Introduction

5 Elements Feng Shui can help individuals (with their unique Birth Year Energies) adjust to and harmonise with Yearly changing Qi energies. Improved, health, fortune and prospects may ensue for those voluntarily complying with Heaven’s Law whilst here on Earth, of their own free-will. Although Feng Shui also concentrates on the location and nature of external bodies of water including swimming pools, fountains, rivers and lakes, this article focusses upon Water’s impact upon the internal environment. Such Elemental impacts are frequently far stronger than individuals realise!

Water: Dragon and Snake Years 2012-14 Year Element

Whatever your Animal Birth Sign, your essential nature or personality will have been further moderated by the influences of the Element predominating in your Birth Year, according its attributes. Animal Year and Year Element lists allow individuals’ Year Animals and Elements to be identified alongside those of current and earlier Years (1). An in-depth consideration of Water correspondences now follows which holds current for consecutive Dragon and Snake Years, both having the same Year Element

Water Correspondences

Water’s Wealth connexions are numerous (e.g. current accounts, currency, floatations, cash-flow and income-streams). Communications (see above) both physical and verbal are linked similarly (e.g. word-flow, gushing compliments, stream-of-consciousness accounts). The South East ‘Wealth’ Sector of rooms and dwellings is ideal for related placements, rather than the North sector, allocated to Water as an Element but not, overtly, associated with Wealth.

Crystals and Minerals:

Objects with water associations like crystal/mineral boats, fish, bowls and crystal water-features are also appropriate to activate particular sectors of locations. Beach-stones and pebbles from the river bed can also be used for this purpose.

Backgrounds and Foregrounds:

Metal supports Water in Feng Shui (it even melts and flows when heated). Backgrounds utilising this Element’s features (colours, materials etc) can encourage healthy Qi-flows within dwellings during this period. Mirrors are considered Metal for Feng Shui purposes, so be aware of what they reflect during this period (as this can be a significant part of any location’s background)–better flowers outside in your garden than a reflection of the bathroom toilet pedestal.

As Water supports Wood materials relating to this element can be similarly ‘highlighted’ during this period. It should be noted that the South East ‘Wealth’ sector of locations corresponds to Wood illustrating the nurturing influence of Water on life (Wood is the only ‘living element of the 5, on which we depend for life its-self, eating either grains, grasses etc or animals that do so…hence the’ Wealth’ associations).

Overall

Thus, not just the Year Animal needs taking into account, the year element also needs careful consideration as that too will play a continuing life-long role (albeit not one, as yet, well-known in the West) influencing the individual and events. Regarding infants to be born (and subsequently nurtured) during the above-mentioned period, 5 Elements ‘Wuxing’ Feng Shui which uses the same ‘Famous Five’ extensively and expertly may prove useful in balancing and harmonising their initial and subsequent environment of those sharing Water as their Year Element.