Through observation and experience, we discovered feng shui mistakes that exist and affect the house you live in.
Here, we select the basic feng shui errors you can correct to enhance your prosperity and support your financial development.
1. Gate with crossbar or dome
The gate is significant in the overall look of your house and garden. The wrong construction and repair will lead to bad results for the homeowner.
With the gates built with horizontal bars, it can be seen as taboo in Vietnam. It’s because if you consider the house as the face, a horizontal bar stands in front of you, obstructing the view. It blocks wealth, fame, and career development.
Expand with the meaning of the house gate to reference to village gates. Most Vietnamese villages have built greeting gates, called the village gates. A village gate has a horizontal bar, limiting the height.
Let’s think if there’s something a little high to transport, then there’s the limit of the gate. It does not create openness in life and invisibly affects people’s psychology and thoughts, being framed and not open-minded.
As a workaround, removing the horizontal bar will create interference between heaven and earth, connecting people and heaven and earth more easily. The air circulates endlessly, and blessings are abundant.
2. Narrow gate
The Vietnamese have a saying to set up the living area: The house is tall, and the door is wide. The door belongs to the house, meaning the gate belongs to the whole house and garden. So, the house gate must also be wide to create ventilation.
However, the gate must not be wider than the width of the house or the land plot. Its wider length is a negative thing in outdoor feng shui. You notice that the gate is wider than the house and the land block in the case of a building without a gate.
The house must have a gate, and no gate is not good. The gate does not need to be built solidly and majestically. You need to arrange a clear path to enter the garden or house. When you feel a way like a gate, it’s okay. Also, there may be no need for gate doors or a fence; you just need to arrange a clear path, considering the gate.
Back to the problem: why is the gate not big enough to be a taboo in Vietnam?
When the gate is too narrow, it creates a feeling of constriction for homeowners and people living in the house.
According to feng shui, when the gate is narrow, the amount of air circulating in and out is not large enough to create ventilation and help good luck for the homeowner.
When the gate is narrow, it is difficult for you to get in and out of the vehicle, making vehicle drivers feel frustrated. Since then, the owner or family members do not like to move in and out of the small gate or become nervous about doing so, which is a big problem.
Also, you need to check the gate first when you recognize that no one likes to come to your house.
3. Too high floor foundation
The first-floor foundation is too high compared to the street and the sidewalk, which is the most common feng shui mistake in most townhouses in Vietnam.
How is it high? When you stand outside looking at the house, you have a feeling of precariousness – that is high. Or, the medium-height person standing outside the house is not as tall as your chest when you stand inside – that’s a tall floor foundation.
However, this height is sometimes unpredictable; just one step into the house is already high. Only practice can prove it.
Why is the high floor considered a feng shui error?
When the floor is high, although the homeowner feels dry and airy, unfortunately, outsiders do not want to enter the house because it seems the resistance to stop their foot from entering.
It is an unlucky thing for users of premises for business. When customers don’t want to come in, what else is there to discuss? Sell to whom?
The foundation low enough will create a feeling of closeness and strong communication between inside and outside your house. The balance of the floor height is the beginning of development and business success for a store or restaurant.
On the contrary, it should be noted that the floor of the house should not be lower than the pavement and road surface.
Many people argue, what about flooding? My house will be flooded if I don’t build a high foundation.
That is an issue that needs to be resolved immediately. Flooding is not every day. If you find it inconvenient to be in a flooded place, then move to another place. Making the house floor high causes moving in and out to be difficult, business is not favorable, even making you bankrupt.
>> Please see more: Bad Feng Shui in a House.
4. Covered porch
Awnings are common in Vietnam. Especially in hot and rainy places, many people add covered porches to cover their yards from rain and sun.
However, the awning is an obstacle to block good luck for the homeowner, according to feng shui. If the porch is good, the house designer often draws it into the drawing plan before. If you look closely, not many designers draw the awning that covers the yard.
If you consider the house as your face, this awning is like a cap always hiding your pretty face. Right? One thing is sure a person never wears a cap 100% of the time, but if your house has a covered porch, it will wear “the cap” all the time.
When there is a covered porch, your door will lack light. Although it feels cool, yin qi gathers more, so there is no balance of yin and yang.
Because of the loss of yang qi, the householder can become irritable, angry, and easily irritated. These weaknesses hinder the development of relationships and business, and it is easy to have problems at work.
The solution to this problem is quite simple: remove the roof and return natural light to the main entrance of your house. Pay attention to cutting down tall trees if they cover the main door.
Another choice is to design the roof of the yard higher, which can create good light and air for the house, typically for the main door.
5. Roof corner facing the street
Sharp corners are harmful, creating an unfriendly feeling. Therefore, sharp corners on the roof should be handled with care. Except for unique cases where construction is required, it is not advisable to build a house with a roof corner facing the street. That is, one head of the main beam turns to the street.
With the small width of the land, creating many narrow houses in Vietnam, plenty of owners choose roof corners straight to the roads. Outsiders will not feel friendly.
According to feng shui, the sharp angle of the roof creates dangerous air, affecting the homeowner. So, unlucky things are easy to occur.
Let’s make the front of the house like a smiley face. Imagine that when the roof juts out, creating a sharp angle like a closed mouth. The roof is horizontal, like a smiling mouth. Do you prefer cheerful or grimace?
The handling is hard for the houses in the style of the roof corner facing the road. The repair requires a redesign, reasonably covering the sharp corner.
The common outdoor feng shui mistakes for houses are listed above to help you pay attention to avoid or correct them. Then, you can open the comfortable air for the living space, yourself, and your family.
Besides, correct outdoor feng shui can welcome a flow of positive energy, bring happiness at work, and attract luck in life.
