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Candles have been used by people for centuries. They not only give them light, but also help to cleanse the aura, fulfill desires and much, much more. In Feng Shui they enjoy special fame and are among the most effective talismans. So, in the east they believe that a burning candle can attract love, eliminate health problems, cleanse the house of negativity, and also bring happiness and harmony to the life of its owner. If you want to achieve the same, read below about how to properly use candles and where they should be placed to achieve the desired result.
Candles and their shade
Traditionally, candles are called a symbol of the element of Fire. However, this does not mean that they should be exclusively red (the leading shade of the named element). In addition, they can be white, green, purple, orange and others. Let's talk about what they are used for.
- Red candles help to gain fame and achieve rapid career growth.
- Yellow candles - help improve relationships between a man and a woman.
- Blue candles - give harmony and tranquility, saving life from unnecessary troubles and fuss.
- White candles bring joy, help teachers and other professionals achieve success, and can also save a loving couple from infertility.
- Green candles are a symbol of peace and harmony. In addition, they improve the health of their owners and help fight a number of diseases.
- Orange candles are multifunctional. On the one hand, they help with career growth and improvement of financial status. On the other hand, they bring peace with them and contribute to the acquisition of wisdom.
- Black candles are one of the most powerful protective talismans. Cleanse the house of negativity. They increase the authority of public figures, including politicians and businessmen.
- Purple candles are worth lighting during meditation.
- Pink candles attract useful people into life, and also act as a symbol of romance and love, thanks to which they have a positive effect on the development of relationships between lovers.
In order to feel the effect of a candle of one shade or another, it must be lit at least 3-4 times a week. In addition, it is very important that it is located in the most favorable sector.
Feng Shui candle color
To decorate a room with candles according to Feng Shui, you should use candles made of natural wax with a cotton wick and made with the addition of natural essential oils. These candles make the air in the room clean and fill it with a light aroma.
To create an energy balance, not only the material from which the candle is made is important, but also its color, candlestick and other accessories next to the candle.
Arrangement of candles according to Feng Shui.
Each sector of the compass has its own color
South-eastern sector. A burning red candle will stimulate good luck of wealth. Other Feng Shui colors associated with wealth include gold and purple. Use one candle to attract wealth and abundance, income related to work. More candles does not mean more wealth.
Southern sector . Placing red candles in this area will activate the fire element. The Southern sector also governs fame and recognition, as well as areas of fortune in your life: promoting promotions and salary increases, promoting recognition of achievements such as studies and careers will enhance reputation.
Southwestern sector. If you feel that your social life is suffering or practically non-existent, it can be strengthened with fire energy. Yang energy is activated after the red candle is placed and burned.
Using many candles can lead to energy imbalance. In this case, it is worth using one candle from several elements in the center of the home.
To do this, take a glass bowl, fill it with a layer of pebbles (earth element), pour in water (water element), add pieces of metal (metal element), flower petals (wood element) and floating candles (fire element).
Candle color meaning
Feng Shui compass directions are also assigned colors.
- East: green candles
- Southeast: blue, red and purple
- South: red, pink, burgundy and peach
- Southwest: red, pink and white
- West: grey, white silver and gold
- Northwest: white, gray and black
- North: blue and black
- Northeast: blue, green, sea and black
- Center of the house: yellow, brown and brown
A yellow candle will help revive fading feelings. Even if everything is fine, it never hurts to light a yellow candle in the bedroom.
A green candle will bring health to your home. And also peace and harmony in the home.
A white candle has opposite meanings - a white candle is a symbol of sky and water. Has a positive effect on women.
A blue candle will relieve fatigue and tension.
Pink candles should be burned when developing a romantic relationship.
A red candle will help you achieve success and promotion. Fill with energy. You should not be in the light of a red candle too often, this can lead to constant overexertion and stress.
The orange candle is suitable for daily use. It improves life in all aspects - love, career, income, friendship, and joy.
A purple candle is suitable for reflection and hours of self-discovery.
A black candle has strong energy. It should be lit to solve problematic situations. It is believed that with the help of the fire of a black candle you can control people and have power. A black candle also enhances the protective effect of a person’s aura.
Choose your candles with care.
Factory-made candles, especially scented ones, can be harmful to your health. Many emit fumes that are hazardous to health. Some paraffin candles contain harmful chemicals that are known carcinogens. Most scented candles release heavy metals such as lead, which are released into the air within a few hours of burning. Such toxins are not only unhealthy, but also defeat the entire purpose of feng shui.
Where should the candles be placed?
In Feng Shui, it is customary to distinguish eight separate zones or sectors, each of which corresponds to one or another side of the world. To make it easier for beginners to navigate, it is worth using the help of the Ba-Gua square, which shows all the above-mentioned zones and the colors that correspond to them:
Based on this, it is very easy to determine which candle should be in the south and which in the west.
Mirrors
The missing corner should be “filled” by visually expanding the space with the help of a mirror. If the front door is located on one of the planes of the missing angle, then the mirror must be placed on its other plane so that the front door is not reflected in it.
In the bedroom, a mirror that expands the space should be positioned in such a way that it does not reflect the bed. In general, you need to carefully monitor what is reflected in the mirrors. For example, if a safe with money or jewelry is reflected in the mirror, this will help increase your wealth. Cash seems to double.
And if the mirror reflects the stairs, then some of your luck will “roll down.” In addition, the mirror must be large. The tallest member of the family should be reflected in it from head to toe. It is desirable that the mirror be solid. Mirrors, so popular nowadays, made up of fragments, do more harm than good.
The missing corner can be expanded or supplemented not only with the help of a mirror according to Feng Shui, although this is the most reliable way. Plants, paintings, photo wallpapers and objects are also used that symbolize a certain energy element that “controls” one or another angle.
Rituals with candles
Candles are also necessary for all kinds of rituals. For example, in Feng Shui they are most often used to cleanse the house from the accumulation of negative energy, for relaxation during meditation, and also to attract love. Watch the video below to see how to use candles to find your soulmate:
In fact, there are a lot of rituals and ways to use candles in Feng Shui alone. But we'll talk about this some other time.
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Candles in Feng Shui: color scheme
White candle – achieving the goal
When choosing candles according to Feng Shui, you need to pay attention not only to their shape, but also to the color. Therefore, before purchasing, it is advisable that a person has a clear idea of why he needs them, what areas of his life he wants to adjust. But we should not discard such a concept as intuition here. The selected candle must comply not only with the rules of Feng Shui, but also simply provide aesthetic pleasure.
White candles, on the one hand, symbolize the sky and help teachers and representatives of many other professions achieve their goals. On the other hand, personifying the lake, they give bright emotions and joy. For a childless woman, the activity of such a candle promises to experience the happiness of motherhood.
Green candle – harmony and peace
A green candle is a symbol of harmony, peace and human health. It is the flame of a green candle that will help achieve all of the above.
Yellow candles will strengthen marital relationships and “ignite sparks” in love. Therefore, the activity of yellow candles in your home will contribute to the harmonization of love relationships and help achieve the desired results in your relationship with your significant other. In addition, yellow candles imbue the energy of the house and its owners with good mood, joy and optimism.
Red candle - fame and career
Red candles are closest in color to the color of the flame. The energy of such candles is relevant for solving issues of fame, career growth and all kinds of advancement. But with the color red you need to know when to stop, since burning such a candle too often will keep you in unnecessary tension, and this can have a detrimental effect on your ability to fully rest. Red candles are also not welcome in the bedroom, since this area is intended purely for relaxation.
An orange candle has quite unusual properties: it symbolizes mountains, which personify wisdom, sun, wealth, and helps in matters of professional growth. Such a candle has a positive effect on all areas of life.
Purple candle – contemplation and meditation
Pink candles, according to their delicate color, will help to establish romance in relationships and will help the right people to like you.
If you are keen on meditation and self-discovery, and love thoughtful, hours-long procedures, then purple candles are best suited for this.
Candles of blue color and all its shades will help eliminate an endless series of hassles, bustles, problems and will bring harmony and tranquility to your home.
The black candle stands apart in this category. Feng Shui attributes powerful magical properties to it. It is believed that the flame of a black candle generates very strong energy. So, with its help you can control people, subjugate power and authority. These magical Feng Shui candles are recommended to be used in solving problematic situations with maximum benefit for yourself. Moreover, a black candle enhances the protective effect of a person’s aura and helps increase his authority in the eyes of other people. This is why the black candle is so popular among big businessmen and politicians.
Items that negatively affect the wealth zone
If in your apartment the toilet or bathtub is located in the southeastern sector, this means that your money is symbolically washed down the pipes into the sewer. Knowledge of Feng Shui will help you stop the leakage of finances. There is a significant arsenal of tools for this. Hang a mirror on the door of the bathroom or toilet so that the room symbolically disappears.
Just make sure that the mirror does not “cut off” the top of the head of the tallest member of the family and that the front door is not reflected in the mirror; in this case, all the beneficial Qi energy is reflected back out of the house and does not bring any benefit.
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If it is impossible to install a mirror for some reason (for example, if the front door is reflected there), then there is another way out. On the door of the toilet and bathroom in the south-eastern sector, place a picture with a flowering tree or any other plant. Thus, the “spoiled” toilet water will “nourish” this tree and it will grow! The energy of growth is exactly what is needed here.
Pocket mirrors
You can also use small pocket mirrors to guide the Chi upward. Place one mirror on the floor behind the toilet, another one can be placed directly in the flush tank, another one or two can be placed on the surface of the cabinets, face up. Just above eye level, you can hang a bright picture that attracts the eye so that it forces you to look up.
If there is no picture, then draw a red spot above the toilet above eye level. It’s interesting that this red spot can then be painted over to match the overall tone of the wall, but it will still “work”! This is a very remarkable property of Feng Shui: even if you do not see the object, design, etc., they still work. So it's extremely important to make sure it works for you.
Another trick for retaining the beneficial Chi energy is to tie the pipes under the sink, behind the toilet, and in general all the pipes in this sector with red ribbons and keep the flush hole in the bathroom closed, as well as the toilet lid.
Red or burgundy rug
A red or burgundy rug thrown on the floor with the intention of “catching” Qi also works well. While we are still talking about the toilet, I want to warn against excessive decoration of this necessary room in the house. Feng Shui teaches that everything beautiful and expensive, when placed in a bathroom or toilet, is symbolically “washed out” from the life of its owners. The only luxury that can be allowed in the toilet is the luxury of cleanliness and fragrances. Good Feng Shui always means cleanliness and a pleasant smell.
A red or burgundy rug thrown on the floor with the intention of “catching” Qi has a good effect on the wealth zone.
If the southeast sector in your home is occupied by the toilet, take all measures to retain Qi and then move your attention to the living room. In Feng Shui there are the concepts of “Macrocosm” and “Microcosm”. This means that a situation characteristic of the whole is also characteristic of its part. Therefore, identify the southeast sector in your living room. Direct all your energy to activate your money luck into this remaining corner of your wealth.
No aquariums in the bedroom
Another caveat is that the energies of wealth cannot be activated in the bedroom. This is due to the fact that Yin energies dominate in the bedroom, necessary for good rest and recuperation. The energy of money is very yang, and mixing these energies can lead to stress and poor rest. You may become overly nervous and irritable. If the bedroom is located in the southeastern sector, keep in mind that this is not bad at all. This will mean that you are the master of your money. Decorate your bed, but do not install aquariums, figurines, etc. in the bedroom.
Dry and dying flowers
While strong and healthy flowers create precious yang growth energy, dry or wilting flowers have the opposite effect. Remove all wilted flowers in a timely manner and monitor the health of the others. Wilted plants spread very strong yin energy, which is exactly what you don't want here.
Garbage or trash cans
Make sure your wealth sector is always perfectly clean. In case there is a trash can here and you can't do anything about it, get a bin with a lid and also put a red ribbon around the bin or just paint a stripe of red nail polish on it. This will help retain the Qi energy.
Items that don't work
Wealth assumes that everything around you is working for you. Fix anything that needs fixing and get rid of what's worn out. Let the energy of abundance flow smoothly for you.
In which areas is it better to light candles?
So, I hope you have already decided on the colors of the candles. Now I propose to talk about in which zone you need to light a candle in order to activate the energy you need.
The best option would be if you light candles in accordance with the Ba Gua card, this will perfectly improve harmony in every place and in every zone. But, if you prefer to light a candle in a separate area, then this will also balance the energy of Yin and Yang and improve the overall quality of life.
If you feel that your relationship with your partner is not going well, or that your children are getting out of hand, then lighting a candle in the southwest will help normalize these aspects in your life.
If you need to achieve success in your career, then a purple, blue or red candle lit in the South will help you achieve fame and success.
To disperse stagnant chi energy, light candles at least twice a week in hard-to-reach places, such as corners of rooms. In order to enhance the influence of the earth on your home, it is recommended to light a candle no more than twice a week in the northeast of the house or room.
If a chill has run through your relationship with your loved one, then Feng Shui experts recommend lighting a red candle in the southwest zone in the bedroom, but do not overdo it.
White candles can be lit in all areas and rooms where you want to create an atmosphere of freshness and cleanliness.
But to cleanse the entire house of negative energy, it’s not enough to just light candles. To cleanse the space, you need to perform a special ritual using candles.
