The feng shui of the family dining room is very important if you want to activate for wealth and abundance luck for the family. The ideal location for the dining room is in the center or deep inside the home. When the heart of the home is regularly occupied by the whole family, it creates harmony and prosperity luck. The act of eating and all food associations symbolize abundance. It is therefore considered inauspicious if food is placed sparingly on the dining room table. The best Chinese table always looks prosperous. The refrigerator is always well stocked and the family rice urn is never allowed to get empty.
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tips to ensure an auspicious dining room
1) Place the three star gods Fuk Luk Sau in your dining room to bring health, wealth and prosperity to the family. 2) Fix a large mirror on one of the walls of your dining room to double the food on the table, to symbolize abundance.
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3) Hang a chandelier in the center above the dining table. 4) Display fresh flowers on your table to create vibrant chi energy. 5) Arrange your family members to sit and eat facing their auspicious directions based on their kua number. 6) For wealth accumulation luck, display a bowl of garlic as a centerpiece to your dining table. The garlic does not be real; you can use figurine garlic plated in gold.
7) Place a Tang Bell on a side table in your dining room; sound the bell 3 times before you eat to welcome good fortune energy. 8) Do not place a clock in your dining area as this symbolizes an end to the abundance of food.
The best shapes for your dining table are round, rectangular or Pa Kua shaped (8-sided). All the numbers that popularly make up the dining table – 6, 8 and 10 are auspicious numbers. On the round table, a “lazy susan” is an auspicious feature best placed in the center. This slightly raised, second layer for the food to be placed on and rotated, is extremely auspicious. Dining rooms and especially dining tables should not be placed directly below toilets situated on the floor above, nor should there be anything heavy like a piano or a large cabinet pressing down on the dining area. These are inauspicious.
Arrangement and Layout of the Kitchen The kitchen represents the manifestation of the family’s well-being and wealth. It is useful for pressing down on bad luck caused by bad flying star numbers or personalized directions of bad fortune. According to the Eight Mansions and Flying Star formulas, certain sectors of the house are deemed to be unlucky. If your kitchen is located in an unlucky sector, this is a good thing.
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Guidelines On The Kitchen and Stove:
1. The kitchen should have sufficient lighting. 2. It should be airy and spacious. 3. Do not place the stove next to or directly opposite the sink or refrigerator. This is because of the incompatibility of the Water and Fire elements. 4. The stove must be at least one foot away from the sink. 5. The mouth of the stove should face one of the best directions of the father of the family. This energises the stove, making the food cooked in it auspicious for the family. 6. Do not try to energize the kitchen with feng shui figurines or mirrors. 7. Kitchens should be nearer to the back door than the front door. 8. The kitchen should never be located in the middle of the home. 9. Good feng shui kitchens should take the orientation of the stove, oven and rice cooker into account. When auspiciously oriented, the stove can bring enormous good fortune to a family. 10. The kitchen stove should not be in the Northwest sector. This is called “Fire at Heaven’s Gate” and brings bad luck to the breadwinner, causing the head of the household to lose their job and money. 11. The stove should not face the main door or any bedroom door. 12. The stove should not be directly under an exposed overhead beam. 13. Stoves should not be placed directly under a toilet located on the floor above. 14. The stove should not directly face a toilet door. 15. The rice cooker’s knob should not face the main entrance or door, as this symbolises food flowing out of the house.
Multiple Choice Questions: 1) What is the best place to locate the dining room? a. In the outer half of the house b. In the center of the house c. In a sector with bad flying stars 2) What is the best enhancer to place in the center of the dining table? a. Laughing Buddha b. Fuk Luk Sau c. Pot of fruits 3) The best location for kitchen is the Northwest? a. True b. False 4) What will happen when your rice cooker knob is facing the main door? a. The wealth will flow out of the house b. Family members will get sick c. The food is flowing out of the house 5) Which direction should the mouth of the stove face? a. The best direction of the father b. The best direction of the mother c. The best direction of the eldest son
Exercise: 1) Check the direction of your stove. 2) Look around the surrounding of your kitchen and dining room. 3) Enhance your dining room with appropriate good fortune symbol.
