Feng Shui Mirror: Bagua 八卦

Feng Shui Mirrors : What is the Bagua 八卦?

In most practices, Feng Shui practitioners use Feng Shui mirrors to improve the Feng Shui of your house or your business. The mirrors emit the Feng Shui energy of water. A function of Feng Shui mirrors is to draw the beneficial flow of energy (Qi) into the place it is positioned at.



Generally, the mirrors can be used to expand the space of an area, to reflect and deflect the Qi of an area. There are 3 areas of Feng Shui mirrors which it can utilised listed below:
The functions are as followed, to expand, reflect, and deflect the flow of Qi in an area. When used in the appropriate manner, the Feng Shui mirrors will improve the flow of Qi in that area. However, Take note here,  improper placement of Feng Shui mirrors will cause things to worsen.

Listed below is a brief explanation on the 3 types of uses of the Feng Shui mirrors.

Expansion

In this case, the use of a mirror is to create virtual space to adjust your focal view of an area. In the study of Feng Shui, the mirror provides us with a new in-depth view of ourselves as it opens up a virtual view on an otherwise plain surface. The mirror can also create a virtual view of an area, and can “expand” the space of the area.

In Feng Shui, a small space represents limitation. Small spaces will limit the flow of Qi in the area, eventually limiting our movement and advancement in life. Thereby, a mirror is often used to virtually expand a small space.

Reflection

When a Feng Shui mirror reflects an object, it does not only reflect the image of the object, but also the energy the object is emitting. Thereby, it doubles the effect of the energy the object is emitting. For example, if the mirror shows the reflection of a pile of unpaid bills, it will mean that in time to come, there will be more unpaid bills piling up, increasing your debts. On the other hand, if the reflection shows a reflection of a kitchen stove, it symbolizes that your wealth will be doubled as fire stoves symbolize wealth. You can also put reflection of fruits and food which mean an abundance of food, you will never go hungry.

Deflection

Feng Shui mirrors can be used to deflect the negative energy (Sha Qi) away from your house or business. The mechanism behind this is that it will deflect the Sha Qi back to its source, preventing it from entering the house. Bagua mirrors are used to deflect Sha Qi.

If your intention is to deflect Sha Qi, the Bagua mirror should be placed outside your house. It is common to see people hanging a Bagua mirror outside their homes. Other than deflecting Sha Qi, the Bagua mirror also brings harmony and good fortune to the owner. For this purpose, you can place the Bagua mirror in your home, preferably in your living room.

With proper usage, Feng Shui mirrors can improve the flow of Qi, allowing you to enjoy a better quality of life. Now that we know the uses of the Feng Shui and Bagua mirror, you can make use of these mirrors to ward off bad luck and improve the quality of your life.

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The Magic Gourd

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The Magic Gourd commonly known as the calabash or Hu Lu is an ancient health miracle wonder. The hisotry of this dried out gourd is that it was used by the Chinese as container for medicine and wines for a long time.

What actually is it?

The calabash or bottle gourd is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, one of the calabash subspecies is known as the bottle gourd. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. However the rounder varieties are called Calabash gourds whereas the longer and slimmer kinds are usually well known as bottle gourds

What is it used for in Fengshui Remedies?

Calabash (Hu Lu),葫芦 is an ancient classical Feng Shui remedy against sickness energy. The calabash symbolises the image of Dui trigram which is yin metal from heaven.

Sickness energy in the flying stars feng shui formula has the attribute of earth element. The calabash being yin metal will weaken and contain the sickness energy, hence providing health for you and your family.

When place next to your bed or in the house, the calabash will absorb the sickness energy and protect you and your family from sickness. For people with illness, the calabash may not cure the sickness but it will definitely reduce suffering and the seriousness.

Today, there are many miniature metallic calabash available in feng shui shops. However, the best calabash (Wu Lo) is the natural one because of the woody material. Wood will keep the contained earth energy under control.

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