Fertility Feng Shui
Tips for Creating More "Baby Chi" at Home
by Kathryn Weber
Publisher, The Red Lotus Letter
Today, feng shui is used for everything
from arranging one’s office cubicle to gain
more recognition at work to helping aspiring
writers become more prolific writers. But
what if what you want is a baby? Or, what
if you suffer with infertility? When you are
trying to conceive, feng shui is another tool
in your fertility arsenal.
Fertility is a very sensitive thing. This comes painfully to the fore when you have been trying unsuccessfully to have a baby – and why more than just the physical conditions (such as mother or father’s physical state) required for successful conception should be considered. This is where feng shui can come in. Feng shui can help create a more balanced, harmonious – and successful – environment for conception.
Obviously, the first place to look at is the home. Perhaps there is some kind of energy blockage. Another consideration in feng shui are the parents. Besides creating a beneficial environment, feng shui fertility also applies apply personal feng shui to both the man and woman.
Unlike western thought, feng shui for parents places the most emphasis on the father and not the mother. The father must have what is called “descendant’s luck.” This is where personal feng shui – the kind of feng shui that is based on gender and date of birth – can be called upon to help improve this type of luck.
Renowned feng shui writer, Lillian Too, credits every book to her daughter Jennifer, whom she says was conceived after a feng shui master visited her home and saw that a tree was blocking her front door and that once removed she would be come pregnant. True to his prediction – and after nine infertile years of marriage – Lillian’s daughter was born. This was also what launched her full study and practice of feng shui.
When it comes to enhancing fertility with feng shui, though, it would be wise to address both parents as well as the home. This way, you can be sure that a complete approach has been taken and nothing is overlooked. The tips below can give you more ideas on how to improve fertility with feng shui.
1. ACTIVATE THE DESCENDANT’S LUCK DIRECTION.
The northwest (NW) is the direction of descendant’s luck. It is also the direction of “heaven” according to feng shui (and aren’t all babies “heaven-sent”?).
By positioning the man to sleep with his head pointed in the northwest direction, sit at work facing the NW, eat facing the NW, etc., this will activate the descendant’s luck. It might look odd, but do try to turn the bed so that the man is sleeping with his head pointing NW. If this makes the man’s head point toward the door or sleep with his back to the door, then try the other methods below.
Another way to activate the descendant’s luck is to install a metal oscillating fan in the bedroom. Placed in the NW corner and turned on during the day generates a generous helping of descendant’s luck in the bedroom. Be sure to turn it off while sleeping, though, of this luck will be scattered and unable to attach itself to the couple sleeping in the room.
2. USE PERSONAL FENG SHUI.
Personal feng shui is a powerful method for creating good descendant’s luck. To calculate your personal feng shui directions use the formula here:
-Write the year of your birth
-Add the last two numbers of your birth year
-Reduce these to one number
-Subtract this number from 10
6+2=8, 10-8=2 KUA NUMBER = 2
Based on the KUA number, you can determine the man’s “personal descendant’s luck direction.” It is especially important that the man sleep with his head pointed (not looking) in this direction, unless it is pointed out the door or has the man sleeping with his back to the door. In this case, it would be better to have the man sleep with the top of his head pointed to the NW.
KUA NUMBER
1 South
2 Northwest
3 Southeast
4 East
5 Northwest
6 Southwest
7 Northeast
8 West
9 North
3. REMOVE ANY BLOCKS TO THE FRONT DOOR.
It worked from Lillian Too, so it might work for you. Be sure that there is an open space out the front door and that there is nothing in direction line with your front door, such as a tree, street, or other object. The front door is considered the “mouth of chi” and is where all energy enters the home. Make this area clean, auspicious, and beautiful.
4. ENHANCE THE WEST SECTOR.
The west is the sector associated with the children. What do you have in your west sector? Avoid having fire objects here, such as candles or bright lamps. Earth objects, such as vases are excellent fertility enhances. Make this sector is enhanced with metal objects, such as fans, stereos, or other electronic or metal items.
Lastly, be sure to address problem areas in your west sector (and the west corner of your bedroom and living room) such as crowded closets. Work at getting these cleaned out to allow new creative energy to enter your life.
If there is a bathroom in this sector, make sure bathroom doors are shut and to keep a bright light on in this room.
5. OBSERVE PROPER BEDROOM FENG SHUI.
6. USE FERTILITY SYMBOLS AND ENHANCEMENTS.
Feng shui uses a number of fertility symbols.
Dragons: Placed on the side table of the man’s side of the bed, the dragon can add a little extra “oomph” in the bedroom. Make sure the dragon is small, otherwise, it will create too much “yang” energy in the room and make rest difficult.
Elephants: Place a pair of elephants on either side of the bedroom door. Elephants are associated with pregnancy. Or, place one statue of an elephant in the living room. Placed prominently in the bedroom, elephants are said to produce male children.
Double fish: The double fish is a symbol of marital union. Display this in the SW corner of your bedroom.
Single piece of hollow bamboo: Place this in the north sector of the bedroom to enhance fertility. These are said to aid conception.
Red paper lanterns: hung on either side of the bed, these are believed to bring excellent yang energy to the bedroom.
© 2002 Kathryn Weber
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Kathryn Weber is the author of the ebook Applied Feng Shui. For more information or to subscribe to her popular Red Lotus Letter feng shui e-zine, log on to www.redlotusletter.com.
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