Basic Feng Shui Tool: The Bagua Map
When we look at your surroundings through ‘Feng Shui’ eyes, we can often see what it is in your life that is challenged or challenging you or what you may be missing. A basic Feng Shui tool is the Bagua Energy Grid, which shows you which areas of your home or office is affecting your Relationships, Career, Health, Wealth and other aspects of your life.
The Bagua energy map represents a universal energy grid and represents all aspects of a life in balance. In Feng Shui, everything is alive, always changing and interconnected. This energy map, the Bagua, helps you know how and what to change; by adjusting the energy according to the Bagua, people’s lives have improved dramatically. We’ll focus on the “Form” school method of applying the Bagua beginning at the front entrance. [The Compass School will orient the Bagua to the compass directions—both work well, I find the Form School completely effective.]
To apply the Bagua to your home, stand at your front door looking into the house holding the Bagua in front of you. Notice that your front door will fall somewhere along the bottom line of the map. Now visualize your entire home from a birds-eye-view. Don’t be concerned that your home is not a perfect square. As if you were going to take your home to a shipping store, stretch the Bagua as though it were a box in which you wanted to ship your house. There will be some areas that need to be filled with ‘packing’; these are missing areas and they are important to note as they reflect missing energies or challenges in your life.
Now you have this box around your home. Draw a tic-tac-toe board over the whole picture and you will see which rooms (or parts of rooms or couple of rooms) correspond to the Bagua areas. The back left rear of your house is the wealth area, the back right is the marriage area, etc. Some areas of the house may overlap several areas of the Bagua. For example, your living room may include the area of Inner Knowledge as well as some of the Family area.
Once you have identified which areas in your home correspond to the areas of the Ba-Gua, you can learn which colors, shapes and energy are ‘at home’ and which would be destructive. With a little more knowledge of Feng Shui principles, you can make changes to address these areas of your environment and improve the flow and vitality of the Ch’i, so that you may live in full abundance and joy, creating all the health, wealth and happiness you have been wanting…the difference is: you will no longer be wanting it–you will begin the process of having it…are you ready for it?
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Joseph
H Joseph,
Thank you! It’s so nice to hear from you. Your input really means a lot to me. I hope that everything in your life is going wonderfully.
Please let me know how you are!
All my best,
Fawn
Do we set the Ba Gua grid for all the home entering to side of Wisdom, Career and Travel or does it depend on North, East, South, West? Meaning if the house/business is facing West, then the entrance should align with the Relationship, Creative, and Travel side? Please advise. Thanks, Cindy
Hi Cindy,
First place the Bagua at the front door, regardless of the direction and the front of the business/home will be either in the Wisdom, Career or the Travel sectors.
I have found that this placement works to 98% accuracy. If, after you have made all the necessary alignments, you find that you’d like to further enhance your Feng Shui, then align the entrance to the compass directions if you choose.
There are many methods of using Feng Shui. I have found that this Form School application works in the primary format.
Did that help?
Thank you for sharing your Feng Shui knowledge. The Ba Gua Grid is exactly what I was looking for. I had one a while ago and cannot find it. I remember from my previous intro to Feng Shui that our garage is our “money sector”. We cleaned it out… garage sale made $400, then the rest to charity. Within a month, my husband was offered the job he’s been waiting 18 months for!!! Seriously!
Now we want to figure out where our family/children area is located. We decided it’s time for a family and we’re using Feng Shui to help us along that path too!
P.S. I’m a Realtor and would like to repost/tweet your article. May I?
Hi Denise!
That is so awesome about your Husband’s job and wonderful that you used the energy of tithing to give it a little extra boost!
Okay, as to Feng Shui for getting pregnant or starting a family–all aspects of the bagua are important but here’s a place to start:
Look to the Children and Creativity area–is it clear and open? Also look to the Family and Ancestors area–this relates to health and what you have inherited from your ancestors, genetics and upbringing. Is this area open, clean, free of clutter and mold or mildew (check the basement if you have one). Is there a lot of metal in this space and can it be removed or countered by adding a bit of water energy?
Also, check your doors and the Life Purpose area. Do all your doors open completely and on to a beautiful view? Is everything working perfectly? For instance: check your plumbing–make sure the water flows easily and if you have water features, make sure they flow toward the center of the house. Make sure all electrical features work perfectly as well.
All aspects of your home are equally important, as all aspects of your life contribute to a well-balanced experience. If you want more information on Feng Shui for Starting A Family or Getting Pregnant, I am available for personal consultations; you can email me at fawn@fawnchang.com
And finally, absolutely re-post or re-tweet. Sometimes I get amazed that I get amazed that this works–it really does work!
Warm regards and best wishes!
Fawn
I try to put fung shui principles into practice, but unfortunately my husband doesn’t share my belief. His den/office is in the wealth area of the house in the basement level directly below the living room . His “space” is a disaster- a total mess. What can I do to mitigate the effects, especially on our finances?
Hi Bonnie,
This is an excellent question.
There’s a very important piece to being in a healthy marriage and a well-designed home: everyone needs to have their own ‘space’ to BE in. For now, I would allow him his own experience, especially in his “den/office”. This will be hard at first, but it is the greatest gift you could give him and he will feel it on some level. Accept that it’s a mess and you still love him.
It’s okay that he doesn’t share your belief–you can still have a positive outcome.
If your husband’s office, being in your home’s foundational wealth area is a bit of a mess, then it might be a clue for you. How is your own personal relationship with money and finances? [I say this with knowing compassion because at one point early in my marriage I had a similar experience. I did some Feng Shui cures in our home's basement Wealth Area and asked for 'increased flow of wealth' -- within 2 weeks our basement flooded. After the extensive clean up, I thought about what that meant and realized that I had a lot of emotion around our money issues and that didn't have a strong foundation with my own financial life. It took a basement flood to bring it to light but that's how this Feng Shui stuff works and what I have learned I choose to use to help others avoid similar 'dis-asters'. Before you make any 'cures' be sure you clean up the aspects of your life you are asking for more in.]
What I mean in plain English: is everything else organized in your own financial life?
If you can answer yes to that, and everything in your own world is organized and happy and the only thing that is a drain is your husband’s contribution to the family wealth–then we have a different question and answer. Let me know and we’ll address that one.
The MOST important part is to first work on what you can control. Keep your wallet organized and beautiful, buy a fresh new one in either light blue or red for extra good energy, organize and clean your purse, your spaces, the drawers where you keep your personal financial papers, etc. Is your car beautiful, organized and smelling fresh?
This may not be what you want to hear but it will give you the greatest result in the long run. This work will also allow him to experience you becoming different and that will be the greatest incentive to his own changing of his own space and his own life with you.
Organize your dresser and your wardrobe, your closet, start to really take care of your world and make sure that you do it silently. Don’t announce that you will be doing this or that you are doing it or that you have done it. It will speak more loudly, for itself, the more silently you proceed. This particular piece of the puzzle is all about you and your relationship with yourself. This will start to mitigate the effects of all disorganization in your life including your husband’s den. Start to understand your relationship with money and if you already know how you could support yourself tomorrow if you had to, you know what a sense of strength and self-confidence that is.
The next step, after the silent re-organization of all of your personal spaces, would be to begin to silently organize the ‘family areas. I say “silent” because this is about you and your idea and with the re-organization of you, you allow your husband to see it, experience it, and he will then make it HIS IDEA, to do something when he wants. None of us likes change that is thrust upon us or that we are guilted into (not saying you are doing this), and it seems that once husbands make it their idea–we are golden!
PART 2:
If you have done all of the above, regardless of how your own or your marital finances are structured, I would look at the relationship area of your home and organize that. This will help with your ability to work as a team. Take a look at the Bedroom Feng Shui blog I wrote and see if your relationship area has water in it (bathroom, laundry room or kitchen) or if it’s a room that makes you feel happy to be in relationship with your husband.
I hope this is helpful and if you have done all this and there’s still an issue that the only thing in your life that is unorganized and cluttered is his office, please let me know. I would LOVE to help you figure this one out!
Warmest hugs,
Fawn
Hi
I have been trying to sell my shoe shop for a year now, there has been an enormous number of people looking at it on the internet, but do not have anyone who would consider buying it. The business is in a very lucrative area, so both the estate agent and I are surprised that it has not been sold yet. Please could you help me to bring the right person forward by using feng shui.
Thanks
Hello Sati,
Selling a business, especially if it is yours and you’ve worked it for a while, is not unlike selling a home. The biggest thing that will prevent a sale is an emotional attachment to the space or the business or to whatever benefits it affords you that you fear cannot be replaced.
Here are some quick tips:
-Remove all your personal items from the business.
-Do a complete cleaning and a space clearing. (see post for space clearing)
-Dress it up and give it some love — we are attracted to a space that is loved more than one that is looking forlorn.
-See it already sold and you onto your next adventure
-Check to see what is in the furthest right hand corner (the Relationship Area) if there’s something large or meaningful to you, remove it, lighten it up
-Leave as much space as possible empty in your file cabinets and closets. (keep your inventory looking good and well stocked) clean your storage areas of everything that is not necessary or beautiful
That should help a LOT. Read these posts and let me know if there’s any way I can help you further.
PS What do you want to do next after you sell the business?
Read these posts:
Selling your home fast with Feng Shui
http://fawnachang.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/sell-your-home-quickly-with-feng-shui/
The Reason Most Homes Don’t Sell
http://fawnachang.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-reason-most-homes-don%E2%80%99t-sell/
Hi
Thank you very much for your reply. In the right hand corner of the shop their are rows of shoes and that is where we keep our vacuum cleaner as well. Do you think that I should move this? Also you asked me what I wanted to do in the future, I want to take a few months off, but wish to eventually provide a healing service. I have been putting off completing my CV for some reason. Do you think that this is holding me back.
Hello Sati,
First I want to say that there is an important factor in this whole thing called timing. For some reason, you are now ready to make a forward push and so I do believe that every bit of energy you put forth to forward motion is now going to be connected to your internal, heart’s desire.
Far right-hand corner, yes, move the vacuum cleaner, change the bag, clean the floor and dust the shelves (sing a happy song while you do it if you want!). What is in the center of the store? Are all the lights working perfectly? Are the windows clean? How much love does the store give out?
When organizing, displaying and cleaning think about how much you loved working here and how much someone else will love it too.
Yes, complete your CV because this is something you will feel accomplished and free about after you have done it. (We always know what we need to do — we just need validation sometimes.) Then start planning your ‘few months off’. What are your plans to use that time to have a greater feeling of freedom and joy in your life? If it’s travel, start planning; if it’s taking classes, same thing.
Then, I would say every day that you go to work, decide to love your store. The beautiful, happy feelings and displays that you place there will attract more of what you are needing to had your baby off to the next person. You can be really proud of how the Shoe Store will help someone else get to this wonderful point in her life — it will attract lots of people who want a piece of the love you have planted in that space.
Tell the world how wonderful your store is! Tell me! Send photos. Do you have it listed on the web where I can take a look?
Smile lots because before you know it, you will be signing the papers and onto your next adventure!
Fawn
Hi Fawn
Thank you very much for your message, I will send you some photos once I have got them together.
Best Wishes
Hi Fawn,
As usual, your articles are always upbeat, honest, clear and precise with your suggestions, realistic, energy provoking, ( getting us to act and not just think about what we want), pleasant and exceptionally positive. I look forward to all your emails regardless of the subject area because they all intertwine. What I find most important is be honest with oneself in our questions about what we want and expect. Then make a list of to do activities to create the life we want and become proactive by actually motivating oneself to do it. It’s so refreshing!
Looking forward to your next email!
Hi,
My house is facing south east and according to feng shui wealth area is represented in that area. But according to Bagua it should be at the farthest left corner of the house from the entrance.
Pl advice what should i do.
Thanks
Sandeep
My floor plan is the completely backwards according to the Ba Gua grid. I located the center of my condo and with a compass I found S, SE, SW, N, NE, NW, E and W according to the teaching I learned, but now this says that the entrance should be located on the North and my front door is located on the south.
What do I do?