Feng Shui paintings: the meaning of images and recommendations for choosing

The expression "not according to feng shui" has long become a household word, with a certain amount of irony and distortion of the spelling rules. But the goal of feng shui is to achieve harmony and balance through the organization of the surrounding space. Those who were able to apply this East Asian practice on themselves speak of the beneficial effect of energy flows. Their source is also pictures, the location and plot of which can affect the mood and relationships in the family. Before purchasing a decor item, it is important to use the recommendations from feng shui experts.

A painting is not necessarily a Renaissance canvas in the original. It can be a watercolor by a friend, or a computer drawing by your son, photographs, or wallpaper. In any case, there is a piece of the author's soul here that may suit you emotionally or not. Hence the rules for choosing paintings for an apartment and office.

• You should like the job. Looking at her, the soul should rest, and all negativity should go away.
• If there is a need to hang a canvas to decorate a wall, then you should first arm yourself with a compass. There is a relationship between a part of the world and the element that accompanies it: in the north, plots with water are welcome, on the east side - with forest, plants, earth, on the south - with fire, heat, on the west - with air currents, metal.
• The main thing in the canvas is the plot, not the frame. The setting should not be massive, otherwise the circulation of the picture's energy will be disrupted.
• To understand whether you need to purchase a popular item, you should imagine it on the wall in a specific room and think about whether you want to see this work in your home every day.
• People who are not familiar with the meaning of the hieroglyphs, before buying, definitely need to find out what the symbol in the picture means.

For a career to go uphill, you need to hang paintings in blue and blue and black and white on the northern walls of your home or office. The south is associated with red and green colors, denoting recognition and success in all endeavors. The western sector symbolizes children and creativity. Paintings with gray, yellow, white colors should solve problems with children and contribute to the implementation of creative ideas. Canvases with blue, green, brown, black and a little red, located in the east of the premises, are designed to create family harmony.

Each house has its own traditions: someone likes to make a photo gallery of their relatives, entomologists - to demonstrate rare butterflies, archaeologists - fragments of ancient dishes. From a feng shui point of view, this is not worth doing.

• Photos of loved ones or celebrities who have passed away evoke not only admiration, but also sadness and sadness. Such works can only be hung in the work area as a recognition of merit and an incentive to achieve the goal.
• War battles, necromancy, themes of murder - such canvases have no place in an apartment, these are paintings for museums and exhibition galleries. The only place where battle themes are relevant is in the sports halls.
• Feng Shui recommends removing cracked and broken objects, furniture, dishes from the interior. And they shouldn't be in the pictures either. A crack in a mirror is a crack in the path of life.
• Abstraction and energy carries the same: uncertainty, harshness, emotional outburst, confusion. There is no pronounced negative, but also few positive emotions.
• It is not recommended to hang frames with dried butterflies and beetles, flowers, reeds in the bedroom - dead plants and insects carry negative energy, even if they are very rare and very beautiful.
• But the drawing of a bag of money is also not advised to be placed in the bedroom. It is believed that all family values ​​will shift into the monetary channel, which can provoke scandals and quarrels in the family.
• You should not hang pictures that depict an odd number of objects: harmony is a couple.
• Behind your back (whether at your desk or at the head of the bed) you don't need scenes with the water element: a stormy waterfall or a quiet lake. Such pictures should not be on the southern walls of the house and office.

So, the general recommendations are known, now it is worth talking in more detail about the decor of various functional premises - both residential and office. For example, canvases depicting well-being and status are suitable for the office of an office manager. Photos of cars, yachts, beautiful houses are appropriate behind the back of a modern leader. The bargaining pictures depicting the harvest will become a symbol of success in all endeavors.

The first thing that guests see upon entering the house leaves the most vivid impression. Therefore, it is important to properly equip the hallway in terms of feng shui. This place stores and distributes energy throughout the house. This is facilitated by paintings with landscapes, still lifes, non-aggressive animals and birds. To attract money to the house, they hang in front of the front door image of a money tree. In a small hallway, the picture should take up no more than a third of the free space on the wall.If the entrance room is a corridor, then modular paintings are appropriate here.

The main reception area can accommodate a large canvas or several small paintings. For a better choice, you can attach several pieces of fabric of different colors in turn to the intended place of the painting. The plot can be as follows: a hearth or fireplace, a cozy house with garden trees, a snow slide with rolling children, a stream, a river (but not a waterfall). Spiritually enlightened people can hang plot paintings on religious themes.

Vital people choose canvases for their interiors depicting movement of animals, people, birds - these are flows of positive energy and the desire to move forward. Those looking for symbols of tranquility choose landscapes, a symbol of abundance - butterflies and flowers.

It is very important what subjects the paintings depict: there is no place for swamps and stagnant water of ponds, no proud petrels in a stormy sea, tsunamis and destructive waterfalls. You cannot post photos with the image of one person if the bedroom belongs to a couple or if you would like a couple to live here. It is not recommended to place any paintings above the bed, so as not to get family problems. The most common recommendation by Feng Shui experts is hanging a panel with peonies in the bedroom is a symbol of hot feelings, passion, new relationships.

Orchid is a flower of family comfort. It helps to regain feelings, as well as improve health (if the picture hangs in the eastern sector) and make a career (in the northern sector). You should not strive to hang all the walls with diverse paintings - this will mix the energy of the canvases and lead to an imbalance of flows.

The choice of drawings for the nursery depends on the psycho-emotional state and character of the child. The apathetic needs to be cheered up, given energy. Choleric - to calm down, relax the nervous system. So the pictures must hang not at the head, but in the field of sight of your beloved child. It is advisable to consult and identify the child's color preferences. But explain why there is no need to hang posters with aggressive cartoons and movie characters in the room. Most popular for young people drawings with the sun, sunflowers. These are symbols of the fight against evil spirits.

There is a very large space for feng shui kitchen design: still lifes with all kinds of fruits and berries, spices and aromatic coffee, flowers, landscapes, fire in various versions. The main condition: the pictures should be positive, no drawings of a dirty tavern or broken dishes. A kitchen apron over the countertop with a photo print is perfect as a large art canvas. The view of the evening city, the receding road, street lights - all this relaxes, creates a romantic atmosphere.

The use of red and green colors in canvases attracts financial flow. Therefore, there are many natural themes here: forest, plants, red flowers. But water with a light wave, fields with golden ears are appropriate. The picture should be hung so that it is visible to everyone entering the kitchen.

Pictures, posters, panels depicting a desert, a sunny sunset or dawn, bright burning sunbeams are not suitable for a toilet room, because all these works are made in the colors of the fire element: yellow, orange, red. And this room needs muted cold tones: snowy mountain peaks, frozen lakes, flying snowflakes - silver-white, blue-blue, a little black. The most typical pattern is the sea element, but without a sultry beach.

Before buying a painting, you must definitely acquire a so-called explanatory dictionary of the semantic meanings of drawings according to Feng Shui.

Trees, plants, flowers.

• Peonies - the picture is hung in front of the entrance to the bedroom while searching for a life partner or to kindle passion in the second half.
• Poppies - a symbol of love and pleasure.
• Sakura - luck, health, peace, happiness, prosperity. The sakura picture is best hung in the bedroom.
• Trees with a green crown - long and happy life, health. Pictures are often hung in living rooms, in the kitchen, in the hallway.
• Pine - longevity.
• Chamomile - suitable for any living space. They will bring with them the energy of love, kindness and warmth.
• Orchid - family happiness, patronage, love, romanticism.
• Nature in the form of a park, forest, green meadow attracts wealth, and the mill increases the flow of finance.

Animals, insects, fish, marine life.

• Fish pictures - a symbol of happiness. Goldfish attract well-being to the home, carps attract energy.
• Elephant - a standard of stability and well-being. Pictures with elephants can be placed in any living room and corridor, because they speak of the reliability, prudence and seriousness of the owners.
• Tiger Is courage, fearlessness and courage.
• Swan - romance and love. Doves have the same meaning.
• Heron - a symbol of honesty, longevity, devotion.
• Butterflies - lightness and joy.
• The Dragon - one of the main symbols of the East, which is the highest for creative individuals, bringing good luck and success.
• Horses - fortitude of character, efficiency, luck, nobility. A horse on its hind legs is a symbol of growth in life. The image of a horse in front of the entrance to the nursery is a kind of amulet. But the paintings should be located in the home and office so that the horses do not "run away" through the door or window. A pair of horses strengthens the bond between family members.
• Peacock - one of the most powerful talismans, symbolizing pride, immortality, beauty, wisdom, luck, happiness and joy.

Natural disasters.

• Waterfall attracts, like any water, luck and prosperity. But a powerful downward current can destabilize energy flows.
• Calm sea - order and stability.
• Raging waves a storm can lead to stress, failure, destabilization.
• Sailboat in a calm sea - a sign of stability, prosperity. But the bow of the ship should be directed towards the inside of the house, not towards the door.
• Rain: summer warm rain is a symbol of purity, freshness and renewal, and rain with a thunderstorm is anxiety, concern.
• The fountain attracts abundance and prosperity.
• The mountains, mountain peaks, rocks - the best design of the workplace, symbolizing fortitude, stability, protection, support.

Above, we talked about the traditions of depicting people in Feng Shui. But there is a special picture - "100 children", which for many couples striving for the appearance of an heir, is a symbol of faith in the fulfillment of their desire.

How to choose a painting and a place for its location in Feng Shui, see below.