Do you wonder sometimes how easily a bright colored flower manages to cheer us up? Or how we sometimes get gloomy looking at a dying plant? Plants, flowering plants and flowers have a particular significance in Feng Shui, whether used in their original form, or in decorations, works of art or sculpture. Feng Shui emphasizes the need to live in harmony with nature; hence the presence of plants and flowers within our living environment helps to bring in the positive chi (energy) for prosperity and good health.
According to Feng Shui, fresh or living plants have a powerful influence on us; however, they must be tended to carefully and with love. They exert a positive influence when they are alive and flourishing, but when they wilt or dry, they start having a negative effect.
Large Plants:
These are not only used for their symbolic or psychological impact, but are powerful living embodiments of the "wood" element. Large Plants can be very useful when placing around the house as they can soften the negative impact of sharp corners and angles of a room thus negating the "poison arrows" and bringing balance and harmony.
Flowers:
In every culture, flowers have a very special place. They have the power to cheer the down-at-heart and bring reverence to religious ceremonies, brightness to a home and joy to those who love nature. Flowers can be placed anywhere in the house. They bring in positive energy to one's home and life. However, they must be kept fresh and well tended, and discarded if they show signs of decay.
Bamboo:
Bamboo is used in Feng Shui a symbol of growth either in career, education or just general overall growth in life. It is famously flexible and enduring, bamboo is a symbol of an ability to move with the times and bend with the prevailing winds.
Small bamboo plants when kept in homes or workplaces in correct direction will help to generate growth in all aspects of life. They will also protect the residents from unseen forces.
Lotus:
Beloved flower of the Buddha, the lotus is a beautiful flower that blooms in swamps and muddy pools. It is the symbol of creation or renewal and of the search for spirituality.
In Feng Shui it can be regarded as a symbol of triumph over adversity. When placed in homes, it will encourage the occupants to fly the nest and seek their fortune. It encourages quarrellings couples to settle their differences and love to blossom once again. It encourages the occupants to aim high and strive for great achievements in career, study, fame or finance respectively.
Orchid:
A combination of rarity, uniqueness, strangeness and exclusivity makes the orchid a flower symbolizing good taste, class and romance. But the orchid's influence is like a rare and very strong spice, which if used in excess, fails.
Too many orchids in the living environment can influence the occupants to turn snobbish, seeking only the strangest, exclusive pursuits and looking down upon one-time friends. If used in moderation, it will bring in suitors for the unmarried and marital happiness for those already married.
Rose:
Rose, a popular symbol of romantic love. But remember most roses have thorns, for love can bring anguish and injury to the heart. Placed in homes, it will bring good fortune to the occupants and promote love within the family.
Pine:
The pine tree flourishes even during the cold winter months, hence it is regarded as a symbol of renewal and the promise of spring.
It is said to be a symbol of faithful marriage (because pines are supposed to grow in pairs) and is also believed to bring in true friendships that will last throughout life
These are examples of some plants and flowers which symbolize love, happiness and growth, if used in correct way and placed in right spaces around homes; we can reap all positive benefits these beautiful creations of god can provide.
