Feng shui is all about creating an environment in your home that contains supportive energy for your life.
That means you shouldn’t have things in your home that you don’t love, that bring down the energy, or that cause bad vibes.
While most feng shui experts agree that having plants in your home can uplift and cleanse the energy – what about bad luck plants?
Are there bad luck plants in feng shui?
Is it possible to have plants that cause bad luck?
The truth is that EVERYTHING in feng shui depends on how YOU feel about it.
If you have negative thoughts or feelings about an object in your home, then that is the energy that object carries for you.
And that includes plants!
If you feel like a plant is dangerous or has low vibrations, then that plant can bring you bad luck.
Think about the energy in your home like a bank account.
Some things in your home add to your bank account, adding positive energy.
Other things add negative energy, subtracting from your bank account.
If you want to have a surplus of good vibes in your home, you want more positive energy items to be there.
If you are surrounded by things in your home that make you feel good, then your home will feel good!
So while YOUR energy is the most important thing when it comes to bad luck plants in feng shui, it is still true that certain plants have negative energy attached to them.
Let’s go through the most common bad luck feng shui plants.
List of Bad Luck Plants in Feng Shui:
- spiky plants / plants with thorns
- dead or dying plants
- fake plants
- cotton plants
- tamarind (mehendi) and myrtle trees
- babul tree
- crown of thorns (euphorbia milii)
Plants with Thorns or Spikes
Thorns and spikes are called “poison arrows” in feng shui.
They have dangerous energy that points at you, piercing your energy, which drains the good Chi (life force energy.)
The most common houseplants with thorns or spines are cactus plants.
It’s fine to have a few cactus plants in your home, but if you have a home full of them, it’s generally better to keep most of them in your home’s fame and reputation area.
This is the only area of your home that’s ruled by the fire element (the element associated with cactus plants.)
Keeping one or two cactus plants in different areas will be fine, because fire is an important element.
But again, think about it as a bank account — too much fire energy can burn through the energy quickly!
If you LOVE cactus plants, don’t worry!
See this post for more info: cactus and feng shui, and also this post: the feng shui fire element.
Dead or Dying Plants
If you love plants, you’ve probably had a few plant hospitals in your home from time to time!
While it can be okay to have a few plants that you are nursing back to health, sometimes it is better for your home’s energy to replace the dying plants or remove them altogether.
Dead or dying plants carry sad, stale, and stagnant energy.
After all, they are no longer growing and replenishing the energy in your home.
In some cultures, it’s said that dead or dying plants have actually absorbed negative energy in your home, and that’s why they are no longer thriving!
Instead of keeping them, thank the plant for protecting your home and add it to the compost pile or throw it out.
Another way to think about dead or dying plants is – where can you put them in your home where you don’t mind having a little bit of bad luck?
See?
It’s much better to accept the life cycle of the plant and replace it than to let the negative energy accumulate!
Fake Plants
While fake plants aren’t always bad luck feng shui plants, they can get dusty and dirty.
This means they can hold stale, stagnant Chi.
If you have a lot of fake plants in your home, make sure that you clean and dust them often!
And replace them with new ones if they are faded or not in good condition.
Cotton Plants
The cotton bolls on live cotton plants are sharp and can slice or shred your skin.
And fake cotton plants can be hard to clean, so they get dust and grime trapped in their cotton tufts.
This is why cotton plants are considered bad luck in feng shui.
Cotton plants also tend to have negative connotations in modern society, which is also something to be mindful of when it comes to keeping them in your home.
Tamarind
Tamarind trees and myrtle trees are said to hold negative energies and attract evil spirits.
Traditionally, it was considered bad luck to build a home near a tamarind or myrtle tree.
While Western feng shui doesn’t say it’s bad luck to have a tamarind or myrtle tree in your yard, if you follow traditional Vastu practices, you might consider them bad luck.
One thing to remember is that having a tamarind or myrtle tree outside of your home can actually be protective, creating a…
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