Hi,
I'm not Shawn, but I'd like to chime in on a couple of points here, if I may.
I started my activations in mid-August. (I probably should note that both my husband and I are 3's and water dragons).
So you're both 1952. Mid-August is just about enough time to enter the 9 week range, but the level of Feng Shui you're doing tends to be for the long run, and takes longer to take hold.
I first checked the direction of my bed -- not good -- but also not changeable. (Could this be the cause of my lack of success?). The headboard is on a west wall (total loss direction).
Is it possible to sleep sideways or 180 degrees about? N S and E are all much better directions for you. Assuming you don't end up with your head under the fan, of course.
There is a full-length mirror opposite the bed, but since we almost always keep the bedroom door open -- especially at night when I'm in bed -- it is usually hidden behind the open door.
Fine.
Another large mirror above a dresser also faces the wall the bed is on; but it is several feet over, and the bed is not reflected in that mirror.
Also fine.
Other than that, there is excellent flow in the room and I have a clear view of all doors, without being in their path. (Unless a french door to the outside 2nd story balcony counts -- which is over to the side of the bed).
No worries.
When I'm seated at my desk, I face my south success direction -- but that leaves my back to the office door. So I placed a mirror on my desk that allows me a view of the doorway. My chair back is high -- it covers the lower 3rd of my head.
Again, fine.
My husband's desk faces the east (his growth direction) and cannot be moved; although when he makes phone calls, he does try to face his south success direction.
Unnecessary if it makes him too uncomfortable, but hey, if he is willing, go for it.
I followed some of the various suggestions to place a turtle in the north, candles in my home office and my husband's office, flower images in the east, blue items in the north of our major rooms. I placed lilac flowers and gold items in the southeast for fortune and abundance and in early November added some wooden objects and my bank statements. In the NE, for spirituality and knowledge, I placed gemstones and some of my spiritual books.
Okay, but make sure it doesn't get too cluttered. There is such a thing as overactivation.
Our fireplace is very close to being in a NW direction (around 290-291 degrees), so I placed a bowl of water next to it.
Good, although I would add earth and metal qi as well.
I placed fire elements in the south, such as candles, and I cleaned my south success direction in all our rooms, focusing especially on my office, bedroom and family room. It took awhile (because of his severe time restraints), but my husband made SOME progress in cleaning his success direction in his office -- although most people would still see it as quite cluttered. (But he is so overworked and stressed out now with all he has to do and lack of time to do it, that I really can't push him to do much more at this time. He really would like to as well, but it's just not an option right now). I hid the wastebaskets from the activated directions and hid what clutter I could not clean at the time behind closet and cabinet doors.
Did you actually throw anything out or clear out the old stuff? It sounds like there's a lot of stuff which is holding energy sticking around.
Because we have a two-story foyer, (although the staircase is l-shaped, not circular), I began keeping all the upper doors closed to keep the majority of the energy flow on the first floor. Although here's a question -- I wonder if I should keep at least my bedroom and office doors open to encourage the energy flow to enter there???
Definitely!
Financially though, I did place a picture of an extremely successful internet marketer who I greatly admire and want to emulate (who unfortunately died way too young in an automobile accident -- is that a factor -- should it be someone still living?) on my desk in the south direction.
Err...bad idea. You're sleeping towards your total loss direction, which is geared exactly for things like that, and you add a picture like that to the energy? I would change it.
Linda, it sounds like you've been doing entirely too much in terms of activation and not quite enough in terms of decluttering. My experience is that without the decluttering, the extra items only accumulate dead energy without creating much good effect. Keep it simple! Focus on decluttering first. I would redouble the efforts with the office first. The garage would come next. The rest can take a lower priority for the time being.
I guess I had hoped, as the universe "saw" our herculean efforts in the basement and garage, that it would at least "count for something" and at least start the flow of abundance coming our way.
The universe would but it's still too cluttered to hear you clearly.
The garage door (which we use the most) faces to the west. But our home's "real" front door faces north.
Which door do you use?
My front door was painted red at the time; and the article stated that although a red front door normally brings good fortune, a north-facing door should be painted black.
Agreed.
Kaye
