Home Decorating Idea – Using A Touch Of Red To Add Beauty And Flair To Your Home

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Why use red in your home decorating idea? Red is the warmest of all colors and symbolizes vitality, energy, action and confidence. It makes a bold statement and is, incidentally, the color most chosen by extroverts. This article gives practical tips on using a touch of red in your home interior as well as suggestions for using a touch of red in various decorating styles.

In feng shui decorating, red is associated with power, love, inspiration and pleasure. Accent colors, such as red, which are more dramatic, are used in moderation, such as a single piece of art work or furniture. The reason is: the more intense the color, the less of it is needed for it to be effective. Thus, use lighter colors for larger areas with accents in more vibrant, dramatic colors. What an interesting home decorating idea!

A recent home decorating idea in our home became a reality by using the touch of red concept. Window coverings were installed on a series of three windows in the dining area. The coverings consisted of four vertical drapery panels made out of wool tapestry-looking fabric. The background of the fabric is medium tan with subtle red, green and blue flowers. The panels are outlined in a navy/small beige polka-dot fabric. A 6-inch cornice board covered with the same navy fabric completes the look. This window treatment may sound quite busy but is very pleasing to the eye.

To complete the home decorating idea of a touch of red look in the dining area and because the wool fabric is somewhat bulky, red tassel tie backs were added to the panels. In addition to the tassel tie backs, red was incorporated in the large picture on the dining room wall, in the table centerpiece and in a red chair cover. Another decorating project completed!

How can you use red dcor and red accents in your home decorating ideas? Here are a few suggestions:

*Rustic Decorating Style Red, green and black plaid work very well as accents.

*Modern Decorating Style Basic and cool colors with a splash of bright red.

*Oriental Decorating Style Think of using those luscious silk prints.

*Shabby Chic Decorating Style Use red as an accent to contrast with the white shabby chic.

*Art Deco Decorating Style Red is a vibrant and energetic color for this style.

*French Country Decorating Style Use red to build on the rooster collections of this style.

*Cottage Decorating Style Red is a great accent in cotton fabrics for cottage decorating.

*Mediterranean Decorating Style Make use of red accessorized with blue and gold.

By being creative and using your imagination, you will have fun decorating with a touch of red. Make your home the envy of the neighborhood!

Feng Shui – The Spirit of Landforms

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There are environmental factors that we need to consider when checking a property or site for Feng Shui compliance. The external landforms such as rivers, waterways, roads, lakes, hills, mountains or rises in the land does play an important role in Feng Shui. A property that is aligned with these landforms in the correct location and direction is deemed auspicious and the people living in such a property will enjoy harmony and prosperity. Likewise, a property that is misaligned in relations to these landforms is considered inauspicious and residents will suffer misfortune and bad luck.

A property is categorized under three cycles and nine periods based on Feng Shui San Yuan formula. There are the upper cycle, middle cycle and lower cycle. Each cycle governs three periods and each period last for twenty years. Therefore, a cycle will run for 60 years before the next cycle takes over.

The current period is known as Period Eight which started in Feb 2004 and will expire in Feb 2023. In this period, there are certain compass directions a property should comply with based on the Indirect/Direct Spirit Feng Shui Formula as follows:-

Indirect Spirits – Southwest, East, Southeast and North

Direct Spirits – Northeast, West, Northwest and South

The formula specifies that a property should have its front facing the Indirect Spirit and its rear facing the Direct Spirit. The Indirect Spirit is a compass direction for the location of water in the vicinity whereas the Direct Spirit is a compass direction for location of hills and mountains in the distance.

For instance, if the front of a property is facing a lake or river in the Southwest and has its rear looking towards a mountain in the Northeast, it is said to comply with the Indirect/Direct Spirit Formula. The property can tap into the auspicious energies which bring health, relationship and money luck to the residents. On the other hand, a property which faces a mountain in front with its rear end pointing towards a lake is said to violate the Indirect/Direct Spirit Formula. Residents will not enjoy good luck and tend to face obstacles and challenges in their life. For free Feng Shui tips and consultations, please visit proactive-qi.com

This is only one of the fundamental factors in Feng Shui with regards to landforms. It is a matter of Yin and Yang. Yang relates to the Indirect Spirit and Yin the Direct Spirit. Ideally, a property should face Yang and sits Yin. Yang is the side of the property where there is most noise, activity and brightness whereas Yin is the side of the property where there is peace, stillness and dimness. Likewise, Water is Yang and mountain is Yin. When water and mountain are at their correct compass directions in relations to a property based on the Indirect/Direct Spirit formula, Yin and Yang is said to be in balance.

Apart from the above formula, there are other Feng Shui formulas which relates to the interior of a property, namely Flying Stars and Eight Mansion, to name the more popular ones. These Feng Shui formulas allow residents to map out the energy distribution within a property based on the facing direction (Flying Stars) and sitting direction (Eight Mansion) respectively. It is equally important that a person’s date and time of birth be taken into consideration so that the energy of the property is correctly aligned with the resident’s energy or life force. In Chinese Astrology known as Four Pillars of Destiny, a property with good Feng Shui can help to enhance or mitigate the effects of any positive or negative luck cycles a person is going through in order to live a happy and successful life.

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Mystery of Liquidity in the Forex Market

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Did you ever focus on the term -Liquidity- that is generally used to understand the flow of forex market?

For the sake of simplicity let us say Liquidity defines the volume of transactions that happens per day, in the sense of how many transactions and how much of amount is being traded. Liquidity defines the ease with which you would be able to carry out orders in the market, without even manipulating the prices. s.

If we take a rough idea then number of traders must be twice of the number of transactions in ideal case, if one buyer and one seller are involved in one transaction. But actually single trader trades over multiple currencies which results more than one transaction. In short, liquidity defines the volatility of the price movements. The more any currency pair is liquid, the less it will move since large volume of trades are executing on that pair. The less liquidity means harder to sell or buy that pair.

Moreover, the more liquid market means it has more number of traders having many trades and transactions. Forex market has excessive liquidity as million of traders, bankers and brokers are involved in it. So that a forex trading can buy or sell multiple trades on some clicks, further growth are increasing day about day expanding the retail traders as well.

Let us consider real estate market for a while. This is the market which is extremely illiquid as you know it requires a lot of investments and starting capital to form such physical building while in forex market you can start at a very low amount. As a result you will find a bigger range of price offered for illiquid assets while a highly liquid asset will have a very specific price.

Now the question must be in your mind that on which factors liquidity actually depends. Forex online trading liquidity varies everyday day as global financial centers open and close as per their respective zones. Sometimes liquidity gets affected due to market holidays in various countries and seasonal festivals like x-mas day.

No one can predict the uncertainty of price movements so there is a great risk in more volatile pairs of thin liquidity where maintaining a position in the market is quite difficult and hence difficult to take action.

So it is recommended to invest after analyzing the market condition where a catalyst could be news events and assumptions of forex experts. A complete information can help you lot while trading to learn the market tricks.

Using Healing Crystals And Feng Shui To Improve Your Life Style

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FENG SHUI USING HEALING CRYSTAL CLEARING STONES & -I’ CHING COINS

Have you ever noticed how some spaces are filled with a sense of peace and calm, while others make you feel uneasy or sad, or anxious to leave? This is because spaces become saturated with the residual energy of everything that happens there.

Clearing your living or working environment of all chaotic, negative, and stale energy will result not only in an immediate and noticeable transformation of the -vibe’ of your space, but also in an increased sense of well-being for all of its inhabitants.

Space Clearing is a simple technique that effectively cleanses any space of this energy residue, resulting in a fresh, vibrant, and healthy environment. It is so important that you clearly understand that the power of the space clearing ritual arises from your clear and strong desire to enact change in your life. Your intention creates a field of energy that acts as a magnetic force for drawing your desires to you. What you focus on is what you will create. Space clearing is an exercise in getting clear about your intentions.

Crystals are a light cure and are able to radiate light into the home. Place clear quartz crystals near a window to admire the sparkle of light being emitted into the home. Crystals are able to break up chi in the home by illuminating it and dispersing the negative chi and replacing it with vibrant chi from the sun. The crystal is a medium to bring the sun into more areas of the home. Play with the crystal and you can see the little rainbows dance throughout the room.

Feng Shui crystals come in all sizes, colours and shapes, and you choose the correct colour for your intention. Feng Shui, is pronounced Fung Shway, and literally means -wind and waters’.

Traditional methods to enhance and distribute Chi energy

Here are the most common methods used to direct and balance chi. Experiment by placing different items in specific positions. Keep a diary of what you do and what effects and changes you notice in your daily life.

FISH BOWLS – are great to strengthen the WATER element to attract chi, wealth and prosperity. If you can’t have a live aquarium, try hanging a -water’ type painting. Especially important when there is no other view of water.

LIVING PLANTS – Pot plants and flowers enhance and energise the element of WOOD. Use them in corners of your living and dining room but not in the kitchen or bedroom. Look after your plants, keep them healthy and vigourous.

CANDLES AND LIGHTS – use these to energise the element of FIRE. Glaring lights are inauspicious whereas bright but subtle lights are favourable. Candles bring life and Yang energy to dead and dark corners. They are very good for balancing odd-shaped rooms.

CRYSTALS – are an ancient way of energising the EARTH element. Healing Crystals reflect the light helping to disperse chi into smaller, more beneficial proportions. Hang a glass bell in the rays of the rising sun for good fortune.

METAL CHIMES AND BELLS – are very good to energise the METAL element. Metal chimes connect with the wind and bring chi into a room or house. To moderate strong chi, hang near the entrance or window. Hollow chimes channel chi upwards.

To assist with CLEARING, carry 4 QUARTZ crystals with 3 -I’ Ching coins on a length of red ribbon to hang the coins for good luck.

To assist with GOOD FORTUNE, carry 4 JADE crystals with 3 -I’ Ching coins on a length of red ribbon to hang the coins for good luck.

To assist with GOOD HEALTH, carry 4 AVENTURINE crystals with 3 -I’ Ching coins on a length of red ribbon to hang the coins for good luck.

To assist with MEDITATION, carry 4 AMETHYST crystals with 3 -I’ Ching coins on a length of red ribbon to hang the coins for good luck.

To assist with ROMANCE AND LOVE, carry 4 ROSE QUARTZ crystals with 3 -I’ Ching coins on a length of red ribbon to hang the coins for good luck.

For more resources about Feng Shui or even about Healing Crystals or especially about I Ching Coins please review these pages.

A Feng Shui Misunderstanding Regarding The New Period 8

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Now that we are beyond 2004, a new twenty year construction cycle (2004-2023), I have been receiving emails from people in a panic about their houses that were built in the last twenty year cycle (1984-2003) or a home that is even older. This panic is usually totally unwarranted, but has been generated by some famous feng shui practitioners who have a history of dispensing very bad advice. Not everyone reading this article will understand the technical points and it requires some familiarity with the Flying Star School of Feng Shui, but in concept, I hope everyone can appreciate why I am writing one of the most important articles I’ve ever written.

The major points I will cover in this article are: 1.It is not necessary to try to change a Period 7 House into a Period 8 House. 2.There are counter-measures and feng shui remedies that you can apply to your existing house in lieu of drastic remodeling. 3.Changing the cycle of your house to Period 8 could make it a bad house. (In other words, new isn’t always better.) 4.Only a radical remodel would change the cycle of the house anyway.

NOT NECESSARY If you have learned that the Flying Star -7- returned to being more of a negative influence after 2004, you are correct, but I can say with confidence that it did not turn negative at the stroke of midnight on February 4, 2004. As well, entire houses built during the Period 7 cycle (1984-2003) did not turn bad over night. The goodness of the actual 7 energy (wherever it is in your house, and it exists in every house no matter when the house was built) will fade over time. Five to ten years might be a more appropriate -shelf life.- This is true for the 7 flying star in all houses, not just the ones built in Period 7 (1984-2003). Also, keep in mind that no flying star functions on its own. It has to be coupled with another star and those combinations can have drastically different impacts.

REMEDIES If you are worried about the flying star 7 in your house contributing to betrayals, violence or theft, then you can weaken this flying star 7 with water. The 7-Tui trigram is inherently metal and metal is always weakened with water. This is the reductive cycle at work and it is the most gentle way to correct the problem. The same Feng Shui personality who is upsetting people out about the 7 star is also telling readers to -destroy it with fire.- The Reductive cycle is usually preferable to the Destructive cycle, so I would disagree with this advice as well, except in specific circumstances that require more studious training.

WHAT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE CYCLE? Changing the cycle of your house is a major undertaking that few people are willing or able to do. But if you did, what are you trading it in for? You could be creating a monster! Example: I used to live in a southwest facing Period 7 home, with an entrance in the NE and an office in the South. The flying stars at the door were 7-7 and in the office they were 6-8. These are major money numbers and I tripled my income in this house. Now, if I had the capability of turning that same Southwest-facing house into a Period 8 house, the office would become 6-9 (not nearly as good) and it would have replaced a 1-4 combination in the center for 2-5. (The 1-4 energy is still supportive of creative people, especially writers, while the 2-5 energy means there is potential for arguments and accidents.) For a variety of reasons, Flying Star practitioners should universally agree that this would be a less desirable house and not appropriate to try to change. There are loads of other examples, whereby changing your house into a newer cycle would make it worse.

HOW CAN YOU CHANGE THE CYCLE OF YOUR HOUSE ANYWAY? The same bad sources that advocate changing the cycle of your house from Period 7 to Period 8 are also misleading people to think that they can do this by changing the carpeting, installing a new door, or replacing the plaster ceiling. Another suggests moving out of your house for three months and then moving back in or removing -3 tiles- from the roof of your house. None of these symbolic gestures will work in my opinion.

If you really want to change the cycle of your house, you have to rip away a major part of your ceiling AND roof and expose the interiors and foundation of your house to the sky. You would have to do a major renovation where you practically gutted your house in order to have the original energy escape the house and have a new energy pattern enter. There are some people who think that you can change the -birth year- or cycle of your house by creating an extremely large skylight in the center of the house, but I have my reservations about that one also. So, you can see that changing the cycle of your house is a serious undertaking that would cost thousands of dollars and should only be done if you know for sure that you will be creating a better house because of it.

Kartar Diamond is a classically trained Feng Shui Master, based in Los Angeles. You can visit Kartar’s website for more information, books, e-books, a DVD and other learning tools. http://www.FengShuiSolutions.net

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