Feng Shui = Woo Woo? It's More Like Meteorology for Your House
My husband came home from a work dinner where three out of four people thought feng shui was decluttering. It's not. It's closer to meteorology: a system for reading forces you can't see. Here's how that plays out in the north sector of my own Atlanta home.
We’re Halfway Through the Fire Horse Year. How is Your Home Holding Up?
We're at the peak of the Fire Horse Year, and if you've felt intensity lately, it's not coincidence. Nine flying stars land in different sectors of your home each year, and they interact with your home's natal stars in complex ways. Some align beautifully. Others create friction. Right now, the Five Star sits in the south, the most volatile energy of the year. Here's what that means for your space and what to do about it.
Your House Is Like a Time Capsule: What Flying Stars Feng Shui Actually Measures
Some people think feng shui means I show up and read the energy in a room. What's actually happening is the house sealed in a fixed set of conditions at construction (or renovation), and the people living there are what activates it. Here's how that works, and how timing and facing direction together determine what got sealed in.
The Fifth Season: Paying Attention to What Needs to Be Released
Most of us move through our days on autopilot. But the fifth season arrives to interrupt that. It's asking you to pick things up, feel whether they resonate, and trust what your body already knows about what needs to stay and what needs to go.
Why You Should Have a Feng Shui Consultant
I've been practicing feng shui for 14 years and I still consult my mentor. Here's why even experts need outside perspective and why you do too.
The Hidden Blueprint of Your Home: Understanding Feng Shui’s Energetic DNA
Every home has a blueprint, an energetic pattern established the moment it was built. In Flying Stars feng shui, that pattern can be mapped, analyzed, and worked with. This is where every assessment begins.
What Is Flying Stars Feng Shui?
Most people come to feng shui through the internet, which means most people have encountered a version that's been flattened down to color zones and compass directions. Flying Stars is different. Here are two ways to think about what it actually does.
Can You Do Feng Shui Yourself?
Feng shui got reduced to a decorating philosophy somewhere in translation. Here's what the classical system actually looks at, and why general advice applied to a specific home can do more harm than good.
When Your Home Reflects Your Life Back at You
A home tells a story. The bagua gives us the language to read it. Here's what the feng shui energetic map actually looks like when applied to real homes, and what it tends to reveal.
Understanding the Feng Shui Home Assessment
No two homes share the same energetic blueprint. A feng shui home assessment starts with your home's compass orientation and maps the elemental influences active in every section of your space.