Feng Shui: Give your love life a boost with these small tips!

We all know more or less what feng shui is…but simply put, it is the art of promoting harmony between us and our environment – sort of like acupuncture, but without the needles – in order to ensure that every part of our little nest is in harmony with all areas of ​​our life.

For example, in our room, the “love zone“ is located in the right corner of the wall facing the door. If our marriage is in trouble, we need to buff up this strategic location that can reinvigorate our love, provided that the feng shui keeps its promise. So, how can we stimulate the shrine of our marital lives? First, some housework! Cleaning, tidying and ventilating the area every day is the bare minimum. And that is just the beginning…

All good:

Place the bed away from the direction of the glass door or, if unavoidable, put in place a screen or canopy to block it off.

Opt for soft and loose sheets, avoid vertical stripes – too much yang. Ditto for the curtains.

Play with touches of colour: red to rekindle the flames, white for the purity of your relationship, pink for romance, yellow for conversation, orange to make new friends.

The winning duo, heart shapes: cushions, candles, lampshades, or a statuette of lovers entwined.

Flowers: roses, carnations and tulips in reds, pinks and oranges, in even numbers. Sunflowers soothe tormented love; clematis promotes passion; begonias stabilise the relationship; lotus, narcissus, magnolias and orchids reawaken sex life. For singles, yellow and orange peonies with hints of red encourage new encounters.

Art pieces symbolizing love, like “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt, or “Flowers and lovers” by Chagall. Even a picture or a simple sketch of a pair of swans or love birds symbolizes romance, fidelity and conjugal happiness. Doves, or geese in flight, also work.

Aphrodisiac scents: the essential oils of ylang-ylang, rose, vanilla, gardenia, rosewood, jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood, and red pepper promote this.

The ritual of the red envelope: write a wish on a piece of red paper, slip it into an envelope of the same colour in a place at a high place in the love zone. And of course, it is a given that you should avoid “see George Clooney appear on my bed” as your wish…

All wrong: 

Symbols of death (in the form of stuffed animals, dried flowers…) or a loss of freedom (eg: a bird cage)

Sharp objects (scissors, swords and knives). Even in the kitchen, store them in a locked drawer.

Tobacco in the room. The same goes for damaged, broken, or chipped objects, which inhibit the free flow of energy.

Mirrors that reflect the bed, as they encourage infidelity by multiplying your image, especially in positions that your morality might disapprove of.

Fountains and aquariums. Avoid water bodies especially if you wish to rekindle the embers, they are unlucky!

Do not put up your wedding photos when they are not in pristine form. Ditto for pictures of your deceased relatives. Do not display portraits of yourself alone either, unless you wish for it to become a foreshadowing of your future.

A single bed (activates the energies of celibacy), two mattresses on a double bed (you are foolishly digging a trench between the two of you). Ceiling beams drawing a line between the two of you are not cool either. How to fix it: hide the beam with curtains and rotate the mattresses by 90° before covering it with a bed sheet. Or just go to the hotel …

Love-killing colours. If the of your bed isnavy blue and white, you can say goodbye passion, hello drone. Black is also destructive in this area.

TV or computer. They can send out electromagnetic waves that disrupt sleep. Even worse: Using your bedroom as a storage, drying or ironing room.

Green plants with sharp leaves like cactus, which invite aggression, or bonsai, which symbolizes littleness, and in a place like this, it could prove disastrous.

By Laurence Cochet

Read more from our report “The feng shui of love”: 

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