Bagua Map and New Year Intentions

Traditionally this is an intense time of setting Resolutions for the year ahead. Wow! This always made me shudder. There were many years I sent the resolution to “Follow a recipe, exactly.”  Each year I failed and felt ‘bad’ about my self worth. But, my creative nature just wasn’t letting that happen. Me, the Earth person personified, loves to read cookbooks like novels. So I would find ideas, use them as the base element and just add from there.  So try as I did, it just wasn’t happening. I gave up on that and many other ‘Resolutions’ and just came to ignore the idea, which can be very difficult with everyone quizzing you as to your “list.”

Recently, through using the word so often in my Feng Shui work, I recognized that I resonate well with the idea of New Year’s Intentions. And I apply them to the Feng Shui bagua. I create an eight-sided star and fill in the bagua areas with the Intentions I hope to manifest in the coming year.

I have found that Intentions bring me freewill to grow in the directions of my choice. They are bendable, I can review and refresh my Intentions as the year progresses, with the many monthly and seasonal changes that unfold. Intentions don’t carry the guilt of Resolutions. They are softer and gentler.

And that is the goal of a Feng Shui holiday. Look for ways to open the door to Peace and Balance. Life is meant, especially this time of year, to be Softer and Gentler. It is the season of darkness, the season of hibernation, so keep that in mind and you plan a memorable season of Love, Laughter and Joy.

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