How to Use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui

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By Christina Jordan
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Want to know how to use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui? Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement, uses certain objects called Feng Shui cures to enhance the flow of positive life force energy called chi in your home. Lucky Bamboo is one of the most popular Feng Shui cures, but it is only an effective Feng Shui cure when it is placed properly in the home and cared for well. It is easy to know how to use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui if you follow a few simple steps.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Rocks
Glass vase or ceramic vase with coin
Red ribbon

Step 1

Bamboo towers represent becoming better in life.

First, it's important to choose the right amount of Lucky Bamboo to display in your home or office. The number of Bamboo stalks you use depends upon what kind of luck you want to invite into your life. Two Bamboo stalks represent a couple, so this amount of Bamboo should be used for luck in love. Three stalks bring happiness, wealth, and longevity. Six stalks will bring luck and prosperity. Seven stalks of Bamboo can bring good health. Eight is a very lucky number in Feng Shui, and displaying eight stalks of Bamboo will symbolize growth. The dramatic arrangement of ten stalks represents completeness and perfection. Bamboo towers also have a special meaning; they represent "climbing" such as seeking a promotion at work.
Step 2

The placement of the plant within your home or office also counts if you want to use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui. The Eastern section of your home or desk represents family in Feng Shui, so you will want to place a Bamboo plant with three stalks in this area. If you want to invite wealth into your life, the plant should be placed in the wealth area of your home, located in the Southeast, to activate that energy.
Step 3

To use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui, the plant must represent all five elements.

It's not simply enough to have lucky bamboo in your home if you do not outfit the plant with components representing each of the five elements. To use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui, the plant must represent all five elements of Feng Shui: earth, fire, metal, water, and wood. The bamboo stalk itself represents the wood, and the water it is grown in obviously symbolizes the water. But to represent earth, you must grow the bamboo in rocks. To be sure that your plant also represents metal, choose a ceramic vase that has a coin on it or a simple glass vase. Either glass or the coin in your ceramic vase represent metal. Finally, tie a red ribbon around the vase to represent the fire element. (See tips section below on how to cut red ribbon.)
Step 4

Keep your Lucky Bamboo plant healthy by avoiding exposure to direct sunlight.

While Lucky Bamboo is generally very easy to care for, you must not neglect it. To use Lucky Bamboo for Feng Shui, you must care properly for the plant. If the plant withers, it will no longer represent luck. In fact, it will be unlucky if it dies or ails. Care for your plant by keeping clean, fresh water in the vase. Water quality will influence the look of the plant, so be sure to use filtered water as excess minerals in tap water can turn the plant yellow or brown. Maintain the level of the water at one inch above the bottom of the stalks. The plant also prefers indirect sunlight and room temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees.