Happy Chinese New Year! There is no better time to harness the auspicious energy of the new year to increase abundance and prosperity in your life.
And a good way to do this is through the art of Feng Shui. A practice that channels the natural life energy of your environment for well-being, wisdom and wealth.
By focusing on the bagua areas of your home, you can help attract more luck, more fortune and of course, more money.
This also includes implementing elemental symbols, lucky colours, amulets, remedies and even living plants to help draw in abundant chi.
For the Year of the Water Rabbit, the two important elements are wood (because the rabbit is inherently a wood elemental) and water (which is the element of the 2023 Chinese calendar cycle).
Taking all this into account, here’s how you can use Feng Shui to make 2023 the most auspicious year for you and your family yet.
Pinpoint the Power Centres
Your ‘power centres’ or bagua directions are where your fortune lies. While all sectors should equally be cared for, you should ideally only activate 2 or 3 at one time.
Experts suggest that the three most important sectors to focus on are your personal elemental sector (based on your Chinese zodiac), the lucky direction of the year (in this case, North), and the wealth sector/southeast (if you’re interested in bringing in more prosperity).
If you want to solely work on your wealth sector (which also represents abundance) you can dedicate a special table or altar.
Because southeast is associated with the wood element, fill this area with living plants, the colour green, and pictures, figurines, etc. that represent nature (like a wealth tree).
To boost the chi in that area, add any water element you have on hand too (because water feeds wood).
Just be sure not to overwhelm the primary element (wood) with the secondary element (water).
Another lucky direction for the Year of the Rabbit is South, which is associated with the fire element.
Know Thy Element
Each of has our own astrological element assigned to us at birth according to the year we were born.
Those born in the year of the rabbit in 2023 would have water as their lucky element, for example.
Learning the generative and destructive properties of the Eastern elements can help you both enhance and remedy your feng shui in various ways.
While introducing your own native element is important, it’s also good if you add another generative element into the mix.
For instance, fire is good for earth, and earth is good for metal.
If your lucky element was water, your lucky direction would be north, your lucky colour would be black and your lucky shape would be undulating/serpentine (wavy) patterns.
But your generative or complimentary element would be metal.
So, while you can put water elements (aquariums, glass, marine landscapes) in your north sector, you can also boost your general luck in your lucky direction by adding metal elements like coins, bells, wind chimes, etc. and using the colour white and incorporating round objects (because metal supports water in Feng Shui).
Fill Your Life with Colour
One of the easiest ways to implement Feng Shui is through colours.
Because the lucky elements for the Year of the Water Rabbit is both water and wood, the colours of blue, green and black are most auspicious to bring in your home.
Similarly, metal (which is supportive of the water element) can also be incorporated to bring in Rabbit energy. The lucky colour of metal includes silver, grey and white.
A good way to implement colour Feng Shui is through table cloths or runners, crystals, and flowers.
Sectors that can benefit most from Rabbit energy include family (east), wealth (southeast) and of course the career sector located in the north which is one of the luckiest directions in the Year of the Water Rabbit.
Just be sure to avoid any unlucky colours this year as per your zodiac forecast.
Trinkets, Talismans and Tiny Treasures
Aside from colours, you can also make use of special Feng Shui talismans to attract more of that lucky Rabbit energy into your home.
Talismans associated with the Year of the Water Rabbit include anything rabbit-shaped placed in the North sector. These can be rabbit figurines, metallic rabbits, wooden rabbits, rabbit art (in blue or green).
On the first day of the Rabbit Year of 2023, place a Laughing Buddha in the dining room to attract blessings and prosperity all year round.
Next, make yourself a money bowl to place either next to the front door of the house, or in the northeast side which is the lucky direction of the year.
Some good things to put in your money or prosperity bowl include semi-precious stones (your lucky gems), Chinese coins, and a wealth tree.
Other symbols and amulets that you can add to your home include: bronze dragon (power, courage, honour), jade money frog (wealth), Green Pi Yao (good fortune), Fu Foo Dogs (protection).
Plants are Your Friends
Another way to bring in good chi into your home is through plants. We’ve written an article on some good Feng Shui plants that will attract abundance and good fortune in the Year of the Rabbit.
When placed at strategic bagua points in the house they boost the energy of those sectors.
For instance, a jade plant in the north can help boost your career, and a money tree in the southeast corner can increase your financial luck.
Fuel Your Fortune with Feng Shui Power
Feng Shui is more than just about home decorating or organisation. It’s a way to maximise the flow of natural energy through the home.
But we can understand why these tips may be a bit overwhelming for a first timer.
If you’re just beginning in your Feng Shui journey, implementing just one or two changes is enough.
Keep your home uncluttered, clean and smelling nice. If you do, then there is absolutely nothing for you to worry about.
The lucky energy of the Rabbit is abundant and available to everyone. All you have to do is hop into whatever good fortune that comes your way!
Motherhood wishes you and your family a Happy Chinese New Year full of love and prosperity, Gong Xi Fa Cai!