FENG SHUI AND MIRRORS

MIRROR MIRROR

What is our fascination with the mirror – who’s the fairest of them all – mirror of the soul. Look in the stores, galleries and shops and you will see the mirrors framed in folk art, planets, aliens, lights etc. We see mirrors attached to all types of objects, folding mirrors, mirrors large as a wall, in pocket books, and THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS at the amusement park where you knock yourself silly. They are used in large telescopes, microscopes, spacecraft and solar panels.
Like color (described in my last newsletter) the many cultural histories of mirrors have a psycho social significance. In Feng Shui there are many meanings and usages for the mirror.
The first thing to consider is that a mirror throws energy – either positive or negative. Look in your mirror and see what it is reflecting besides yourself. Consider the psychological implications, is it reflecting something positive, neutral or negative.
If your mirror is reflecting a window – what’s the view – a nursing home, hospital, police station, graveyard which can be the wrong thing that you bring into your home – the list goes on and it behooves you to check this out.
Watch your placement around stairways, doors and hallways – these are passageways of energy flowing through your home. We don’t need to bounce energy back out the door, or speed up the energy going down the stairs or long hallway.
Convex mirrors are placed outside, above your front door if there is too much negative energy coming from your neighbor directly across from you, or if you are at the end of a dead end street where the flow of traffic/energy is coming directly at your house, and if you are on the outside curve of a fast moving street.
When ever you’re seated and your back is towards the entrance of a room it’s recommended to have a mirror as a vantage point to see the entrance – this allows you to psychologically/physically face the energy coming into the room. If at your stove your back is towards the kitchen entrance - the same rule applies – it’s generally a good thing to reflect the burners, doubling your fire energy and food abundance, but again watch that all mirrors don’t bounce energy back out the door. Sometimes it’s a catch 22 and other Feng Shui tools are called into play.
Mirrors are not recommended in the bedroom, but if you sleep ok and feel rested when you get up, then you’re fine. We all have different energetic needs.
Opposing mirrors are opposing energies causing chaos and conflict, and of course mirrors help expand small tight places.
Restaurants have picked up on the Feng Shui utility of mirrors in a way that bounces you out of your seat as soon as you’re done eating, enabling the next customer to come in quickly to keep the money flowing.
Concerning the Feng Shui Bagua Mirror that you see in stores – please contact me before putting these to use.
The best mirror of all is a reflection on your thoughts, feelings, actions and results. This mirror should reflect everything positive and help you expand and grow with energy.