How to Pick a Business Location That Energizes Your Success

Hey guys welcome to the Learn Feng Shui podcast where you'll Learn Feng Shui from a classical point of view taking out the myth and Superstition so if you're interested in learning funu Chinese astrology all things Chinese metaphysics as well as the superstitions and myths that connect it all you'll enjoy learning fun with me hey guys today we're going to learn about how a building's face facing Direction can affect the energy in the space we're also going to look at what your home or businesses facing Direction can reveal about your life and luck although it's not necessarily a part of all schools of Fun In classical fun one of the most important things the first measurements we're going to take take a look at is the way your home is oriented the way a building is oriented in the land so we're going to look at whether it faces nor south east or west or one of those inner cardinal directions and this is actually going to tell us a lot about um what kind of energy you're receiving into your space so even before we take out any sort of lowan and look at any of these um very complicated measurements just taking a general look at the direction the geographic direction that your building faces can actually tell you a lot about the kind of energy you're receiving without having to do all that extra stuff so for this you'll only have to know if looking out your front door you know towards the street towards the front yard which direction does your home face so you can very easily take a little Compass out you can do even do it on your phone and just kind of loosely stand a couple steps in front of your door and you can see which direction this the door is facing so when I say facing Direction I do mean that the front of the home whether it has a door or not sometimes doors are on the side right or they face a different direction so standing at the front of the the home the building and you um are looking out into like the street the yard the patio the um the the driveway or the parking lot right so it's going to be the front of the building that is used to like take a picture so if you're a real estate agent and you uh you know are listing a property what would you use for the architectural front of the building remember the door is not always located there so we're taking a measurement uh from the front of the building so if anyone needs help with this um shoot me a message I help people figure it out all the time although you can choose a home based on this criteria I'm going to kind of focus more on career and when we're looking at career we're looking more at where you spend your time working and so if you work from home this is pretty perfect for you too but when choosing a property um you I'm looking at what can support a career for you okay so obviously career is a big part of our Lives you know um the direction in that your property faces can significantly impact your professional success also and so in fun there's obviously eight different directions that correspond to the different occupations and so by understanding what each Direction represents you can help choose a property that kind of aligns with your career goals your aspirations and use Funway to kind of grow yourself professionally also and so again this is you can definitely choose a home based on this criteria but um I would suggest more for a business so we're going to start first um with the North and the north is the element of water so it's going to support water related careers so if and this can kind of be interpreted in different ways so if you feel like that it doesn't necessarily match up to what you would think of as that type of career then you can also feel free to interpret it in a different way but anything water related travel related anything that's going to have to do with like transportation and movement I would say are governed by this water energy and so overseas marketing you know overseas like shipping anything like that if you do business and you just do um you know have an overseas market then that totally qualifies um things like shipping water related activities like boating um wake boards you know maybe you do those standup paddle boards you know uh yeah these are all things that are related to the water energy and so um I also again things like kaying and you know um anything like that like tour touring businesses fishing travel telemarketing um Communications also CU you're talking to people that are far away right um coffee and tea shops drink stands um anything like that like a Refreshments but to me I would even think like car rental and of course like Transportation you know um things like that so if you you know rent out water skis you you know rent out things for recreational purposes a perfect choose a North facing business so going right around the compass here um doe South so if we're looking at the South and you have a building that faces South it really supports the area of metaphysics so if you do metaphysical work if you are a spiritual person if you do readings palm readings um if you do things like yoga or churches are really good to orient to the South um also things like technology computer support cooking and baking right um it's literally f fire so a lighting technician fireworks stands the beauty industry or if you are like a beauty blogger you know get a south facing home influencer falls under this category arts and uh creativity creative processes um Electronics you know like what if you do like have like a clay firing studio so this could fall under both Earth and and fire like if you have a f a literal fire going something like that you're firing uh products right so um yeah Electronics equipment installation also like I and um Eye Doctors Vision doctors like eyeglass sales and just anything like sales in general South is perfect for you so sticking with the cardinal directions we're going to go to East so the East is the Yong wood and it does represent things like forestry but even things like um I mean generally the things you would think of with like wood right woodworking wood carving and uh but the thing maybe you might not think about would be um Sports so it actually the East does represent like the Sportsman so if we're kind of getting into it a little deeper and we look at things like flying stars and the number three Flying Star that is associated with the East um is generally associated with arguments are fighting but in a um positive light it's actually it this can be used for like sportsmanship or somebody that has like a high-risk job so if you have a um a you know a business where you're taking people into um you know really risky things like base jumping you know um uh bungee jumping and stuff like that this would definitely fall under that category you can get an east facing uh door east facing building and uh really take advantage of that energy Sports Studios karate um but even like clothes clothing manufacturing and um like dance studios remember the uh wood represents the leg so anything like with like dancing and stuff like that um and of course sporting equipment and sports related apparel would be perfect for a east facing building so the West the West is kind of a a fun one so the West it it represents that um that Yen metal and that Yen metal is all about attention and so things like networking being very social communication anything that lets you like show off and showcase skill especially like acting singing public speaking music studios um is really good for a west facing building um but also things like um uh bars and liquor stores but anything that's like maybe you have a bingo bingo hul like gambling and activities that are kind of considered you know a little risky right clubs a recording studio or even a pawn shop do amazing facing west so I'm just kind of funny story there's a strip mall right down the street from me and all the build the businesses in that building face West there's a pawn shop and a bar just right there and liquor store there's a liquor store on the corner of that strip mall and so I mean they have been a business and their their business is booming um on another note I I kind of advised my my husband's friend one day right um he was thinking about opening up another liquor store they already had a liquor store and it was already facing west and so I made the comment to my my husband one day I was like man he really has like a perfect setup right perfect setup facing west and um he kind of relayed the information to him he was like you know thinking about opening their store and he was like oh get a west facing store it's great for liquor sales and so sure enough I think he's opening his fourth location and all his locations face West and they all do amazing so yeah anything that's like drinking Happy karaoke bars clubs social amazing facing west so now looking at the intercardinal directions the Northwest is the element of Yong metal so anything that represents that Y metal energy the big metal energy like Logistics anything that's like a organization like that like if you have a professional organizer business appliance repair even like coaching because that represents kind of that organization of engineering heavy equipment rentals like if you rent out those like heavy you know Machinery or something like that that's good to have a Northwest facing building car uh and bike repair stuff like that um financial management would be a good one um military or government subcontracting work mechanical work gun stores or shooting ranges can all be represented by uh this Northwest Energy and it's supported very well with the Northwest facing building the southeast is also a wood energy but it's a Yin wood energy and so this represents things like academic Pursuits and learning and so and and also um it can be considered like a romance sometimes it's called the star of romance and so things like bookstores Library schools anything with like paper if you think like paper and office supplies man paper manufacturing but also obviously like gardening and flower arrangement um and natural medicine like if you have like a heral store um acupuncture massage anything like that a clinic would be really good cuz it again it represents um also medicine it's it's sometimes called the Heavenly ye it's uh uh represents um a healing right and so um Southeast facing Clinic would be great um tutoring because it's obviously learning and things like acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine of course would fall under these and um I think I said herb store but if you have like a like herbal medicine store um amazing for Southeast facing also if you have like a dating service or you provide like matchmaking or something like that I mean I don't know I think people still do that right um I would think that this would also be a good location for you to find an office that is southeast phasing so Northeast let's get around to the Earth areas of our home so Northeast if you select this location for a home um it's a little more challenging than having a business in this location only because the Northeast is what is considered Ed um to be if it's if have a home facing this way it's considered to be What's called the ghost door and so um sometimes it can literally mean that you see ghosts or there's you know you have a feel like a spirit or presence in your home but uh generally it just kind of means that maybe you are one that prays every day you know you are pretty devout in your religion and maybe you you pray every day you go to church every day right um have altar in your home and and things like that so it just it can kind of represent that type of thing if you're your home faces the north uh East but if your business faces the Northeast this is more representative of again this it's the Y Earth and so things are like big earth like a mountain it does represent like almost like sometimes it's called like the pile of money right the the the youngers is supposed to be like a very like hardworking if you work on contracts uh you know contract work and you need to generate more contracts um you know uh Northeast face place is very good for you right or if you have a lot of employees you can place them in the Northeast area or sector of a home but that's for another time so it represents things like the businessman building but like really big building and Earth moving Earth Works um and and stuff like that also Consulting because that Earth does represent like that knowledge you know and um that trust you know uh things like M masonry and pottery and stuff like that um kind of looking towards the Southwest which is the energy of Yin Earth um I kind of think these can be a little bit interchangeable and that's why I'm kind of grouping them together but the Southwest again is the Y Earth and it's more of like the nurturing type of Earth and so when you think of things like pottery making like you know throwing Pottery um gardening and I kind of mentioned of course in the Southeast that that would be a good you know way to have your a a space facing Southeast for for a nursery or something so this would be more along the lines of you actually doing the gardening yourself you know kind of that Landscaping um the Yen Earth does also represent real estate property and assets so um it can be a pretty productive if you're into like accumulating assets and stuff like that um or if you have rental properties so it's a good could be a good uh to have a south west facing office building uh for that purpose um Property Management stuff like that um more a little more grimly uh funeral homes and cremation services can also be grouped into uh the area of Southwest facing buildings cuz um yes to to from dust we come from dust will return right so obviously the implication of the yin Earth is that of a grave so you know so yeah um all in all it's again a nurturing uh area and um would be perfect for one of these businesses so although we talked about looking at the direction your space faces I do think also again we talked about that intuitiveness um using your intuitiveness to pick a property and just kind of knowing whether or not is right for you and so some things I suggest also is visiting at different times of day to ensure that your needs for that space are met and so remember that um again if you're picking a massage parlor and you know you're going to be working in the evenings then you're going to want to space as also quiet in in the evenings okay so I mentioned the strip mall down the street for me there's a massage place right next to the bar right next to it and um I I pop in sometimes just for a little quick massage you know it's just one of those Quicky massage places um however uh you can hear the Bas Bo boom you know uh yeah so it makes for not such a relaxing environment right and so you're going to want it like is there early morning things going on there you know that when you're going to be working so pick times of day that you're actually going to be working from the space and make sure that your needs are met in terms of like lighting you know what what noises are going on around you you know if you have a recording studio you're not going to want a lot of noise going on you know things like that right and so um yeah that's just kind of uh looking into that and taking traffic into account also like if there's not a lot of through traffic and you're like you're relying on that for your business you're going to want to make sure you uh even if you feel like it's like oh it's you know facing a certain way it should be good take things like foot traffic into account and you know accessibility to the business also so uh take a bunch of different things into account don't just take the facing Direction into account remember to use your five senses you know what do you see what do you smell um not sure if you could taste anything you know what do you feel in that space right what do you hear so we're going to take those five senses into account and make sure it's the perfect space for you also we'll take a quick sponsor break and we'll be right back with traditional Chinese medicine tips for a healthy transition into summer and the summer season according to traditional Chinese medicine all right guys it is the time of year where it's getting very hot outside and we're going to need to make sure we you know take care of ourselves we don't get dehydrated and we're in the best health for some reason I tend to get sick in the summer I do not know why and so to kind of avoid some of that um let's take a look at what you know traditional Chinese medicine says that we need to do during the summer months to keep healthy first from South borrow acupuncture.com the summer season according to traditional Chinese medicine so it is young in nature the organ it represents is the heart the element is fire the flavor is bitter the emotion is joy and the color is red so it does say here that the sun is out and the days are long and hot and summer is officially here in traditional Chinese medicine we live with the seasons and change with the seasons summer is the most Yang season which represents outward energy expansion movement and activity this is the time to use energy we have been storing all winter and play the organ that corresponds with the summer is a heart and the element is fire in the summer we should wake up early and can stay up late having a rest midday if needed the body's cheat and energy are at their peaks this time of year and it is our chance to get things done that we've been planning all winter and spring activity and exercise are important at this time to keep the pores open and the cheat flowing smoothly in the body a bitter taste is associated with the heart and bitter flavors drain and clear excessive heat and fire out of the body in TCM or traditional Chinese medicine all food has a temperature so cooling foods are important this time of year due to the summer heat and they nourish Yin and generate body fluids reduce toxins and keep a body cool by clearing the Heat this is the perfect time and the only time we recommend incorporating raw or cold foods into the diet so fresh frh fruits veggies salads and smoothies are okay right now make sure to stay hydrated throughout the day and you can add fresh mint cucumber and lemon teer water which are cooling and detoxing the emotion associated with summer is joy and the color is red and traditionally it's said that we should have a happy demeanor and not hold grudges during this time so no holding grudges in the summer you can resume in the winter time right so every everything we do should come from a place of play uh and joy and should be done with happiness and laughter and it's a good time to heal emotional wounds that's a really good tip summer is the time of year we've been waiting for and there is a more laid-back and carefree vibe that we can benefit from um after a long cold winter living alongside the changing seasons help us stay healthy all year long and stay in harmony with nature which is the basis of traditional Chinese medicine so kind of a elaborating a little bit on the element of fire um from Peak life.com which I'll link to obviously um it does say here that if uh when the fire element is balanced the mind is calm there is restful and restorative sleep and the heart is healthy and vital but if there's imbalance of Fire Element this there may be experiences of emotional disturbances difficulty with sleep and possible cardiac weakness and so again um that's just because that fire element is very strong and I kind of talked about this like you may have felt this more last month cuz it was like a fire snake and we are in the season of fire May starts the season of fire and so that that is the time that you may notice how that fire element does impact you and if you listen to the monthly energy update um I did kind of talk about the element of fire being a very um like dominant because it's the Pure Element of fire for May and so for May um and for several other months during this year we're going to go through this cycle where we're seeing a lot of Pure Element and so again for may we saw the Pure Element of fire and we're going to see it for um I believe July we're going to see a earth goat so that is pure Earth and then for like August September we're going to see the Pure Element of metal and then I think in like November December we see again the element of pure water so we're going to see a lot of peer element this year in the um you know just in the in the months that we're experiencing and so um we're going to really be able to see how our our energy reacts to certain elements so if you've had a crazy like month of May or if you had any health issues um you need to be careful of the element of fire and so when you see the element of fire or you see that um you know the the summer is coming up because it's dominated by fire that that might mean that that's a time of year where you have more health issues and I mentioned that I do have health issues I actually know why I have health issues during the summer time so um you know I know how fire impacts me and it it can create some health issues for me personally and and again this does kind of depend on our personal energy so although these are kind of blanket statements it does depend on our bota and our Nal chart and you know kind of how those elements uh how dominant some of the elements are within that chart so um you could experience these issues but but generally if it's kind of beneficial to you it will be kind of what I described earlier you know talking about that balance that you have that calm you maybe feel more energized and you might even feel like more uh creative and um you know have feel more like inspired because that's what the element of fire does uh in the other side you might feel like you do have uh maybe temperamental issues difficulty sleeping and then issues with the heart like get talked about and even eyesight eyesight can be affected too so from the other article it did talk about foods that we want to eat which I kind I'll kind of go back to in a minute because there's a list on there and again it's linked if you want to kind of read these for yourself um to kind of go through more thoroughly but here um it does talk about Foods we want to limit and so during the hot months restrict your intake of heavy greasy and fried foods as well of excessive alcohol which um I hate because I love a good margarita after I do my yard work or sitting in the pool right so these types of food preparations can add more heat to your system leading to the imbalance and so yeah again for me personally I know I actually do have to limit alcohol during this time of year and so for those who have particular sensitive to heat it may be helpful to reduce the amount of spicy foods also and again it kind of talks about that mint and watermelon that kind of helps uh cool down your body so that again we'll go through the foods in just a second that do help to cool so cooling foods that you can eat during the uh summer months obviously we love watermelon during the summer months um apricots cantaloupes like those melons right uh lemons peaches oranges strawberries Tomatoes asparagus Sprouts bamboo and bok choy broccoli a Chinese cabbage corn cucumbers a white mushroom snow peas spinach summer squash water crust seaweed um mung beans it says I don't know if that's supposed to be say mung beans or if mung beans is a thing I don't know um cilantro mint dill and seafood and fish are better to eat during the summer months it is also recommended that um you do like cardio exercise during the summer months so I guess it's to kind of exercise the heart and kind of balance that out um since it does represent the heart and of course staying hydrated make sure you do stay hydrated drink water and um you know something with electrolytes in it to help yourself like cool down and I think coconut water is supposed to be cooling I have heard that with like traditional Chinese medicine you're supposed to take that if you have a fever or take it to prevent a fever and so that's supposed to be working too here it does say you there's some tea recommendations also and says that you can do like green teas white teas and mint teas or flower teas like chrysanthum and honeysuckle which are some of my favorite teas especially if you get the in the milk teas are like the Boba teas those are super yummy so here I think it's summed up perfectly when it says summer is a time when the energy in the environment and within us is abundant like the hot and expansive nature of heat we can tune into the shift and align ourselves with the momentum and fullness and live in the full expression of the Season all right guys I hope you have a excellent 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