FENG SHUI ELEMENTS, COLORS AND SHAPES

The elements (wood, water, fire, earth, metal, air, void/space) are the basic composition of what makes the world tick. Nothing on our planet moves or comes into being without them. I use them as guideline in my consultations to bring balance to person and space.
Different cultures utilize different elements in various ways, such as:
The Indian’s have 4/5 elements
The Tibetans have 5 elements (different from the Chinese)
Chinese 5 elements extended into Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc.
The Greeks had 4/5 elements
The Native Americans have 4 directions & the medicine wheel (similar correlations)
The Mayans had the Calendar (similar correlation)
You can study any of these in depth - for a life time – and see if they are not mirrors to one another and to our selves. The elements of wood, water, fire, earth, metal, air, void/space correlate to; senses, organs, color, state of mind, emotion, wisdom, taste, color, behavior, seasons, body parts, health, shapes etc.. The list goes on, and maybe you can see my point that putting all this into one map was never meant to be or should be held like water in the wind.

One quick way to bring elemental balance to a space is by having a mixture of colors in symmetry. Each color refers to a different element. The walls and ceilings can make up 2 or 3 colors and then the rest of the needed colors have to be added as accent. The following colors are used for this along with there variations, white, black (or very dark colors), blue or green, earth tones (brown/yellow/gold) and fiery colors (red/purple/orange). The energy will shift when you have each one of these color groups balanced in a space - due to their elemental association. A Feng Shui teacher should be capable of seeing the conscious and subconscious attraction and attachment to elemental forms - to enhance and balance energy of person and space. Often times Feng Shui is a mirror to resistance to change. Instead of going with natural life flow we get stuck in areas we can usually move around except for our rigidity of mind, objects and shapes. It is essential to work with shapes in Feng Shui and they all have elemental associations.

The shape is made by the maker – the thinker. The shape itself represents the state of energy produced by the thinker. Therefore, if things are in proportion, the energy generated by the thinker is well rounded, or considered to be. If you feel comfort with a shape – that means you resonate with it. You could say shapes represent people. Wavy, for example signifies a person who is fluid in thought, perhaps open minded and moves with the flow. A box is a creation to house a person not wanting to get out, or not wanting to let anyone in. A pyramid/triangle is sharp, pointed, focused in 3 acute directions – turn it in any direction to emit 3 rays of energy. It is a dial of energy; pointed at the most dense energy and it will dissipate by sending sharp arrows from the peak and also deflects the energy coming back from the side angles. It is a protector as well as a weapon. The sphere is all encompassing, but no solid grounding mechanism – it gives all energy equally from every facet of its existence. It continuously turns, does never stay stable and was not meant to. It provides continuous coverage of what ever it gives off.
The rectangle, an elongated box, stretches beyond the boundaries of the closed off box. It is the higher dimension of the box, stretching itself to greater awareness.

Shapes can be twisted in any form. They are shapes because they froze, or got stuck that way. They are not permanent. People migrate from shape to shape as their perceptions of themselves in their world shifts. In Feng Shui it is important to work with them, more important to work through them. They signify who we are, finally Feng Shui consultants should consider themselves as DIRECTORS of energy and change, and should not view themselves as therapists or catalysts for change. We cannot prevent change - so go with your internal positive flow to create your positive external surroundings.