng Shui Bagua

Adapted from “waytofengshui.com”

The Bagua is a road map to your life. Each section or Gua directly affects different parts of your life. A total of nine Guas are located on the chart– each with special and specific characteristics and related elements which are very important to be aware of when designing your home and balancing your life.

By properly understanding and implementing harmonization techniques in each of the Bagua areas, you will in-turn be harmonizing each area of your life.

You can use this Bagua map for western Feng Shui to overlay onto the floor plan of any room you want to harmonize and increase the positive flow of Qui (Chi). Make sure that you position the Bagua map for western feng shui so that the ‘career / black / water’ section is where you enter the room via it’s main entrance. This will allow you to correctly layout the Bagua map for western feng shui and will start you on your way to improving your life.

The following represent the nine zones which correspond to nine major areas of your life; prosperity, fame and reputation, relationships, family, health, creativity and children, skills and knowledge, career and life path, helpful people and travel.

THE GUA’S

Prosperity and Abundance

If you are experiencing money problems, or financial issues of any kind, you will want to focus on the according section of the Bagua map for western feng shui. It’s color is purple and you should use wood and water elements here such as fish, money, jewelry, fountains, any red, purple or gold items.

Fame and Reputation

This life area on the Bagua map for western feng shui is used for people who are looking for any kind of improvement to their current reputation status, and becoming more recognized. It is represented by the color red and it’s most important related elements are fire and wood. You can decorate your space with items such as feng shui candles, awards, plants, incense, or any red, orange or purple items.

Relationships and Love

If you’re looking to start or improve upon a relationship of any kind, with your boss, a friend, partner or relative, you should focus in this area. It’s corresponding color is pink and its related elements are earth and fire. Think of putting paired objects like crystals, statues or pictures of loved ones, round or oval mirrors or just anything pink.

Family and Foundation

Work on this area of the Bagua map for western feng shui and expect issues with family, be it boundaries or communication, or otherwise to become much more harmonized. Its color is green, but also black and blue and its main element is water. Family photos or heirlooms would be useful in this area.

Health

Whether suffering from an illness or just aiming to improve your all-round health and keep illness at bay, the center of the Bagua map of western feng shui corresponding to the center of your space is where you should focus. It’s colors are yellow, brown and orange, and it elements are earth and fire. To achieve harmonization here use bowls and quiet music or anything yellow.

Creativity and Children

If you are wishing to have children, having difficulty with a child in your family or simply want to improve your creativity, focus your efforts here. It’s element to add in this location is metal and main colors to use are white and light earth tones. Keep your computer in this area, artwork or puzzles and of course, white objects.

Skills and Knowledge

Improving your knowledge in a particular area or acquiring new skills is a very important part of life, and this area of the Bagua map for western feng shui and corresponding space in your room can help you. Its color is blue or green and the element to use here would be earth. When using feng shui to decorate your home, be sure to lace bookcases, books or tools for self development here to boost this areas energy.

Life and Career

These areas of your life can be harmonized to improve their effect. Its color is black and the element to use is water, try using water fountains or mirrors in this space or even images of future goals you want to achieve

Helpful People and Travel

Achieve increased benefits in areas of travel, planned journeys or help from various sources that will improve your guidance, spiritual or otherwise. It’s color is silver or gray and the elements to use here are metal and water. Place images of your destinations, or any travel related items which can also be of a grey color to achieve maximum potential.

The Bagua map for western feng shui is a very direct harmonizing technique which is easy to understand and can be used to achieve amazing transformations in all areas of your life. There are also many more related objects which could be used in specific Bagua areas but I’ve given you have a good understanding to get started and improve your life right now!

This information was adapted from “waytofengshui.com“.  This is a great resource for more information on the subject.