Have you ever moved your furniture or artwork around, stepped back to see the results and knew immediately whether it was a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ by the way it felt? Your intuition, if you listen to it, can tell you what is good feng shui and what isn’t. I often find when I do a consultation that things are pretty much arranged the way I would have suggested. Instinctively many people know what to do — they...

The impulse to put Feng Shui principles into our homes is often instinctive. I once did a consultation for a newly married couple who had just bought their first home together. Many of the rooms were filled with unpacked cartons. There was little furniture and the walls were bare – except for one room. It was completely furnished and decorated, and had a very warm feeling. And this room just happened to be in the area of the house that...