Feng Shui Tips for Your Home Entrance

Wind and Jade

For this article, the tips will be all about Feng Shui-ing the entrance of your home. The home entrance includes the driveway and front door of your home. Following our Tips ensure a healthy, protected family and an easier flow of Qi.

The entrance to our homes marks the separation between our very own dwelling-place and the outside. We all want our cubbyholes to be cozy and restful, and we all certainly wish no harm to befall the occupants at any time. It's just prudence for us to take all the precautions into account to prevent our peaceful abodes from being polluted and at the same time be able to collect Good Qi. Malevolent energy forces and Bad Qi are always around us both from outside and inside the home, but we can keep them at bay. Here's how!

Pay attention to your gate and fence specifics. A solid-built gate will ensure your home's security. The best gate design for a home is regular rectangular-shaped or arch-shaped to symbolize the uplift of life and stability.

A point to consider for your fence is the type with pointed arrows. These are good for keeping the burglars and negative Qi at bay. But do beware, because the points act as poison arrows if directed towards your home and depletes growth - this may lead to downfall for you and loved ones.

Feng Shui-wise, there should be no tapering walls along the driveway to your home. A depletion of finances is bound to occur with walls along the driveway that tapers towards your home. Keep it on the same height for the whole length.

Make your visible drainage pipe 'disappear'. Conceal any visible running drainage pipes if you had them installed around your house. These pipes may 'drain away' wealth luck and prosperity as well. However, if you do want to collect Qi right in front of your home, a small pond of water with fishes will do the trick. Never use a fountain for this purpose, though, as water from a fountain are considered Shar Qi, or bad Qi.

Incorporate ascending steps towards the entrance door. If your doorsteps follow downwards instead, hang a wind chime between the door and stairs to slow down the descending Qi from your home.

Bamboo Wind Chime

Tranquility Metal Wind Chime

Auspicious Wind Chime

Let's move on to the house. Inside your home, the entrance area should not be hindered. Have no immediate walls to greet the person walking in the entrance. This acts as a barrier to good Qi and is bad for your home and you. If you do have an obstructing wall, hang an inviting welcome picture to attract energy. A pair of Fu Dogs at your entrance facing outwards is a protective Feng Shui measure.

Large Fu Dogs

Marble Fu Dogs

The Guardian Fu Dogs (Gold)

There shouldn't be any stairs at the entrance area, either, since the Qi will rush upstairs without circulating the level floor. Spiral stairs are also a Feng Shui no-no. If your home unfortunately has stairs at that area, add potted plants or a screen in front of it to slow down the movement of Qi. A round rug at the foot of the stairs will allow the Qi to circulate.

Installing a crystal item placed on a table close to the stairs is also very effective in allowing the healthy flow of Qi.

Pearl of Heaven Crystal

Aventurine Crystal Mandarin Ducks

Three Chan Chus and A Crystal Ball

I hope these tips will be useful for you in creating a good flow of Qi into your home

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