In feng shui, you can tell your home is set up properly when things in your life go right most of the time.
You feel happy when you come home.
You feel well-rested in the mornings.
Everyone in your household is mostly getting along.
Your finances are stable or growing.
You have lots of positive things coming into your life.
And everything is generally okay – natural life cycles happen but for the most part everything seems even-keeled and not too over-stimulated or overly dramatic.
But when your home (or life) is full of negative energy, that can be a symptom of things in your home not being optimally set up according to feng shui.
It can also be a sign of negative predecessor energy (energy that existed in your home or the land your home was built on before you arrived.)
Or negative energy entering and circulating throughout your home for some other reason.
But the point is, any time something feels off, you can fix it!
Let’s go through some of the symptoms of negative energy at home and why they might be happening according to feng shui.
What Causes Negative Energy In Your Home
Things that can cause negative energy in your home are:
Predecessor energy (energy that existed in your home before you got there.)
Energetic patterns. This can be from things like arguments, bringing stress home with you from work or other places, addiction or negative energetic habits, trauma, depression – anything that drags down the energy can cause negative energy to circulate in your home.
Lots of clutter, broken things, or items you hate being kept in your home.
Having lots of people with mixed energy in your home or passing through. Things like parties and open houses can bring mixed energy into your home, including negative energy.
Neglected home maintenance.
Death or illness.
Financial problems. These can be both caused by your home or brought into your home, attracting negative energy.
Missing feng shui bagua areas. These can cause imbalances of energy, especially in the areas of your life where the bagua is missing.
Roommates or house guests.
Bringing in furniture or other home objects that were owned or touched by others.
Doing major remodels or DIY projects that disrupt the energy circulating in your home.
Home repairs or projects being done by others who are coming in and out of your home.
Consuming a lot of negative or disruptive media in your home.
An imbalance of the feng shui elements. Having too much of the fire element, for example, can stir up the energy and cause negative emotions, which feed on themselves and cause more and more irritation and negativity.
Symptoms of Negative Energy In Your Home
You feel uncomfortable.
The number one sign of negative energy in your home is that you feel uncomfortable.
If you feel like you can’t sit still, or you don’t want to be at home, that is a sign of negative energy in your space.
Even if it’s just a slight feeling – don’t ignore it!
It can be really easy to discount our feelings and think we’re making things up – but often we aren’t.
Often it’s a symptom of something even if we can’t fully explain it.
Things are breaking or not working properly.
Are things breaking? Are electronics acting weird? Are light bulbs burning out really quickly?
If you have a lot of things breaking all at once, it can be a sign that something is happening energetically.
Everyone is arguing.
If you’re having a lot of arguments – whether inside or outside of the home, it can be a sign of negative energy in your home.
In feng shui, everything in your home correlates with your life outside of your home. (You can see the feng shui bagua map here to see which areas of your home correlate with the different areas of your life.)
So if your kids are getting into arguments at school, or if everyone is arguing in your home – it can mean something is going on energetically that is dragging down everyone’s energy.
You can’t sleep.
Insomnia, sleep disturbances, or nightmares can also be a symptom of negative energy.
It can also be a sign that your bedroom feng shui is off.
Even if you can’t really explain why you’re experiencing insomnia or sleep disturbances – sometimes our bodies pick up on subtle energy and that comes out when we’re sleeping.
Don’t ignore it!
You’re noticing things you can’t explain.
Are you losing things and you can’t explain why? Are lights turning on or off even when you aren’t in the room? Are things being moved when you know that no one was in your space? Did you find something broken when you know no one touched it?
For example, I had a few days where the energy in my home just felt “off.” I kept finding drawers half open when I knew they’d been closed earlier in the day. …
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