Water Fountains

What is Feng Shui? Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure the health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.

Feng means wind, and shui means water, and it’s pronounced fung-shway. In Chinese culture gentle wind and clear water have always been associated with good harvest and good health, hence - good feng shui came to mean good livelihood and fortune, while - bad feng shui, came to mean hardship and misfortune.

Feng Shui is based on the term Taoist vision and the understanding of nature, particularly on the idea that the land is alive and filled with Chi, or energy. The ancient Chinese believed that the land’s energy could either make or break the their kingdom, so to say. The theories of yin and yang, as well as the five feng shui elements, are some of the basic aspects of a feng shui analysis that come from Taoism.

The main tools used in a feng shui analysis are the compass and the Ba-Gua. The Ba-Gua is an octagonal grid containing the symbols of the I Ching, the ancient oracle on which Feng Shui is based. Knowing the Bagua of your home will help you understand the connection of specific feng shui areas of your home to specific areas of your life. The feng shui compass, also called lo-pan, and is used to access deeper information about a area, site, or a building. It consists of bands of concentric rings arranged around the magnetic needle. Lo means-everything, and pan means- bowl, which can be interpreted as the key to the mysteries of our the universe.

It is important to understand that there are several different schools of feng shui, as well as a strong culturally specific symbolic aspect of feng shui, that you have to use intelligently. Once you master the basic level of feng shui, you will start seeing powerful results, and will understand why feng shui is extensively used in both home, and office environments all over the world. Feng Shui offers a variety of feng shui ways to improve your life. From the feng shui use of aquariums to attract prosperity, to the feng shui use of crystals and water fountains, from the right feng shui use of colors to the feng shui use of clocks, there are many ways you can improve the energy in your home, or office with feng shui. Water fountains come in many shapes and sizes you can pick one that suits the style of your decor, and is an appropriate size for the place you intend to display it. You can incorporates the materials, shapes, and or colors of the element energies you want to add to your decor. You can adjust the sound of a water fountain by changing the water level, or some water fountains come with an adjustable pump, so you can control the speed of the water flow. You can experiment with the flow to suit your needs.

If you place a water fountain by your front, or rear entrance with an indoor, or outdoor water fountain, to activate kan gua - career. Make sure the water fountain flows toward your entrance, not away from it. You want all that good chi to come into your life, and not flow away, out of it! Be sure to maintain your water levels as it evaporates, to avoid possible pump damage if the water level gets too low. This will depending on your enviroment, the size, and type of your water fountain you have. You may need to fill your fountain once a week, or every few days. If you plan on being away for a few days, its best to unplug your water fountain while you are gone, this will protect your pump from damage, by running it dry. In doing this your water fountain pump will last you years to come!