Lucky colours for Feng Shui elements in Year of the Water Tiger 2022 Image credit: Mario Gogh/Unsplash
Using colours that correspond to these five elements is one of the easiest ways to incorporate Feng Shui into your life. Striving to maintain a balance between these five components leads to positive chi and balances the natural flow of energy. Wood stands for creativity and growth fire represents leadership and boldness earth is symbolic of strength and stability metal denotes focus and order water signifies emotion and inspiration. Maintaining a positive chi not only ensures good fortune but also keeps diseases at bay and enhances interpersonal equations.įeng Shui has five elements - wood, fire, earth, metal and water. This can be done through organising furniture/decor items and constructing structures that enhance the flow of positive chi and keep away negative chi and bad luck.
Rooted deep in the Taoist concept of chi, which is formed by the confluence of two opposing yet complementary forces yin - the feminine energy associated with nighttime, coolness and quiet - and yang - the masculine energy associated with the sun, sociability and heat.Ĭhi is nothing but the life force present in each entity, and Feng Shui aims at striking a balance between yin and yang energies. National Geographic explains Feng Shui as an “ancient Chinese art of arranging buildings, objects and space in an environment to achieve harmony and balance in a way that will bring peace and prosperity.”
The five elements of Feng Shui Image credit: Manja Vitolic/Unsplash