One of easiest ways to get energy and life moving in your home with feng shui is by implementing the five elements and using color.

The five elements are an important aspect of feng fhui and ideally you have a combination of all of them in your home to create balance. They interact with each other in what is called productive and destructive cycles.

Let’s start with each element and what colors are relatedto each one.

This will be helpful in knowing where and how to apply them in your home.

Elements + Colors

• Fire: Red,Orange, Purple, Fuchsia

• Earth: Beige,Brown, Tan, Light Yellow

• Metal: Gray,white, Gold, Silver

• Water: Black,Blue

• Wood: Brown,Green

Placement of color is defined by the bagua map. Activating and balancing the energy of your home is a complex subject, but what I am showing you here are the basics of it.

North Feng Shui Bagua Area Example

The feng shui element of the North is water and the area of the body that it connects to are the ears. The energy of the North feng shui bagua is connected to your career and life path. Water (as well as the element that nourishes it) which is metal, are both supportive elements for the area of the North.

Here are a few examples of what you would generally want toadd here:

• Images in black and white.

• A water feature like a fountain.

• A round or oval mirror.

• Art with deep blue colors.

• Paint in blues or black.

• Light. Light is a good activator for any area of the bagua.

The Flying Stars

Just as there are colors and elements associated with each area of your home, there are also the flying stars. This in classical Chinese Feng Shui is very important. Every year the stars fly into different areas. Some of these stars are auspicious and some are not. For example, this year belonging to the Yang Metal Rat, the South is afflicted by the 2-illness star. If you have an important room in this location such as a front door, bedroom, or kitchen, you especially need to be mindful of the energies here for the year. This means fire elements or colors (which is normally recommended) is not for the year. In this instance you would add metal to that area of your home, and other cures to mitigate the inauspicious star.

Begin with the Basics

If you’re working on creating good feng shui in your home, start with a clutter free home, have lots of natural light, and apply the bagua according to homes facing direction. Once you have a strong relationship to the energy of your home, you can then explore the annual flying stars and see if you can integrate them in your home.

In my next post I will dive a little more into the flying stars.