Feng Shui for the Lunar New Year By Susan Levitt https://susanlevitt.com The year 2022 can be time for sweeping change during this year of the passionate Water Tiger. This is your year to follow your instincts and pounce on new opportunities! But if you did not complete projects or clear clutter in the previous Ox year 2021, then clean up and clear out now before we get too far into Tiger year. Make your home and workplace organized now since the Tiger year will be the time for fast action.
The Element Water This year, 2022, is a Water year. Tiger personality traits are bold, strong, and brave. Therefore, this Tiger year is the time to take risks. And with the element Water, people act on their gut instincts and feelings, not cautious planning. In feng shui, the element Water is yin, quiet, cooling, and soothing. Yin rooms of the home are the bathroom, bedroom, and dining room. Yang rooms are the living room and kitchen that are exciting, dynamic rooms for family interactions and entertainment. The element Water correlates to the bathroom. This year is time to make your bathroom your personal, healing sanctuary. Create your own peaceful and relaxing home spa to come home to after an exciting and hectic day in Tiger year. Tigers love Water and are excellent The Empty Vessel — Page 6
swimmers, so make your bathroom a cozy haven.
Colors Of The Five Elements Boost energy and start a new cycle by painting a room or two in your home during Tiger year. The energy of the entire house, or any room, can be transformed by adding a coat of fresh paint. What color for exterior paint? Walk around the block and look at the colors of the neighboring buildings. Paint the color that looks the best with the others. That improves everyone’s property. On the inside, look at the overall color scheme. If all rooms of your home have white or ivory walls, all white is too much of the element Metal that can lead to arguing. So paint one room with color, or trim a room with color. Don’t know which room to paint? Paint the room most in need of being refreshed. Each room of your home correlates to the five Taoist elements of Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood and can be harmonized with the correct choice of colors:
Fire - Heart - Living Room In Chinese medicine, the element Fire is represented by the heart. The living room is the heart of the home.
