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Feng Shui Dictionary

Find out the meaning of the most popular feng shui terms and their application

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What is a lucky feng shui direction? What is the meaning of the water flow in feng shui? Do you understand the compass directions? How about the meaning of poison arrows and feng shui oven mouth?

Here comes a quick and easy feng shui glossary tip sheet with over 80 feng shui terms. All you ever wanted to know about the most popular terms used in feng shui applications, from bagua extensions to good luck symbols, from lucky directions to feng shui elements and feng shui protection symbols. Click on each link to find a detailed description along with the visual illustration.

1. Annual Star

In feng shui, the term annual star is used for the annual movement of energies according to the classical feng shui school called flying stars.
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2. Backing

Good feng shui backing means having strong, supportive, good feng shui energy behind your back. This applies to your office, your bedroom, as well as the outside of your house. Read more 

3. Bad Feng Shui Staircase

What is a bad staircase in feng shui? And how do you find best feng shui cures for it?
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4. Bagua

Bagua is one of the main feng shui tools used to analyze the feng shui energy of any given space. Translated from Chinese, Bagua literally means "8 areas."
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5. Bagua Center

The bagua center is the Yin-Yang point, also called the Heart of the Home. Read more

6. Bagua Mirror

The bagua mirror is a round mirror surrounded by an octagonal bagua design frame. Bagua mirrors can be found as both concave and convex mirrors for different ways of manipulating the negative energies outside a building.
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7. Bats

In classical feng shui applications bats are considered a symbol of abundance and used as a wealth feng shui cure because the word Bat sounds like Prosperity ("Fook") in Chinese.
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8. Ba Zi School

Ba Zi Feng Shui School, also called the Four Pillars of Destiny school, is a form of feng shui astrology. Read more

9. Bed Placement

 The right bed placement is very important for good feng shui in your home.  Read more

10. Bird Symbols

In traditional feng shui applications birds are considered powerful symbols of new opportunities that are there for you even in times of adversity.
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