We need all the items in our house for something. Well, for example, we sleep on the bed, cook on the stove, eat at the dining table, and work at the desk.
As you know, we work in order to achieve a certain result in life, be it financial well-being or creative fulfillment - it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that this requires confidence and good concentration. Properly organized feng shui desktop will help you with this.
Feng Shui desktop
Desk placement according to Feng Shui
Perhaps the first thing to start with is the location of your desktop according to Feng Shui. Of course, if you have the opportunity to choose where to put it yourself. This situation may be if you want to place a desktop in your office at home or in the office. Or if you are an employee, but you still have the opportunity to choose the location of the desk in the office.
The best table position:
Sit with your back to the wall. This rule is dictated by the very physiology of our body. We don’t have eyes on our backs, so we can’t control what’s happening behind us.
Therefore, when we sit with our backs to the wall, we are completely calm, relaxed, and well concentrated. We don't waste extra energy trying to control what's happening behind us. This automatically gives strength and energy to work.
There should be an open space in front of the person sitting in front and ideally they should be able to see the door. This rule is also based on our physiology, since it is comfortable for the eyes when there is space, it stimulates imagination, and allows thoughts to move calmly. Gives us a flight of thought so we can see many solutions and easily find the right one.
When the above two rules are met, this desk position is called the “boss position” in Feng Shui. It makes a person strong, confident, gives him the opportunity to think relaxed and find the right solution. This makes the work process or study very comfortable.
Does Feng Shui work?
There are no scientific findings that confirm the effectiveness of Feng Shui, but the results of some studies are consistent with the principles of this Chinese practice. For example, psychologists have long known that the presence of living plants in the workplace and an abundance of sunlight have a positive effect on a person’s mental and physical state. And once a person puts things in order in his workplace, it increases his efficiency.
Isn’t this the result of the very same positive energy that Feng Shui practitioners tell us about?
Do you want to know my opinion? Feng Shui is not magic, it is a practice based on psychological principles. They are simply presented in a manner somewhat unusual for our culture.
If you work a nine-to-five job (spending most of the day in the office) and your environment makes you feel uncomfortable, why not try applying the principles of Feng Shui to your workplace? Perhaps a simple rearrangement of things will give you more positive emotions and satisfaction from the work process.
How to fix an incorrect table position
How to correct the incorrect position of the table
If your table stands sideways to some wall, then it is better to have the wall on the left. Since a person’s heart is located on the left, and subconsciously we want to protect the left side of the body to a greater extent.
Remove all objects that threaten the door to your office, or fence yourself off from them with a screen, indoor plant, etc.
If it is not possible to place your desk so that there is a wall behind you, purchase a chair with a high, massive back. Although this is not 100%, it will still help you gain confidence and peace of mind in your work.
If you are still sitting facing the wall, and there is no way to rearrange the table, hang a picture on the wall with some pleasant image that inspires you or helps you mentally relax and get some rest. This could be a painting / photo wallpaper / poster depicting nature, a beautiful landscape, sea motifs, etc. Aggressive or “angular” images are not allowed.
How to organize your workplace according to Feng Shui principles
One of the essential tools for any Feng Shui practitioner is the Bagua Chart. It is a nine-part grid of different areas of space (home, office, desk) and shows how these areas of space fit into different areas of life.
To channel positive energy into your workspace, simply follow the instructions below.
Desktop shape
Table shape
Any fancy shapes for a desktop according to Feng Shui are not needed, unless the table serves as an object of some kind of decor. If it is really important to you what kind of Qi energy you receive while sitting at your desk, then it is important to pay attention to what it will be like:
1) A rectangular table (but not square), which symbolizes “reliability and stability” in Feng Shui. This is an important point so that the desktop has all 4 points - support. Only then will you have a systematic result. What is meant here is not exactly the presence of four legs, but rather that all 4 corners are open.
The corners should not be cluttered with any add-ons, cabinets, cabinets that cover, that is, block the energy of this support point. Moreover, according to Feng Shui, it is permissible for a rectangular table to have corners not only at right angles, but also slightly rounded.
Who benefits from a rectangular table shape? Those people who have their own business, those people who spend a long time and painstakingly calculating, calculating, and spend a lot of time at their desks.
2) The table is oval (but not round). Suitable for you: if you work as a freelancer, if you have a fast-moving, risky business, that is, associated with some kind of activity. This could be transportation, transport, rapid exchange of information.
It will really be useful for you to use an oval-shaped desktop. Well, plus to everything, the oval in Feng Shui is associated with the element of metal. Metal can rightly be classified as money.
It is also possible to use some other shapes of ovals. For example, not the classic oval shape, but a little with a recess for sitting.
Flowers in the manager's office
Croton. If the leader is hot-tempered, this plant will help. Improves charisma, improves health, and increases stamina. Croton will inspire and improve character in terms of determination.
Cyclamen will promote self-organization and add positivity, eliminating the feeling of loneliness. Dieffenbachia will help those who rarely get out from behind the desk.
Read more about Feng Shui plants>>
Why not round or square?
Why did you and I immediately abandon the square and round table, although from the point of view of Feng Shui these are figures of the correct shape? The answer is simple - because it is very important that there is as much space as possible on the right and left sides.
As a rule, these places usually contain various writing utensils, documents, and so on necessary for work. This way they will not be in front of you or in front of the laptop, that is, mostly on the sides. And as you understand, a square and a circle will not be able to give you this space for ease of work.
Selection and arrangement of furniture
If the office is a large room in which several employees work, you should delimit the zones with partitions. As a last resort, it is allowed to divide the space with work tables.
They should be positioned so that employees can see the front door and do not sit with their backs to it. In the Feng Shui tradition, a desktop should be wooden, massive, symmetrical in shape and always in light colors.
The positive energy emanating from it increases productivity and helps to creatively solve any problems. Square and rectangular chairs and tables have an advantage. Oval and round shapes should be avoided.
Desk size
Table size for work
As for the size, here you need to stick to a medium and large table area. The larger your desk, the more things you have to do, the more weight you have in business, the more authority you have, the more powerful your reputation, and so on.
That is, this is such a solid, powerful symbol of business that is located in your home or office and creates a certain energy for you. That’s why it’s so important to give your workspace your full attention.
In short, the larger your table, the greater your luck. A good Feng Shui desk should be large, authoritative, and weighty. And it must be clean.
How to choose an office location for business success?
There should be no hospitals, morgues, cemeteries, prisons or similar institutions near the office building.
A huge amount of negative energy concentrated in them will have a bad effect on business. The office building must have a symmetrical, regular shape. The most unfavorable option is a pyramid; in this case, energy will not be able to circulate freely in space and will stagnate.
Buildings with mirrored windows are also not suitable. Due to reflective surfaces, positive energy will not be able to penetrate inside. You should not choose rooms with many overhanging cornices and protruding beams.
Buildings with a larger upper floor area than the lower floors are also not suitable. In these cases, the likelihood of conflicts in the team is high. The best option for locating office space is in the middle, not at the ends of the corridor.
The entrance to the office should not be located opposite the elevator; such placement will lead to rapid bankruptcy.
Feng Shui desktop for career (zones)
There are 2 options here:
1) Use real compass directions, that is, calculate which compass direction, relative to the center of the table, is in front of you. Determine where the remaining zones are and activate them.
2) Overlaying the classic Bagua grid on the desktop. But we should not forget that in all Chinese schemes, traditionally the South is on top and the North is below.
Since the second option is used most often, we will analyze in more detail how to correctly activate each zone of the desktop according to the overlay of the classic Bagua grid on it.
Defining zones
The wealth zone is located on your desktop at the top in the far corner - this is the Southeast.
Here you can set symbols related to money or monetary growth. It could be some beautiful flowering plant. If you have some stationery here on a permanent basis, you can hang three Chinese coins.
If, due to some corporate ethics, you are prohibited from using Chinese symbols or you want to veil it, ridicule from colleagues is not common in Russian reality, just put a live flower or tree.
But here it is important to take care of it so that it does not become lethargic, so that it has enough light and watering, so that it blooms and smells fragrant. Buying a beautiful pot for such a talisman, because it is a symbol of your career growth and prosperity, is important.
If relationships with colleagues and relationships with management are important to you, then do not clutter the farthest right zone of your desktop (Love zone) - South-West.
South - the place in front of you at the laptop - is your reputation, the reputation of the company.
If you are a director, then it would be appropriate to place some awards, medals, cups, etc. here. If you are employed, then it would be good to install the symbols of your company here. Because by celebrating the company you work for and being really kind to them, you have a chance to get ahead and really grow in your career.
You can also place here any symbols of success that are associated with career growth - a pyramid, a phoenix, a large Chinese coin and others.
Zones on the desktop
Accordingly, everything that is in front of you is responsible for your work. The sector in front of you is North according to the Bagua grid.
When you are sitting in front of a computer, it is appropriate for there to be some kind of sheet or diary where you write down some facts and figures that are important to you. Or, for example, you count money in front of you if you are an accountant. Many people think that the north is associated only with a career, but a career without money does not exist, so this sector, including the finance sector.
If you need help or the fastest possible implementation of projects, or to get some things moving, put the documents on them in the North-West of your desktop.
If we consider a static Bagua grid, not real compass directions, then this will be the lower right corner. Here you can put some symbol related to help. Here you can store documents that require some kind of decision. For example, if you are a lawyer and are really looking forward to resolving a case that just can’t get off the ground.
Pyramid for desktop
The northeast is responsible for wisdom and knowledge. Here you can put on your desktop, according to Feng Shui, a globe, a figurine of a snake or an owl, as well as any other symbols related to the zone of wisdom and knowledge.
The East sector is responsible for health for the family.
This does not mean that if we have a trash can there, then everything will be bad for us. This topic is not particularly relevant for the workspace and here we can place something like a small-format trash can, which we absolutely need to monitor so that it does not overflow and does not emit unpleasant odors.
It is on the eastern side of the desktop that it is appropriate to place the cabinet. It’s better if it’s on your left, the right side of the Yanskaya table is active, and here the cabinet will clearly get in the way. You will constantly touch it with your feet, the angles will get in the way, which, by the way, will be directed at you.
It's even better if the desk has internal drawers, one or two, that don't get in the way under the desk. Because free-standing cabinets lead to a narrowing of space, and this is not comfortable.
General recommendations
Whatever the location of your work, there is always the opportunity to organize it so that it brings maximum benefit. If you don’t want to fall asleep over papers and make important decisions in agony, don’t organize your office in the southwest direction. Here, according to experts, energy accumulates minimally. According to Feng Shui, a workplace in the northern part will contribute to career advancement, the northwestern side will help to prove oneself as a responsible leader, and the northeastern direction will be favorable for learning and obtaining the necessary knowledge.
Feng Shui workplace
Sharp corners are not allowed in the room: it is believed that they direct the negative energy of ill-wishers towards a person. You can neutralize it using mirrors, partitions or a round vase of flowers.
But the presence of metal jewelry or figurines is welcome: they help active mental activity.
The element of water is also favorable for an office, so aquariums with fish and all kinds of fountains can be its attributes. It is believed to be the energy of lightness, abundance and wealth. If it is important to you, then avoid any plants indoors, as they can drown it out. Those who prefer flowers, on the contrary, should sacrifice the presence of water symbols in the office.
It’s very good when your boss is sitting in front of you, there is a bank building outside the window or just a solid wall - all this, according to science, is a support for you and will have a beneficial effect on the work process. An image of a bank or a huge sea turtle located on the wall behind your back will help bring profit and good luck in business.
Expert opinion
Melnik Dmitry
feng shui master
Success in business does not tolerate clutter, so all surfaces used should be free of clutter and stacks of unread papers. They need to be disassembled as they arrive and under no circumstances put them aside. And cleanliness in the room, corresponding to the Feng Shui of the workplace, should become a rule with no exceptions.
Feng Shui talismans for your desktop
As was already written above, you can put a Bagua grid on the desktop, but you don’t need to activate each zone, there’s no point. It makes sense to activate with talismans only those areas that are the highest priority for you. Traditionally, people pay more attention to the zone of Wealth, the zone of Glory and the zone of Helpers.
Feng Shui toad in the money sector
In the Wealth zone (southeast) it is best to place Hotea, a plant such as a money tree (crassula), coins or any other symbols related to the Wealth zone. But if corporate ethics does not allow you to do this. Suppose you have a computer there on which you can hang 3 Chinese coins. The upper left corner is the wealth (money) sector.
Fame also brings money, so this sector also needs to be activated either with something red, or you can put figurines or an image of a horse. You can also use a pyramid, a large coin, a peacock or other talismans for the Glory sector on the desktop.
The next, one might say, mandatory sector for activation is the north-west - the sector of helpers and patrons. White color, gold color, Ganesha are suitable here. If it is possible to place a golden reclining Buddha on your right hand, then this will bring you success in an easy way. Or choose some kind of talisman from those that are still suitable for the assistants’ area.
Finance zone
The south-eastern part of the office is a zone that attracts money. Therefore, this part of the office should not be empty. You can activate it using a home aquarium or a decorative fountain.
The main thing is that these items are life-giving sources of the necessary energy. There may be a fireplace in this place. One of the talismans can stand on the mantelpiece - for example, a toad that sits on money.
The office finance area must be kept clean at all times.
Feng Shui desktop color
First of all, we can determine the color of the desktop using the Bagua grid or look at what compass direction it falls on, and adjust the maximum color scheme to the compass direction to which it falls.
In conclusion, I want to say, if suddenly you have a situation that your desktop is at home and not in the office. And you do not use it to constantly work, but only so that it simply exists. For example, they came and did something quickly for him and left.
That is, if you don’t use it on a regular basis, you don’t have to worry about the location of the table according to Feng Shui, its color, shape, how you sit at it, and so on. Consider it just a decorative item.
All of the above rules must be followed only when you spend as much time as possible at your desk.
Love zone
The office should also have a love zone. In the lives of many women, personal life and career occupy equal positions. Therefore, when a representative of the fairer sex arranges her office, she should also remember about the love zone. The energy around the desk should be organized in such a way that it has a positive impact on a woman’s personal life.
The love zone should be located in the northwestern part of the room. In this place there may be joint photographs of spouses or lovers, the main thing is that these photographs are new. This sector can only be decorated with paired items. You can use two bowls - one will contain water and rose petals, and the other will contain stones.
Let's touch history
Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing objects in the environment. This teaching is closely related to the philosophical and religious movement of Taoism, which professes the natural path of moral self-improvement. The term itself translates as “wind and water.” That is, here lies the meaning of something perfect and ideal. The practice of Feng Shui describes architecture and interior design in various metaphorical terms, which usually denote a certain “invisible force” or energy.
Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing objects in the environment.
There is a whole dictionary of Feng Shui terminology, here are its basic concepts:
- Qi is the flow of energy in a room (house, area). Qi energy can be both positive and negative. That is, it is a kind of vital force, thanks to which the microclimate in the room is formed. It is believed that Qi energy is born in symbiosis with such units as the universe, earth and man. According to the philosophical teachings of Feng Shui, Qi energy develops in the wind, but is preserved when colliding with water;
- Shen-qi (or Shen-qi) is an accumulation of favorable energy or strength. The literal translation means “breath of the contented dragon.” A person who harmonizes a room using the Feng Shui method sets the goal of Shen Qi.
Historically, Feng Shui has been widely used to orient buildings, spaces, grounds, and other spiritually significant structures in a favorable manner.
Historically, Feng Shui has been widely used to orient buildings, spaces, sites and other spiritually significant structures in a favorable manner.
