2 posts from September 2009

This month Mercury has gone retrograde and that means it's a great time to clear out old stuff, get rid of junk and clutter and make future plans.  One of the best uses of your time during the Mercury Retrograde (which lasts until September 29), is to attend to cleaning and organizing. 

It's important to clean and get rid of clutter -- but not because you need to get rid of stuff but because you want to create space for new things to come into your life.

The point is to move the chi.

Whatever your concern is -- whether it's health or money -- chi is the answer.  Chi, or energy, when it's stagnant, creates stagnant health, stalled relationships, and stuck energy and finances.  When you are interested in something new and different, all it takes is moving the chi!  For your health it could be moving your personal chi by exercising or in your finances by taking positive steps toward accumulating money and taking yourself from being in the paying position to being in the receiving position of wealth.  In other words, going from the bill-payer to the wealth-accumulator.

Here are six ways you can get what you want by creating the space for it.

1. Want more business or career opportunities?

Clear off the front of your desk. Keep the area in front of your desk open and clear. Are you committing a feng shui sin and facing the wall at your desk?  Turn it around and put your desk in an executive position so that you are not facing an obstacle or block. A wall in front of you stunts your growth.  Make sure your front entry is beautiful, open, and uncluttered.  This invites opportunities to you.

2. Do you want more wealth?

Sweep the sidewalks and clear out the southeast corner of your living room and the garden too. Keep your wallet orderly. Be respectful of your money and don't just wad it up and ram it in your purse or wallet. Clear out your financial files and shred old, unnecessary items.  The last step, and perhaps the most important, make space for your accumulated wealth. 

Set aside a binder and label it "Investments."  Even if you don't have any investments, this is where you're going to put your information once you start them.  Call your investment person and ask how you can get started slowly on building some investments, with a DRIP (dividend reinvestment program) for example, that you can pay a small monthly amount into. Then, make your wealth accumulation an obligation, like a bill, and put money regularly into your investment.  That's the secondary secret to wealth:  consistency.

3. Do you want better health?

Clean out your pantry, cupboards, refrigerator and freezer.  Old food represents stagnant energy -- and that leads to stagnant health.  Use organizers in your pantry and refrigerator to help you keep food organized, easy to find, and accessible. 

Don't allow food in your home to become old, outdated, or worse, moldy.  Clean the refrigerator out every time you go to the grocery store.  Throw away those jelly jars with a teaspoon of jam at the bottom.  A good clearing out and cleaning of your refrigerator will help you find items faster -- and help your health.

4. Do you feel pressured and stressed?

Clear our your closets and drawers and be ruthless. Those hidden messes create pressure and stress. Get rid of "obligation" articles and furniture. Stuff you feel guilty about getting rid of creates an environment of guilt -- who can grow in that? And watch those "collectibles." Really, do you need 242 ceramic clowns?

5. Looking for love to enter your life?

Stop hogging the bed and sleep on the correct side (women on the right, men on the left as you are in the bed). Clear out a space in the closet for your new love and have two nightstand tables and matching lamps in anticipation of a love interest to come into your life.

6. Want more friends and social opportunities?  

Open up the south corner of your home.  Throw the curtains open, take the clutter out of the corners of this sector and throw away old papers, magazines, and any excess.  Put a healthy, lush plant in its place.  Move the furniture around and take up a carpet if you have one here.  This will speed up the chi in the room to make the phone ring with invitations from friends!

Create some open space for what you want to happen in your life and cram the space for what you don't want (like using a small basket to hold your bills). You might be surprised at how open space can attract what you want in your life simply by giving you the room to grow.

**Information borrowed from an email sent by Kathryn Weber, Feng Shui instructor**

This month Mercury has gone retrograde and that means it's a great time to clear out old stuff, get rid of junk and clutter and make future plans.  One of the best uses of your time during the Mercury Retrograde (which lasts until September 29), is to attend to cleaning and organizing. 

It's important to clean and get rid of clutter -- but not because you need to get rid of stuff but because you want to create space for new things to come into your life.

The point is to move the chi.

Whatever your concern is -- whether it's health or money -- chi is the answer.  Chi, or energy, when it's stagnant, creates stagnant health, stalled relationships, and stuck energy and finances.  When you are interested in something new and different, all it takes is moving the chi!  For your health it could be moving your personal chi by exercising or in your finances by taking positive steps toward accumulating money and taking yourself from being in the paying position to being in the receiving position of wealth.  In other words, going from the bill-payer to the wealth-accumulator.

Here are six ways you can get what you want by creating the space for it.

1. Want more business or career opportunities?

Clear off the front of your desk. Keep the area in front of your desk open and clear. Are you committing a feng shui sin and facing the wall at your desk? Turn it around a

nd put your desk in an executive position so that you are not facing an obstacle or block. A wall in front of you stunts your growth.  Make sure your front entry is beautiful, open, and uncluttered.  This invites opportunities to you.

2. Do you want more wealth?

Sweep the sidewalks and clear out the southeast corner of your living room and the garden too. Keep your wallet orderly. Be respectful of your money and don't just wad it up and ram it in your purse or wallet. Clear out your financial files and shred old, unnecessary items.  The last step, and perhaps the most important, make space for your accumulated wealth. 

Set aside a binder and label it "Investments."  Even if you don't have any investments, this is where you're going to put your information once you start them.  Call your investment person and ask how you can get started slowly on building some investments, with a DRIP (dividend reinvestment program) for example, that you can pay a small monthly amount into. Then, make your wealth accumulation an obligation, like a bill, and put money regularly into your investment.  That's the secondary secret to wealth:  consistency.

3. Do you want better health?

Clean out your pantry, cupboards, refrigerator and freezer.  Old food represents stagnant energy -- and that leads to stagnant health.  Use organizers in your pantry and refrigerator to help you keep food organized, easy to find, and accessible. 

Don't allow food in your home to become old, outdated, or worse, moldy.  Clean the refrigerator out every time you go to the grocery store.  Throw away those jelly jars with a teaspoon of jam at the bottom.  A good clearing out and cleaning of your refrigerator will help you find items faster -- and help your health.

4. Do you feel pressured and stressed?

Clear our your closets and drawers and be ruthless. Those hidden messes create pressure and stress. Get rid of "obligation" articles and furniture. Stuff you feel guilty about getting rid of creates an environment of guilt -- who can grow in that? And watch those "collectibles." Really, do you need 242 ceramic clowns?

5. Looking for love to enter your life?

Stop hogging the bed and sleep on the correct side (women on the right, men on the left as you are in the bed). Clear out a space in the closet for your new love and have two nightstand tables and matching lamps in anticipation of a love interest to come into your life.

6. Want more friends and social opportunities?  

Open up the south corner of your home.  Throw the curtains open, take the clutter out of the corners of this sector and throw away old papers, magazines, and any excess.  Put a healthy, lush plant in its place.  Move the furniture around and take up a carpet if you have one here.  This will speed up the chi in the room to make the phone ring with invitations from friends!

Create some open space for what you want to happen in your life and cram the space for what you don't want (like using a small basket to hold your bills). You might be surprised at how open space can attract what you want in your life simply by giving you the room to grow.

**Information borrowed from an email sent by Kathryn Weber, Feng Shui instructor**