To some people it seems that
their dogs are more prone to illness than
that of others. If you have tried everything
and fail to address the problem, then you may
like to take a look at your home from the
feng shui point of view.
Below are some suggestions
from feng shui masters, which you may find
useful or entertaining.
In Chinese zodiac system, Dog
is related to Wu (戌), the eleventh of
the twelve Earthly Branches that along with
ten Heavenly Terms mark the time and space. A
primary earth sign, Wu also contains the
trait of Fire, and is associated with
northwest direction in space and lunar
November as well as 9 to 11 pm in time.
Zodiacs in the Eight
Trigrams Chart
The branches that are
compatible with Wu the Dog include Yin the
Tiger (寅), Wu the Horse (午) and Mao the Rabbit (卯).
Dog and Rabbit make a strong
pair though not without friction between
them. With Tiger and Horse, Dog form a Fire
triangle, in which Tiger with yang Wood
traits acts as the source and starting point,
Horse with yang Fire traits represents
achievement and the peak of the development,
while Dog with yang Earth traits concludes
the circle and preserves the seed of Fire for
the next run.
In the Eight Trigrams chart,
Rabbit sits in the due east, Horse stands in
the due south, tiger crutches at northeast
and Dog poises at the northwest. If the front
door of your home opens to these four
directions, you shall have a better chance to
keep your dogs healthy and happy.
On the other hand, it is
believed that if the main entrance of your
dwelling faces to southeast or due north,
then a little extra care may be needed
in order to reduce the risk to the safety and
well being of the pets. That is because
southeast is under the rule of Dragon and due
north is the territory of Ox, both of which
do not get along with Dog. However, if you
can’t change the door, you may then locate
the dog house or puppy pan in the favourable
directions mentioned above, and that will
still help to improve the situation.
When come to build or purchase
a dog pan, the rule of thumb is to avoid the
ones made of metal. As Metal sucks Earth qi,
your puppies (Earth animal) may have a hard
time to keep healthy and grow strong.
You guys keep feeding
me dog’s breakfast, putting me in
dog house, I feel like dogshit. Know
what, I’m gonna be a mad dog for
sure.
Feng Shui Dog
Though dog is not considered
as a lucky symbol from feng shui’s point of
view, a proper use of a feng shui charm in
the image of a dog sometimes still can work
wonders for offseting some unwanted
conditions.
When using it to help
improving personal relationships, the most
effective location will be northeast, the Dog’s
corner in the Eight Trigrams chart. If it is
for warding off intrusive energy of theft or
robbery, the dog shall be placed by and face
the door. Further more, its feng shui power
can be strengthened when a Dog charm is made
of earth-based material. But if you keep more
than one dog charm at home, the positive feng
shui effects they produced may cancle each
other out. And importantly, you must never
let a pair of dog charms guard the door,
which, according to feng shui masters, might
cause accident.
A note of caution: people who
were born in a dragon year may better not to
choose dog as their feng shui cure, or it
could well be turned into a curse.
