The Winter Solstice is today, Wednesday December 21st, 2022 at 4:47pm EST in the Northern Hemisphere. Winter Solstice is the great stillness before the Sun’s strength builds, and days grow longer. It can be a time to rest and reflect. The energy of winter is that of going within. It’s the fruitful darkness and silence …
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The Metal Element – Next in the Series
METAL the 5th Element in my series on the 5 Elements or Agents of Change At this midpoint in the year-end holiday season, I thought I would complete the year with a few footnotes and the last of my 5 part series on Environmental Health and the 5 Elements. OK this is ‘an inconvenient truth’ …
Feng Shui Assemblage
Commercial Projects I’ve recently been involved in a number of unique commercial projects. Each inspiring for their commitment to purpose (raison d’être), the people involved, and for the integrity of their design. In each case, I worked with other professionals on interior design elements. We optimized the feng shui and conducted space clearing and blessing rituals to …
Fall Equinox
The fall equinox, or autumn equinox, occurs today – Sept. 22, 2025, at 2:20 p.m. EDT, when the sun moves southward across the celestial equator. The celestial equator is an imaginary projection of Earth’s equator into space, forming a circle around the sky that divides the northern and southern celestial hemispheres. A fall equinox begins …
Spring 2025
, “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” – Robin Williams. Oh dear Robin, I couldn’t agree more and wish you were here to enjoy another season of beauty. Last month I wrote about the Year of the Wood Snake. Amongst other things the Snake is known for its ability to shed its skin. …
What Are You Drinking? Is your Drinking Water Safe?
Is Your Drinking Water Safe? Our drinking water contains invisible elements. Feng Shui and the Environment Last month I taught 2 day long seminars on Feng Shui for architects and interior designers in Dallas & Houston, for Design Arts Seminars. Teaching was great fun (I even hauled out my cowboy boots for the occasion) and …
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Well and Good ~ Does Your Apartment Need a Major Cleanse?
Cleanse with Feng Shui Does your apartment need a Master Cleanse? Some go to the Container Store to de-clutter. Other s book a professional space clearing, a slate-wiping session that deals with the energy of your apartment. A factor which may hold more sway over your life than you realize, explains Judith Wendell. She is …
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What You Can Do to Enhance Your Year…
I hope the New Year – be it solar or lunar – has begun on a lucky Rabbit’s foot! If you’ve yet to catch up on the news of the Year of the Water Rabbit and/or your own Chinese zodiac animal’s tendencies, check it out here. I had the good fortune to participate in the …
Day Spa Magazine ~ Feng Shui Way
FENG SHUI WAY Feng shui, an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics that uses principles of geography and astronomy to facilitate the optimal flow of chi – or life-giving energy – inside a space, has become an essential design tool for many day spa business owners. The system revolves around the five element theory, in which …
Good Architecture Reflects Feng Shui
The Meaning of Good Architecture Once again, life has been full and my newsletter writing has waned. I hope few well chosen thoughts will make the read worthwhile. Good Architecture Design in Chicago The first weekend in June I had a long anticipated visit with my niece (and nephew-in-law, if there is such a distinction?) in …
Abundance – the gift you can give this fall season
Abundance The Cornucopia is a symbol of abundance specifically related to agriculture as popularized by the Ancient Greeks. It is symbolized by a horn-shaped wicker basket that normally is full to the brim with a bountiful harvest. Especially fruits and vegetables and most associated with this time of year.. To have an abundance of something …
Sacred Currents Newsletter September 9, 2015: What are You REFLECTING?
At the beginning of the summer, I listed 9 reasons to use a mirror. If you missed that newsletter, check it out here. Even though mirrors are consider the ‘aspirin’ of Feng Shui, I thought I would bookend the season by offering 9 reasons NOT to use a mirror. In other words, a good thing …
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Feng Shui + Imperfection
Feng Shui + Imperfection I have recently been reading about the Japanese art and philosophy kintsugi (pronounced ‘keen -tsu-gee’). Kintsugi, which translates as “golden joinery”, is a repair technique. It uses a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum, to fix a ceramic object in a way that highlights (rather than hides) the damage. …
Judith Wendell on Holistic Edge Radio
Judith Wendell was as guest on Holistic Edge Radio. She is the founder of SACRED CURRENTS, an Integrative Feng Shui Design company. Judith has been recognized in 14 separate articles by the NY TIMES on her perspective on; environmental design for homes to corporations using Space Clearing, Feng Shui, and, other applications. Judith also …
The Season of Light
Happy Diwali 11/12/23 Diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Although I do not come from a tradition that celebrates Diwall, its message and symbols are ones I embrace. I’ve written about its meaning in a previous newsletter. Please take a look. As we enter this …