These photos were taken in Costa Rica three years ago on the Fall Equinox and they will always remind me of the power of Mother Earth – and the goddess Gaia. Look at how small I am in the bottom right corner of the giant gorgeous tree.
I love the fall – cooler temperatures, cashmere sweaters, hot tea, my birthday, and bugs have returned to hell where they belong. During this time of equal parts of sun and moon, we are being asked to find the balance happening in our exterior world, and also what is occurring within ourselves. Knowing that the duality of light and dark exists in us, the equinox calls us to discover a balance between the two. After the great light of summer, we must learn to welcome the depth and the mystery of fall. This is also a time of endings that have to occur to make way for new beginnings.
Mother Nature begins preparing for a type of death, and we too may feel called to let things go. Because life is a circle, and nothing truly grows unless it dies. I find that there is beauty in new beginnings that start quietly under the darkness of colder months.
As our home planet aligns in this perfect harmony and balance on the Equinox, maybe we can recognize that we are as much the tree as it is us, and we are as much our enemies or the people we admire as they are us, we are all just an independent expression of the same soul.
At this sacred celestial time connect the dark and light; the yin and the yang; the masculine and feminine, because if we allow it, life can truly begin all over again in the fall.
I took this photo on a recent trip to Scotland. This is the furthest left-hand corner, on the first floor, of a hotel that is a converted castle. This room represents the business wealth and prosperity. What a great job! Doesn’t this room look rich? I can tell you first hand it certainly felt rich.
The fundamental principle of Feng Shui is balancing the chi in your home to increase love, abundance, health, and joy. We do this by using the five-element principle of water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. This system is based on the Daoist premise that we are all One, and everything is made up of these five energies. The universe, planets, rivers, mountains, animals, plants and you all consist of these elements to sustain life and to sustain balance.
Nothing in Feng Shui is “out of sight, or out of mind” especially your closets. Everything is energy, everything has chi, so there are no boundaries. It is a rare house that I go to that has organized closets so you are not alone if you need to clean yours up.
The outside of your home needs to be evaluated using Feng Shui in order to make sure it is in alignment with your goals and to strengthen the chi and balance the energy for better results.