Feng shui · North-east sector

Feng shui for knowledge and study.

The journal has three entries in it and forty blank pages after that, bought in January with every intention of writing in it each night. Knowledge in the traditional sense includes both formal study and inner cultivation - meditation, journaling, reading. The sector is north-east, the element is earth, the cure is steadiness.

Three moves you can make tonight. Free.

None of these need a compass, a Kua number, new furniture, or money. Pick one. Do it before bed.

  1. Make the north-east of your home the quiet corner.

    Whatever room it falls in, that area is where the study desk, the reading chair, or the meditation cushion belongs. Keep it uncluttered.

  2. Add an earth element to the corner.

    A clay pot. A ceramic bowl. A flat stone. The earth element is grounding; the traditional cure and the calming-design instinct agree.

  3. Put the books you actually want to read at eye level.

    The ones for show go up high. The ones for use go where you reach for them without thinking. A small change with outsized effect on actual reading.

Read deeper. Every article we have on knowledge and study.

We are still writing for this area. Until then, the full article index has plenty to read.

The book that reads this area for your Kua

Get the knowledge and study sector keyed to your home.

The free moves work in any home. The Nine Life Areas Compass reads this one for your Kua, so you get the verdict for study: which of your supportive directions sits in the north-east corner, and which one supports sustained focus. See the Nine Life Areas Compass, $59, with the Complete Home Compass, $69, as the whole-home anchor.

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