Understanding the Bagua Map in Feng Shui is like unlocking the blueprint of energy within your living spaces—a roadmap that guides you towards creating an environment that promotes balance, harmony, and the realization of your life’s aspirations. Derived from ancient Chinese philosophy, the Bagua Map is a powerful tool that divides your home into nine distinct areas, each corresponding to essential aspects of your life, such as wealth, health, relationships, and career. By comprehending the Bagua Map’s principles and learning how to apply them to your living spaces, you embark on a transformative journey towards harnessing the positive energies that surround you.
What is the Bagua Map?
The Bagua Map is a nine section grid based on the compass sections (N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E, NE). Each section has an element, a color and a life aspiration associated with it.
The Bagua Map gives you specific ways to enhance the energy of the life areas that you are looking to bring balance to or manifest new opportunities in. It empowers you to shape your surroundings in alignment with your desires and dreams.
How to Use the Bagua Map
To effectively use the Bagua Map in Feng Shui, it’s essential to grasp its practical applications and how this ancient tool can be a transformative guide for arranging your living spaces.
Step 1: Draw your floor plan
You can hand draw it on a piece of paper or use one of the many free floor plan creation tools available. It doesn’t need to be exact to use the Intentional Bagua Map, however, it needs to be a fairly accurate representation.
Step 2: Divide your floor plan into nine sections
Your floor plan should now have nine boxes over top of it (like the grid below Step 4)
Step 3: Find the direction your front door faces
Stand at your front door facing out (with your back to your home). Use the compass app on your phone (or a real compass if you have one!) to find out what direction you are facing.
Step 4: Apply the directions to your floor plan
In the box that overlaps your front door area on your floor plan, write the direction your front door faces. Continue around the compass directions, writing each direction in the boxes on your floor plan. Note that the center box has no compass direction – it is simply Center.
Congratulations! You now have your divided floor plan with the Bagua Map of your home.
Enhancements for Each Bagua Area
Now that you have your Bagua Map for your home, you can begin to add Feng Shui enhancements to stimulate the positive Chi and manifest your most heartfelt desires. You do not need to do all of these things in each space, you can pick the ones that resonate most for you.
North – Career and Life’s Journey
- Add an indoor water feature or fountain
- Use blues, grays or whites in this area
- Add black obsidian or black tourmaline crystals
- Diffuse bergamot, pine or spruce essential oils
- Place an object that represents your career
- Write a career affirmation and place it in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Northeast – Knowledge and Self-Cultivation
- Add green jade or green fluorite crystals
- Use earth tone paint colors
- Diffuse lemon, peppermint, or rosemary essential oils
- Place an owl in this area, symbolizing wisdom and knowledge
- Great area for a library, meditation space and/or altar
- Place inspirational or educational books
- Place an object that represents your personal growth and cultivation of knowledge
- Write affirmations about your wisdom and intuition and place it in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
East – Family and Community
- Use green paints and decor in this area
- Place live plants and/or plant inspired decor items
- Add rose quartz or aventurine crystals
- Diffuse pine or sandalwood essential oils
- Add photos of family and friends
- Add a family tree or artwork of people holding hands
- Write affirmations about your family and community and place it in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Southeast – Wealth and Prosperity
- Use blue or green paints and decor in this area
- Place live plants and fresh flowers, especially a money tree or lucky bamboo
- Add amethyst or citrine crystals
- Diffuse bergamot or frankincense essential oils
- Write a check to yourself from the Universe for a large sum of money and place it in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen)
- Place an item that represents wealth to you
- Write affirmations about wealth, prosperity and abundance and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
South – Reputation and Recognition
- Place a red decor item in this area
- Add citrine or red coral crystals
- Hang your diplomas or certificates
- Place an object that represents how you share your light with the world
- Write affirmations about sharing your light and what you contribute to the world and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Southwest – Love and Marriage
- Use red, pink, orange or yellow colors
- Add a salt lamp
- Add rose quartz crystals, especially two heart shaped crystals
- Diffuse jasmine, lavender, sandalwood or rose essential oils
- Place an object, statues or artwork that represent love
- Write affirmations on cultivating love and healthy relationships and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
West – Children and Creativity
- Use white, gold, silver, copper and gray colors
- Add citrine or carnelian crystals
- Diffuse lavender, rosewood or chamomile essential oils
- Add artwork of and/or by children
- Add creative artwork or other symbols of creativity
- Place pictures of children
- Add a bowl of fruit to enhance fertility
- Write affirmations for creativity, fertility and/or children and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Northwest – Helpful People and Travel
- Use grays and pastel colors
- Add metal decor such as wall hangings or statues
- Add clear quartz or turquoise crystals
- Diffuse lavender, peppermint or pine essential oils
- Place a globe, atlas or travel books in this area
- Add artwork of places you love to travel to or would like to go
- Add pictures of people who inspire you
- Write affirmations for attracting supportive people and/or travel into your life and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Center – Health and Self Love
- Use earth tone paint colors
- Add citrine crystals, one for each person who lives in the house
- Diffuse pine or sandalwood essential oils
- Keep a bowl of fresh fruit or vase of fresh flowers in this area
- Hand an amber crystal
- Write affirmations for health and well-being and place in this area (it doesn’t have to be seen). Read more on Feng Shui affirmations here
Enjoy the Journey
The Bagua Map in Feng Shui is more than just a symbolic map; it is a profound tool that empowers you to shape your surroundings in alignment with your intentions and desires. By understanding the Bagua’s principles and applying them thoughtfully to your living spaces, you embark on a journey of self-discovery, balance, and personal transformation. As you harmonize your environment with the energies represented by the nine areas of the Bagua Map, you create a space that not only reflects your true self, but also supports your goals and aspirations. So, whether you seek to enhance your career, improve relationships, or manifest abundance, the Bagua remains a valuable companion on your path to a more balanced and fulfilling life. Embrace its wisdom, and let your living spaces become a canvas where your dreams and intentions flourish.
