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CHINESE NEW YEAR 2020: HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE YEAR OF THE METAL RAT

January 17, 2020 by Master Simona

Chinese New Year 2020 is the year of the Metal Rat and it is going to be on January 25 (starting sun down the night before), while the “Spring Stand” or Li Chun is on February 4 at 5:15 pm.

Register Here for our upcoming 2020 The Year of The Metal Rat free live webinar on Jan 18, 2020 at 11am PT (2pm East, 1pm Central).

This is the official time when the Yin-ness of Winter ends and the Yang-ness of Spring begins.
Hence the definition: “The end of Yin, the beginning of Yang” (hence the term “Spring Stand”).

In a nutshell:
The Spring Stand marks the seasonal transition from Winter to Spring: it is when the energy of the New Year begins to manifest at its strongest.

So, what does it all mean?

It means that the energy of the previous year is fully exhausted and that on Spring Stand day, the New Year’s new, vibrant energy is going to come in, like a newborn baby.

This is why, if you have done any business with Hong Kong or Asia, you have noticed that the month of January in general is not a good month to start any new business ventures—contrary to us in the West where we love to implement our New Year’s resolutions on January 1.

This is an acknowledgment that the energy globally is exhausted and so what is the point of starting something new now? You might as well just wait until after the Chinese New Year and the Spring Stand when the energy is fresh and vibrant.

But how do we prepare for it to make sure we get the very best out of this New Year’s energy?

Below I have included the 4 main things I recommend for all my clients to do. In addition, this is the perfect time to have a Feng Shui Consultation for your home or office to make sure the New Year will support your living and working environment at its best.

Also don’t forget to attend our Free, Live, 1-Hour Online Webinar Presentation for the 2020 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Rat, on Saturday January 18 at 11 AM, PST. If you have not registered for it yet, you can do so Here.

Here are my 4 key tips on how to prepare your house and yourself to receive the prosperous vibrancy of this New Year:

Go through your house, garage, office, and any building you own and discard anything that is broken or unfixable. Even things you have meant to fix for a long time but have still been left sitting there forever (because you didn’t have the time); they all have to go. And I mean everything: clothing, furniture, bikes, cars, or anything that has just been sitting there collecting dust; either fix it or toss it now. For every one of these broken or unfixable items is holding back a piece of your energy if you let it continue to just sit there. However, the simple act of fixing or letting go of these items will release the quantum particle of your own energy you have left trapped in them. This is a technique to bring more of your own energy back to you.

Ideally, this is the very best time for spring cleaning. Though you may have already done so in preparation of the Holidays, this is a spring cleaning with a purpose. While you are actually dusting off, brushing up, and polishing up things, you are also removing stagnant energy from every room of the house and opening up the space for the life-force of the New Year to come in. I promise you’ll feel the difference immediately!

P.S.: This and tip 1 above are not a martyrdom exercise. You can have a professional organizer, your housekeeper, or your friends and children help out. In fact, often because they are not as attached to the items involved as you are in the process, they may help you move through it all faster and more effectively. The real point is “just get it done” however you can. I also like the Marie Kondo style of house organizing (FYI, just in case you need some inspiration).

Next, redecorate some areas based on the new Feng Shui energy. When I consult with you on your house, I will tell you where the best locations are and where the bad locations are throughout it. This way we can fix or avoid the bad spots and rearrange the furniture so you can spend more time in the good areas instead of the bad ones. In the process, we may also shift some of the furniture from room to room too, so you’ll have a house makeover in addition to an energy makeover. (You will not need to buy new furniture, unless you want to.)

After doing all this work, take a few minutes to sit down and think about people and circumstances in your life that are broken, especially ones that upset you a bit (or a lot) over the past year. Can they be mended? Relationships are not like furniture. Most time it is easier to fix them than replace them. Can you do that? What would it take for you to do that? Holding a grudge into the New Year is a sure way to guarantee the same problem or circumstance will continue on. Could this be a good opportunity to fix what is broken with the relationships involved in your life? No matter how bad things are, if you are willing to make amends and kindly allow others to do the same with you, there is no relationship that can’t be fixed (even if fixing it means finally letting it go). This is especially true if we are late into our years in life; for if there is life, there is still hope. Don’t let it get too late. And what if they don’t want to mend the relationship with you? As long as you have honestly done all you could to mend your side of the fence then there is nothing more you can do. (Just be honest with yourself in the process and make sure you really are doing all you can.)

Why is it so important to fix all these things before the New Year starts? Because the newly arriving energy of the year can either be supportive for you or not supportive. If you are stuck for a whole year with un-supportive energy all things that are precarious in your life—physically, health-wise, and in your relationships—will come back to haunt you. You can bet on that! And there’s nothing better than preventing the drama from happening just by doing these 4 tips.

And don’t forget to attend our 1 hour, Live Online Webinar Presentation on the 2020 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Rat, on January 18 at 11 AM, PST (2pm East, 1pm Central) . The session is Free, but you do need to Register Here to receive the log in link.

Let me know when you’d like to schedule your consultation for the New Year. Since you are cleaning and decluttering your space, you might as well let me tell you how to rearrange your furniture now too for maximum benefit for this New Year! Call me at 310-860-8989 to schedule an appointment. See you soon!

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR HOUSE FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE PIG 2019

January 24, 2019 by Master Simona

Chinese New Year 2019 is the year of the Pig and it is going to be on February 5 (starting sun down the night before), while the “Spring Stand”or Li Chun is on February 4 at 1128 am.

In Feng Shui, the “Spring Stand” is a particularly big deal (based on Seasons Sun’s cycle), even more so than the Traditional New Year (based on Lunar cycle). This is so because the “Spring Stand” is the midpoint between the Winter Solstice (December 21) and the Spring Equinox (March 21). This is the official time when the Yin-ness of winter ends and the Yang-ness of spring begins. Hence the definition: “The end of Yin, the beginning of Yang” (hence the term “Spring Stand”).

So, what does it all mean?

It means that the energy of the previous year is fully exhausted and that on Spring Stand day, the New Year’s new, vibrant energy is going to come in, like a newborn baby.

But how do we prepare for it to make sure we get the very best out of this New Year’s energy?

Also don’t forget to attend my Free, Live, 1-Hour Online Webinar Presentation for the 2019 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Pig, on Saturday January 26 at 11 AM, PST. If you have not registered for it yet, you can do so Here.

Here are my 4 key tips on how to prepare your house and yourself to receive the prosperous vibrancy of this New Year:

Go through your house, garage, office, and any building you own and discard anything that is broken or unfixable. Even things you have meant to fix for a long time but have still been left sitting there forever (because you didn’t have the time); they all have to go. And I mean everything: clothing, furniture, bikes, cars, or anything that has just been sitting there collecting dust; either fix it or toss it now. For every one of these broken or unfixable items is holding back a piece of your energy if you let it continue to just sit there. However, the simple act of fixing or letting go of these items will release the quantum particle of your own energy you have left trapped in them. This is a technique to bring more of your own energy back to you.

Ideally, this is the very best time for spring cleaning. Though you may have already done so in preparation of the Holidays, this is a spring cleaning with a purpose. While you are actually dusting off, brushing up, and polishing up things, you are also removing stagnant energy from every room of the house and opening up the space for the life-force of the New Year to come in. I promise you’ll feel the difference immediately!

P.S.: This and tip 1 above are not a martyrdom exercise. You can have a professional organizer, your housekeeper, or your friends and children help out. If fact, often because they are not as attached to the items involved as you are in the process, they may help you move through it all faster and more effectively. The real point is “just get it done” however you can.

Next, redecorate some areas based on the new Feng Shui energy. When I consult with you on your house, I will tell you where the best locations are and where the bad locations are throughout it. This way we can fix or avoid the bad spots and rearrange the furniture so you can spend more time in the good areas instead of the bad ones. In the process, we may also shift some of the furniture from room to room too, so you’ll have a house makeover in addition to an energy makeover. (You will not need to buy new furniture, unless you want to.)

After doing all this work, take a few minutes to sit down and think about people and circumstances in your life that are broken, especially ones that upset you a bit (or a lot) over the past year. Can they be mended? Relationships are not like furniture. Most time it is easier to fix them than replace them. Can you do that? What would it take for you to do that? Holding a grudge into the New Year is a sure way to guarantee the same problem or circumstance will continue on. Could this be a good opportunity to fix what is broken with the relationships involved in your life? No matter how bad things are, if you are willing to make amends and kindly allow others to do the same with you, there is no relationship that can’t be fixed (even if fixing it means finally letting it go). This is especially true if we are late into our years in life; for if there is life, there is still hope. Don’t let it get too late. And what if they don’t want to mend the relationship with you? As long as you have honestly done all you could to mend your side of the fence then there is nothing more you can do. (Just be honest with yourself in the process and make sure you really are doing all you can.)

And don’t forget to attend our 1 hour, Live Online Webinar Presentation on the 2019 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Pig, on January 26 at 11 AM, PST (2pm East, 1pm Central) . The session is Free,but you do need to Register Here to receive the log in link.

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

YEAR OF THE PIG 2019: FENG SHUI FORECAST

December 6, 2018 by Master Simona

NEW WEBINAR PRESENTATION

2019 YEAR OF THE EARTH PIG

January 26, 2019 at 11 am Pacific Standard Time (2pm East, 1 pm Central)

Description

Chinese New Year is coming up on February 5, 2019

Feng Shui New Year (Spring Stand) is February 4, 2019

Join us for this Webinar presentation with Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk us thru the yearly Feng Shui and Astrology forecast for 2019, year of the Earth Pig. The Earth Pig of 2019 is going to be very different that 2018. Gentle, fun loving Pig is softening the stands and bringing good sense into heated debates.
Do not miss this opportunity to see what the new year has in store for you and how to make the best of it.
Would like to attend but the time doesn’t work for you? No worries, all registered participants will received a link to the presentation recording after the webinar is completed.

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YEAR OF THE DOG 2018: Live Webinar Feng Shui Forecast

December 27, 2017 by Master Simona

Saturday January 20, 2018 – 11am-12 noon

This event is free if you register prior to January 20, 2018. If you cannot attend the live event, a link to the streaming video will be sent to you for playback after the event has completed.

Chinese New Year is coming up on February 16, 2018
Feng Shui New Year (Spring Stand) is February 4, 2018

Join us for this live teleconference with Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk us thru the yearly Feng Shui and Astrology forecast for 2018, year of the Earth Dog. The Earth Dog of 2018 has completely different potential than 2017, or even 2016. Stable, level-headed Dog will slow down the pace and cool the fire of the past two years. Do not miss this opportunity to see what the new year has in store for you and how to make the best of it.
In this class you’ll learn:

– How to find prosperity, career achievement and romance for the year
– How to avoid delay, cancellations and accidents areas for the year
– Buildings that will experience financial troubles and health problems
– What animal signs are going to be luckier in 2018
– What animal signs can have challenges (and how to avoid them)
– Areas of your garden that shouldn’t be moved in this year

Attend this class and find out how you can make the best out of the New Year!

This event will be recorded and a link to the video will be sent to all attendees for later playback, even if you miss the live session.

NOTE: The Login Link to access our virtual classroom will appear on your after-registration page and in an automated email confirming your registration. Look out for either or both. If this is your first time attending an event with us, you’ll be ask to download the screen sharing software when login in. Please answer “yes” when prompted.

Looking forward to sharing with you what to expect from 2018!!

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

YEAR OF THE ROOSTER 2017: Time for the Yearly Update

January 16, 2017 by Master Simona

The Year of the Rooster 2017 is about to start on January 28 and this is the perfect time for a yearly update.

It is different from a Comprehensive Consultation because in that we look at the long lasting, built-in energy of the building, while the Yearly Update is a shorter follow-up consultation designed to address the interaction of the built-in energy with the New Year’s “entering” Qi (Life Force Energy). Hence, the Yearly Update can only be done after a Comprehensive Consultation has been completed. That is why it is a follow-up. These Yearly Updates are usually done once a year, around the time of Chinese New Year to maximize the New Year’s good luck.

Comprehensive Consultations

Each building is like a person whose physical constitution can be strong (and healthy) or weak (and unhealthy). During a Comprehensive Consultation I address all weak aspects and provide recommendations on how to correct these weaknesses. After a thorough analysis of all the building’s aspects, I identify the best element to harmonize each room– one of the 5-Elements and its related colors and materials– and only one for each room.

When the 5-Elements corrections have been put in place, the house’s “permanent” energy has been completely addressed and these corrections are to be considered permanent.

But what happens every Chinese New Year?

The energy of the cosmos shifts just a little bit. This shift can have a major effect on new constructions (or large structural renovations). However, the effects on an already existing building are different.

You can think of it as a change of season for the building, and some years are more favorable than others. Amongst these you have years that bring above-average financial abundance, others that cause money losses and a decrease in income; some years assist in fertility, others cause difficulties in relationships and poor health. Yearly Updates are a big part of Feng Shui and I myself do it rigorously as part of the Chinese New Year preparations, literally to “ring in the good Qi.”

Of course if the building has been previously Feng Shui-ed the adverse effects of these extreme yearly energy changes will be softened anyway. However, many prefer to be on the safe side and have a Yearly Update follow-up at the beginning of each New Year to know ahead of time what to expect and to put any additional temporary corrections in place, if any are needed (and normally these will be repositioned the following Chinese New Year).

However, these corrections are not as extensive as those done during a Comprehensive Consultation evaluation and they usually do not involve things like repainting any part of the building’s exterior or interior or any structural construction (mainly because the Yearly corrections are all temporary).

Usually, during the Comprehensive Consultation session I also provide a complementary Yearly Update for the current year (or upcoming one, if done close to it) and give you all the tools and recommendations needed to successfully enter the upcoming New Year.

Let me know if I can assist you with your house, office, or business with either a Comprehensive Consultation or a Yearly Update for the New Year. Please call us at 310 860 8989 or email us at dr.simona@fengshuiarch.com to set up an appointment in-person or long-distance.

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017: INTRODUCTION TO FORECAST

December 20, 2016 by Master Simona

Join us on January 28, 2017 at 11 am PST

for the full forecast, insights and tips about Chinese New Year 2017, the Year of the Fire Rooster.

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017- YEAR OF THE ROOSTER: FENG SHUI FORECAST – FREE PRESENTATION

December 1, 2016 by Master Simona

NEW!!

LIVE WEBCAST –
YEAR OF THE ROOSTER 2017: FENG SHUI FORECAST

Saturday January 28, 2017 – 11 am -12 noon PST (2pm-3pm EST)

Register here for this event and to receive the login link to the virtual classroom.
NOTE: This webcast will be recorded and the playback link will be emailed to all whom have registered here.

Chinese New Year is coming up on January 28, 2017 and the
Feng Shui New Year (Spring Stand) is February 3, 2017!!

Join us for this live webcast with Feng Shui Master Simona Mainini, Dr. Arch. while she walk us thru the yearly Astrology & Feng Shui forecast for 2017, year of the Rooster. Thou similar in appearance to 2016 (Fire Monkey), the Fire Rooster of 2017 has great potential for new things and things that have been stagnant in 2016 to now move forward. Do not miss this opportunity to see what the new year has in store for you and how to make the best of it.

In this class you’ll learn:

– How to find prosperity, career achievement and romance for the year
– How to avoid delay, cancellations and accidents areas for the year
– Buildings that will experience financial troubles and health problems
– What animal signs are going to be luckier in 2017
– What animal signs can have challenges (and how to avoid them
– Areas of your garden that shouldn’t be moved in this year

Attend this class and find out how you can make the best out of the New Year!

Looking forward to sharing with you what 2017 has in store for us!!

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

Year of the Monkey 2016: How to Prepare for it in the Chinese Calendar

January 27, 2016 by Master Simona

Every year, the Chinese New Year is about a month off from the regular, Gregorian New Year. This year is the year of the Monkey and it is going to be on February 8, while the “Spring Stand” is on February 5.

In Feng Shui, the “Spring Stand” is a particularly big deal, even more so than the Traditional New Year. This is so because February 5 is the midpoint between the Winter Solstice (December 21) and the Spring Equinox (March 21). This is the official time when the Yin-ness of winter ends and the Yang-ness of spring begins. Hence the definition: “The end of Yin, the beginning of Yang” (hence the term “Spring Stand”).

So, what does it all mean?

It means that the energy of the previous year is fully exhausted and that as of February 5, the New Year’s new, vibrant energy is going to come in, like a newborn baby.

But how do we prepare for it to make sure we get the very best out of this New Year’s energy?

Also don’t forget to attend my Free, Live, 1 Hour Online Webinar for the 2016 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Monkey, on February 3 at 11 AM, PST.

Here are my 4 key tips on how to prepare your house and yourself to receive the prosperous vibrancy of this New Year:

Go through your house, garage, office, and any building you own and discard anything that is broken or unfixable. Even things you have meant to fix for a long time but have still been left sitting there forever (because you didn’t have the time); they all have to go. And I mean everything: clothing, furniture, bikes, cars, or anything that has just been sitting there collecting dust; either fix it or toss it now. For every one of these broken or unfixable items is holding back a piece of your energy if you let it continue to just sit there. However, the simple act of fixing or letting go of these items will release the quantum particle of your own energy you have left trapped in them. This is a technique to bring more of your own energy back to you.

Ideally, this is the very best time for spring cleaning. Though you may have already done so in preparation of the holidays, this is a spring cleaning with a purpose. While you are actually dusting off, brushing up, and polishing up things, you are also removing stagnant energy from every room of the house and opening up the space for the life-force of the New Year to come in. I promise you’ll feel the difference immediately!

Next, redecorate some areas based on the new Feng Shui energy. When I consult with you on your house, I will tell you where the best locations are and where the bad locations are throughout it. This way we can fix or avoid the bad spots and rearrange the furniture so you can spend more time in the good areas instead of the bad ones. In the process, we may also shift some of the furniture from room to room too, so you’ll have a house makeover in addition to an energy makeover. (You will not need to buy new furniture, unless you want to.)

After doing all this work, take a few minutes to sit down and think about people and circumstances in your life that are broken, especially ones that upset you a bit (or a lot) over the past year. Can they be mended? Relationships are not like furniture. Most time it is easier to fix them than replace them. Can you do that? What would it take for you to do that? Holding a grudge into the New Year is a sure way to guarantee the same problem or circumstance will continue on. Could this be a good opportunity to fix what is broken with the relationships involved in your life? No matter how bad things are, if you are willing to make amends and kindly allow others to do the same with you, there is no relationship that can’t be fixed (even if fixing it means finally letting it go). This is especially true if we are late into our years in life; for if there is life, there is still hope. Don’t let it get too late. And what if they don’t want to mend the relationship with you? As long as you have honestly done all you could to mend your side of the fence then there is nothing more you can do. (Just be honest with yourself in the process and make sure you really are doing all you can.)

Why is it so important to fix all these things before the New Year starts? Because the newly arriving energy of the year can either be supportive for you or not supportive. If you are stuck for a whole year with unsupportive energy all things that are precarious in your life—physically, health-wise, and in your relationships—will come back to haunt you. You can bet on that! And there’s nothing better than preventing the drama from happening just by doing these 4 tips.

And don’t forget to attend our 1 hour, Live Online Webinar on the 2016 Feng Shui Forecast, the Year of the Monkey, on February 3 at 11 AM, PST.

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

Feng Shui Tips for Chinese New Year 2015

February 17, 2015 by Master Simona

Just a reminder that Thursday February 19 is the beginning of Chinese New Year 2015 (in the Lunar calendar). While the Spring Stand (February 5th) tends to effect the buildings most, the new lunar year will effects mostly people, state of mind and well-ness.

Here are some quick tips on how to attract as much of this new energy as possible.

1) Old, broken or unused got to go: everything in your life that is irreparably broken – objects especially – need to be repaired of discarded. Appliances, clothes, furniture, car, old papers are “breaking” your energy every time you attempt to use it and can’t. So if they cannot be repaired, they need to be replaced with working ones. I know you think is not that easy, but as I am typing this, I am actually clearing all my file cabinets in my office. Easy? No! But it feels great when it is done and you’ll experience your energy raising exponentially as you make your way to the garbage bin.

2) Early Spring Cleaning: after removing any broken or unused object it is time to do a good spring cleaning. I am not going to be to particular about this. If you are very neat and want to do the proverbial toothbrush cleaning go right ahead. If you do not have a time and you want to do a vacuum-dust off cleaning that is fine too. No matter what, as you do it, you are cleaning AND shaking the energy in the space, allowing it to flow more. And because you have make space by getting rid of old stuff, that will have a “vacuum” effect in attracting new 2014 energy to fill up the space. As I am also experiencing it right now, I promise you’ll feel the difference immediately.

3) Rearrange your furniture: Everybody’s house is different. I just turned the room from where I broadcast my classes around to have better concentration with my students this year. As I have explained in my live presentation, different “energy” are going to occupy different areas this year and so you can rearrange the furniture to spend more time in the section of your house with better energy.

Have fun and enjoy bringing in more luck for 2015!

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.https://www.fengshuiarch.com/feng-shui-consultant-services-los-angeles.html

Feng Shui 2015: End of Yin, Beginning of Yang in the Jade Year

February 5, 2015 by Master Simona

Today, February 5 is officially the mid-point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Hence, it is considered the End of Winter and the Beginning of Spring in the Scientific Feng Shui tradition. This is part of the Feng Shui 2015 for the Jade Year.

Now is the time to consult for your houses, offices and business to set them up for maximum benefit in the next year. Since Spring energy is the strongest, it is advisable to take advantage of it as much as possible.

If you already had a consultation with us, this is the time to do a Yearly Update, which is a smaller consultation geared specifically toward this year’s energy.

Full consultations done during the month of February will receive a complementary yearly update as well. Call us at 310 860 8989 to schedule an appointment.

Best wishes for a blissful Jade year!!

3 Feng Shui Tips for Chinese New Year

January 30, 2014 by Master Simona

2014 Year of the Wood Horse

As per my live presentation few weeks ago, Friday January 31st is when the New Chinese Year kicks in. Between then and the Spring Stand (February 5th), the old energy of 2013 will leave completely your house and the new energy, 2014 Wood Horse, will start effecting your life.

Here are some quick tips on how to attract as much of this new energy as possible.

Have fun and enjoy bringing in more luck for 2014!

For more Feng Shui Classes and Courses, please visit our Feng Shui Training Center Here.

For personalized Feng Shui Consultations for your house or business, find more information here.

Last updated by Master Simona at January 17, 2020.