Tips for the BATHROOM

Do

  • If your bathroom is in the North, do hang in it a wind chime that is made of an earth material, such as terra cotta or porcelain, or that has five solid clay rods. This will keep your business and career success from going "down the drain".
  • The chinese believe that a toilet with its seat-lid left up will allow ch'i to drain away, therefor it is very important to keep the lid down. Also,try to ensure that the bathroom is not in your wang ts' ai area which covers your prosperity and wealth. If it is, the warning against leaving the seat-lid up is twice as dire.The bathroom door should be kept closed as much as possible and hang a mirror on it facing outwards.
  • Do hang mirrors on the outside of the bathroom if the bathroom happens to be in a wealth area.
  • Do put a wind chime in the window of a bathroom to dam the flow of water, or energy, from the house.
  • If there's a bathroom at the center of your home, do add a lot of yellow, the color of the element of earth, to "dam" the outflow of water(which represents prosperity).
  • Do use accessories made of each materials, such as clay, Terracotta, and porcelain, in a bathroom located in the "heart" of your home

Don't

  • Don't buy or rent a house in which the bathroom is located above the front entrance. This portends major calamity for the family.
  • Don't leave the seats and covers on toilets or the doors to bathrooms open-especially if the toilet faces a bedroom door-because toilets emanate negative energy.
  • Don't choose a home which, and particularly the toilet, is located in the South-East, East, or South (the areas of wealth and prosperity) or the South-West (the area of marriage and relationships).
  • Don't put a bathroom across from your kitchen. The yin energy of human waste is considered very detrimental to the financial and physical health of family members.
  • Don't put an aquarium in or facing a bathroom or bedroom. This is concidered unlucky and can result in loss of fortune.
  • Don't buy a house in which the bathroom is located over the front entrance. This portends major calamity for the family.
  • Don't leave the seats and the covers on toilets or the doors to bathrooms open-especially if the toilet faces a bedroom or directly faces the bathroom door- because toilets emanate negative energy.

In General

  • If you have a toilet which is separate from the bathroom, it should not face the door. However, this is often unavoidable and if so, you should try to have a window above the toilet itself, which you should keep bright and inviting. If the view is good, make it easy to see.If the view is poor, put a pot plant on the windowsill.
  • If you are remodeling your home, don't locate the powder room so that it juts out past the front door; to do so represents the family's prosperity exiting.
  • Rice is asymbbol of a bundance , wealth, and fertility. Never put this revered food in a bathroom or toilet
  • If your bathroom is in the N, do hang in it a wind chime that is made of an earth material, such as terra cotta or porcelain, or that has five solid clayrods. This will keep your business and career success from going "down the drain"