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July 10, 2008
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Here are two recent questions I received expressing concern about the laundry closet in a key area of the ba gua. (If you don’t know what the ba gua is, click here.) Personally, I think having a washer and dryer in the home is a wonderful thing. Here’s what I had to say about it.
Laundry Room in the Wealth Area
Q: Dear Stephanie, I just closed on a new home, and am so excited to apply some of the feng shui techniques from your book. My question is about the wealth area, which includes a laundry closet and a portion of my kitchen. The previous owners installed some storage shelving above the washer and dryer. There is not much room in this closet, but it takes up a big part of my wealth gua. How would you suggest I make this closet work for me?
A: Although it’s not ideal to have a small utility space (such as a laundry closet) in a key area, it’s not necessarily harmful either. The wealth area isn’t a bad place for it, because hsun gua (the wealth area) is associated with the WOOD element, which is nourished by WATER, which a laundry closet has in abundance.
I do recommend making the laundry closet as pleasant a space as possible. Keep it clean, and make sure there is adequate lighting. If it’s dingy, a fresh coat of paint will spruce it up: pale green or lavender are both good color choices for hsun gua. If you can, try not to completely fill up all that storage space on the shelves. Leave some space free for abundance to move in to the new house with you. Because this is in your prosperity area, look for an attractive and appropriate object or small image that you could place on the shelves to liven up the dull space and encourage prosperity.
A small area is easy to keep tidy and organized, but closets tend to invite abuse. Resist the temptation to use that shelf space for things you don’t have a place for elsewhere. It’s easy to think, “I’ll just stick this in the laundry closet for now until I figure out where to keep it.” That’s a sure path to clutter, and clutter in the wealth area is not a good thing!
You might consider looking for another place to keep dirty laundry prior to washing, so the closet doesn’t get stinky. (I don’t let my husband leave his smelly workout clothes in our laundry room; they go on a rack on the deck until I run the next load.)
Instead of seeing the laundry area as a potential problem, focus on the positive: how convenient to have laundry facilities in your home, instead of having to haul your dirty clothes to a Laundromat! Many of us take our in-home laundry facilities for granted, so take a moment to appreciate that many of the world’s inhabitants would consider your laundry closet a pinnacle of wealth and luxury.
The wealth area is a good place for the kitchen, BTW, because the kitchen is always associated with prosperity (no matter which gua it inhabits).
Congratulations on your new home!
Stephanie R.
Laundry Room in the Relationship Area
Q: I am moving into a new apartment with my husband, and I want it to have a very positive energy. It is a narrow 2-story condo, and the first floor is basically open space, with a balcony at the far end from the door. I’m including the balcony in the ba gua because it is covered, but this puts the laundry closet (which is on the balcony) in the relationship area. What should I do about that?
A: The ba gua for your home only includes interior spaces: that means four walls and a roof. A balcony, even if covered, is open on at least one side. The only time you would include a balcony in the interior ba gua is if it is fully enclosed (with at least screens and preferably some kind of half-wall on any open sides) and used year-round as part of your living space.
I don’t see the laundry facilities as a problem, even if they were inside the home. Yes, the washer and dryer are in the relationship area of the condo ba gua, but it’s a leap to assume that’s a bad thing. What’s a more natural pairing than a washer and dryer? They go hand in hand, just like husband and wife.
I understand your desire to maximize the positive impact of the relationship gua, so want to remind you that the most important area for relationship remedies (if needed) and enhancements is kun gua within your bedroom. Keep the laundry closet clean and fresh-smelling, and it shouldn’t be a problem.
Hope this helps,
Stephanie R.
Q+A POLICY
The purpose of this Q+A service is to clarify modern feng shui principles and remedies, and to help you make sense of contradictory teachings you’re likely to come across. If you are new to this blog, please read the Q+A Guidelines (see sidebar on left). If you send me a question, do expect that I will edit your message for clarity and focus, and that it may be several days (or longer) before I post a reply. Keep in mind, too, that you’re getting my personal opinion on the topic. If you ask someone else, you might get a different answer.
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7/10/2008 03:53:00 PM
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