Feng Shui - Water
Water has a very strong influence upon the feng shui of its surroundings and natural water has the strongest influences of all.
Correctly positioned it can bring great auspiciousness, incorrectly positioned it can bring great harm
Where the water is also flowing, the direction of flow has a very strong interaction.
This is especially important for the positioning of buildings and particularly their main doors.
Where the interactions are inauspicious the results can be disastrous.
Where the interactions are auspicious, even a modest water feature such as the one below can have very strong beneficial effects.
“Water” formulas of which there are several dozen, which all need to be considered when planning buildings near water (or water features to go near buildings for that matter), also apply to some degree to roads.
The effects are generally weaker, but they are still significant. This is partly because with modern road constructions physical water flows along them whenever it rains giving an intermittent water feature, and partly because weaker flows of the same energy, this time present in the air, also flows along the road. The same airflow considerations also applies to railways, though not usually the water flow effects.
The effects of water indoors, toilets, baths etc. is weaker still, but can nonetheless be harnessed to good effect. Sometimes it’s possible to introduce an indoor water feature in a location and flowing in a direction which works in harmony with water which is already in the building (e.g. a toilet) to improve for instance your finances.
Given that this section is supposed to be about DIY feng shui, is there anything that you can do with water yourself?
The answer is “Yes”, but it’s wise to proceed with caution. You would be unwise for instance to try constructing a Water Dragon feature like the one above without professional advice. But you could install an indoor water fountain safely providing you test the location thoroughly first, by placing a container of clean water there for several months and observing the effects. Then test the direction of the flow with the real fountain for several months afterwards.
DIY TIP
Water is a very powerful Feng Shui tool and we recommend that you receive professional advice or training before installing or removing water features outdoors.
If you want to install an indoor water fountain for feng shui purposes, you might
like to look at the following water fountain sites:-
Thomas Coxon -
Authentic Feng Shui
