Feng Shui from A to Z by Janet Mitsui Brown
The Joy of Birthday Feng Shui – Janet Mitsui Brown
My birthday is this week. Based on the Chinese horoscope I am a Boar, and this year is supposed to be challenging. So, at the beginning of the Chinese New Year in January, I did a special cure to help me deal with the obstacles… And as the year progresses I’m finding all kinds of impediments – nothing serious – and eventually everything works out -- but I’m thankful I’ve done the [...]
Feng Shui and Home – Janet Mitsui Brown
My husband and I are blessed to have a wonderful daughter who works for Google and writes a column for the Huffington Post about being twenty-something in NYC. Her most recent column is about Home – what it means to her right now and what it meant to her growing up. It’s a nice piece, and it got me thinking about Home from my perspective. Age has its advantages – you get to see life from [...]
Feng Shui and Spring Renewal – Janet Mitsui Brown
Here in Los Angeles, spring arrives early. Chinese fortune tellers & feng shui masters often refer to the hsia (solar) calendar and believe it begins about February 4…and sure enough, around that date I see peach blossoms on our peach tree. Our fig tree is starting to bud, and most moving is the wisteria – I see tiny lavender blossoms developing. I am a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist and the [...]
Feng Shui Goes to School – Janet Mitsui Brown
Today was a real feng shui day for me. Let me introduce you to Judy D – a young lady who has been attending my feng shui classes for years. She needed help with her career – she is an elementary school teacher. I visited her home twice and we have been working very hard to balance her home and improve aspects of her life. This past summer she asked me to look at her classroom at her school, [...]
Feng Shui Solar New Year – Janet Mitsui Brown
The solar Chinese New Year used in feng shui starts February 5th, and the lunar Chinese New Year, the traditional Chinese New Year, begins February 10 – and both dates signify a new beginning. the year of the Water Snake! The solar new year – traditionally February 5th, is the date used in Chinese astrology four pillars – Chinese fortune telling & compass school flying star feng [...]
Water Snake Feng Shui – Janet Mitsui Brown
It's January 2013 and I'm enjoying quiet time, preparing for the new year in February. The solar new year -- compass school flying star feng shui - begins February 4 and the lunar new year - the black hat sect tantric feng shui new year - begins February 10. I'm patiently preparing for the changes – for the Year of the Water Snake. Right now, as the year of the dragon [...]
Feng Shui Clearing for the New Year – Janet Mitsui Brown
Akiko M is 90 years old, and she has alzheimers. She’s lived with us for eight years. This past holiday we decided to treat her and ourselves to respite – she went to stay at a special center for a few days while I thoroughly cleaned her room for the new year. It’s been 20 years since my father, Akiko’s husband, was killed in an automobile accident. My mother was 70 at the time, and [...]
Feng Shui – New Year’s Turns – Janet Mitsui Brown
Akemashite Omedetou, Happy New Year Feng Shui Japanese Style! December 2012 is busy…we begin by thanking everyone with holiday cheer, enjoying dinners and get-togethers with friends and family. Shopping and gift giving is continuous, and we make Japanese pickles from a special lady’s recipe as gifts. These are our traditions. Once December 26 arrives, it’s time to take a really deep [...]
Feng Shui Reflections on the Season – Janet Mitsui Brown
We’ve passed through the December 21 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, & the end of the Long Count Mayan calendar. I am happy to celebrate the day after Christmas – there is a full moon tonight and the days will at last be longer again – and our household holiday has been joyful. But, it’s been a sobering December…looking back to Hurricane Sandy, the tragedy in [...]
Feng Shui Yin and Yang Moments – Janet Mitsui Brown
Thanksgiving this year in Los Angeles was amazing. The weather was Southern California warm in all its glory – and to highlight it, my husband and I prepared a wonderful dinner with lots of help from family, and my daughter from New York was here. We prepared dinner, feasted, my daughter worked, and we enjoyed a drive to Ojai for the day. It was a yang moment the last week of autumn. The [...]
