A Feng Shui Wedding

I was asked by a bride of mine to do a Feng Shui wedding for her. She did not know what it entailed, so I explained to her, as I am going to explain in today's blog.

Feng Shui is also pronounced (Fung Shawy) and meaning wind and water in the Chinese philosophical system that protects people from harm and bad energy. It means harmonizing with your environment. Feng Shui can help you choose the best day for your wedding.

Here are 5 simple tips for a Feng Shui wedding.

• A cream colored gown attracts good luck, lots of bridal shops carry off white or cream/champagne colored gowns that are well suited for a Feng Shui wedding.

• Consider your wedding date ideally, choose a date of the month with the number eight or nine in it or numbers that add up to these. the number eight means love and the number nine means eternity in Chinese tradition. therefore the 18th of the month would be ideal because it adds up to the numbers nine some other dates to consider would be 17th 19th the 28th and 29th.

• Your wedding cake is an especially important element and should not forgotten or overlooked when it comes to Feng Shui. black and white is the perfect balance of yin and yang, but not every bride wants black on her wedding day and that extends to the cake on your wedding day. If there are other methods, there is the Feng Shui number of love so a three tiered wedding cake should be perfect. If you are celebrating your reception outside, you should have a tall cake to celebrate marital growth. If your wedding is inside and the ceilings aren't particularly high, the cake can be shorter. Square cakes stand for a quiet romantic start to a marriage.

• The setup of the reception is very important as well. Round or oval tables are perfect choices and make sure the room is well lit, dark areas hinder the life energy from flowing freely. If you cant shine a light into a dark corner, simply add some Flowers to that area.

• Lets talk about location, normally that is set in stone, if you are having a church wedding for example. No one is going to move the altar to the Northeast corner of the church just because it is the corner for love and marriage. So what do you do? Use color to enhance important areas like this, be sure to place pink flowers in the North east corner. Also to represent the element of fire you can place candles in the Northeast corner to allow the energy to flow in the room by not crowding it in with seating.

Wishing a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to all my followers, clients and friends. May 2014 be all that you desire for yourself.