Did you know that you have a “personality type” in Feng Shui?
In Feng Shui terms, you are made up of a combination of all of Feng Shui’s Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
But one element predominates within you — the one that corresponds to your personal Archetype.
Your Feng Shui Archetype represents your innermost qualities and the way you express yourself in the world.
Which one describes you best?
WOOD element Archetype:The PIONEER:
* Strong and flexible
* Values personal freedom, confident, purposeful
* Competitive, ambitious, directed
* Good at planning and strategy
* Idealistic and optimistic
*Enhance your Feng Shui Archetype with Wood, nourish it with Water, restrain it with Metal
FIRE element Archetype: The WIZARD
* Charismatic, enthusiastic, empathetic
* Values clarity, inspiration, insight
* Alert, lively, and social
* Dynamic, communicative, passionate, restless
*Enhance your Feng Shui Archetype with Fire, nourish it with Wood; restrain it with Water
EARTH element Archetype: The PEACEMAKER
* Centered, stable and solid
* Sociable, agreeable, attentive
* Has a great need to “belong”
* Reliable, nurturing, supportive
*Enhance your Feng Shui Archetype with Earth, nourish it with Fire, restrain it with Wood
METAL element Archetype: The ALCHEMIST
* Values structure, precision, efficiency
* Good at boundaries: self-reliant, needs personal space
* Discerning, methodical, scrupulous
* Neat, calm, disciplined, honorable
*Enhance your Feng Shui Archetype with Metal, nourish it with Earth, restrain it with Fire.
WATER element Archetype: The PHILOSOPHER
* Introspective, curious, watchful
* Lucid, reflective, hates waste (thrifty!)
* Candid, modest, objective
* Values ingenuity
*Enhance your Feng Shui Archetype with Water, nourish it with Metal, restrain it with Earth.
Keep your Archetype in mind and nourish it with the elements that suit your personality to maintain your balance and align yourself with nature’s harmonies.
For further reading check out this article about how Feng Shui’s Five Elements nourish and balance one another.
(photo from iStock)
I didn’t know people could be one of the 5 elements too. It’s hard to figure out which one I am. Perhaps a Pioneer or an Alchemist? Interested to read more blog posts on this topic and how it relates to the feng shui of my environment (office, home).
Thanks Caroline — more posts on this are in the pipeline, that I hope will be helpful in figuring out your Archetype.
Would like to see pictures of living rooms decorated like the personality types
Great idea — thanks. Stay tuned, I will be working on this.
I would need to take a quiz to really figure out which one I am.
Wait… I think I’m the Pioneer lol
Thanks — I DO plan to create a quiz one of these days… stay tuned 😉