“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. “ {Matsuo Basho}
Color and fragrance are two of the classic ways to adjust and uplift an environment for more harmonious Feng Shui and using fresh flowers is such a beautiful, easy and affordable way to feel an instantaneous transformation.
There’s a Chinese proverb that says “A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers” and so they make excellent and auspicious altar offerings as well as gifts (free of thorns).
They also feature in Chinese holidays such as the Lunar New Year and Chrysanthemum Day.
For the practices below, buy the best flowers you can afford (ideally organic and definitely free from artificial dyes) and place them in beautiful vessels. You can also add even more sheng chi (bright, beautiful and uplifting chi) by placing a mirror beneath your display. If you know them, empower your flowers with the Three Secret Reinforcements.
1 – Use Flower Colors to Adjust Your Mood
- To lift your spirits, use purple, orange, teal, turquoise, red, orange, yellow, green, fuchsia, yellow and hot pink.
- If you want to feel more stable, make a bouquet of darker colors such as brown, deep gold and medium green.
- If you have extremely low chi or are ill, use the colors hot pink, lemon yellow and bright green to brighten your future
- Orange, yellow and pink flowers bring happiness and joy.
- Green flowers reduce stress and bring vitality, tranquility, hope and increase compassion.
- Use red flowers to boost your energy if you’re especially sluggish, lethargic or exhausted.
2 – Display for Symbolic Meanings
- Golden chrysanthemums for enduring luck, love, wealth and success
- Pink peonies for romance and red ones for passion
- Flowering branches of spring blossoms for overcoming obstacles or adversity and longevity. They embody hope, joy and spring.
- Orchids to activate romance, success, career and opportunities
- Lotus for purity and spiritual love
3 – Display to Activate Your Aspirations
- Creativity: make a bouquet of purple, orange, teal, turquoise, red, orange, yellow, green, fuchsia, yellow and hot pink flowers. Or display white ones in your Creativity gua.
- Wealth: use purple; gold and purple; purple and silver; green; or red and gold flowers in the Wealth gua of your home, office or desk.
- Romantic Partnership: fragrant pink or coral flowers for love, joy, happiness and romance in the Partnership gua of your home or anywhere in the bedroom. Use red flowers for passionate, amorous love.
- Health: place golden or yellow flowers in the center of your home.
- Fame + Recognition: place 9 red flowers or 9 golden chrysanthemums in the Fame + Recognition gua of your desk, office or home.
**Listen to the Goddess Alive Radio Podcast – Feng Shui Blessings with Gwynne Warner
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