POWERFUL FENG SHUI CURE- BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR

POWERFUL FENG SHUI CURE- BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR

1. Bagua or Pakua mirror is one of the most powerful symbol of protection in Feng Shui. In China and South East Asia it is the highest spiritual symbol and commands respect. It is used to deflect and diffuse the negative energy also known as SHA QI and it also wards off ghosts and spirits that cause bad luck and health problems. It is a octagon shaped wooden frame divided into eight sections with a mirror in the centre. The eight sections representing eight trigrams each having three lines broken or straight. Each trigrams represents a season, a direction and above all symbolically shows Family nucleus made up of father, Mother, elder son, middle son, Younger son, elder daughter, middle daughter and Younger daughter. Perhaps this is why with the Family nucleus, the Pakua is so powerful. The pakua mirrors are designed in auspicious red, green, yellow, gold colours. These colours represent growth, creativity, vigour, productivity, success and wealth. The mirror used in the centre is either concave or convex. Bagua mirrors come in various sizes, the average size being 4 to 6 inches.
   
   The bagua mirror is commonly used to disperse and neutralize the attacking negative energy or sha qi from following sources.
   
   * A lamp post, bus stop sign post, power line pole, electric transformer or a tree trunk in front of the house entrance.
   * At T- intersection where the road points at the house.
   * The sharp corners of a neighboring building, roof line edge or any structure pointing at your main door.
   * Ugly scenery
   * A cemetery, place of worship, mortuary, police station, jail opposite your home.
   * As mentioned earlier these can be used to counteract negative Qi of a spiritual nature.
   
   WHERE TO PLACE A BAGUA (PAKUA) MIRROR
   First Feng shui rule is that never hang it inside the home. This includes the apartment building hallways. Though the hallway is outside your apartment but it is inside the building. It is not a décor item.
   
   Traditionally these are placed above the main door or above a big window that is facing outside negative energies/ offending object/ poison arrow. It should be hung at the centre point. Offer some prayer to God before hanging it so that it can be charged or “opening of eye” before using it. Check the bagua mirror regularly and keep it clean. If the glass or wood is damaged, please change it. Sometime you can find metal bagua mirrors also , these are hanged in metal directions of the bagua.
   It is always advisable to consult a Feng shui expert before hanging this powerful tool.

Writer Sh.Sanjay Gupta is a renowned Feng shui and Chinese Astrology scholar and researcher. He can be contacted at email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com, mobile no. 09868812208.

Staircase Puzzle in Feng Shui

Staircase puzzle in Feng Shui

While designing a building the word “Staircase “puzzles every household, designer, consultant, and builder. A large numbers of taboos are attached with the designing and placement of staircase in a house. Staircase is the place where people go up and down. It connects the various levels of the building. Through it the ‘CHI’ moves from one level to another. The energy is constantly moving up and down in staircase. If CHI quality is weak and it moves very fast or it is blocked or unable to move to another level or it get polluted, the residents of the house can not enjoy good health and fortune. Feng shui offers very simple solution to this puzzle. Following are some guidelines for designing and placement of staircase.

Placement of staircase

· The staircase must not be in the centre of the house. It is like a knife stuck in the heart. The residents may feel stressed all the time.
· The staircase either top or bottom should not face the main door or very close to it as the chi will be pulled in and siphoned up to the next floor. Thereby creating an imbalanced rush of chi to the next floor and depriving the ground level of the much needed flow of chi (energy). Further it will pull the energy out of the main door very quickly carrying along with it the finances, energy and health of the residents.
· The staircase should not start or end in front of a toilet. It should not face a toilet door. The staircase should not face a bedroom door.
· The staircase should not face another staircase and should avoid having main staircase in living room.
· The staircases are better located on left side facing outwards i.e. the DRAGON side of the building.
· Most importantly try to locate the staircase in inauspicious sectors as per the Flying Star System of Feng Shui to press down the bad luck caused by inauspicious stars. Take proper consultation from experienced practitioner.

Designing of staircase
· DUAL staircases i.e. one form the right and one from the left of the central door or hallway not auspicious for the smaller buildings as the CHI is too quick to leave the home. If building is large like hotel etc., no problem with this design.
· The staircase should not be straight; rather they should be gently curving thus embracing the energy that comes through it.
· Avoid opening or hollow at the back of each step as it suggest leakages.
· Dilapidated stairs and unstable railing are not good.
· Avoid carpeting stairs with RED colour as it brings misfortunes.
· Avoid water under the stairs as it hurts success of the next generation of the family. Similarly avoid having temple or study table under the stairs.
· Staircase can be of metal, wood or earth elements depending upon its location. Metal is suitable in NORTH, wood is suitable for SOUTH,SOUTH-EAST and EAST, while Earth element is suitable in NORTH-EAST, SOUTH-WEST and NORTH-WEST direction.

SPIRAL STAIRCASE may be quite charming and aesthetically pleasing in your home but a BIG NO to it. These resemble Cork-screw impact. It can damage your health particularly the heart and coronary diseases. If a spiral staircase already existed in a house you moved in , this is a slightly better situation. If you construct it, it is like creating health problems for life long.

MANDARIN DUCK Stairs are that spilt and go into two different directions.One leads upstairs to the next floor while the other leads to a lower level like basement. This layout divides the CHI ,thus confusing its natural tendency to move forward. This creates disharmony among family members, employees and boss. Separation, divorces,lot of fightings are also very common in such houses.Sometimes lack of focus can also occur.

NUMBER OF STEPS:- Traditionally there are two methods of determining number of steps.

1. Three step cycle method under which step 1 and 2 are auspicious and step 3 in inauspicious. As per this method following number of steps are auspicious 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,13,14,16,17,19,20,22,23,25,26,28,29,31,32,34,35,37,38,40,41

2. The Four step cycle method under which step 1 and 2 are auspicious and step 3 and 4 are inauspicious. As per this method the auspicious number of steps are :
1,2,5,6,9,10,13,14,17,18,21,22,25,26,29,30,33,34,37,38,41

By combining both the methods we get following number of steps which are
auspicious:

1,2,5,10,13,14,17,22,25,26,29,34,37,38,41

Note that each step including the step at landing is counted.

The staircase should be wide and well lit all the time.

A crystal chandelier just before the start of the staircase does wonders.

Place a pair of Fu-dogs on either side of the staircase to protect against bad energy going forward.


Writer Sh.Sanjay Gupta is a famous scholar and researcher of Feng shui and Chinese Astrology. He can be contacted at email: sanjayrssons@gmail.com Ph:09868812208

DESIGNING KITCHEN “THE HEART OF THE HOME”- THE FENG SHUI WAY





Feng shui recognizes kitchen as one of the very important rooms of the house. In fact it is one of the most sacred places after the puja room in the house. It is the place where the food is cooked which nourishes us physically, financially as well as emotionally. A good cooked food is not only essential for good health but the love and emotions of the food maker makes food more energetic and creates lasting family bonds. It is the place where both fire and water is used; hence a critical balance of the two is always required. The need of a good consultant is always required when it comes to designing a kitchen.
Following principles should be kept in mind while designing a kitchen.

PREFERRED COLOURS FOR KITCHEN
Kitchen should give sunny and bright feeling and warmth of the love and affection. It is that love and affection of the mother/ wife which takes the form of food. Red and earthen tones like orange and yellow are good for kitchen. Since both water and fire is used in the kitchen a touch of wood element in green or brown balances both the conflicting energies. A touch of prosperity colour purple is welcomed. A lot of appliances used in kitchen are chrome and black, the green,purple and red bring excellent balance.

LOCATION OF KITCHENThe kitchen should be located deep inside of the house. It should not be too near to front door. It should not face the main door or the toilet door. Nor it should face the bedroom. The favourable directions for locating kitchen are South, East and Southeast. These

Designing kitchen-The Feng Shui way

DESIGNING KITCHEN “THE HEART OF THE HOME”- THE FENG SHUI WAY
Feng shui recognizes kitchen as one of the very important rooms of the house. In fact it is one of the most sacred places after the puja room in the house. It is the place where the food is cooked which nourishes us physically, financially as well as emotionally. A good cooked food is not only essential for good health but the love and emotions of the food maker makes food more energetic and creates lasting family bonds. It is the place where both fire and water is used; hence a critical balance of the two is always required. The need of a good consultant is always required when it comes to designing a kitchen.
Following principles should be kept in mind while designing a kitchen.

PREFERRED COLOURS FOR KITCHEN
Kitchen should give sunny and bright feeling and warmth of the love and affection. It is that love and affection of the mother/ wife which takes the form of food. Red and earthen tones like orange and yellow are good for kitchen. Since both water and fire is used in the kitchen a touch of wood element in green or brown balances both the conflicting energies. A touch of prosperity colour purple is welcomed. A lot of appliances used in kitchen are chrome and black, the green,purple and red bring excellent balance.

LOCATION OF KITCHEN
The kitchen should be located deep inside of the house. It should not be too near to front door. It should not face the main door or the toilet door. Nor it should face the bedroom. The favourable directions for locating kitchen are South, East and Southeast. These compass directions support the fire energy. The kitchen should not be located in north, the direction of water, nor in the South west- the direction of mother of the house, otherwise it hurts the mother. The kitchen should not be located in the center of the house. Proper advice should be taken for determining the best location depending upon one’s kua number.

NORTHWEST IS THE PROHIBITED DIRECTION FOR KITCHEN
Northwest is the forbidden direction for kitchen location. It hurts the father of the family. This condition is regarded as fire at heaven’s gate since northwest represents heaven. Daily fire here dissolves the luck of the patriarch, the earning member on daily basis. The negative effects are such that the bread earner of the family may loose job and health. Loss of wealth for him is also indicated. Overall this is a very negative position. Proper advise from a good consultant is required to mitigate the loss in unavoidable situations.

PLACEMENT OF STOVE, WATER AND FRIDGE
The stove is considered to be of great importance. It is also regarded as wealth generator. It should be put in your favorable direction and efforts should be made that the source of energy i.e. gas pipe or electric socket should be in your most auspicious location. The stove should be in very good condition. All its burners should be functioning and be used regularly. Defect in any burner is a sign of fruitless effort. To activate money luck do use stovetop at least once daily. Keep stovetop clean. When stovetop is not in use, all pots and pans should be put away. The placement of stove, fridge, sink and dishwasher is utmost important. The stove represents fire element while other three are water element, they must not be placed nearby. There should a distance of 1m to 1.5m distance between the fire and water element. The fire and water element should not be put opposite to each other. Stove should be such placed that while working on it, the back of the person cooking should not be towards the door of the kitchen otherwise people walking in unexpectedly would fright him or her. Remedy can be stalling a mirror above or besides the stove.

KEEP KITCHEN CLEAN AND CLUTTER FREE

The kitchen should be kept very neat and clean. It should be well lit and there should not be any dark corners. Proper ventilation through daily opening of windows and installing proper exhaust fans wherever required to stop buildup of smoke and fumes is required. This will not only keep the Chi ( Pran Vayu ) healthy but ensures its proper circulation. Thereby improving the quality of cooked food in the kitchen and hence health of the family. The clutter like out of date jars, unused gadgets, over full waste bins etc. should be cleared on regular basis. Hide the waste bins. Any drains and pipes should be concealed in the kitchen.

AVOID POINTED SURFACES

Pointed corners also known as poison arrows in Feng Shui like corners of work surfaces; edges of appliances, knives, corners of shelves etc. are very common in kitchen. Effort should be made to make edges round. The knives should be kept in drawers.STORAGE OF FOOD

The food items especially the staple food should not be stored in plastic or metal containers, jars or bags. These should be stored in containers of ceramics or other earthen elements. Auspicious symbols of health and wealth are welcomed on these containers. These containers should never remain less than half filled.

By following above tips one can harness most positive chi (Prank vayu ) and invite health and wealth in their homes.