Energy Map | Michelle Cromer

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Feng Shui is a traditional Chinese concept that links our destiny to our environment. It aims to ensure people live in harmony with their surroundings. There is a deep belief in chi, which is the animating force that is everywhere. It’s invisible energy. The purpose of feng shui is to enable you to tap into this chi energy in order to remove obstacles to free up the flow of the chi.

The principles of feng shui have existed for thousands of years. It was first used in China for the graves of the royal family and then the ancestors. Like the Terracotta Army which was the first known grave site that used feng shui and this was the grave site of the Emperor, The Chinese king Fu Xi. He devised the eight trigrams through the observation of the natural world as seen on the back of a tortoise shell.

The king was sitting on the bank of the Yellow River when a tortoise emerged and this concept was downloaded into his consciousness. The eight tortoise markings became the eight-sided map known as the bagua or the energy map of feng shui. Each section of the eight-sided map corresponds to one of the eight areas of our life experience: career and journey; knowledge; helpful people and travel; family and health, children and creativity, wealth and prosperity, fame and reputation, and relationships and marriage.

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Taoist cosmology is structured on five natural elements: fire, earth, metal, water, and wood. Everything in heaven and earth is characterized by the constant interplay among the five elements, which are in constant motion. In feng shui, the balanced blend of these five elements and the yin and yang, male and female chi creates a harmonious environment.

Seeing that feng shui has been around since the 9th century BC, and is still popular today means it has had a historical impact and there is a reason for its longevity. It works. So when I hear people say feng shui is part of the new age movement which is only around 60 years old, I just say, “bless your heart” as we say in Texas.

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I have been fascinated by maps my entire life. A map tells you where you’ve been, where you are, and where you are going, three tenses in one. Maps bring people together, just like campfires, everyone gathers around them, because they allow people to understand complex issues at a glance.

During my first trip to Tibet in 2005, I learned of another map, the bagua, which is an energy map used in feng shui and is the foundation of black hat feng shui, which I teach, and practice.

The bagua map is made up of a grid of nine sections and each corresponds to nine important power sections of your life.

By aligning the bagua map over your floor plan, you can locate the energy fields in your space and then learn how to enhance them and in turn, activate the corresponding areas of your life.

Each of the nine sections of the feng shui map has its own prescribed colors, shapes, elements and I have placed mythological goddesses that represent these areas and enhance the chi or energy of the space.

Using the bagua is simple; just draw a floor plan of your home, taking great care to mark where the front door is located. The floor plan will include everything that is under your roof or is part of the foundation. This could include a garage, patio, porch, or anything else attached to your home.

If you live in a two-story or even a three-story home, make a separate floor plan for each level. I have a basement and you might as well, so this would need a map if it is a walk in the area. Start with your main floor first, which is the most important level because this is typically where the front door is located.

After you have the floor plan, take a bagua map that is to scale of your drawing, and superimpose your floor plan with the bagua map by aligning the front door along the bottom of the bagua map.

The bagua is so flexible you can align it with the floor plan of your home, or a room within your space, or a desk, a closet, a garden, a car, or any space you can think of.

Watch my video here for a more in-depth look at the energy map and how to use it.

Have any Feng Shui questions? Feel free to contact me at michelle@michellecromer.com and sign up for your Power Color or visit me on Facebook at Michelle Cromer Feng Shui.

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