Feng Shui Paintings: The Meaning of Images and Selection Guidelines

The expression "not on Feng Shui" has long become a household word, with some irony and a distortion of the rules of writing. But the goal of Feng Shui is to achieve harmony and balance through the organization of the surrounding space. Those who have been able to apply this East Asian practice on themselves speak about the beneficial effects of energy flows. Their source are the paintings, the location and plot of which can affect the mood and relationships in the family. Before purchasing an element of decor, it is important to use recommendations from Feng Shui experts.

A painting is not necessarily a Renaissance canvas in the original. This can be a watercolor painted by a friend, or a computer drawing created by a son, photographs or wallpaper. In any case, there is a piece of the author's soul, which can suit you according to emotions or not. Hence the rules for choosing paintings for the apartment and office.

• Work should like. Looking at her, the soul should rest, and all the negative should go.
• If there is a need to hang a canvas to decorate the wall, you must first arm yourself with a compass. There is an interrelation between a part of the world and the elements accompanying it: in the north, scenes with water are welcomed, on the east side - with forest, plants, land, on the south - with fire, heat, on the west - with air currents, metal.
• The main thing in the canvas is the plot, not the frame. The salary should not be massive, otherwise the circulation of the energy of the painting will be disturbed.
• To understand whether you need to acquire a popular thing, you should put it on the wall in a particular room and think about whether you want to see this work in your house every day.
• People who are not familiar with the meaning of hieroglyphs, before buying, be sure to find out what the symbol in the picture means.

To make a career go uphill, on the northern walls of your home or office you need to hang pictures in blue and black and white. The south is associated with red and green colors, denoting recognition and success in all matters. The western sector symbolizes children and creativity. Pictures with gray, yellow, white flowers should solve problems with children and contribute to the realization of creative ideas. Cloths with blue, green, brown, black and a small amount of red, located in the east of the room, are designed to create family harmony.

Each house has its own traditions: some people like to make a photo gallery of their relatives, entomologists show rare butterflies, and archaeologists show fragments of ancient dishes. From the point of view of Feng Shui, this is not worth doing.

• Photos of loved ones or celebrities who died, cause not only admiration, but also sadness, sadness. Such work can be hung only in the work area as a recognition of merit and an incentive to achieve the goal.
• Military battles, necromancy, murder themes - such paintings have no place in the apartment, these are paintings for museums and exhibition galleries. The only place where battle themes are relevant is in sports halls.
• Feng Shui recommends removing cracked and broken items, furniture, and dishes from the interior. And in their pictures, too, should not be. The crack on the mirror - the crack on the path of life.
• Abstraction and energy is the same: uncertainty, sharpness, emotional explosion, a hodgepodge. There is no pronounced negativity, but few positive emotions.
• In the bedroom it is not recommended to hang frames with dried butterflies and beetles, flowers, reeds - dead plants and insects carry negative energy, even if they are very rare and very beautiful.
• But also drawing a bag with money is also not advised to be placed in the bedroom. It is believed that all family values ​​will shift to the money stream, which can provoke scandals and quarrels in the family.
• Do not hang pictures that depict an odd number of objects: harmony is a couple.
• Behind him (either at the desk or at the head of the bed) there are no need for scenes with the water element: a turbulent waterfall or a quiet lake. Such paintings should not be on the southern walls of the house and office.

So, the general recommendations are known, now it is worthwhile to talk in more detail about the décor of various functional premises, both residential and business. For example, canvases depicting well-being and status are suitable for the office of the head of the office. Behind the back of the modern manager are appropriate photos of cars, yachts, beautiful houses. In the negotiation scenes, depicting the harvest, will become a symbol of success in all endeavors.

The first thing that guests see when entering the house, leaves the most vivid impression. Therefore, it is important to properly equip the hallway in terms of Feng Shui. This place saves and distributes energy throughout the house. Contribute to this picture with landscapes, still lifes, non-aggressive animals and birds. To attract money to the house in front of the front door hang image of a money tree. In a small hallway, the picture should take no more than a third of the free space on the wall. If the entrance room is a corridor, then modular pictures are appropriate.

The main reception can accommodate a large canvas or a few small paintings. For a better choice, you can attach several pieces of fabric of different colors in turn to the intended place of the picture. The plot may be as follows: hearth or fireplace, a cozy house with garden trees, a snow hill with rolling children, a stream, a river (but not a waterfall). Spiritually enlightened people can hang plot paintings on religious themes.

Vital active people select canvases depicting movement of animals, people, birds - it is the flow of positive energy and the desire to move forward. Those who need symbols of peace choose landscapes, a symbol of abundance - butterflies and flowers.

It is very important what scenes depict pictures: there is no place for swamps and stagnant water of ponds, no proud petrels in the stormy sea, tsunamis and devastating waterfalls. You can not post photos with the image of one person, if the bedroom belongs to a couple or would like to live here a couple. It is not recommended to place any pictures above the bed in order not to get family problems. The most frequent recommendation of feng shui specialists is hang in the bedroom panels with peonies, it is a symbol of hot feelings, passion, new relationships.

Orchid - the flower of family comfort. It helps to return feelings, as well as improve health (if the picture hangs in the eastern sector) and make a career (in the northern sector). You should not strive to curtain all the walls with diverse pictures - it mixes the energy of the canvases and leads to an imbalance of the flows.

The choice of drawings for children depends on the psycho-emotional state and the nature of the child. Apathetic need to cheer up, give energy. Choleric - soothe, relax the nervous system. Therefore, the paintings should hang not at the head, but in sight of the beloved offspring. It is advisable to consult and identify the color preferences of the child. But explain why the room does not need to hang posters with aggressive cartoon and movie characters. Most popular for younger age drawings with the sun, sunflowers. These are symbols of struggle with evil spirits.

For kitchen design, feng shui space is very large: still lifes with all kinds of fruits and berries, spices and aromatic coffee, flowers, landscapes, fire in various ways. The main condition: the paintings should be positive, no drawings of dirty taverns or broken dishes. A kitchen apron over the tabletop with photo printing is perfect as a large artistic canvas. The view of the evening city, the retreating road, street lamps - all this relaxes, creates a romantic atmosphere.

The use of red and green colors in the paintings attracts financial flow. Therefore, there are many natural themes here: forest, plants, red flowers. But water with a light wave is appropriate, fields with golden ears. The picture should hang so that it is visible to everyone entering the kitchen.

Pictures, posters, panels depicting the desert, sunset or dawn, bright burning sun rays are not suitable for the toilet room, because all these works are done in the colors of the fire element: yellow, orange, red. And this room needs muffled cold tones: snowy mountain peaks, frozen lakes, flying snowflakes — silvery-white, blue-blue, a little black. The most typical picture is the sea element, but without a hot beach.

Before buying a painting, it is imperative to acquire the so-called explanatory dictionary of the semantic meanings of the drawings according to Feng Shui.

Trees, plants, flowers.

• Peonies - a picture is hung before entering the bedroom during the search for a life partner or to incite passion in the second half.
• Poppies - a symbol of love and pleasure.
• Sakura - good luck, health, peace, happiness, prosperity. Picture with sakura is best hung in the bedroom.
• Trees with a green crown - long and happy life, health. Pictures often hang in the living room, in the kitchen, in the hallway.
• Pine - longevity.
• Daisies - suitable for any living space. Bring with them the energy of love, goodness and warmth.
• Orchid - family happiness, patronage, love, romanticism.
• Nature in the form of a park, forest, green meadow attracts wealth, and the mill increases the flow of finance.

Animals, insects, fish, marine life.

• Pictures of fish - a symbol of happiness. Goldfish attract well-being to the house, carps - energy.
• Elephant - standard of stability and well-being. Pictures with elephants can be placed in any living room and hallway, because they talk about reliability, prudence and seriousness of the owners.
• Tiger - it is courage, courage and courage.
• Swan - romance and love. The same value and dove.
• Heron - a symbol of honesty, longevity, devotion.
• Butterflies - lightness and joy.
• The Dragon - One of the main symbols of the East, which is the highest for creative individuals, bringing good luck and success.
• Horses - persistence of character, performance, luck, generosity. The horse on the rack - a symbol of life growth. The image of a horse in front of the nursery entrance is a kind of amulet. But the paintings should be so located in the house and office so that the horses “do not run away” at the door or window. A pair of horses strengthens the bond between family members.
• Peacock - one of the most powerful talismans, symbolizing pride, immortality, beauty, wisdom, luck, happiness and joy.

Natural elements.

• Waterfall attracts, like any water, luck and well-being.But a powerful stream rushing down can destabilize energy flows.
• Calm sea - order and stability.
• Surging waves a storm can lead to stress, failure, destabilization.
• Sailboat on a calm sea - a sign of stability, prosperity. But the nose of the ship should be directed inside the house, not at the door.
• Rain: summer warm rain is a symbol of purity, freshness and renewal, and rain with a thunderstorm is anxiety, anxiety.
• Fountain attracts abundance and prosperity.
• The mountains, mountain peaks, rocks - The best design of the workplace, symbolizing strength of mind, stability, protection, support.

Above, we talked about the traditions of the image of people in Feng Shui. But there is a special picture - “100 children”, which for many couples seeking the emergence of an heir, is a symbol of faith in fulfillment of their wishes.

On how to choose a picture and a place for its location on Feng Shui, see below.