How to Live in a Happy Home

You can then divide your home in to 9 equal zones and write in the Life area names for each zone. Please see table on next page for guidance.

Each zone carries an energy that can be either instrumental or detrimental to everything you want in life. By working with your environment whether at home or work, in a manner that allows the energy to flow in the right direction, you are better able to overcome challenges and secure the route to success of your ultimate purpose.

Water (1) nurtures – Wood (3,4)

Wood (3,4) nurtures – Fire (9)

Fire (9) nurtures – Earth (2,5.8)

Earth (2,5,8) Nurtures – Metal (6,7)

Metal (6,7) nurtures – Water (1)

And the cycle continues…

Here is a guide to how you can enhance each of the nine zones

Direction = North

Element = Water

Symbolism = Water

Family Member = Middle Son

Season = Winter

Enhancer = Colours Blue or Black, Flowing River, Boats, Water Fountain, Pictures of running water flowing toward you. Water must be fresh and healthy.

Direction = South West

Element = Earth

Symbolism = Earth

Family Member = Mother

Season = Late Summer / Early Autumn

Enhancer = Colours earth, terracotta, orange, red. Enhance with Element of Fire., candles (2), pictures of couples (especially dressed in red), Statues of the lovers. Gustav Klimt ‘Kiss’ picture on the wall

Direction = East

Element = Strong Wood

Symbolism = Thunder

Family Member = Eldest Son

Season = Spring

Enhancer = Colours all shades of green, or blue. Enhance area with healthy rounded leaved plants that are kept watered well. Pictures of your family and elders on walls

Direction = South East

Element = Gentle Wood

Symbolism = Wind

Family Member = Eldest Daughter

Season = Late Spring

Enhancer = Colour Green. Enhancers are succulent money plants x4 keep them healthy. Rounded leaved plants, plants that inspire you and are uplifting what you like palms, peace lilies. Do not use artificial plants!

Direction = Centre

Element = Earth

Symbolism = Tai Chi

Family Member = None

Season = None

Enhancer = Colour neutral, creams, earthy faun colours.  Keep this area really free from clutter, minimalistic, not much in this area at all, ensure energy can flow.

Element = Strong Metal

Symbolism = Heaven

Family Member = Father

Season = Late Autumn

Enhancer = Colours gold, silver, white. Pictures of friends ensure positive and uplifting. Pictures of your gurus i.e. Dalai Lama, Gandhi. Metal objects particularly curvaceous rounded metal artworks and sculptures. I love the shiny metal spheres in this zone. Also, your favourite crystals and rocks can go in this zone too

Direction = West

Element = Gentle Metal

Symbolism = Lake

Family Member = Youngest Daughter

Season = Autumn

Enhancer = Colours gold, silver, white. Pictures of happy children. This is the creative zone so you can install your favourite art in this area or your own art. Metal objects particularly curvaceous rounded metal artworks and sculptures. I love the shiny metal spheres in this zone. Also, your favourite crystals and rocks can go in this zone too. This is the zone to put pictures of your children, or grandchildren etc. children bringing pure innocent happiness into your life.

Element = Earth

Symbolism = Mountain

Family Member = Youngest Son

Season = Late Winter

Enhancer = Colours earthy terracotta, orange, earth colours. This is and earth element so beautiful statues that emit the feeling of peace i.e. Buddha statues or other spiritual symbolism.

Element = Fire

Symbolism = Fire

Family Member = Middle Daughter

Season = Summer

Enhancer =Colour Red, Pink, Purple Magenta. Also, can be enhanced with colour green. This zone needs a picture of you dressed in red doing what you want to be famous for. This is the zone to light candles a great place to have an altar and to light candles every day to give gratitude and also set clear intentions of what you want to happen. Fire Zone makes it happen.

By working with the energy of the environment you will also be more attuned to your purpose and will produce and create more.

We are influenced by everything we connect to around us

It should also be an uplifting happy place and not sad or depressing. We can change the inner landscape of people by changing their outer environment. Symbolism is therefore very important in your home and place of work too.

We are surrounded by symbols. Everything in our homes and workplaces says something about us to everyone who sees it, be it your family, friends, clients, colleagues or your staff. The objects surrounding us in our homes and offices continually give messages to us at our subconscious level. This affects our thought processes and ultimately our behaviour. It is therefore important to use symbolism in a positive and life-enhancing way.

Every single object in your home and workplace, whether it is artwork, sculpture, piece of furniture, furnishing or decorative ornament can be categorised into a symbolic element to tell whether it is positively supportive to the occupants of the premises. Check and see what negative and positive messages are given by the artwork in your home and workplace. Are they dull, flat and limiting landscapes? Sunsets, showing declining energy? Stark aggressive images? Abstract lines without clarity? Improve the energy to improve your life,

• Negative images include battle scenes, sinking ships, daggers, missiles, sunsets or anything dead e.g. plant, fish, animal or people.
• Positive images include birds flying, sunrise, flowers, gardens and landscapes.

We live in a vibrational world. Just like a lamp lights up when the connection is made to the wall socket through the flick of a switch, our destiny is influenced by everything we connect to around us.

Symbolism in our homes

In 2005, I travelled to Malaysia to study Feng Shui with Lillian Too, the woman who brought Feng Shui to the Western World. Here I passed the exams to become a Master Feng Shui Practitioner.

The key learning, I took from this course was the importance of symbolism, of what you surround yourself with in your home and work. Lillian owned Feng Shui shops that were full of trinkets and symbols for every possible thing you can think of. Only two items really resonated with me.

Kuan Kung sculptures (below). He is a warrior who offers protection to those who let him in, he protects from negative energies. I bought one for my business and one for my home. I have positioned them facing the main doorways to keep the places safe and protected.

The second symbol which I adore is the infinity knot. I purchased 200 jade infinity knots on red rope to share with friends and family. Lillian told us that if ever we needed a taxi, to just rub our infinity knot and a taxi will come. I’ve tried and tested this so many times and it’s worked every time. Wow! Don’t ask me how.

My favourite symbolic painting is by Gustav Klimt which originally was called ‘The Lovers’ and latterly named ‘The KISS’. I used this picture throughout my workplace as I personally believed and connected this painting with KISS Keep It Simple and Sexy. I also used this painting and hung it in my bedroom above my bed head when I was ready to manifest my soul mate – it worked.