Mirror placement can have negative consequences

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This article was published 26/01/2019 (2545 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

So I’ve got a new thing — it might actually be that rare disorder called “binge mirroring.”

Of late, I’ve been adding more mirrors to this humble old abode than probably your average person would consider “normal.” Yeah, well, normal can be boring.

And no, I don’t hang mirrors to admire myself in. I’m not Donald Trump, and I wish he wasn’t either.

I like mirrors because they add the feeling of space to a room, depth on an otherwise flat non-reflective wall and they move light around. If you put one on a wall by a lamp, it brightens the room better. I’ve placed a couple to do just that.

No question, every home should have a full-length mirror for that final check before leaving the house. Might stop you from going out with your fly open or wearing just one earring. Whatever.

What I didn’t know about mirrors is there are rules, feng shui rules, for hanging them in the right place, or risk possible negative consequences.

Feng shui, you’ll remember, according to Wikipedia (and it, like me, is never wrong) is also known as Chinese geomancy, and is a pseudoscience originating from China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment.

OK.

So as not to accidentally compromise the health of my house energy, I did a little digging for a look at some of the rules, and got a pretty good heads-up from a site called Feng Shui Nexus, where they offer 21 feng shui mirror placement rules and tips for your home.

I do not have room to list them all here, so let’s go to straight to No. 1:

“The wealth area of a house can be hard to find, but one’s wealth ‘vault’ is easy to identify. The dining room represents this ‘vault.’ It represents one’s capacity to hold wealth. With that said, the MOST suitable place for mirrors is your dining room. It increases the size of your vault and your ability to hold wealth. Think of this as the size of your purse and how much money you can put in.”

Glad to hear that, because I just put up a nice, old mirror in my dining room. Now, I just have to get out there and earn some cash to put in my newly expanded vault.

I’d probably make a good “greeter,” or maybe it’s time to write that book. We shall see.

The list of 21 offers numerous positive suggestions for placing your mirrors, but also where NOT to hang them. Let’s check out a couple of those, much more entertaining. Apparently, it’s not at all healthy to have a misplaced mirror.

The bathroom for example. Rule No. 7: mirror facing toilet spreads negative Qi — Qi being the life force that every person and thing has.

Rule No. 7 informs: “the toilet is said to produce negative Qi because of its purpose.”

Negative Qi is an ancient term, and I’m thinking the version of it they’re referring to in the toilet context has since been solved with the invention of the electric fan, so I’d say hang the bathroom mirrors facing any way you like. We’re good.

Rule No. 8, however, could be a problem. The bedroom. “Having mirrors in the bedroom is not a bad thing, but the mirror shouldn’t face the bed.” What? Sure, a ceiling mirror might fall, but be forewarned that those even just facing the bed might not only cause, “bad dreams and restless nights,” but also “perhaps bring a third party to your relationship, and even threaten soul stealing!”

Wow! That’s harsh! Mirror, mirror OFF the wall, till we find the right place to put you. Just when you thought the world was scary enough.

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