Balance is key to good lighting at home, not only for creating excellent interior spaces; but also for an optimal flow of good Qi. Learn from Joey Yap on getting it right from a feng shui perspective.
Light Effect
Balance, as many would like to achieve in their home, comes from equilibrium of everything - including the lighting. A good source of energy, lighting is one of the main concerns when it comes to balancing a healthy disposition of energy in your living space. Though many may overlook this fact, the lights in your home - both artificial and natural - greatly affect the flow of Qi within the four walls of your personal abode.
As Feng Shui is mainly about achieving balance, as opposed to being an art of furniture positioning (Let's leave that to interior designers, shall we?); it is important for us, the homeowners, to understand that it takes more than just one or two separate parts to achieve an overall effect or result.
Too Much or Too Little
Now, knowing the fact that lighting is important doesn't warrant you the right to fix spotlights at every corner of your house. Remember, balance is everything. Too much artificial lighting in a small enclosed space gives birth to an influx of Yang Qi, which leads to an imbalance flow of energy in the room. Hence, keep it at an appropriate level. If the space is particularly small, keep the lighting at minimum.
Lights could also be deployed as the key in "activating" certain parts of your home. If a sector is found to be strong in Qi, extra lights in that particular area could indicate more activities or usage, which works well if you're thinking of capitalising on the auspicious energy in the sector.
Of Chandeliers and Lamp Posts
If your home décor allows it, chandeliers are actually a classy addition to your dining space or living room. However, perhaps due to its countless pointy edges, chandeliers are no strangers to Feng Shui myths, and the receiving end of many housewives' tales and Sha Qi hearsay. Well, they are not entirely baseless, truth to be told. Occupying the area directly underneath a chandelier for a prolong period of time could lead to an adverse effect, so for study table or bed, do try to do without the chandelier above it.
Apart from security purposes, lighting up your garden or front porch could be good for external Qi flow as well, as long as none of the lamp posts (if you intend to use any) is located adjacent to the front door. Surely, you wouldn't want to construct a negative formation outside your main door, especially one that could cause an obstruction of Qi from entering the property.
Your Best Bet: Natural Lighting
Your house would be in its most ideal state when it is bathed in sufficient warm sunlight all over. Natural lighting brings about good vibe and adorns your abode with an overall "healthier" feel. In the event where you found your accommodation to be lacking in Vitamin D, perhaps adding in more windows would be a good option to allow sufficeitn sunlight to creep in.
Likewise, sunlight must be able to reach the inside of a house through the Main Door. Yin Sha is hazardous to mental health, and it could be derived from a heavily shadowed entrance.
Hopefully, this article is ablt to build a bridge to a more concrete and accurate understanding for the art and appreciation of Feng Shui in your house. Hence, the next time you flick on the switch to the lights, do take note of the "balance" of light sources in your home. If your home is well-lit enough to balance a bright outlook of Feng Shui, surely you're on the right track!
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