Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art of placement and space so as to achieve harmony and balance.
Feng shui is not just about becoming wealthy or achieving success; feng shui is about enriching lives, reducing aggravations and producing happy relationships.
The purpose of this article is to explain nine feng shui common terms you will come across on your discovery of feng shui.
1.Chi
It is often called the dragon’s breath and it is the flow of energy. Although we mostly talk about the flow of positive Chi, the negative Chi do exits. The effective creation of good chi is essential to achieve harmony and balance.
2.Sha Chi
‘Sha’ in Chinese means kill, joined together with ‘chi’ means killing energy. Sha Chi is created often as a result of poison arrows or commonly referred as negative chi.
3.Bagua or Pa Kua
Ba is the pronunciation of eight in mandarin Chinese. Ba Gua translated from Chinese literally means eight symbols. Ba Gua is one of feng shui practice that focuses on the interior of houses. According to Ba Gua principle, every house can be divided into eight locations which may be auspicious and inauspicious. The eight directions used in the feng shui Ba Gua are:North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West and Northwest.
4.Ba Zhai
Ba Zhai is often referred as Eight Houses or Eight Mansions. Eight Mansions formula is one of the feng shui methods that separates men and women into East and West group of people based on their KUA number.
5.KUA
KUA identifies an individual compatibility with his surroundings based on birth details and gender. By finding out your KUA number, you can know your four auspicious and inauspicious directions based on Eight Mansions formula.
6.Sheng Chi
‘Sheng’ means uplifting in Chinese. ‘Sheng Chi’ is often associated with prosperity, wealth acquisition and success in all aspects of life especially in career.
7.Nien Yien
One of the four auspicious direction based on the KUA formula. The energy means ‘prolonged lifetime’ in Chinese. This is the energy that is required to enhance the quality of relationships and marital bliss.
8.Fu Wei
This energy brings peace and harmony. It is the energy that bestows one with growth, personal development, intelligence and examination luck.
9.Tien Yi
The energy means ‘heavenly doctor’ in Chinese. This auspicious energy foster good body health and mind which is why anyone with poor health should try to position their bed headboard to this direction.The energy also strengthens the body health and mind so that one is always able to embark on any goal in their life.
Now that you have a basic understanding of feng shui terms, you can focus on the various feng shui application methods. To read more of feng shui tips, go to
http://www.ResourceSecrets.com/fengshui-bedroom.htm
Alexa Lee is a Feng Shui enthusiast and author who has practised feng shui for many years.
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