How To Set Up Your Feng Shui Aquarium

Here is how you set up your Water Dragon Aquarium. Things to put inside the dragon aquarium are listed below:

 

• Get yourself the largest aquarium you can afford.
• Place this facing your front door - this is where the sheng chi is
• Get at least 8 varieties of green plants to plant into the sand. 
• Create a stable base with two kilos of river sand and pebbles. 
• Place a big rock to simulate the mountain (excellent for health). 
• Place the Wealth Buddha sitting on top of the rock. 
• Place two sets of Dragons prominently in the tank. 
• Scatter auspicious stones on the bed of the aquarium. 
• Also put powerful affirmation glass stones inside. 
• Put a wish fulfilling crystal jewel in. 
• Put in at least 108 peaceful fish like guppies, mollies, etc. 
• Install oxygenators to infuse yang chi continuously. 
• Get decal stickers with powerful mantras to paste onto the tan

I am of course a very OTT (over-the-top) person and also very KIASU, so here are the 18 lucky things we placed inside the beautiful aquarium:

1. Tortoise 7 Immortal (It's actually a dragon-head tortoise) - as the tortoise is the major celestial creature needed in 2012.
2. 3D Crab - to enhance strategy and to prevent theft of money.
3. Protective Rhino - to remedy the Flying Star affliction at our store door. 
4. Yellow Dzambala - to bring wealth and lots of sales (note the colour does not run).  
5. Glass Turtle - for support and longevity to all of us. 
6. River Stones with Sacred Symbols to invoke the help of the cosmic forces.
7. River Stones with Auspicious Symbols to give voice to our wishes!
8. Wish Fulfilling Glass Stones to add positive connotations to our set-up.
9. Ingots (plastic gold-coloured so they won't spoil), to add to our asset wealth. 
10. Rising Blue Dragon - to energize the Water Dragon of the year.  
11. Dragon Water - to activate the year of the Water Dragon 2012. 
12. Rose Quartz Mandarin Ducks - to bring love and relationship luck. 
13. Blue Water Globe to keep Water energy under control. 
14. Crystal 8 with gold flakes to activate the # 8 Wealth Star at our main door in 2012. 
15. Hotu Loshu - to ensure good luck is continuous. 
16. Wish Fulfilling Jewels in varying sizes. 
17. Amethyst Slab - We found one that has the amethyst facing up so used it as a flat top mountain/hill for enhancing our customer relations luck. 
18. Citrine Slab - Small slab to activate wealth luck. 

Do note that there are many other fabulous feng shui reasons for keeping fish. Feng shui believers have always known that the word for fish in Chinese yu sounds very much like the word meaning abundance. This is why the Chinese tycoons of Hong Kong like keeping fish inside their offices and boardrooms. But keeping small fish like the colourful guppies also brings a secondary benefit in that when you feed the fish each day, you are in effect providing food for 108 living beings.This creates such good karma for getting wealthy and staying wealthy! So there is also an excellent spiritual reason here.
 
The presence of water not only activates the heavenly stem for the year, it also brings wealth luck. Shortage of Water element always causes wealth-making opportunities to dry up, but with water so available next year, Wood energy gets strengthened.
 

Where To Place Your Aquarium

• Place at the foyer or living area of your home facing the front door to welcome in the sheng chi. This is extremely auspicious, especially since you have Dragons inside welcoming in the good fortune chi. 
• Place against the Northwest wall (especially if you have a Northwest facing door) to subdue powerfully dangerous afflictive chi that threatens the patriarch in 2012.
• Placed against the North wall, it activates the Star of the General. So aquariums placed here would benefit from an image of Kuan Kong placed standing on top of the aquarium. Very auspicious indeed!
• Placed against the East wall it activates the Dragon energy that benefits the eldest son of the family. Here the aquarium also activates the energy related to romance and marriage. Place the Double Happiness sign (as many as you like) inside the tank to activate marriage luck.
• Placed against the Southwest wall, the tank will help subdue the afflictions of this sector in 2012. The Dragons inside the tank will enhance the Dragon chi energy for residents. 

Welcome The Magical Water Dragon

This year is the magnificent WATER DRAGON and the outlook does not look anywhere near as bad as last year, with only 3 clashing element pillars this time. The key thing about this year is that YOU MUST be very aware of timing ... and you must know how to energize the mighty Dragon so he is on your side and not against you! So you might like to do what I have already done, for my home and for the homes of my "believing in me" friends ...

I have created an underwater haven for hundreds of fish to swim and enjoy and procreate amidst plants and very auspicious symbols. Yes ... this is to activate the mighty power of the Dragon in water. It is the best way to pull in great good fortune into your home, your business and your retail establishment!

Since I believe the energy of the Dragon has already started to exert its influence, my aquariums at home were put in place by November. What I did was to create two aquariums. First I put together a water paradise to house my water Dragons, creating an incredibly beautiful ecosystem inside a very big aquarium which I decorated with lucky stones, auspicious crystal wish fulfilling jewels, lots of live, green plants and two pairs of beautiful Dragons; one pair in repose simulating the mountain, and the other pair gazing skywards getting ready to fly into the heavens. The whole aquarium is lit up with bright ultra-violet light to make sure the plants grow healthily.

The aquarium was so beautiful with lots of incredibly colorful new baby guppies and black mollies and bright red peacock fish that I decided to create a similar aquarium for our store, so you can go there to take a look so you know what to do.

It is excellent to place the aquarium in the foyer facing your front door, because this is where the sheng chi or growth luck is located. Under the Eight Mansions formula, Sheng Chi is always at the front of the house, and the element of sheng chi is represented by the Wood element, so having water here produces plenty of growth luck!

It is thus very important to have green plants inside the tank. Apart from playing a big role in creating oxygen for the fish and absorbing all the ammonia and waste matter, the plants inside the aquarium represent the Wood element which stands for growth luck.

In 2012, the energy of Wood is very significant and pivotal for bringing you the kind of luck you need to maximize your good fortune through the year, despite the many dangers that are also present during the year. Wood energy always brings new growth!

The presence of very solid and stable growth luck is what makes the Year of the Dragon very different from the previous year, and with the Dragon aided by a powerful flying Phoenix (who also makes an appearance in 2012) there will be HUGE OPPORTUNITIES for those who know how to look for them and for those who know how to take advantage of them. But you must also understand that not the whole year will be good, so you also need to know what else to do. 

My Arowana Tank 

I believe so much in the Arowana that I also created a very large new water feature in my home. I have placed this against my Northwest wall to benefit my family. Here I placed the tank against a wall where I had hung the nine dragons screen so they would show through the glass tank.

And then I selected nine arowanas, eight of which are the long-tailed arowanas that look like swords and are silver in colour, and one the more expensive stouter arowana with high backs and red fins. I am very fond of the silver variety (which are a lot more affordable) as these look very symmetrical and are extremely graceful when they swim. Unlike other enthusiasts who keep these dragon fish, I do not like to have them solitary. Instead, I have always liked them in a group of 5 or 9, as these are the special numbers in feng shui.

It is not at all advisable to put anything inside an Arowana tank, not even stones or jewels. This is because the fish will only eat them; so the Dragon screen at the back is an excellent way to energize the chi energy of the Dragon. I also place a great many wishfulfilling mantras on the glass to benefit the fish. Arowanas are said to be Dragon fish that bring awesome wealth luck and I personally know of at least twelve very wealthy men who have their private arowanas inside their private office, employing a special expert to care for them!

A word of warning. It creates very bad karma to feed your arowana with live fish - this creates bad energy for you even as they make you rich. Far better to feed them special pellets, dried prawns or fresh prawns from the market (already dead) then peel them and cut them into small pieces. My nine arowanas love their daily regular intake of fresh prawns!

How do I know if the feng shui of my house is good?

A house with good feng shui means it has good energy. A house with good energy will support you in all aspects of your life—health, good relationships, prosperity and success in your work or career.

A good measurement of whether your house has good feng shui or not, is to look at the true reality of your daily life. If you have been living in the house for a period of time, and everything in your life is going well, then you must have a good feng shui house.

If on the other hand, after moving in the house, things start to go bad, either in health, relationships or business, you may want to look into a feng shui issue.

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Wu-Xing on a Small Scale

On a smaller scale, the Wu-Xing theory could be very useful in other ways, such as design. A good example would be the design of the McDonald’s logo. It is perfectly in tune with the Wu-Xing and Yin-Yang Theory. Let’s try to see if we can break it down and analyze the logo.
As a global company, the McDonald’s logo is seen throughout the world. Almost all of us can recognize their famous ‘golden arches’, which is the big yellow rounded letter ‘m’. The arches sit on top of a red rectangular box which has the word McDonald’s written in white letters. Let’s first look at the logo from a Yin-Yang point of view. The ‘m’ is dynamic, so it represents the yang element, while the rectangular box is static, representing the yin element. The yang rests on top of the yin which creates a good balance with correct positioning.
Next, let’s examine the logo from a Wu-Xing point of view. The combination of the color red (Fire) and the color yellow (Earth) has a cohesive relationship as Fire creates Earth. In addition to this, yellow resonates with appetite (stomach, Earth element), and red resonates with desire (heart, Fire element).

This means that with the combination of red and yellow, when people are hungry and see those golden arches they go to McDonald’s! How many of you thought that something as simple as that has helped to make McDonald’s into one of the most successful restaurants in the world! By the way, you may have noticed most restaurant logos or food court signs use red and yellow colors. This follows the Wu-Xing theory and is a good sign for increasing business.
But before we wrap up on the Wu-Xing theory, it is important to remember that in any analysis, one should apply the Yin-Yang theory first. If you have a good grasp of the Yin-Yang theory, you will have accomplished much in the understanding of feng shui and also in various aspects of design. On the other hand, the Wu-Xing theory is much more challenging as it mainly applies in dynamic situations.

So, don’t be discouraged if it takes a while to understand the concepts and be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to absorb the information. We all learn at different speeds.
I would like to emphasize, that both the Yin-Yang and Wu-Xing theories are the basis in guiding us with the most important and valuable knowledge throughout our entire lives. Remember, knowing or not, we all live under the influence of these principles.

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What Are the Secret, or Sacred Feng Shui Cures?

Let's first look into the meaning of feng shui cures, as this is a widely misunderstood concept. "Feng shui cure" is a general term used for various ways to work with the Chi, or energy of your home to achieve a desired result.

For example, if your home needs more fire feng shui element energy, a red color in a specific room will be a feng shui cure; so is a mirror added in a Bagua area that needs more water energy. Many feng shui cures are really easy to use and apply, and you can explore the use of a variety of feng shui cures, such as mirrors, colors, feng shui crystals, fountains, and more.

Usually, you would use a physical object as a feng shui cure, such as a Buddha statue, for example, or a fountain, a mirror, or a lucky bamboo plant. Almost any decor item can serve as a feng shui cure if it represents the feng shui elements you need in your home.

However, some feng shui schools, such as the BTB School of Feng Shui, have feng shui cures that are more like meditations, mudras and blessings; a more subtle, even secret way to work with the energy. These cures are sometimes called secret, or sacred feng shui cures.

It is not that the feng shui cures are sacred, feng shui cures are just tools to deal with energy. What empowers them, though, is often a type of energy - let's call it your intent - that is more powerful when not revealed, especially to parties that will not understand, honor or accept the information.

The secrecy required with some feng shui cures is not because one is doing something that other people would judge as not being good.

The secrecy is there as protection and foundation for growth, just like you would protect a fragile young tree by giving it support and protecting for a while against strong outside elements.

Some examples of secret feng shui cures (as taught by BTB practitioners) are the Three Secrets Reinforcement, the Sun Moon Meditation, and others. Usually, an offering of red envelopes with some money in them is required when these secret cures are given to a client by the feng shui consultant. You can also find some secret feng shui cures in books written by BTB feng shui school practitioners.

Classical, or traditional feng shui schools have some secret cures, too. For example, the salt water cure, which is a very popular traditional feng shui cure, is considered a secret cure, and so is the feng shui wealth vase.

In conclusion, the secret behind all feng shui cures, either they are called secret or not, is the fact that you know, or are taught, how to empower them with your intent.

As for the meaning of sacred as applied to feng shui cures, everything in life is sacred; no one cure is more sacred than the other!

Ideally one would live life with a sacred attitude towards everything, be it a Buddha statue, a sunset or the drops of water trickling from your roof after a heavy rain.