Feng Shui Newsletter

What do taxes and feng shui have in common?   Well, actually – everything!  You can’t get away from taxes.  They seem to touch every part of our lives in one way or another.  You also can’t get away from feng shui.  Our inner and outer environment influences every aspect of our lives, whether we …

  Feng Shui Tips for a Harmonious Life by Diane Eng, published in the New York Times, 3/16/19.   Below are some excerpts I thought you’d fine of interest.   Anne Martini believes that following the principles of feng shui has resulted in concrete benefits for her and her family. When she first had her home analyzed …

March 21st is the first day of spring on the solar Gregorian calendar (it officially started Feb 5th on the lunar Chinese calendar).  The passage from winter to spring, darkness to light, cold to warm and yin to yang is transformational.  Bare tress bud while the hard ground gives way to new stalks pushing through the surface.  The …

  You are invited to a 15 minute Zoom webinar. Date Time: Feb 21, 2019 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Topic: Understanding the Command Position – one of the             most important principles of Feng Shui.  The Command Position is the ‘power position’ and applies to siting a skyscraper, …

The LUNAR New Year is Feb 5th.  I will be back in touch next week with information on each of the zodiac animals, but here are a few things to start considering for the Year of the Earth Pig. Ancient lore says, Buddha invited all of the animals in the world to join him for the …

Today is the Winter Solstice, when the Earth’s semi-axis is furthest away from the Sun, creating the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The word “solstice” comes from the Latin solstitium, meaning “point at which the sun stands still.” From ancient times this is considered a sacred day where we welcome the merging of the …

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In last month’s newsletter, I wrote about the seasonal transition.  I hope yours has been smooth.  I left NYC earlier this month in what felt like a tropical rainforest – humid and damp – and came back from the Bay Area, to wintery temps! During my trip (I am always in heaven when visiting northern California) …

‘Transition” is defined in the dictionary as the period of time during whichsomething changes from one state or stage to another. We commonly think of the transition from summer to fall as Indian summer (when the weather cooperates). This is the period of time in Chinese medicine and feng shui, associated with the Earth element …

“We are born of love; Love is our mother.”   Rumi The sector or ‘gua‘ that represents the ultimate mother principle on the feng shui bagua is also known as the marriage or partnership gua. Like a good mother, this gua is the most yin or most receptive area on the bagua   Yet a good relationship with our romantic partners, business associates, …

This week I went to the opening of The Senses: Design Beyond Vision at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in NYC. The museum is housed in the Andrew Carnegie mansion on 5th Avenue and worth the trip just to see the magnificent interiors. The introduction to the exhibit’s book states, “Sensory design activates touch, sound, …

The following information is compiled from a large group of resources and there are many (sometimes conflicting) interpretations on the year ahead. This can help us understand the Year of the Earth Dog. For those of us less familiar with the Chinese Zodiac, it is made up of 12 animal signs and 5 elements, comprising …

21 Welcome to the First Day of Spring! Today’s Nor’easter will dump more snow on Washington, Philadelphia and New York City than the three earlier storms combined. More than 70 million people are under a winter storm watch, warning or advisory from the southern Appalachians to Boston. Although we can’t change Mother Nature we can …

This is the Chinese New Year of 4715, Year of the Earth Dog ‘Gung Hey Fat Choy’ Judith DOG – 1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 Dogs are loyal and likable, intelligent and morally sound. They are diplomatic in all their dealings but if that fails you may see their lovely teeth.  It …