Feng Shui & Your Car
Did you know that your car is totally Feng schway-able? All you have to do is orient it so that one of the ever-changing mouth of chi pathways is aligned with the driver's side and away you go. This is one of those things that I rarely get to share during in-person consultations so I thought it would make a great topic for this month's newsletter. I know my car diagram is quite hilarious (see below) but it could be worse, trust me!
Since all cars in the United States enter on the left hand side, we will always place the bagua at that starting point. In BTB Feng Shui, the mouth of chi changes with the placement of the doors, but in a car, the only time the mouth of chi changes is if you drive on the right side (see diagram below). Now, if you are looking at the diagram below, you may be confused as to why the mouth of chi for the UK version is in the #6 rather than the #4. Trust me, that one made my brain hurt too! For now, let's just focus on the US version. For simplicity's sake, I didn't add the doors for passengers, but it stands to reason that if a passenger isn't driving, than the mouth of chi for them will be different than that of the driver's.
One of the other reasons I wanted to share this information about using the bagua on our cars is because it can give us insight if we do happen to have a fender bender. Case in point, about a year ago, I was backing up to a gas pump at a very crowded and narrow gas station and I slowly dented a small section of my back right bumper. 🤦🏽♀️ It was pretty easy to see that I had dented the area that was in the #2 or Relationship section of my car. At that time in my life, I was struggling with my relationship to my body and to food and learning to clear old patterns around both. I am not surprised that this energy manifested itself in my car, which is an external expression of our internal lives. This is true for our homes as well.
"Our homes and our cars are an external expression of our internal lives."
Here's another example, several years ago, I was backing out of an icy driveway on a hill and tapped the frozen bumper of a car parked on the street. Using the bagua, I knew immediately that I hit that car in the #6 or the Service & Helpful People area. That one happened during covid and it was a time when we were all struggling to figure out our gifts of service in the world so it makes sense.
If you are someone who doesn't regularly bang into inanimate objects, you can still learn about yourself through this process. For example, the glove box is typically going to fall into the #4 or Prosperity. What do you store in that area? Bills, outdated items, trash? Or something supportive, like the owner's manual? Where does the clutter land when you are busy living your life? Is it nice and tidy and always organized or do you frequently lose things in your car? Do you have burned out light bulbs (ha, my auto-correct tried to make that "life" bulbs and I think that fits as well).
Now that you know a little something about placing the bagua on your car, what can you learn about yourself, your car and your ever-changing areas of growth and change? This is a tool for self-analysis, so go on a scavenger hunt and have some fun with it!
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