How To Use The Feng Shui Bagua MapThe Feng Shui Bagua uses your space to map your life, identifying the life areas where you need to make key changes. The Bagua Map is Feng Shuis way of bringing the power of your Intention to your health, intimate relationships, money matters and more. It helps you bring good Chi energy to all of the important parts of your life.Feng Shui bagua mapAn eight-sided energy map, the Bagua is an ancient and profound instrument with almost limitless implications.The map gives you specific ways to enhance the energy of life sectors that need your attention.Since the Bagua can have such a powerful effect on your life, its essential to use it carefully and correctly.Attending to just one or two areas at a time will keep your Intentions clear and give your enhancements the best chance of success.To use the map, align the entry to your home with the bottom of the map. Your entryway will align with either the Travel & Helpful Friends, Life Journey, or Knowledge & Self-Cultivation area.Lets look at the map and some of the enhancements available to you.New Beginnings & FamilyRepresents your parents and ancestors; signifies growth, strength, flexibility and vitality.Element: WoodColor: greens & bluesGood Feng Shui enhancements: Botanical prints, green items, plants. Things made of wood or that look like wood. Family photos (except in the Bedroom). Vertical items like floor lamps and columns.Wealth & ProsperityRepresents abundance and prosperity as well as your sense of gratitude for the abundance you already have in your life.Color: purples and goldsGood Feng Shui enhancements: Items that symbolize prosperity to you. Representations of things for which you feel truly grateful.Fame & ReputationRepresents your integrity and how you are known (and wish to be known) in the world.Element: FireColor: RedsGood Feng Shui enhancements: Lighting, candles. Red items. Triangular shapes. Animal prints, leather items, photos of animals.Love & Marriage/Intimate RelationshipRepresents your most important romantic relationship, your ability to nurture yourself and your lover, mother earth, devotion.Color: Rosy PinkGood Feng Shui enhancements: Pairs of things. Things symbolizing intimate relationships. Items that have the color pink in them.Children, Legacy and the FutureRepresents your sense of joy, openness and discernment, as well as your ability to complete projects.Element: MetalColor: Whites & light pastelsGood Feng Shui enhancements: Items that help you visualize the future: a vision board, for example. Things that symbolize the completion of important projects. Metal things. Rounded things circular or oval items, archways.Travel & Helpful PeopleRepresents getting out in the world to make things happen; your ability to get and give help, and to create synchronicities.Color: greys & pastelsGood Feng Shui enhancements: Travel souvenirs, a globe or maps. Photos and artwork honoring people who have made a difference in your life. Symbols/photos of people you would like to come into your life. People in whose lives you have made a difference.Life Journey/CareerRepresents the journey of life, including your career. The Water element also symbolizes cash flow.Element: Water, both moving & stillColor: black, very dark colorsGood Feng Shui enhancements: Artwork about water, a water feature or fountain. Glass and mirrors. Sinuous textiles. Dark colors.Knowledge & Self-CultivationRepresents the cultivation of knowledge, skill-building, contemplation. A place where wisdom can develop.Color: dark colors: greens, bluesGood Feng Shui enhancements: Art symbolizing study, stillness, contemplation. Books, a place to read and study. A personal retreat.The Center/Tai ChiRepresents your physical and emotional health. A clear, open Center helps keep all the other areas connected and in balance.Element: EarthColor: Yellows, earthtonesShape: squareGood Feng Shui enhancements: Keep this area open if possible, helping Chi energy flow freely in your space. Square items. Earthenware and ceramics.