We need all the items in our house for something. Well, for example, we sleep on the bed, cook on the stove, eat at the dining table, and work at the desk.
As you know, we work in order to achieve a certain result in life, be it financial well-being or creative fulfillment - it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that this requires confidence and good concentration. Properly organized feng shui desktop will help you with this.
Feng Shui desktop
Desk placement according to Feng Shui
Perhaps the first thing to start with is the location of your desktop according to Feng Shui. Of course, if you have the opportunity to choose where to put it yourself. This situation may be if you want to place a desktop in your office at home or in the office. Or if you are an employee, but you still have the opportunity to choose the location of the desk in the office.
The best table position:
Sit with your back to the wall. This rule is dictated by the very physiology of our body. We don’t have eyes on our backs, so we can’t control what’s happening behind us. Therefore, when we sit with our backs to the wall, we are completely calm, relaxed, and well concentrated. We don't waste extra energy trying to control what's happening behind us. This automatically gives strength and energy to work.
There should be an open space in front of the person sitting in front and ideally they should be able to see the door. This rule is also based on our physiology, since it is comfortable for the eyes when there is space, it stimulates imagination, and allows thoughts to move calmly. Gives us a flight of thought so we can see many solutions and easily find the right one.
When the above two rules are met, this desk position is called the “boss position” in Feng Shui. It makes a person strong, confident, gives him the opportunity to think relaxed and find the right solution. This makes the work process or study very comfortable.
Creating a home office
Working remotely without leaving home is the dream of many; due to computerization, this has become quite acceptable and widespread.
It is important to understand that a home work space should have its own boundaries; it can be separated from the rest area with a partition or curtain, or highlighted with a distinctive carpet. You should not choose a room without windows as a workplace. It’s great if the area of the house allows you to allocate an entire room for a study. Time plays a very important role in our lives.
A clock in the southeast will bring material benefits; a triangular or rectangular wooden clock in the south will contribute to recognition and fame. The optimal color scheme here would be green or red.
Home is a state of reliability and comfort; the work process should not embarrass household members or disturb the comfort. Therefore, the home office should become a continuation of the entire apartment or house, but have its own characteristics and features that will not create a conflict in the overall interior.
Home office decor
How to fix an incorrect table position
How to correct the incorrect position of the table
If your table stands sideways to some wall, then it is better to have the wall on the left. Since a person’s heart is located on the left, and subconsciously we want to protect the left side of the body to a greater extent.
Remove all objects that threaten the door to your office, or fence yourself off from them with a screen, indoor plant, etc.
If it is not possible to place your desk so that there is a wall behind you, purchase a chair with a high, massive back. Although this is not 100%, it will still help you gain confidence and peace of mind in your work.
If you are still sitting facing the wall, and there is no way to rearrange the table, hang a picture on the wall with some pleasant image that inspires you or helps you mentally relax and get some rest. This could be a painting / photo wallpaper / poster depicting nature, a beautiful landscape, sea motifs, etc. Aggressive or “angular” images are not allowed.
Plants-mascots from ruin
Not only certain symbols, pebbles and beads, but also indoor plants can be talismans against ruin, bankruptcy and poverty. Get myrtle or indoor jasmine in your office - and you can safely conduct business. Evergreen defenders will try to create such an aura so that you do not make a fatal mistake.
One important clarification - in order for jasmine and myrtle to become your talismans, you need to plant them with your own hands. And when planting, you need to throw a dozen small coins under the bush and say:
“It’s not a flower that bushes, but a talisman that rises, grows and grows on money, doesn’t know poverty and protects me from it.”
And in order to “recharge” the talisman, after each profit, “coat” the flower with banknotes.
Desktop shape
Table shape
Any fancy shapes for a desktop according to Feng Shui are not needed, unless the table serves as an object of some kind of decor. If it is really important to you what kind of Qi energy you receive while sitting at your desk, then it is important to pay attention to what it will be like:
1) A rectangular table (but not square), which symbolizes “reliability and stability” in Feng Shui. This is an important point so that the desktop has all 4 points - support. Only then will you have a systematic result. What is meant here is not exactly the presence of four legs, but rather that all 4 corners are open. The corners should not be cluttered with any add-ons, cabinets, cabinets that cover, that is, block the energy of this support point. Moreover, according to Feng Shui, it is permissible for a rectangular table to have corners not only at right angles, but also slightly rounded.
Who benefits from a rectangular table shape? Those people who have their own business, those people who spend a long time and painstakingly calculating, calculating, and spend a lot of time at their desks.
2) The table is oval (but not round). Suitable for you: if you work as a freelancer, if you have a fast-moving, risky business, that is, associated with some kind of activity. This could be transportation, transport, rapid exchange of information. It will really be useful for you to use an oval-shaped desktop. Well, plus to everything, the oval in Feng Shui is associated with the element of metal. Metal can rightly be classified as money.
It is also possible to use some other shapes of ovals. For example, not the classic oval shape, but a little with a recess for sitting.
Why not round or square?
Why did you and I immediately abandon the square and round table, although from the point of view of Feng Shui these are figures of the correct shape? The answer is simple - because it is very important that there is as much space as possible on the right and left sides, because As a rule, these places usually contain various writing utensils, documents, and so on necessary for work. This way they will not be in front of you or in front of the laptop, that is, mostly on the sides. And as you understand, a square and a circle will not be able to give you this space for ease of work.
Productive work
Mental activity often depends on well-being, tone, vital energy, and mood.
Along with experience and knowledge, optimizing the work process, efficiency and fruitful work requires the right attitude, which is achieved by:
- state of composure and vivacity;
- focusing on core tasks;
- dividing the volume of work into: primary and urgent; less urgent and important;
- choosing the optimal team;
- creating a comfort zone and providing personal space.
Desk size
Table size for work
As for the size, here you need to stick to a medium and large table area. The larger your desk, the more things you have to do, the more weight you have in business, the more authority you have, the more powerful your reputation, and so on. That is, this is such a solid, powerful symbol of business that is located in your home or office and creates a certain energy for you. That’s why it’s so important to give your workspace your full attention.
In short, the larger your table, the greater your luck. A good Feng Shui desk should be large, authoritative, and weighty. And it must be clean.
Feng Shui desktop for career (zones)
There are 2 options here:
1) Use real compass directions, that is, calculate which compass direction, relative to the center of the table, is in front of you. Determine where the remaining zones are and activate them.
2) Overlaying the classic Bagua grid on the desktop. But we should not forget that in all Chinese schemes, traditionally the South is on top and the North is below.
Since the second option is used most often, we will analyze in more detail how to correctly activate each zone of the desktop according to the overlay of the classic Bagua grid on it.
Defining zones
The wealth zone is located on your desktop at the top in the far corner - this is the Southeast.
Here you can set symbols related to money or monetary growth. It could be some beautiful flowering plant. If you have some stationery here on a permanent basis, you can hang three Chinese coins.
If, due to some corporate ethics, you are prohibited from using Chinese symbols or you want to veil it, ridicule from colleagues is not common in Russian reality, just put a live flower or tree. But here it is important to take care of it so that it does not become lethargic, so that it has enough light and watering, so that it blooms and smells fragrant. Buying a beautiful pot for such a talisman, because it is a symbol of your career growth and prosperity, is important.
If relationships with colleagues and relationships with management are important to you, then do not clutter the farthest right zone of your desktop (Love zone) - South-West.
South - the place in front of you at the laptop - is your reputation, the reputation of the company.
If you are a director, then it would be appropriate to place some awards, medals, cups, etc. here. If you are employed, then it would be good to install the symbols of your company here. Because by celebrating the company you work for and being really kind to them, you have a chance to get ahead and really grow in your career.
You can also place here any symbols of success that are associated with career growth - a pyramid, a phoenix, a large Chinese coin and others.
Zones on the desktop
Accordingly, everything that is in front of you is responsible for your work. The sector in front of you is North according to the Bagua grid.
When you are sitting in front of a computer, it is appropriate for there to be some kind of sheet or diary where you write down some facts and figures that are important to you. Or, for example, you count money in front of you if you are an accountant. Many people think that the north is associated only with a career, but a career without money does not exist, so this sector, including the finance sector.
If you need help or the fastest possible implementation of projects, or to get some things moving, put the documents on them in the North-West of your desktop.
If we consider a static Bagua grid, not real compass directions, then this will be the lower right corner. Here you can put some symbol related to help. Here you can store documents that require some kind of decision. For example, if you are a lawyer and are really looking forward to resolving a case that just can’t get off the ground.
Pyramid for desktop
The northeast is responsible for wisdom and knowledge. Here you can put on your desktop, according to Feng Shui, a globe, a figurine of a snake or an owl, as well as any other symbols related to the zone of wisdom and knowledge.
The East sector is responsible for health for the family.
This does not mean that if we have a trash can there, then everything will be bad for us. This topic is not particularly relevant for the workspace and here we can place something like a small-format trash can, which we absolutely need to monitor so that it does not overflow and does not emit unpleasant odors.
It is on the eastern side of the desktop that it is appropriate to place the cabinet. It’s better if it’s on your left, the right side of the Yanskaya table is active, and here the cabinet will clearly get in the way. You will constantly touch it with your feet, the angles will get in the way, which, by the way, will be directed at you.
It's even better if the desk has internal drawers, one or two, that don't get in the way under the desk. Because free-standing cabinets lead to a narrowing of space, and this is not comfortable.
"Tabletop" accessories
Try to quickly find the document you need in the pile of papers randomly piled on the table. And at the same time, be so clever as not to get your finger caught in the cup of soot-like slurry that was once coffee, and the bouquet of daisies that Vasya presented from the neighboring department last week. Hop, you didn't succeed!
It’s not for nothing that business etiquette is against...
- ...to leave paper piles on the table. Digging through mountains of papers will take up a lot of your time and nerves and, as a result, will make your life simply unbearable. Clean up your desk. Place documents that do not require an urgent decision in places specially designated for them - in folders or drawers of bedside tables;
- ... to grow flower beds on the table, and especially to keep flowers that are not the freshest. There can be one bouquet, and then a small one, and its place is on the bedside table near the table or on the shelf. However, plants, both artificial and natural products, can be grown on a windowsill, floor, wall or shelf. As soon as a worker, tired from overwork, fixes his gaze on the velvet greenery, he feels a surge of fresh strength and good mood;
- ..."open" a cosmetic store. Powder, lipstick, mascara should be in a cosmetic bag, a cosmetic bag in a purse, a purse in a closet;
- ...keep cups, spoons and plates on the table, otherwise you will have a reputation as a slob. The best office utensils are “invisible” utensils that hide somewhere in the depths of the nightstand.
Get rid of old unnecessary things This is simply necessary in order to make the workplace comfortable. And it is important not only from the point of view of aesthetics, but also psychology and health. Throw away any accessories that you never use and have accumulated dust over the years. Transfer folders and documents that have been unclaimed for a long time to the archive. Then you will not only free up space, but also gain the mental clarity and wisdom you need to succeed in your career. In order for something new to appear in life, it needs to make room.
What should be on the table? In the background there is a table lamp, a clock, a monitor (send the system unit under the table!). On the front there is a keyboard, a mouse with a pad, a telephone and office supplies. This organization of space is called “everything at hand” and allows you to receive and process maximum information while making a minimum of body movements.
Feng Shui talismans for your desktop
As was already written above, you can put a Bagua grid on the desktop, but you don’t need to activate each zone, there’s no point. It makes sense to activate with talismans only those areas that are the highest priority for you. Traditionally, people pay more attention to the zone of Wealth, the zone of Glory and the zone of Helpers.
Feng Shui toad in the money sector
In the Wealth zone (southeast) it is best to place Hotea, a plant such as a money tree (crassula), coins or any other symbols related to the Wealth zone. But if corporate ethics does not allow you to do this. Suppose you have a computer there on which you can hang 3 Chinese coins. The upper left corner is the wealth (money) sector.
Fame also brings money, so this sector also needs to be activated either with something red, or you can put figurines or an image of a horse. You can also use a pyramid, a large coin, a peacock or other talismans for the Glory sector on the desktop.
The next, one might say, mandatory sector for activation is the north-west - the sector of helpers and patrons. White color, gold color, Ganesha are suitable here. If it is possible to place a golden reclining Buddha on your right hand, then this will bring you success in an easy way. Or choose some kind of talisman from those that are still suitable for the assistants’ area.
Vase of financial well-being
To ensure that your material affairs go well and good luck accompanies you, place a vase of financial well-being in your office.
It should be round, always with a lid, so that the wealth does not evaporate. A vase with images of birds, landscapes, dragons or hieroglyphs of wealth will be successful. Choose from porcelain, ceramics or metal materials.
But the vase itself has no power; it must be filled with plenty of goodness:
- earth; ask a lucky person for a handful of land, it will definitely bring prosperity;
- Chinese coins;
- feng shui crystals;
- gold coins;
- jewelry;
- cereals: wheat, peas, corn.
Feng Shui desktop color
First of all, we can determine the color of the desktop using the Bagua grid or look at what compass direction it falls on, and adjust the maximum color scheme to the compass direction to which it falls.
In conclusion, I want to say, if suddenly you have a situation that your desktop is at home and not in the office. And you do not use it to constantly work, but only so that it simply exists. For example, they came and did something quickly for him and left.
That is, if you don’t use it on a regular basis, you don’t have to worry about the location of the table according to Feng Shui, its color, shape, how you sit at it, and so on. Consider it just a decorative item.
All of the above rules must be followed only when you spend as much time as possible at your desk.
Aquarium in the office according to Feng Shui
The three sectors of Bagua are best activated with water, so an aquarium in the office is an indispensable attribute.
According to Feng Shui, the size of the aquarium should correspond to the room in which it will be placed. Too large dimensions will “wash out” all prospects and big profits from the office.
The three sectors of Bagua are best activated with water, so an aquarium in the office is an indispensable attribute
Also, when choosing an aquarium, its shape is important. It is better to settle on a rectangular or round shape. An aquarium, made in the correct shape, will fill the room with light and positive energy, eliminating all negativity.
An aquarium requires good lighting and constant water movement and oxygen saturation.
Also, when choosing an aquarium, its shape is important.
Aquarium inhabitants are very important for opening new horizons and making extra money. Therefore, experts who know the basics of Feng Shui recommend keeping an odd number of fish. For example, nine fish, 8 of which will be gold (symbols of wealth and prosperity), and one will be black (takes away all the negativity from the office).
A properly selected aquarium in the office will have a calming effect on its inhabitants and set employees up to achieve their goals.
A properly selected aquarium in the office will have a calming effect on its inhabitants and will set employees up to achieve their goals.
