Adapted from The Healing Home, by Suzy Chiazzari. To maintain a balance of energy in your home, the five elements fire, water, earth, metal and wood should work in harmony. When all these elements are present and working together, they will promote a happy, healthy home. Make sure you have similar proportions. If you are lacking in any one element, add an appropritae object or its related color.
Fire is the most yang, while water is the most yin.
The elements are identified with a specific body organ, color, planet, season and compass direction. Each element can either be creative or destructive, and each one of the five elements either feeds or destroys another. When we walk into a room for the first time, we often have an immedite reaction to its atmosphere. The natural energies created by our environment highly influence the way we feel. By enhancing positive elements, such as light, color, and scent, we can create a harmonious anctuary that engenders health and well-being and nurtures all that is best in the human spirit.