Feng Shui Dos & Taboos [Paperback]

The ancient Chinese practice of feng shui is one of today's hottest topics in home decorating and self-help. In a fun-to-read A-Z format, Wong delivers over 350 practices, principles, and proverbs of feng shui with a focus on the simple and the practical. From antiques and aquariums to water and wind chimes, this browser-friendly reference offers easy, concrete ways to promote harmony, balance, and happiness. The hand-size trim makes this book an appealing gift.

Learn more than 400 tips for improving your career, relationships, health, and prosperity U right away! Do keep aquarium fish in multiples of nine U eight gold, one black. DonIt fret if a fish dies; it has absorbed something negative that would have happened to you!

Angi Ma Wong, the Feng Shui Lady ®, is a world-recognized pioneer and authority on the fascinating world of feng shui.

Angi is an award-winning entrepreneur and best-selling author, wife, mother, cancer survivor and Rotarian who coined the term "intercultural consultant" and who founded her spiritually-based businesses over in 1989 years ago following her cancer experience to bridge cultures to create understanding, peace and prosperity.

Recognized and trusted as an expert by the media, Angi has appeared on OPRAH, REgis, CNN and all other major networks, CBS Sunday Morning, Discovery and Learning Channels, TIME magazine, FastCompany.com and over 400 other Internet, broadcast and print features.

Introduction Throughout history, cultures around the world have believed that spirits dwelled in nature, the weather, and things they could not explain but intuitively sensed were special. Even primitive peoples identified natural places they considered unique and sacred. To the ancient Chinese, that feeling was captured in the philosophy of feng shui. Feng Shui Philosophy Literally translated as "wind-water," feng shui is the art of placement and is one of the five components of a person's destiny. The first factor, fate, is determined by heaven at the moment of your birth. Luck, the second element, occurs in the form of pure luck, man-made luck, and heaven luck. The third component is feng shui, or earth luck. Next comes philanthropy, and finally education and experience. I like the analogy that life is a journey from one place to another. You start out in a particular circumstance, but the choices and decisions you make determine your mode of transportation. The last three components of your destiny are the proactive things you can do to make changes along the way. Feng Shui Concepts The three major concepts of feng shui are the flow of energy; the balance of yin and yang; and the interaction of the five elements in the universe: fire earth, metal, water, and wood. The flow of energy is expressed in nature, where perfectly straight lines occur only in very short segments, such as sugar cane and bamboo stalks. Even the tallest trees have irregularities, and it is a natural law that energy flows in wavy lines similar to breezes and streams. When energy travels in a straight path, as in the case of a roaring flood, its awesome power is unleashed. When a flood destroys everything in its path, it usually follows something man-made, such as a road. Freeways, tunnels, bridges, buildings, and lampposts have straight edges that are conduits of negative energy called sha or "killing" energy. In feng shui, straight lines and the angles they create are called "killing" arrows. The second important concept is the duality of the universe, expressed in the yin/yang symbol of one dark and one light teardrop positioned in a circle. One teardrop embodies yin qualities, which are female, soft, passive, nurturing, dark, fluid, even numbers, and the right side of the body. The other teardrop signifies yang traits, which are male, bright, hard, active, aggressive, odd numbers, and the left side of the body. The two halves comprise a whole, yet there is an element of each in the other. A fluid S-shaped line divides the two teardrops and personifies the balance within the universe, nature, the environment, and the self. It is our task to maintain the balance of yin and yang within our physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual selves. Achieving this balance results in feeling grounded - much like a rock that is pounded by the elements but remains solid. The third concept includes the five universal elements, each of which relates to th