The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Excitement In The Sky: 12/20/10 Lunar Eclipse & Solstice – with video!

A rare trifecta occured on December 20: a full moon and total lunar eclipse, coinciding with the Winter Solstice.
The last time these three events coincided was in 1638 (!) and the next time won’t be until 2094.
Wow.
Here’s the eclipse in time-lapse ac… read more »

Feng Shui: Tools, Not Rules!

One of the things that gets in the way of people using Feng Shui is a fear that they will never be able to learn all of Feng Shui’s “rules,” so what’s the point of trying.
In fact Feng Shui is not a list of rules, but a set of tools.

Feng Shui̵… read more »

The Bagua Map: Origins of Feng Shui

The history of Feng Shui’s Bagua Energy Map goes all the way back at least 2500 years to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, who actually contributed to its creation.

This unique and profound tool has been around for thousands of years, evolving into a profo… 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 »

Is My Living Room Out Of Balance?

Have you ever been in a living room where it’s obvious that no one spends much time?
The function of a living room is to foster life. It should invite people to gather together, socialize, and relax. So the living room needs a balance with high energy: more Yang than… read more »

Feng Shui & The Icelandic Volcano

The ongoing eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull (!!) volcano in Iceland gives us a lot to think about, Feng Shui-wise.
As the volcano imposes worldwide travel disruptions, it forces us all to slow down.
Humanity seldom has an opportunity to be as much in the moment as… read more »

Five Things That Make Feng Shui Special

“What makes Feng Shui special?”
This question came up at an event I attended recently entitled “Feng Shui: Is It All In The Mind?”
The hall at the Rubin Museum of Art was packed with folks who wanted to hear about how Feng Shui actually works, or as neuro-soci… read more »

The new U.S. Embassy in London — Good Feng Shui?

The construction of a new American embassy is underway on London’s South Bank, and it looks to me like it will have some great Feng Shui.
As the critique in the NY Times notes, the building is actually more of a fort, complete with moat, than it is a welcoming sym… read more »

How To Use The Feng Shui Bagua Map

The Feng Shui Bagua uses your space to map your life, identifying the life areas where you need to make key changes. 
The Bagua Map is Feng Shui’s way of bringing the power of your Intention to your health, intimate relationships, money matters and more.  I… read more »

The Winter Solstice: A Big Day in Feng Shui

Today’s a big day in the northern hemisphere: the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night.
In Feng Shui, Yin, the feminine, is at its peak and the wheel turns towards Yang as the days start to get longer. And of course it’s also the first day o… read more »