Happy Holidays Folks & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch. I have a Feng Shui Story for you today that I hope will shed some light on the true nature of Feng Shui.

I’m recording this on Christmas Eve and it’ll be live on my Birthday which is the day after Christmas! Yes, that’s Feng Shui Friday or December 26! Turns out I was born on a Friday and on a full moon. I was actually 3 months premature and entered the world in a dramatic and dangerous manner with my parents waking up in a pool of blood because the placenta had broken. An emergency caesarian was performed and I entered the world ahead of my time.

I share this birthday with 2 influential male authors; not the exact year but the date. Henry Miller and David Sedaris where both born December 26th, both men whose work was autobiographical and unconventional in nature. That’s a vibe I relate to. I can’t imagine that being born on one of the most anticlimactic days of the year didn’t color their personalities in some way. It’s definitely colored mine.

Nobody wants to compete with Jesus for attention on their birthday. You end sucking it up: never getting to shine on your special day so to speak. It engenders underdog vibes. I think this is the foundation for a particular set of sensibilities and an unconventional nature.

Henry Miller was hyper masculine, Unfiltered, rebellious, erotic, and philosophically and spiritually searching.

While David Sedaris is openly homosexual, humorous, self deprecating and focused on observational humor. I actually met David in San Francisco at a book signing and I mentioned we shared a birthday. At the end of the evening, he gave me the bouquet of flowers that was on the table where he was signing….

Both Miller & Sedaris’s work is Unconventional and autobiographical. They live through their stories.

I also live and breathe my rather unconventional work. Before I became The Feng Shui Lady, I majored in Journalism so I do see life through narrative and it’s why I connect with the lens of a writer and also why The Art of Feng Shui speaks to me. Once I began my studies in Feng Shui, it’s really the only thing I write about. I think on my grave there should the following quote. “I can make anything about Feng Shui.” And the reason that’s true is because it’s a physical language between ourselves and the world that begins at birth and never really ends. We are always in communication with our environment even if we don’t understand the language. Feng Shui is the language. If you liken Feng Shui to Story Boarding like I do, you will recognize that the Sexy piece of art with lovers in an embrace hung in your home is communicating something. Ideally it’s hung in the area of your home that represents your love life where it will do you the most good. We use what’s called a Bagua Map in Feng Shui which serves as a treasure map for all 9 of our life themes including Love. Once you discover where to find and activate the love or the money areas or any area of your home, you’ll never take it for granted again. You’ll be in a relationship with what is happening; where it’s happening and why. You’ll have agency to change what is happening to be more to your liking. That’s Feng Shui. Creating a Set & Setting for the life you desire. That communication can be conscious or unconscious. Feng Shui makes it conscious and empowering. With that in mind, you should know that Art is alchemy, it’s powerful. It’s the symbolic writing on the wall.

We just had the Solstice and we are currently in a very Yin period. A quiet, behind the scenes period of preparation. A perfect closing out period for the year of the snake. The year of death and rebirth! It’s a good time to take stock what you actually achieved this year and how that is setting the stage for next year. A beautiful time to Feng Shui. If you look at your home from a Feng Shui perspective, you could look at how it has evolved and shifted over the last year. What new stories unfolded. What parts of your physical narrative changed and how. I personally replaced and upgraded almost every piece of furniture I owned. Then I physically moved to a whole new town. If this were a literary analogy. I didn’t just start a whole new chapter, I’m writing an entirety different book!

How about you what’s changed? How do you want your life to look and feel next year? I spent the Solstice an energy we are still in contemplating and formulating my action plan for next year. If you want help creating both an energetic and visual narrative through Feng Shui, reach out for a consultation or just dip your toes with my free Feng Shui Basics course. I’ll include links to reach me Scheduling Link and the mini course FREE FENG SHUI BASICS COURSE in the show notes. I invite you to subscribe, like and share. Every little bit helps to support the Show!

Many Blessings & Merry Christmas my friends.

Cheers & CIAO for now.

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