The Miraculous Feng Shui Fountain
The Feng Shui Fountain is one of the more commonly recognized symbols and household items in Feng Shui. At the same time though, the Feng Shui fountain is not commonly found in many homes, because it can often clash with décor and common decorating sense. There are a number of reasons to have and use a Feng Shui fountain.
In Feng Shui, we believe that qi, or energy, is stored in the five elements: fire, water, earth, wood and metal. The Feng Shui fountain, with its emphasis on water, obviously represents the water element. Using other components such as rounded stones, ribbons and metallic statues the Feng Shui fountain can also be crafted into representing the other elements of Feng Shui. The Feng Shui fountain typically is used to represent life as it is presented through water – the only other common household alternative is a fish tank or a fish bowl.
If you’d rather not use the fish bowl, you can take a look at this tabletop fountain here.
So what can be used in a Feng Shui fountain? It is believed that the electrical or mechanical systems of a Feng Shui fountain are beneficial, as they are representative of movement and thus active, flowing chi. Water by its very nature should be active and moving. (An interesting aside is the number of English-language associations between water and money – cash flow, slush funds, pooling money, floating a loan and income streams anyone?) At the same time, the Feng Shui fountain also represents sound because of the movement of the water. Using rounded stones can give the Feng Shui fountain a grounded element too, stabilizing the energy in the room. Feng Shui fountains also allow the savvy practitioner to incorporate other elements, such as bright objects, Feng Shui colors suited to a particular room and living elements such as plants or flowers.
To see how earth elements and a Feng Shui fountain are used together, click here.
When it comes to determining where exactly a Feng Shui fountain should be placed, it is better to consider where a Feng Shui fountain should NOT be placed and work backwards. In general, the Feng Shui fountain will bring energy and positive qi into any room of the house, except for: the bedroom, the bathroom and the area under the staircase. Under NO circumstances should a fountain be placed in these areas, as they represent bad luck and negative qi flows.
If you’d like to see an exquisite fountain made of bamboo, click here.
Have fun with your Feng Shui fountain!
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