ba gua Archives - Susan Levitt

2017 Feng Shui Tips for Fire Phoenix (Rooster) Year

Posted by sl-admin on Feb 7, 2017 in Astrology, Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui | 1 comment

Please join me this coming Saturday February 11 2017 at East West Books in Mt. View CA for my annual Chinese New Year talk! Fire Phoenix year 2017 is time for transformation. Read about the personality traits of the Phoenix. Phoenix correlates to the Western sign Virgo, the sign of health, healing, rebirth, and dedicated work that brings rewards. Chinese Medicine All eight limbs of Chinese medicine work together to create good health: feng shui, astrology, herbology, exercise (tai chi, chi kung), meditation, diet, massage and acupuncture, and moxibustion. (Moxibustion uses heat to...

Feng Shui in a Round Home

Posted by susanlevitt on Feb 13, 2013 in Feng Shui | 3 comments

After posting the easy feng shui tip about focusing on the Knowledge corner in this Snake year, I received an email from a woman who recently moved into a yurt in the woods near Santa Cruz, California. A yurt is a round tent-like structure with a single round room so there are no corners. But the ba gua (eight tri-grams) map still applies to make her yurt home a place of harmony and renewal. I advised that if she feels lacking in any corner, a solution is to add landscaping in that area to fill out the corner. Make sure to use plants that are lush and healthy. Best are plants that do...