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Feng Shui is the Chinese art of living in harmony with your environment, although its followers would argue it is a science. They believe that changing your environment by placing different objects in different places can affect your luck, health, wealth, and happiness.


	The name Feng Shui comes from the Chinese words for wind and water and it has been practised traditionally for thousands of years in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and in Chinese-speaking communities all over the world, but there are similar practices elsewhere. Vietnam has Phong Thuy, Thailand has Hong Sui, and India has Vaastu Shastra. Something similar can also be found in Tibet, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, and Hawaii.


	In recent years Feng Shui has become very fashionable in the West. Many pop stars, film stars, and politicians are claiming an interest. There are even different schools of Feng Shui. In the West the two main schools are: Traditional Chinese Compass School Feng Shui, Black Hat Sect Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui.


	Common to both schools are some symbols. For example, the Pa Kua symbol is considered the most important symbol of Feng Shui. It is an eight-sided figure used as a protective symbol. Many people hang the Pa Kua above their main doors on the outside of their homes to ward off misfortune. The Pa Kua has many other uses in Feng Shui.

Here are some ‘Quick Fixes’ to improve your home's Feng Shui:

1.	Place pairs of ornaments in the South-west of your home to activate the ‘Relationships and Marriage sector’, for example a pair of ceramic ducks.
2.	Place crystals in the North-east of your home to improve the ‘Education sector’.
3.	Hang bamboo flutes from the ceiling to stop negative energy pushing down from rooms above.
4.	Put a fountain or an aquarium in the South-east to enhance the ‘Wealth sector’ and keep fish in it – the best are goldfish. Particularly good combinations of fish are eight gold with one black or two gold with one black.
5.	Keep your toilet seat down and keep plugs in plug holes in sinks and basins to prevent positive energy flushing away.

VOCABULARY

harmony: armonía; environment: entorno, medio ambiente; argue: discutir; wealth: patrimonio, riqueza; elsewhere: en otras partes; fashionable: en boga, de moda; claiming: aduciendo, alegando; eight-sided figure: figura de ocho lados (octógono); to ward off: para impedir, para alejar; misfortune: adversidad, desdicha; quick fixes: arreglos o ajustes rápidos; ceramic ducks: patos de cerámica; bamboo flutes: flautas de bambú; pushing down: que empujan hacia abajo; to enhance: realzar, enriquecer; goldfish: carpas doradas; toilet seat: asiento de inodoro; plugs: tapones; sinks: pileta de cocina; basin: lavabo; flushing away: escaparse.