Feng Shui Tips 2008 : Chinese New Year

I have students all over the world asking me about the Chinese New Year, because they want to welcome the Chinese New Year too.  A Jewish man told me that he celebrated all of the New Year of any religion including Chinese New Year.  It is wise to do this to lift our inner spirit.  The ancient masters in my family did advise us to celebrate any happy events to lift the Tai Shui and Shui Po energy.  For those who do not understand what Tai  Shui is, please read my blogs in the archive.

There are so many things the Chinese people do to prepare for the Chinese New Year.  We start to clear the clutter before we send the Kitchen God to Heaven.  It is in the belief that when we have cleared the clutter, we can receive new things. 

The Chinese would start to go shopping for food and new clothes and shoes.  We make sure that we wear new things from top to toes to welcome the Chinese New Year.  Most of us buy red things to symbolize the prosperity and welcome the Money God.  We have our hair cut and treat it as if we need to present our outlook on life on the first day of the New Year.  Everything we do in the New Year Day will symbolize the things that will happen throughout the year.   We are very careful what we do for the New Year Period. 

The Chinese New Year celebration has started when we thank the Kitchen God on Jan 31, 2008.  The night before the official Chinese New Year will start on February 7, 2008, we celebrate the New Year Eve with family.  Our New Year will last for 20 days starting from the day sending the Kitchen God to heaven.  We do not say and think the negative things for these 20 days.  Before the New Year starts, my family would start to get calls from people who want to have feng shui done on their houses.  This is to attract prosperity as well as for protection.

On the New Year Day we will start to wake up by getting off the bed with our own auspicious direction.  We start to visit the elderly members of the family on the first day.  The women should not visit their family on the first day.  It is in the belief that if they go to the women’s family first on the first day, they would lose money.  We all believe in getting the yang energy to attract money, so do everything on the yang side of life.  The following day is for the women, so the women visit the female side (yin side) of the family.

For those people who want to spend time visiting should leave the house before 11 am.  Please avoid going out the house at noon time, especially for the people who were born in the year of the Rat.  Noon time is the horse hour.  It is best to avoid the time that relates to Tai Shui and Shui Po.  We do not sweep the floor for the first day, because it symbolizes the money to be swept away.  The way we sweep the floor is from the front door to sweep inward.  We do not do laundry that day.  We put on all our new clothes.  The unmarried children are given a red package with money in it.  This was the hight light of my day, because even the strangers gave me red package with money.  We have lots of food.  All of the food we eat has a name to symbolize good luck and good fortunes.

The second day and third day of the New Year are prone to any debates and disagreements, because we have spent too long with the family.  We were told by the elderly members of the family to resist the argument and confrontation.  Each of us would avoid an argument.  We would remind ourselves that if we start on the wrong foot for the day, it would symbolize the day for the whole year. 

When we have followed all the rules, we feel fulfilled and happy for the rest of the year.

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 Kwai Lan
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Feng Shui and Spirit – Economy of the world, are we in trouble ?

It is important that we start to make changes with our lives.  Please remember when one door is closed, there is another door open for us to explore.  There is yin and yang in life.

When the sun is resting, the moon is out to play.  When something is dieing, something must be growing.  A time like this, many people are sitting on the fence and not knowing what to do.  I am amazed how resourceful people are in USA.  There are so many people who have more than one talent.  It shows that people are not short of talent, it is the spirit of the people needs to be lifted. 

Do you remember after 911 there are many small business were in trouble ?  The government cut the interest rate which helps the economy.  I got to hear a lot when people are in trouble, because they would be calling me for help to shift the energy in their homes or businesses.  I have helped rescued a number of businesses to turn them around.  Has Feng Shui got the power to shift the energy of their building or Feng Shui has helped shift the spirit of the business people ?

Whichever it is, Feng Shui helps calm the energy of the building and shift the spirit of the people.  Do you care how it works, as long as the energy moves people to take action and change lives ?  The economy need to be rescued fast.  It is the spirit of the people that can move mountain.   Please do not wait to see where the wind is going to blow.  Please encourage others to make the changes and move forward.

I have set up groups for people to meet and help others by sharing my feng shui secrets to make their lives get rid of obstacles.  If you are interested to help others to lift their spirits, please let me know MagicalFengShui@gmail.com.  Please sign up my web site http://www.ImperialFengShui.com  for  Energy Tune Up with free feng shui tips to shift people’s spirit. 

 Kwai Lan
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