FENG SHUI

FENG SHUI for FIRE HORSE YEAR 2026

FENG SHUI is an essential part of Chinese medicine that focuses on how to create a balanced, peaceful, and harmonious environment to actively restore and maintain your health.

In this Fire Horse year, the element Fire rules the heart in Chinese medicine. Your living room is the heart of your home, the place for family activity, and is represented by the hot, expanding energy of Fire. Strong Fire brings passion, vitality, and creativity. So make your living room lively, add pops of red, candles, and interesting items from your travels. If you haven’t traveled, Fire Horse year is a fortunate time to see the world.

Social Horse loves the herd and is not a loner so invite people over to socialize, especially now that Snake year is over. And socializing is done in your vibrant Yang living room, the room for living. I explain the basics of Feng Shui, and the structure of the Taoist Five Elements theory to explain the powerful ancient art and science of Feng Shui, in my book Taoist Feng Shui.

Contact me to schedule your Feng Shui consultation for Fire Horse year. Feng Shui consultations are $185 per half hour or $350 per hour, on site, by phone, or video. When purchasing a property, email the real listing to susan@susanlevitt.com.

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My interview about the Five Elements in Reader’s Digest:
https://www.rd.com/article/chinese-zodiac-elements

HOW TO BEGIN

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The dynamic Horse year is the time for bold adventure when the pace of life a quickens. To be ready to pack your bags and go, clear the way by decluttering your home. You cannot afford chaos. Create luck by making your environment beautiful, and living only with your best possessions. Info about the Fire Horse.

To begin practicing Feng Shui, start with a massive clear-out, especially if you did not do that in Snake year, the time to shed your skin. Your goal is to eliminate clutter from every room, with special attention to closets and the garage where items hide in the dark. Next, apply that same focus to the outdoors to clear and maintain your landscape or property. This process of decluttering inside and out clears away old energy, immediately giving you room to breathe and prepares your environment for new luck to enter.

A powerful and immediate transformation is through color. To ignite a new cycle of energy in Fire Horse year, choose one room of your home and give it a fresh coat of paint. Paint the room that most needs new energy and revitalization. Or since the main focus is on the living room in this Fire year, you can start in the living room if you don’t know where to begin. You can paint an entire room, add a colored backsplash, or simply trim a room with a vibrant tone. If your walls are all white or ivory, this dominance of the Metal element can lead to arguments. So do add color.

To determine your best color for the exterior of your building, take a walk outdoors and observe the colors of your neighboring buildings. Then paint your home the color that looks the best with the others. Matching or blending colors will create harmony in your neighborhood, and improve everyone’s property value.

 

COLORS of the FIVE ELEMENTS: A FENG SHUI GUIDE for YOUR HOME 

In Feng Shui, the five elements Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood correspond to body organs in Chinese medicine, and to the rooms of your home. Applying the principles of the Five Elements gives you a deeper path for understanding and transforming your home to a create the optimal harmonious environment.

FIRE: The Heart of the Home
Organ: Heart
Room: Living Room
The living room is the heart of the home, a place for passion, energy, and family activity. It is represented by the hot, expanding energy of Fire. Strong Fire brings passion, energy, and creativity.

Fire Color Guidance: Stimulate conversation and vitality with accents of red, purple, orange, and all bright shades of red.

EARTH: The Center for Nourishment
Organ: Stomach
Room: Dining Room
In Chinese medicine, the element Earth correlates to the stomach because the dining room is where we eat, digest and nourish ourselves. Strong Earth energy is grounding, and brings stability, balance, and patience. A round or oval dining table is best.

Earth Color Guidance: Best are soft, Yin earthen tones of gold, terra cotta, or light brown hues. Avoid red (Fire) walls, as this stimulating color can cause people to overeat or eat too fast.

METAL: The Room for Rest
Organ: Lungs
Room: Bedroom

The bedroom is where we rest and breathe deeply, aligning it with the element of Metal and the lungs. Strong Metal brings logic, clarity, and intelligence.

Metal Color Guidance: Best are calming, restful colors of white, cream, and soft pastels. Avoid large, bright, or colorful prints on bedding and drapery (especially in children’s rooms) as they are too Yang and disrupt rest.

WATER: The Space for Flow
Organ: Kidneys
Room: Bathroom

The bathroom is associated with elimination and cleansing, linking it to the free-flowing energy of Water. Strong Water brings wisdom, peace, and serenity.

Water Color Guidance: Paint your bathroom in a shades of white, or a soft, quiet, and calm color, or a relaxing pastel, to encourage peaceful elimination and soothing bathing and showering.

WOOD: The Root of Growth
Organ: Liver
Room: Kitchen

The kitchen is where food is transformed, and Wood feeds the Fire for cooking. Wood energy represents growth, enthusiasm, and spirituality.

Wood Color Guidance: Since food preparation requires cleanliness, white walls are recommended. To introduce the Wood element, add green accents or maintain healthy plants or herbs. The kitchen must be kept very clean, especially the stove.

More info in my Feng Shui articles:

The Five Taoist Elements

Abundance for All Animals

Read TAOIST FENG SHUI to learn Feng Shui structure, history, and Chinese medicine.

Write and journal with TEEN FENG SHUI as your personal workbook to learn Feng Shui, and then help others.

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