| Trees are important life source and vital | | | | auspicious "dragon" more in control, rather than |
| members of our outdoor community. Often called | | | | the tiger (or right) side of the house. Be sure to |
| "the lungs of the Earth," trees take the carbon | | | | have trees planted on both sides of the house to |
| dioxide that we breathe out and return it to us as | | | | keep the household harmonious. Trees on the left |
| oxygen. They also prevent groundwater run-off | | | | control the husband's anger and trees on the right |
| and soil erosion. It is obvious that trees are a | | | | control the wife's anger. |
| crucial part of our living Earth and treasured | | | | 5. Trees promote growth and good health. Planted |
| members of our landscape family. | | | | on the east side of the house, trees can stimulate |
| Besides being beautiful, they provide us with | | | | personal growth and good health. Select large |
| shade, beauty, and a wonderful place to climb or | | | | hardwood varieties for this side of the house. |
| swing from. Fruit and nut trees give us good | | | | 6. Plant pines for longevity. Want to grow to be a |
| things to eat. On a less tangible level, trees also | | | | ripe old age? Plant pine trees. These are |
| exert a powerful influence on the feng shui of our | | | | considered to be especially auspicious when |
| homes. For this reason, it is important to look at | | | | planted in the east corner of the yard. |
| the trees surrounding your home. What else do | | | | 7. Remove dead trees. Dead or decaying trees |
| trees have to offer us? Let's take a look at the | | | | can draw a tremendous amount of energy from |
| feng shui of trees. | | | | a home. Be sure to remove any dead or dying |
| 1. Trees give excellent support. Planted at the | | | | trees, especially if someone in the home is ill or |
| rear of a house, trees provide important | | | | elderly. |
| "Mountain support" at the rear of a property. | | | | 8. Trees must not touch the house. Any tree |
| Ideally, all homes and businesses are situated on a | | | | touching a house will give the house "yin" energy - |
| lot with a rise at the rear of the property. If this | | | | which is negative energy. Make sure there are no |
| rise is missing, or if the landscape is flat, or if | | | | limbs touching the house. |
| there is nothing taller or larger than your house or | | | | 9. Keep trees away from earth corners. Earth |
| building, vital support can be missing, making you | | | | corners include the SW, NE, and center locations. |
| have to struggle in key areas of your life. This | | | | Strenuously avoid having trees at the center of |
| rear support is a critical element in feng shui. | | | | your lot or home (either in a container or in an |
| Planting a row of 5 trees across the back of the | | | | inner courtyard) as this causes severe financial |
| property can simulate the missing support. | | | | difficulties. Trees planted in the SW corner of the |
| 2. Plant bamboo for the best luck of all. Bamboo is | | | | garden create relationship difficulties and trees in |
| considered a tree although its habit is more like | | | | the NE create educational problems. |
| that of a hedge. At the back of a property, | | | | 10. Use trees to block negative energy. If there is |
| bamboo gives solid support. At the left or east | | | | a view of something that is unappealing, or a |
| side of the property, it gives excellent dragon | | | | church, hospital, or cemetery directly across from |
| energy - considered the best energy of all. At the | | | | your house, plant a row of trees to block the |
| front of the property, bamboo gives very | | | | energy. They can also be planted to block poison |
| auspicious energy for wealth and opportunity. The | | | | arrows created by roads. |
| front is considered its most auspicious planting | | | | 11. Trees must not be planted in front of the |
| location. So, consider potting bamboo to put in the | | | | door. Trees that block a door, block opportunities |
| front of your home! | | | | and promote personal struggles with finances and |
| 3. Flowering trees bring reward. Orange trees are | | | | career. Either remove the tree or if you can't cut |
| believed to bring wealth and are especially | | | | the tree down, then place a gazing ball or mirror |
| beneficial when planted in the SE corner of the | | | | that pushes the tree energy back. |
| garden. Lime trees are also helpful and bring | | | | 12. Plant weeping willows in the water sectors. |
| wealth, particularly to SE facing homes. Lime and | | | | Weeping willows and other weeping plants are |
| oranges planted at the front of the house bring | | | | generally not considered to be good feng shui. |
| great opportunities in the form of wealth and | | | | However, I believe they can be planted as long as |
| advancement. | | | | attention is paid to where they are planted. For |
| Apple trees are believed to promote good | | | | instance, they should not be planted in front of |
| relationships in the home. Plant pomegranates to | | | | the house or there will be problems with career |
| stimulate love - even pregnancy. Planted in the | | | | and constant stress and sadness. They should |
| south, pomegranates and apples can also bring | | | | also not be planted at the rear, as they suggest |
| recognition luck. Plant peaches in the west for | | | | water, and water at the rear of a property is not |
| excellent and lasting children's luck and family | | | | beneficial. |
| happiness. | | | | Instead, plant them where their "fountain" effect |
| 4. Plant trees to raise beneficial chi. If your home | | | | is utilized, such as the SE, N, or E sectors of the |
| or business slopes down on the left side (as you | | | | garden, unless these areas happen to be at the |
| look out of the house) or is low here, trees can | | | | front or the rear of the property. |
| be planted to raise the chi. This puts the | | | | |