Chinese Astrology Signs & Compatibility

The Bagua of The Eight Aspirations

A bagua map is a tool used in feng shui to show how difference sections of a residence relate to different aspects of the inhabitant’s life. The bagua consists of eight basic categories: fame, relationships/marriage, children/creativity, helpful people/travel, career, inner knowledge, family/ancestors/health, and wealth/blessings. Originally the bagua took into consideration surrounding land and landmarks, directions, [...]

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Using Color to Balance Feng Shui Elements

The art and science of Feng Shui is related to Chinese astrology in that it is based on calendar cycles, energy directions, and five basic elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Chinese elements do not refer exclusively to matter but rather to subtle basic forms of changing energy. Each element also has a productive [...]

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Feng Shui Tips for Attracting Prosperity

Westerners would not usually think of placing ing a mirror above the kitchen stove, but in China this is a common feng shui practice meant to attract wealth and prosperity. You can purchase small mirrors, usually framed in red, made specifically for this purpose. Feng shui is more than just a trick here or there [...]

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Problems Associated with the Crown Chakra

The crown or sahasrara chakra is located at or just above the crown of the head, and is often represented in religious art and iconography as light radiating out of the head or as a halo. Pure white light infused with love and infinite intelligence is characteristic of the energy associated with the crown chakra. [...]

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Problems Associated with the Brow Chakra

The brow chakra connects each of us to our spiritual energy and governs a person’s ability to see clearly, dream for the future, and express the intuitive side of our nature. Psychic ability, dreamwork, wisdom, and intellectual ability are some of the gifts associated with a well-balanced and open brow chakra. The brow chakra is [...]

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Problems Associated with the Throat Chakra

The throat chakra governs our ability to act authentically in the world around us and to literally ’speak our own truth’. Throat chakra issues show up in problems with honesty and integrity, and problems with willpower. Lying closes up the throat chakra, and persistent blockage of this energy center can even result in laryngitis or [...]

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Problems Associated with the Heart Chakra

The heart chakra governs our relationships with others, our ability to feel compassion, and our ability to ‘follow our heart’. When the heart chakra is blocked a person may feel unworthy of love, or if it is completely blocked that person may be very cold and uncaring. Many life events can cause temporary heart chakra [...]

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Problems Associated With the Spleen Chakra

The chakra located in the center of the abdomen is the second or spleen chakra, and is responsible for our feelings of connection with other people, and also our relationship to our own feelings. Being able to fully feel our own feelings without inhibition is associated with a healthy spleen chakra. Blockages show up as [...]

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Problems Associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra

The third chakra, located in the region of the solar plexus, governs our ambition, drive, self-confidence, and general sense of self as an active force in the world. The solar plexus chakra is associated with the ego, the color yellow, and the sun. People with blockages here may experience a loss of self-confidence, difficulty achieving [...]

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Problems Associated With the Root Chakra

Often, certain diseases and emotional patterns cluster together. This doesn’t mean one causes the other, but it can mean that there is a blockage or a problem with overactivity in an energy center. Each energy center has certain specific problems associated with it, beginning with the fundamental or ‘grounding’ root chakra. Located in the area [...]

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