In other words, we shape the spaces around us because of who we are. You can look at how someone decorates their home and uncover something about their soul. In my fourth book on feng shui, Feng Shui and How to Look Before You Love , I tackle the question of how to read an environment to reveal who a person authentically is. Hormones can shape personality. Scientist, J. Scott Turner suggests that our genotype, the set of genes we are dealt is expressed by the phenotype or their physical manifestation in an environmental soup.
People can t help but to reveal themselves by the choices they make in their home.
Whether it is to select a lover, business partner, or a new friend, when opening our hearts to another it is poignant to acknowledge how much hold they potentially could exert in our lives. For that reason, we need to approach others with an open heart, yet evaluate them honestly. Being able to discern emotional characteristics, values and inherent personality by studying the choices of objects and their position in an environment can prevent us from giving our hearts away to a phantom of what we thought. The following is a brief reference guide to understanding what placement of certain common objects reveal about the individual who has control over choosing and placing. It is not by accident that a recent client, who almost consistently selected women who were fundamentally not interested in making binding attachments with him, selected a picture of a solo man riding a bicycle upside down in his relationship corner.