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Using Candles in Feng
Shui Decorating
by: Jennifer Hall
The basic belief behind Feng
Shui is that there are five elements,
some combinations of which create a
productive cycle, and some a destructive
cycle. When one of these five elements –
water, wood, fire, earth, and metal,
respectively for the productive cycle –
are combined with an element adjacent to
the main element, a productive cycle is
perpetuated. The reason being that water
sustains wood, wood feeds fire, ashes
create earth, earth creates metal, and
metal holds water. So if you have a room
where wood is the main element, it would
be good Feng Shui to add a water or fire
element to the room, as water feeds wood
and wood feeds fire. This is where
candles would be a nice touch of good
Feng Shui.
A look at the destructive cycle
will show which elements do not work well
together: water, fire, metal, wood,
earth. And we can see that water puts our
fire, fire melts metal, metal cuts wood,
wood clogs earth, and earth muddies
water. Although these elements are
generally considered bad Feng Shui
combinations, one can be used with an
adjacent element in the destructive cycle
to minimize an overpowering element. For
instance, if a room has overpowering
metal elements, maybe filled with modern
metal furniture, you can minimize that
with wood elements like some green leafy
plants, or with fire elements such as red
throw pillows, a fireplace, or even
candles.
It is
beneficial to bear in mind the productive
and destructive cycles while decorating,
but for optimum Feng Shui, a room would
have an equal balance of all five
elements – none being too overpowering.
If this isn’t the case and there is not
one overpowering element, then the
productive cycle is a good place to start
when decorating.
Now that we have a basic
understanding of the elements, we can see
how to best utilize candles in our
decorating. In areas with predominately
metal or water elements – rooms which
would have a lot of blue or silver colors
or metallic furnishings – a candle would
help minimize the overpowering colors and
add balance. If you want to start using
Feng Shui in a room with no overpowering
elements, you could bring in a candle and
a complimentary element like a plant or a
brown oval rug since that color and shape
are associated with the earth
element.
Candles can be an easy way to
bring a natural element into your home
and can be a good starting place for
implementing Feng Shui design. Not to
mention that scented candles are often
great Feng Shui because of the
mood-enhancing qualities certain scents
have. Candles provide a simple start in
creating a pleasant ambiance and good
decorating style.
About The Author
Jennifer Hall is the founder and
editor of http://Candle-Lite-World.com,
http://Savvy-Cafe.com, a journal for fun home
ideas and an online guide to saving money; and
http://onetimesone.com, an online magazine
featuring independent music and film. When
she's not online, Jennifer's spending time with
her family, gardening, or playing the piano or
accordion.
jennifer@savvy-cafe.com
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