The Chinese New Year is almost here (February 3rd) and many of you await new yearly recommendations for your home.
What will the Water Tiger Year bring to us?
I strongly believe the Water Tiger year will incite confidence, courage and clarity but also strength. The year should start slowly and really kick-off at the beginning of spring which coincides with the first tiger month. The progress in consciousness we gained from last year will continue, and the learning we did will not be lost. With two difficult years of covid, people faced obstacles but gained strength and confidence, despite sometimes having lost the carelessness of the decade prior.
Water is an element of opportunity, fluidity. The tiger is smooth. If the tiger finds an opportunity aligned with their desires, they will definitely seize it rapidly. Water is an emotional element, which means that unfortunately people will tend to act in an erratic manner. Good communication will require that people think before reacting and not make assumptions about what others think.
Mindfulness and careful responses will play a big part in our success during this upcoming Water Tiger Year.
2022 will also be excellent for travels. Job opportunities, leisure and business travels will present themselves.
Now, here are my main recommendations for 2022. I will describe the positive and negative sectors in your home, according to the Flying Stars method (not a method I use year round, because of its complexity and its changing nature, but I find it useful at the beginning of each Chinese year or when moving into a new home).
During the year of the Water Tiger, the Flying Stars will make apparent that the following areas are best to avoid/ not activated: the South West, the East, the Center and the West.
The traditional way of not disturbing these areas is by avoiding drilling, construction or renovations in those sectors of your home. But if you have to build or landscape in any of these sectors, you can place a wind chime outside the home, near the area that is being renovated or relandscaped.
See below the lucky and unlucky directions for 2022 according to the Flying Stars.
It should be noted that people living in apartments will have to take their compass directions, and combine some traditional Feng Shui with front door Feng Shui. For example, if I live in an apartment and my front door is in Career, but also in the South, some cures might seem less intuitive to you. Use the compass to guide you and while you can keep your front door Feng Shui the same, you will just add the cures mentioned below in the right cardinal directions.
Positive areas in 2022 (activate with a water feature, crystals, mirrors, chimes, décor):
North East - 8 Annual star (no metal decor, fire or earth decor is preferred, wealth and romance symbols, a rose quartz)
North- 1 Annual star (gold objects, no fire or candles, Water and Metal elements, Boat representation, a golden toad representing wealth, a Wealth bowl or a singing bowl)
North West - 6 Annual star (decorate with wealth symbolism, crystals, metallic objects, blue and black colors)
South- 9 Annual star (decorate with wood element, plants, fresh flowers, colors green and blue)
South East - 4 Annual star (Decorate with Blue and green. Place flowers in a vase. Avoid reds and fire. Avoid too much metal. Enhance with romance or studies symbolisms)
Negative areas in 2022:
You can place a salt water cure in some of those areas (South West and Center would be my recommendations), which will absorb negative energies. In addition, here are a few more cures:
South West (Sickness star) - 2 Annual star (place 6 Chinese coins tied in a row, a salt water cure or a round metallic object)
East - 3 Annual star (decorate with the color red, no metal or water elements).
West – 7 Annual star (Place water colors, no fire or candles, do not disturb)
Center- 5 Annual star (No fire at all. Instead, display a round metallic object, place a salt water cure, decorate with grey and white colours)
You can get started on enhancing the sectors of your home right away, before the new year, so you can be ready with plenty of time!
If you have any doubts, please do not hesitate to email me with questions or book a consultation!
Many blessings for the New Year ahead!
Marianne