The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


July 4th Feng Shui!

I love big holidays like the Fourth of July!

 
We get to enjoy time off with family and friends being as active, or not, as we choose.
And even better, they give us a leisurely opportunity to contemplate the natural harmonies of Feng Shui.
 For example,

To compare th… read more »

Feng Shui & Correct Ceiling Fan Direction

Reader Question: I thought ceiling fans were only for summertime use — why do you use yours all year ’round?
Ceiling fans bring great Feng Shui into your space by improving the air flow and comfort of your home 365 days a year.
But this is only true if the b… read more »

Three Cool Ways to Enhance Your Summer with Feng Shui

Tomorrow is the official start of summer, the “lazy, hazy” season, as the old song has it.
But the long, warm days also offer lots of opportunities to enhance your life with Feng Shui that are unique to this particular season.
Here are three cool ways to heat up yo… read more »

The Most Yang Day Of The Year

At 7:28 (EDT) this morning the earth was tilted at its maximum angle towards the sun, in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year, and the most Yang day of the year, when the sun’s arc peaks and it shines brightly o… read more »

Re-Balancing a Summer Garden

How was your 4th of July?
The weather in NYC was great, so we took advantage of it to bring our garden back into balance after our vacation week away.
With all the rain we’d had, the garden looked like an over-watered jungle when we got back — very unusual f… read more »

Life & Death In The Garden

My garden is looking really beautiful, it seems to grow more abundant every day. But along with beauty comes sadness: as the cycle of one plant picks up, another one fades.
Right now we have a new type of clematis (Violacea) coming in really strong:
At the same time ou… read more »

Your Feng Shui Garden In The Heat

The heat wave we’re experiencing in the Northeast right now tells me our world is out of balance. This kind of heat belongs in its correct season, Summer, which is Fire’s domain.
Springtime is the season of Wood — plants need this time to develop… read more »