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Feng Shui FAQ
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Is Golden Pothos Bad Feng Shui? Meaning, Placement and Care
Is golden pothos good or bad feng shui? What it represents, the best places for it, where to avoid it, and how to keep it healthy.
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Is a Snake Plant Good Feng Shui? Where to Put It and Where Not To
Snake plants in feng shui: why they are seen as protective, the best spots, why some keep them out of bedrooms, and simple care tips.
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What to Put in Your Feng Shui Wealth Corner
Plants, water, coins and colour: practical choices for the wealth area of your home.
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Money Tree Feng Shui: Best Spots, Care Tips and Common Mix-Ups
The wealth corner and other good spots for a Pachira, plus care tips and the plants it gets confused with.
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What Is a Feng Shui Mirror? Types, Uses and Where to Hang One
What a bagua mirror is and where it belongs, how ordinary mirrors are used in feng shui, and the placements most practitioners avoid.
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Where to Place Foo Dogs in Feng Shui
Pairs, direction and the male and female guardian: placing foo dogs correctly.
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Where to Place Lucky Bamboo for Good Feng Shui (and How Many Stalks)
The best places for lucky bamboo in feng shui, what each number of stalks means, where to avoid it, and how to keep it green and healthy.
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How to Make a Feng Shui Salt Cure
How a traditional salt cure is made, where it goes and when it is replaced.
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What Do Coins Mean in Feng Shui? Using Chinese Coins for Prosperity
What the round coin with a square hole means, and where coins are usually kept.
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Taking a Feng Shui Class: What a Beginner Course Should Cover
What a good beginner feng shui course should cover, where to find classes, and how to judge a teacher and a course before you sign up.
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Elephants in Feng Shui: Trunk Up or Down, and Where to Place Them
Trunk up or down, pairs at the door, the northwest and the bedroom: where elephants traditionally go.
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What Is My Feng Shui Element? Finding Your Personal Element
Finding your personal element from your birth year, and what the methods disagree on.
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Buying Feng Shui Gifts in Weihai or Online: What to Look For
Where to look for feng shui gifts in a Chinese city like Weihai or online, gift ideas by meaning, quality checks and gift etiquette to keep in mind.
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Where Is the Wealth Corner in Feng Shui? How to Find and Use It
Two ways to find your wealth corner, and what tradition suggests putting there.
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How to Check a Feng Shui Consultant’s Background Before You Hire
Feng shui titles aren't regulated. How to check a consultant's training, method and reviews, agree scope and price, and spot red flags.
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Lucky Cat Guide: What the Paws and Colors Mean, and Where It Goes
Entrance, living room or desk: where a maneki-neko is usually placed and why.
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How to Use the Feng Shui Bagua Map, Step by Step
How to lay the nine-square map over your floor plan and read each area.
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Feng Shui Beyond the Home: Towns, Streets and Public Spaces
How feng shui applies to towns, streets, parks and public spaces, from the four celestial animals to roads and water, and how to use it when house-hunting.
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Is Vastu Shastra the Same as Feng Shui? Similarities and Differences
How Vastu Shastra and feng shui compare: origins, elements, maps and directions, where they agree, where they differ, and whether you can use both.
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Headboards to Avoid in Feng Shui (and What to Choose Instead)
Headboard shapes and materials tradition warns against, and better options.
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A One-Room Feng Shui Reset in an Afternoon
A step-by-step plan to give one room a feng shui reset in about four hours: clear, clean, rearrange, balance the elements and add one or two touches.
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How to Arrange a Feng Shui Living Room
Sofa position, flow, colour and light for a living room that feels settled.
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Where Feng Shui Comes From: A Short History and Its Core Ideas
A short history of feng shui, from landscape and tomb siting to the Form and Compass schools, and the core ideas behind modern advice.
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How to Use Your Feng Shui Element at Home
Using your birth-year element in colours, materials and objects at home.
