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Understand the Meaning of Popular Feng Shui Symbols

Explore the feng shui tips below to help you choose your feng shui symbols

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Traditional, or classical feng shui schools, have many symbols used for various purposes. Some feng shui symbols are well known, such as the Mandarin Ducks for love and marriage, the Tortoise for protection and stability, or the Koi Fish for abundance.

Some feng shui symbols, such as Bats or Chi Lins, are less known. This list of feng shui symbols should help you.

There is a subtle line between the use of the words "feng shui symbols" and "feng shui cures", as symbols are used as feng shui cures.

Be sure to read all about feng shui cures in order to understand more about shifting the energy with feng shui.

Feng Shui Gem Tree

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Feng shui gem trees, also called feng shui crystal trees, are a popular cure in the traditional feng shui school applications. There is a wide variety of feng shui gem trees on the market, from amethyst gem trees to agate and even pearl and coral trees.
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Chi Lin

feng shui chi lin symbol(c) Dragon Gate
Chi Lin is a mythical Chinese creature with the head of a Dragon, the body of a Horse, and the scales of a Carp fish. Also called the Dragon Horse, or the Chinese Unicorn, Chi Lin brings strong, protective feng shui energy with blessings of good health and prosperity.
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Turtles and Tortoises

feng shui tortoise symbol(c) Dragon Gate
The Tortoise is one of the four Celestial Animals, or Guardians in feng shui, which are the Green Dragon (East), the Red Phoenix (South), the White Tiger (West) and the Black Tortoise (North).
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Bats

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The bat is considered an auspicious classical Chinese feng shui symbol of good fortune and prosperity. Find out why the bat came to symbolize prosperity, and decide if this is a feng shui symbol you should go for.
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