We all love to embroider. Some people like landscapes, some like houses, some like to embroider flowers, and some like animals... But not everyone thinks about what this or that picture we embroidered means. According to the ancient Chinese teachings of Feng Shui, every thing in the house, including an embroidered picture, can bring love, happiness, harmony to this house, or, conversely, can be the cause of failure, ruin and infidelity of spouses. Let's figure out together where it is better to place our masterpieces so that they please the eye and contribute to our success and prosperity.
- Love and marriage
- Your dream home
- Health
- Money, wealth, business success
- Career
- Glory
- Helpers and travel
- Children and creativity
Folk signs of embroidery
It is believed that you should not cross-stitch directly on a person, even if you need to quickly fix something.
You should not adjust products on Sunday either. According to ancient signs, a day off, especially on holidays, is considered unfavorable for this. If this is unavoidable, you need to take the thread between your teeth and embroider for a minimum time without saying a word. Signs say that if a thread sticks to your clothes, then a fan will appear in your life. If the thread is light, the person is fair-haired; if it is dark, the person is dark-haired.
It is believed that accidentally pricking a finger means earning someone’s praise and being noticed at work. However, you shouldn’t do this on purpose, because then it’s just wasted time.
For girls, signs say that embroidering during menstruation is not good. But after is the best option. The body is cleansed, thoughts are positive, which means you can begin the creative process.
Interestingly, if a knot is formed during the embroidery process, embroidery signs say that the person is lucky and his life will be long. However, if the embroidery is made to order, then the knot becomes a symbol of the fact that the recipient of the embroidery, on the contrary, is deprived of luck.
Love and marriage
According to the ancient Chinese teachings of Feng Shui, in order for embroidered paintings not only to decorate your home (apartment), but also to help in finding a soul mate or maintaining a harmonious relationship with an already found one, you should place them in the bedroom or the southwestern part of the house (in sector "Love and Marriage").
- ANEMONES - symbolize sincerity;
- PANSIES - happiness, the desire to always be close to your loved one;
- ASTER - love and tenderness;
- IRISES - faith and hope, promise for the future;
- LILY OF THE LILY - humility, humility;
- LILY - purity, yellow - gratitude;
- MAGNOLIAS - dignity;
- POPPIES and POPPY FIELDS (and other flower fields) - to “male strength”;
- YELLOW DADDLES - respect, “you are the only one”;
- Forget-me-nots - true love;
- ORCHIDS - perfection, refined beauty;
- PEONIES are great for meeting your loved one. According to Feng Shui, peony is a flower of joy, a symbol of exquisite passion and carnal love. It is the most favorable symbol for young married couples. The image of a peony in the bedroom or in the Love sector is a wonderful talisman, but its beneficial effect is only relevant in the first years of marriage. When children are born and a young wife becomes a mother, peonies in the bedroom begin to symbolize infidelity. That is, it is better to embroider peonies for couples who do not yet have children, so as not to provoke infidelity in marriage. Therefore, after several years of a happy marriage, the embroidery should be replaced with another one;
- ROSES symbolize passionate and devoted love, pink and white - purity of thoughts, roses without thorns - love at first sight;
- LILAC - beauty;
- TULIPS - good luck, yellow - wishes for happiness in love;
- VIOLETS - loyalty and virtue;
- A PAIR of embroidered animals or birds - two doves, cranes, storks, ducks, wolves - contributes to meeting your soul mate, as well as family well-being;
- A PAIR of people - a man and a woman - is a symbol of love and fidelity, ideally they should hold hands or kiss;
- GOLDEN WEDDING RINGS on a red background will help speed up the wedding;
- A UNICORN will help an unmarried girl get married in the near future.
Iris flowers
Irises do not bloom for long. The flower sizes vary - from 8 to 15 cm in diameter. The original shape of the flowers is almost as beautiful as exquisite orchids.
In reality, the iris has no petals. What many think of as the petals is actually a perianth divided into six lobes. The alternately concave and concave lobes can be of different colors: from white to velvety black, bordered or with contrasting central lobes, plain. The perianth edges range from straight to semi-double.
The meaning of iris in the language of flowers is interesting. This amazing language originated in the East. Women, raised in the strictest Muslim traditions, often could not speak when they wanted to. For this reason, they began to use flowers to convey their mood.
For example, in Ancient Egypt, the flower became a symbol of eloquence, in Babylon - the strength and power of royal power. Today in our country, the iris is associated with wisdom and trust, hope and faith, as well as fearlessness. The flower located at the top of the bouquet means work, at the bottom - the kingdom.
Travel, friends and helpers
The northwestern side is responsible for this area. According to tradition, in this part of the home it is customary to place portraits and photographs of people whom we call our earthly or heavenly helpers: idols, true friends, guardian angels and saints.
If you have needlework masters who are great at portraits, ask them to embroider for you a picture with the faces of your friends or famous people whose work inspires you. According to Feng Shui, such embroidery is considered a powerful talisman.
Images of saints, angels or embroidered icons will protect you from troubles.
If you dream of long journeys, place landscapes with distant countries or the place you want to visit in the northwestern sector. Every time you look at such a panel, the energy of your desire will intensify and bring it closer.
What is the significance of embroidery today? Why do we need symbols and signs in embroidery?
There are many signs associated with embroidery, both good and not so good.
In the modern world, there are a large number of superstitions associated with the creative process of embroidering with a needle, on a hoop, on a sewing machine, or in another way. Embroidery signs affect important aspects of human life and are associated with family well-being, making a profit, fulfilling desires, expecting pregnancy or one’s own health.
If you follow folk beliefs in embroidery, then happiness, prosperity and love will come to your home. When a woman is in an “interesting position” and sews, the pregnancy will proceed favorably, childbirth will be easy and quick. The same applies to diseases: the patient will recover more quickly. Therefore, an embroidered picture, given with all your heart, will bring good luck and fulfillment of desires!
Meaning in the language of flowers
The symbolic meaning depends on the number of buds in the bouquet, color and, most importantly, variety. Moreover, if a bouquet of irises means goodwill towards the one for whom it is intended, then irises in a flower pot have a completely different purpose. Residents of Japan believe that irises are the main guardians of the house from the evil eye, evil tongues, and various types of deceit. Russians also have a similar view on the role of domestic iris, which is why housewives who are familiar with the basics of floriculture successfully keep them on their home windowsills.
Regarding the number of stems in a bouquet, there is nothing new, whatever applies to other flowers. In Russia, there is a rule to give an odd number of flowers for a celebration. However, if you intend to purchase a bouquet that includes over 30 flowering stems, then the division into even and odd no longer matters: you won’t buy 51 irises for your 50th anniversary. Moreover, these flowers now never accompany funerals.
Interesting: The money tree is a living talisman that attracts wealth.
Value depending on variety
Varieties also play a significant role, what significance is assigned to certain varieties of flowers born from fragments of the rainbow. Bearded killer whales are constantly at the peak of popularity - “midday kiss”, “Arkady Raikin”, “Beverly Hills”. Such flowers always speak of respect and gratitude. This is a good way to unobtrusively express your affection for the person for whom a magnificent bouquet is intended.
Value depending on color
The color of the flowers presented is also taken into account:
- White irises are a symbol of purity, sincerity and seriousness of intentions; this is an ideal bouquet for representatives of the fair half of humanity;
- Yellow means sincere admiration;
- Blue is the personification of tenderness, a wonderful gift at the right time, when a romantic relationship is just beginning.
