Feng Shui elements are five elements - fire, water, earth, wood, metal

It has long been known that the color of clothing can influence our mood, well-being and inner world. You should select clothes according to your color type, style, and figure. When choosing a fabric and style, we rely on many nuances - the main wardrobe, the accessories available, the comfort of clothing, etc.

When choosing an outfit, we try not to repeat common mistakes and try to combine colors correctly. And we succeed, often simply at the level of intuition. This is not surprising, because usually what we like is what suits us best. Those who are accustomed to trusting their inner voice and intuition often have good artistic taste, a sense of style and color, so they can easily choose clothes in suitable shades.

But color also has the ability to influence our energy field, helping to reduce or increase physical and mental activity. The correct choice of clothing color according to the principles of Feng Shui can bring you self-confidence, success, lift your spirits and maintain strength. But an inappropriate color scheme, on the contrary, can take away your strength and energy, leaving you feeling depressed, dissatisfied and lethargic.

Before you find out which color is right for you, you need to determine exactly what element (element) you are according to Feng Shui. Who are you - Metal, Water, Fire, Earth or Wood? We will help you sort this out.

The influence of color on a person

Human life is affected by flowers. One brings wealth, fame and success, while the other seems to take away all spiritual strength.

The influence of color on a person

You need to learn to understand the meaning of each one. By applying this knowledge in practice, you can independently model your destiny.

Each element has its own color

Each of the five elements has its own color scheme:

• Water is blue or black.
• The soil is brown and peachy.
• The tree is green.
• Fire - purple.
• Metal - silver, gold, white.

The interaction of the elements is extremely important to consider when choosing the color scheme of a room. You need to start from the Circle of Generation U-sin, consisting of five elements. In it, each element is strengthened by the previous one: Wood feeds Water, Fire feeds Wood, the Earth element is strengthened by Fire, Wood influences Earth, Fire controls Metal, Earth controls Water, Wood is destroyed by Metal.

When decorating an apartment or house, you should definitely take into account the influence of the elements on each other. This impact is based on three principles.

Principle of birth

From one element another is born:

• from the ashes that Fire leaves behind, the Earth is born;
• Earth forms Metal;
• thanks to Metal, Water appears;
• The Tree feeds on water.

Principle of destruction

One of the elements suppresses the other, thereby maintaining the natural balance:

• Metal has a disastrous effect on Wood;
• The Earth is destroyed by the roots of the Tree;
• The Earth stops the flow of Water;
• Water extinguishes Fire;
• Fire melts metal.

Weakening principle

The element that feeds another gives it its strength and weakens:

• The tree feeds Fire;
• Earth takes from Fire everything it needs;
• Metal is fueled by the Earth;
• Water is born thanks to Metal.

Wood imbalance

When obstacles appear in our path, we become angry, anger and irritability appear. These are positive emotions that help overcome obstacles. If they appear, this indicates that something is blocking the element of Wood, either outside or inside. The release and manifestation of these emotions helps to overcome difficulties and balance the elements. Such processes indicate the health of the Wood element. Remember the concepts of righteous anger, which only helps to overcome obstacles and difficulties. Remember the cases when children, having fought and splashed out their emotions, become best friends. All these are normal emotional manifestations in a person’s life with a healthy Wood element.

But such emotions as rage, hatred, hidden evil, rage are already serious indicators of violation of the element of Wood. Such emotions manifest themselves in a person in the form of rash, uncontrollable actions. If anger and hatred do not find a way out and accumulate inside, then they begin to destroy us from the inside. And once it breaks through (that last straw eventually comes), it destroys both the person and his life, and those around him suffer. These are the very cases when seemingly prosperous and friendly people suddenly commit murders or suicides. This happens if, from childhood, we have not learned to formulate and realize our needs; under the pressure of circumstances, we have driven them inside. Not every friendly person contains a maniac, but look at how many such cases there are around, which we are informed about in incident reports.

Here you can trace the very relationship of our feelings and organs, their controllability by the elements. When the elements are disrupted in one area of ​​life, there is a natural impact on other components. Negative emotions that accumulate inside and do not receive an outlet manifest themselves in the form of diseases. Constant discontent, hot temper, anger affect and manifest themselves in the gallbladder and its diseases, high blood pressure, gallstone diseases, and headaches appear.

And vice versa, apathy, lethargy, indifference speak of weakness in the element of Wood. This manifests itself with unfulfilled hopes, disappointments and failures in life. In this state, a person experiences depression and stops striving for anything and has no goals. This is also a long process that began in childhood, when desires and dreams were suppressed in the child, aspirations were forcibly muffled, “proper” upbringing and behavior were forcibly imposed, which led to the inability to communicate with people and express their emotions. A person stops believing in himself, setting goals and moving towards them. This often leads to alcoholism and drug addiction; the liver naturally suffers, manifesting itself as diseases and destruction. Alcohol helps to survive states of apathy and hopelessness, creating a hopeless vicious circle. This is another manifestation of a strong imbalance in the element of Wood.

What do Feng Shui colors mean?

An ancient Chinese teaching says that every color has its own meaning. If you choose the right design, you can activate a certain energy. The Feng Shui meanings of colors are given below.

Blue

It personifies peace, tranquility and wisdom, setting you up for relaxation and positivity. Blue is preferred by people seeking spiritual enrichment. It is best suited for decorating living rooms or bedrooms.

Red

Has the strongest energy. Attracts happiness, gives power. However, there is a flip side to the coin: the color red also represents anger and passion. It should not be abused; it can incite quarrels and conflicts, and cause illness. If you absolutely want to decorate any room in this color, let it be the living room: this is where the main vital energy accumulates.

Pink

Pink can be called one of the varieties of red. This is a shade of tenderness, it is particularly romantic and sensuality. It is generally accepted that it relieves attacks of aggression, eliminates misunderstandings and helps achieve harmony in relationships.

Violet

Aristocratic, Cleopatra's favorite color. It personifies a rich inner world and well-developed intuition, directs the flow of thoughts in the right direction, and inspires new achievements. Purple is the color of creative people.

However, according to Feng Shui, decorating the interior of your home in purple is not recommended. This color is more suitable for decorating a workshop or office.

Orange

Orange is the color of happiness. Encourages decisive action, enhances brain activity, and activates sociability.

Suitable for decorating any room in the house. However, for example, it is better to decorate the bedroom in soft colors.

Living room in orange

Yellow

Yellow is a very positive, cheerful color. It is believed that it can improve brain activity. Yellow will bring light and optimism to any corner of the house.

Blue

The blue color symbolizes the fulfillment of desires and spiritual elevation. And it is also the color of health.

However, with all its positive qualities, according to Feng Shui, it is better not to decorate the premises in blue, otherwise you may get the impression that the walls are pressing on you, and this will cause discomfort.

Green

Green color represents harmony, balance, and wisdom. It relieves nervous tension, has a calming effect, and helps to relax. This is a symbol of everything new.

This color scheme can be used to decorate absolutely any room.

White

White color is a symbol of purity and purity, virtue and lightness. It cleanses the energy. Creation, freedom, joy, happiness - these are the meanings of this color. This is the absolute, in it the beginning and the end of everything merge into one. White sets you up for activity, but not stormy, but harmonious.

It is most suitable for decorating rooms that need additional lighting, as well as small rooms, as it visually makes them larger. A bathroom decorated in white will also be a good solution.

Black

Black color cannot be interpreted unambiguously. It personifies sophistication and a sense of style, and at the same time is a symbol of the unknown, the mystical.

It is unlikely that there will be anyone who wants to decorate the room entirely in black. But when decorating it is used quite often: the eternal classic never becomes outdated.

Brown

The color brown evokes associations with fertile soil, trees and stones. This color represents stability in relationships, work, health and finances.

Green

Being the color of the Wood element, green carries the energy of life itself. This is the color of flourishing, new life, development and at the same time peace, harmony, tranquility and energy balance with the world. Green can relieve tension, nervous fatigue, and promote recovery.

Living plants in the house are the most powerful source of green color and its energy. You can “green” a space quite globally – the walls in pastel shades of green will not be tiresome.

This truly natural color has a beneficial effect on internal balance, development, and spiritual growth. It would be appropriate to have green in the bedroom - it is perfect for relaxation and relaxation.

In a children's room, unobtrusive shades of green will create an atmosphere for the student to concentrate and help reduce fatigue. In the kitchen, all kinds of shades of green can set the mood from calm to energetic, but in any case they will carry positive energy.

Color by gua number

The gua number is determined by the year of birth: the last two digits are added until the result is a single digit number.

Further calculations are made based on gender and age:

• men subtract the resulting value from 10;
• women add 5 to it;
• young men born after 2000 subtract the resulting value from 9;
• girls born in 2000 (and later) must add 6 to it.

If the final number is 5, the number of gua for women will be 8, and for men - 2.

We look at the results in the table.

Color combinations

Colors are interconnected and may or may not be combined with each other. Sometimes their union is favorable, and positive energy is born from it, and sometimes, on the contrary, negative energy.

Favorable combinations

• Gold and red are a successful union, promising money and good luck. To activate the zone, you can use gold coins tied with a red ribbon.
• Green and blue, when combined, can bring harmony and happiness into the home. It is recommended to decorate the eastern or southeastern part of the apartment in exactly this color scheme.
• Green and red - an unusual combination of colors will help you achieve fame and popularity.
• Red and yellow are a powerful combination that helps attract good luck. Design in this color scheme is recommended for the southwest or northeast direction.
• Yellow with white. This combination symbolizes the desire for power and control. Sometimes gold is chosen instead of yellow. It is necessary to maintain a balance when designing sectors in this combination, listen to yourself, and if any discomfort arises, look for another color solution. You can use other shades of these colors. If you feel great, you can, on the contrary, try to enhance the golden or yellow tones. After all, these colors attract good luck.
• Purple shade with silver. An interesting design option can be obtained by combining them. In addition, such a neighborhood promises material well-being. It is best to design sectors related to the element of Water in a similar way.
• Black and white symbolize yin and yang. Water corresponds to black, Metal - white. This combination is ideal for decorating sectors of the water element. With it you can activate money energy.

Tree Diseases

When rage and aggression accumulate inside for many years and have no outlet, they destroy the body itself and manifest themselves in rheumatism, gout, osteochondrosis and other diseases, manifested by pain in the joints and muscles, leading to disorders and restrictions in movement. All this can lead to stiffness and muscle tension in the neck, shoulders, back, headaches, back and neck pain.

A normal tree, during its development and growth, tends in different directions evenly. An imbalance in this element disrupts this symmetry and harmony of development and disrupts coordination. This imbalance manifests itself in asymmetries of the face and body, disruptions in the functioning and development of paired organs, significant differences in visual acuity, and eye diseases in general.

Think about autoimmune diseases. Most often, this term is used to describe cases when doctors simply do not know the causes of the disease and, accordingly, cannot help. Autoimmune diseases often manifest themselves in diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Not everyone realizes how many people are increasingly suffering from arthritis, osteoarthrosis, and arthrosis, the causes of which are unknown to official medicine. Don’t you think that there is some connection between the element of Wood, which is responsible for these parts of the body and for emotions, and diseases? I don’t want to say it, but there is something in it. Wrong behavior and actions, manifestations of anger, aggression and cruelty affect health. If a person is not angry, not aggressive, but accumulates all experiences inside, accumulates suffering, negative emotions, experiences, accumulates negative emotions, not allowing them to come out, this will also lead to illness. This is what we come to in our knowledge. Otherwise, such a field of medicine as psychosomatics, which many bloggers write about, would not have appeared.

Psychosomatics is a direction in medicine (psychosomatic medicine) and psychology that studies the influence of psychological factors, emotions, thoughts on the occurrence and course of somatic (physical) diseases. This is something that has long been known to alternative medicine. The field is increasingly developing evidence of this connection. So I'm talking about quite scientific things.

The tree is responsible for our growth and development. An imbalance in the elements causes growth disorders.

Our vital energy (Qi energy) constantly circulates throughout the body. Weakness or activity of an element indicates an excess or lack of energy in certain organs. Thus, a lack of energy in the Liver, the organ of the Tree, leads to a lack of energy in the lungs, which results in breathing problems and stooping.

Schizophrenia and epilepsy are also affected by an imbalance in the Wood element. Epilepsy itself is a complex disease and other elements are responsible for it, but epilepsy often occurs against a background of emotional stress, which connects the element with the disease. Since the time of year, the time of awakening of the tree, is spring, then exacerbations of these mental illnesses occur in the spring. During this period, statistical data indicate an increase in mental problems, crimes, and suicides. When the elements are in balance, spring brings joy, new interests, goals, plans. As you can see, everything is logical and fits very well into a single cause-and-effect relationship.

Another feature in the area of ​​the Wood element is the uniform coordinated development of mental, physical and spiritual states, the coordinated development of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Often, our system of upbringing and education upsets this balance and it becomes increasingly difficult for a person to achieve harmony of reason and intuition, reality and fantasy, logic and originality of thinking, and one without the other can cause a lot of trouble.

All this has long been noticed by ancient scientists and healers of various treatment systems, not only Chinese. The need for treatment and impact on the elements itself is obvious. If you establish it, bring it to a harmonious state with other elements, if you manage to preserve the received energy of spring, carry it and preserve it in sufficient quantities through other seasons, then a new cycle will begin with new energy, new forces, plans, opportunities and goals. And then everything will work out.

Combinations to avoid

Cannot be combined:

• red and blue (the elements of Water and Fire conflict);
• white and green (Wood is at odds with Metal);
• blue with brown (Water in contrast with Earth);
• blue and yellow (Earth and Water do not get along well);
• pink with blue (Fire is at enmity with Water).

Color combinations

Brown

Brown color in Feng Shui belongs to the element Wood.
This is a warm and cozy color that evokes associations with coffee and chocolate. Brown would be appropriate in the hallway or kitchen; in combination with other more dynamic colors, it is well suited for the bedroom and living room.

Since it is quite calm, its excess can cause laziness and apathy. Therefore, it is better to avoid brown in the work area and children's room.

Since the union of wood and water is favorable, then in Feng Shui the combination of brown with bluish hues is successful. Brown will be favorable in the interior of people living in a very busy rhythm - it will contribute to emotional relief. Brown is suitable for the front door.

Rules for working with color in Feng Shui

There are a few simple rules to remember:

1. One color should not dominate the others.
2. Shades for decoration should be selected based on your goals and purpose of the room.
3. The chosen shade can be more or less bright, dull or saturated - everything will depend primarily on your own feelings.
4. Lighting also plays an important role. This factor must be taken into account.
5. A ceiling painted in dark colors will visually appear lower.
6. Light shades visually enlarge the room.
7. You cannot use more than five colors to decorate your home.
8. Interior doors look better if they are light.
9. Before you start decorating your children's room, you need to check how your child reacts to the chosen color.
10. Small rooms cannot be decorated with curtains or dark-colored carpets.

Orange

If you mix red and yellow, you get orange. He absorbed the strength and energy of red and the kindness of yellow. This is the color of creativity, mental activity, creativity, cheerfulness, and communication.

Orange increases appetite, so it can be both beneficial and harmful for the kitchen, depending on your aspirations and dietary preferences.

In a children's room, moderate use of orange will have a beneficial effect on the learning process and the development of the child's creative thinking. But in a room intended for sleep and rest, it is better to avoid orange - in excess, like red, it can overtire and irritate.

For work that requires a creative approach, orange will come in handy.

How to choose colors: three principles

Usually, when deciding on the design of premises, the following rules are adhered to:

Darker shades are used for the floor, lighter shades for the ceiling. These colors correspond to Earth and Sky. Thus, we bring their interaction into space.

The main shade for decorating the room is selected according to the recommendations for the cardinal directions, however, other colors should also be partially present in the interior. This is necessary to achieve harmony in space.

In combination, you need to proceed from what is dominant - yin or yang. For the latter, brighter shades are chosen, for yin rooms - calmer shades.

White

Symbolizes the element of Metal. Versatile, neutral color. The color of purity, spirituality, lightness, innocence, freshness, beneficence.

Can be used in any room, but in combination with other colors, since excess white can cause melancholy, apathy, and loss of vital energy. Exclusively white walls are associated with a hospital ward.

In rooms that are not spoiled by sunlight, large amounts of “whiteness” should also be avoided. But in the kitchen, white will help increase appetite, highlighting foods and dishes favorably.