The Houses, Planets and Signs are governed by the Four Elements of Fire, Air, Water and Earth. When doing an astrology birth chart one element will usually dominate. This is useful to know because it gives insight into your primary mode of interaction. For example, somone who is predominantly a Fire element will appreciate a direct approach with steps they can take immediate action on. Someone who is predominantly an Air element likes to...

One of my esteemed feng shui teachers Denise Linn (Interior Alignment®) gifted this delightful list of things you can do in your home to attract a higher vibration of energy into your home and your life. Give the home a surface cleaning – dust and vacuum. Place sea salt in all the corners of every room (put the salt on wax paper or in a small dish to protect surfaces from being stained). Briefly open all the doors and window. Take...

Okay, I know it sounds peculiar to think of clutter as a teacher, and it might be difficult to see clutter as a gift, but it really is!  Here’s why: Clutter releases blocked energy. We get used to seeing the same things in the same places and after awhile we don’t even see what is there anymore. It is like we are blindfolded in our own home. When we clear out a cluttered drawer or a closet that blindfold is removed and we begin see...

One of the most common methods of applying feng shui principles in North America today is the bagua map. It is the system I use, and have written extensively on. The bagua map is really a symbolic tool (sometimes called The Eight Aspirations). It divides living spaces into eight equal areas, which each area corresponding to an ’aspiration’ in life: Family, Abundance, Reputation, Relationships, Creativity, Helpful People, Career...

In Victoria, we have the distinction of having the first declared auspicious feng shui site in Canada. It is located in Saanich and can be viewed off the Lochside trail where you look across Swan Lake and up to Christmas Hill. What gives a site good feng shui?  There is an ancient school of feng shui that examines land formations and waterways to find the beneficial energy lines of the Earth. Houses which are situated in the protective and...

Let’s face it. Some things we own are hard to let go of, even when they no longer serve a purpose in our lives and could — in all respects of the word — be called clutter. Maybe they are even gifts you’ve received which you never liked but the person who gave it to you holds a special place in your heart. What do we do with these things?  One way to honour items we no longer wish to keep but were once meaningful in our...