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Feng Shui
and Astrology
Combine
these powerful energy tools,
for amazing changes in your life.
Feng
Shui is the art of placement, in other
words, working with energy by arranging your home
and environment to create balanced and optimal
love, money and health. Feng Shui, originating
from the I-Ching, uses compass directions to
determine the best location for the natural
elements and colors that are all around us. The
Bagua is an octagonal grid containing nine boxes
that correlates to different aspects of our life:
Relationships and Love, Children and Creativity,
Helpful People, Career, Knowledge and
Communication, Family, Wealth and Social
Reputation.
Simone Butler, a
professional astrologer since 1985 (AstroAlchemy.com),
devised an amazing system that combines Feng Shui
with Astrology to help manifest our desires.
Here is an
excerpt from an article by Simone, first printed
in the Aug/Sept. 2009 issue of The Mountain
Astrologer, which explains her system:
"According to the system I devised, the 1st house
of self-image and pioneering efforts links up with
the Career/Life Path gua. This is where you assert
yourself in the world and develop your life
direction. Career and Fame are directly opposite
each other on the Bagua Map and represent two ends
of the same axis: Essentially, you assert yourself
in the 1st, Career, and see the results in the
10th, Fame and Reputation. The 4th house of home
and family equates with the Family gua; the 5th
house of creative efforts and progeny, with the
Creativity/Children gua; and the 7th house of
marriage, with the Love/Marriage gua. The 10th
house of reputation is a natural for the Fame gua,
and the 11th house of friends and community
dovetails with the Helpful People gua.
Since there are nine guas and twelve houses, some
of the houses do double duty. For instance, I
associate both the 2nd house of personal earnings
and the 8th house of shared wealth with the
Prosperity gua. And the 3rd house of the "lower
mind" and the 9th house of the "higher mind"
represent the Knowledge gua. Finally, the Health
gua at the center of the home connects to both the
6th house of physical health and habit patterns
and the 12th house of mental and spiritual
health."

Feng Shui grid - BAGUA -
representing your
home with traditional elements and colors
associated with each direction.

The 12 houses
of the zodiac
and their meanings.
1st House
(Aries) / Self, Purpose and Life
Path.
North:
Career, life path and purpose.
Attributes: Blue, black - moving lines -
Water.
Elements to minimize: Red, triangular
shapes, fire.
Enhancements: Fish tank, indoor Fountain.
2nd House
(Taurus) / Money and Possessions,
Sensuality, Nature, Beauty, Stability,
Luxury and Comfort.
SE:
Finances, self-esteem, priorities.
Attributes: Green, purple, red - Wood.
Enhancements: Jade plant, lucky bamboo.
3rd House
(Gemini) / Communication.
NE:
Mind, communications, education.
Attributes: Blue, dark green, black - Water,
wood.
Enhancements: Books, travel posters -
awards, certificates.
4th House
(Cancer) / Family and Roots.
East:
Family, home, ancestors.
Attributes: Green, blue - rectangles,
columns - Wood, water.
Elements to minimize: Metal, white, round
shapes.
Enhancements: Family pictures, heirlooms -
green candles, plants.
5th House
(Leo) / Creativity, Affairs,
Pleasure, Entertainment, Children, Projects.
West:
Creative efforts, children, romance, joy,
gambling, the Arts.
Attributes: White, pastel - round, square
shapes - Metal.
Elements to minimize: Fire, red, triangular
shapes.
Enhancements: Original artwork - pictures of
children - baby animals (but not in
bedroom).
6th House
(Virgo) / Health and Service To
Others.
Center:
Health on all levels, compassion.
Attributes: Yellow, red - square or
triangular shapes - Earth, fire.
Elements to minimize: Wood, green, columns,
metal.
Enhancements: Artwork that depicts beauty,
strength, joy, love and health - Salt lamp.
7th House (Libra) / Love and
Marriage, Contracts, Partnerships, Beauty,
Balance and Harmony.
SW:
Relationships, love, marriage, business
partners - the head female of the house.
Attributes: Red, pink, orange white, lilac -
square shapes - Earth.
Elements to minimize: No water or mirrors if
bedroom.
Enhancements: Two crystal rabbits or
mandarin ducks, inviting bed, pink candles,
matching end tables/lamps.
8th House
(Scorpio) / Sex, Transformation
(life and death), Other Peoples Money.
SE:
Shared finances, transformation.
Attributes: Green, purple, red - Wood.
Enhancements: Fish tank or fountain, jade
plant, lucky bamboo.
9th House
(Sagittarius) / Knowledge, Mental
Exploration, Travel, Foreigners.
NE:
Education, wisdom, travel, communication.
Attributes: Blue, dark green, black - Water,
wood.
Enhancements: Books, travel posters, awards.
10th House
(Capricorn) / Career, Status.
South: Reputation,
social status, fame and fortune.
Attributes: Red, wood, green - triangular
shapes - Fire.
Elements to minimize: water, blue or black.
Enhancements: Fireplace, red candles -
trophies, awards.
11th House (Aquarius) /
Friends.
NW:
Helpful people, help from angelic realm -
the head male of the house.
Attributes: White, gray, black, silver -
round shapes - Metal.
Elements to minimize: Fire.
Enhancements: Silver box - pictures of
mentors or spiritual guides, Buddha statue.
12th House
(Pisces) / Spiritual Health, Karma.
Center:
Health on all levels.
Attributes: Yellow, red - square or
triangular shapes - Earth, fire.
Elements to minimize: Wood, green, columns,
metal.
Enhancements: Artwork that depicts beauty,
strength, joy, love and health - salt lamp.

Natural Cycles of Elements:
Earth, Metal,
Water, Wood and Fire.
So how does Feng Shui and
Astrology work together to manifest
desires and needs? Find out which
part of your home the upcoming New Moon
activates.
For
example: A New Moon falls on April
14th, 25 degrees Aries. Find out where 25
degrees Aries is in your natal chart. Lets
say 25 degrees Aries is in the 7th house in
your birth chart. The 7th house is
correlated to the SW corner of the Bagua.
Clean out the SW corner. Remove anything not
associated with romance and a loving
relationship. Place objects of love - always
in pairs. Check that the correct annual elements are in
place
On or just before the night of the New Moon,
write down what you want, be specific, put
happy, loving emotion and feeling into your
words as you write, light a new candle -
color pink is good for love - read aloud
what you have written. Do this within the
24hr period of the New Moon. And always say
'Thank You' to the Universe afterward!
NOTE:
Do not ever try to manipulate or
hurt another person by invocation.
Even when sending out healing energy, you
must always use the words "Be it for his/her
highest good". Free will is a law of the
Universe and not to be messed with unless
you want to suffer the consequences and bad
karma which you will then need to atone for
and balance.
PROVEN RESULTS:
Simone
Butler (the creator of this energy tool),
writes in the Mountain Astrologer:
"Watch for results. They may not come in the
form you intended, but there will be some
kind of manifestation associated with the
astrological house and gua (area of the
Bagua) you activated, often around the Full
Moon. Even seemingly negative results
usually lead to improved conditions for that
area of life."
Simone has
had amazing feedback from her friends and
clients, as detailed in her article below:
First House /
Career and Life Path - North: This
woman redid her front porch. She got rid of
plants that were struggling, moved other
plants around, and bought a new welcome mat
and bamboo screen to make the space more
inviting. She taped her own company's
brochure over the inside of the front door,
and wrote affirmations on 3 x 5 cards and
left them on a table inside the front door
for a week after her ritual. Then, she gave
her brother, a successful businessman, a
large plant that had been partially blocking
her entryway. "It really opened up the
porch," she relates, "and reminded me of how
I block my own access to success." In a
fascinating twist, her brother has since
begun working with her, and her business has
tripled!
Second House /
Money and Possessions - SE: Another
participant transformed an unused sauna in
her upstairs bathroom into a sumptuous
wealth altar. She spread a cloth over the
bench, hung a painting of Lakshmi (goddess
of wealth), and added a basket of coins,
some candles, a chalice of water, an open
treasure box, a belly-dance coin belt, and
some silk plants. (Note: Silk plants are
acceptable; dried plants are not, as they
equate to dried-up life force.) She wrote
out an affirmation for wealth, lit the
candles, and spoke her intention, sealing
the energies by burning sage. In the garage
below the bathroom she replaced an old,
leaky water heater with a new one (leaks in
this gua can drain your resources). Since
then, she has begun presenting seminars,
which in turn has increased her wealth.
Third House /
Knowledge - NE: One person made a
vision board depicting the East Coast town
where he wanted to live, including the words
"alternative health network," which related
to his ideal job. Creating a vision board
that incorporates words and images is a
perfect 3rd-house ritual, as it engages both
the conscious and unconscious mind. And
though Feng Shui assigns travel to the
Helpful People gua, I relate it instead to
the 3rd and 9th houses of travel - so it was
an appropriate gua in which to manifest a
trip. The day after this man's New Moon
ritual, he called the owner of the TV
station in that town, who sent him a
contract to begin a new job. Soon he was on
his way across the country to a whole new
life.
Fourth
House / Family - East: A
participant painted her Family sector green,
a power color for this gua. Next, she hung
photos of friends and family (close friends
qualify as family). This triggered a
significant psychological shift. "I
distanced myself from an old friend who has
emotional outbreaks that confuse and hurt
me. And I've welcomed one of my oldest
friends back into my life." She also set
limits on how she was to be treated by her
boyfriend's mother and other family members.
As a result, she says, "I feel truer to
myself now and have a solid foundation to
work from." (The 4th house is associated
with foundation-building.)
A skeptical client activated
her Family gua, at the New Moon in her 4th
house, and suddenly her sister, who'd always
been a taker rather than a giver, sent her a
homemade strawberry rhubarb pie. The sister
also called to thank my client for all she'd
done for her over the years - which
catalyzed a healing in their relationship.
Fifth House
/ Creativity, Children and Entertainment -
West: The 5th is a good house to
activate when you need help releasing a
child, as one friend discovered. "So much of
my life has been wrapped up with being a
mother," she explained, "but now that my son
is 17, he needs to spread his wings." On a
small glass table in this gua, she placed
the Page of Cups Tarot card to represent him
("he's a really gentle, sweet-natured boy")
and added a jade dragon (his Chinese animal)
and two candles. She called on her personal
deities to help with the process, lit the
candles, and smudged herself with sage at
the moment of the New Moon. "Now I feel more
able to let him go," she reports, "and my
professional life is taking off."
Sixth House
/ Health, Service To Others - Center: "My
improved health is my biggest win from this
cycle," one participant told me. Her ritual
was simple - all she did was light a candle
in the center of her home at the New Moon
and invoke good health (she had been
suffering from an intestinal disorder for
years). "Soon thereafter," she relates, "I
discovered this Specific Carbohydrate Diet,
and I've lost 15 pounds and have more
strength and energy than ever before! I'm 80
percent symptom-free and am working out
regularly with a trainer." Her work is also
advancing, because she is feeling better
about herself.
Seventh
House / Love and Marriage - SW: A
solar eclipse dealt a resounding blow to
this friend's 7th house last year,
triggering issues that had been festering
beneath the surface. I'd noticed that her
husband's presence was not reflected in
their home - you'd think she was still
single. And between them, there was a
struggle for dominance. "I was in a rut,"
she admits. "The eclipse hit us hard, and I
knew that change was in order. For the
ritual, I placed my husband's trophy in a
prominent place in the bedroom, to give him
a place of honor. We just had the hottest
sex we've had in ages! Our marriage is in a
much better place now, because I have
shifted emotionally."
Eighth
House / Transformation and Other Peoples
Money - SE: Even though the 8th
house is usually associated with shared
wealth, this ritual effectively boosted my
friend's personal income. In preparation for
the New Moon in his 8th, he performed a
thorough cleansing of the closet/storage
space in his Wealth gua, donated several
pieces of clothing to the Goodwill, cleaned
the floor, and reorganized the space. He
also dusted the nearby display shelves and
art objects and washed the leaves of a
resident plant. At the New Moon, he
performed a short ritual affirming his
financial, physical, and spiritual wealth.
"My phone began ringing immediately," he
reported, "and within the next week I had
seven new clients - a significant number,
considering that 60 is my maximum client
load per year!"
Ninth House / Knowledge - NE:
A writing buddy came up with this unique
ritual. "A very old, baby-poop-colored
fridge sits in my Knowledge corner," she
confided. "Several times, I'd told my
landlord about its state of disrepair. No
response. Every time I looked at the fridge
I thought of him and felt resentment. So, I
started blessing him instead." At the New
Moon, she scrubbed the inside and collaged
the outside of the fridge with images she
loved, and she added a sign:
"Soul-Satisfying Nourishment for Body, Mind,
and Spirit." Shortly thereafter, the
refrigerator died - and a brand new,
self-defrosting model took its place. And my
friend received a grant to help finish a
book (9th house) that she was writing. "When
you pour enough love into something," she
noted, "the love transforms it!"
Tenth House
/ Fame and Reputation - South: Here
is another example of how ritual can bring
things to the surface for healing.
"Redecorating my Fame sector was a difficult
process," related an artist friend. Since
fire is associated with Fame, she was
fortunate to have a fireplace there - but
wasn't happy with the surrounding wall. So,
she painted it with a red Venetian plaster,
which proved harder to work with and took
longer than anticipated. She decorated the
mantel with her art, lit red candles, and
invoked business and reputation goals at the
New Moon. Soon, she received a commission
for a painting and was asked to exhibit in
two shows. But a road trip to visit
galleries that month was rocky. "I didn't
realize the inner conflicts I have about
fame! I have really become aware of the
rollercoaster ride I've been on."
Eleventh
House / Helpful People - NW: This
gua encompasses help from the "other side"
as well as this realm, hence the addition of
angels and ancestors to the ritual. This
participant set up an altar on her bathroom
shelves, placing a white and silver angel, a
photo of her grandparents, "star" candle
holders and white candles, and a silver box
in which she placed the written intentions
she had invoked at the New Moon. A
fundraiser she hosted that month for an
ailing friend (11th house) was wildly
successful, and she began to feel more
centered and focused. "The exercise helped
me to acknowledge the support I have from
the other realms and to ask for guidance."
A struggling realtor enhanced the Helpful
People corner of her living room, at the New
Moon in her 11th and placed her client files
there. "I'd been feeling so beaten down,"
she confided, "so I lit a candle and told
the Universe, 'I need help!' " To her
amazement, the inactive clients paid her for
her time and left. And at the Full Moon, two
of four pending offers were accepted (the
Full Moon often gets New Moon seeds
blossoming).
Twelfth
House / Spiritual and Mental Health -
Center: Earth is the element for
this gua, and since this healer friend has
no earth in her chart, this ritual was
particularly helpful for her. She
transformed her oak dining table at the
center of the home into an altar - adding
terra cotta pieces and plants (growing in
earth). She initiated her ceremony with
earthy-smelling Tibetan incense and Tibetan
spinning, to invoke spiritual health. The
result, she reported, was "a general
uplifting of spirits and a more solid sense
of contact with my spiritual core, and more
'aha' experiences." She is now better able
to trust her intuition and has renewed her
passion for quantum biofeedback and
energetic healing.
Simone concludes:
"Each individual, each home, and each chart
is unique - these are only twelve examples
of what is possible when you combine
astrology and Feng Shui. Intention and
action, teamed up with the powerful energies
of the New Moon and the art of placement,
can transform your life. I encourage you to
play with this system and keep me posted on
the results: I'd love to include your
experiences in upcoming writings." - www.AstroAlchemy.com
Many, many thanks to
Simone Butler for her amazing work!
Go to her website and contact her anytime:
http://astroalchemy.com

Please
buy and read Simone's book - Astro
Feng Shui - available on
Amazon.com - I do not know Simone
personally, but i'm a huge
fan of her work. Try out Simone's
combined Astrology and Feng Shui tool
with clear intention, focused action and
strong, positive emotion - afterall, what do
you have to lose!
EVERYTHING
in Life is Energy!
Health,
wealth & relationships, are simply a
reflection of the
energy we have chosen to embrace, both
within and without.
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