What are the feng shui considerations for keeping koi fish?
Chinese people love fish, and traditional folk custom has endowed them with auspicious symbolism, with koi being especially regarded as auspicious. Since ancient times, whether in paintings or auspicious totems, when fish were used for expression, what was painted was always koi. Many people know that keeping a tank of lively, energetic koi has a quite good effect on improving feng shui. Let us now take a look together at what feng shui aspects there are in keeping koi fish!
How many koi fish is best to keep?
According to feng shui theory, generally keeping nine is ideal. In traditional Chinese learning, nine is the supreme and most yang number, carrying extremely noble connotations. In feng shui there is also the saying "three and three never end, six and six are infinite." Six Tancho koi represent "fortune coming continuously," five red-and-white koi imply "five blessings arriving at the door," and in addition, sayings like "three rams bringing peace" and "two dragons playing in water" are also widely circulated. Therefore, koi fish boost feng shui, and keeping three, six, five, nine, or two koi at home is best.
Feng shui placement of koi fish
The greatest function of feng shui fish is to add wealth and prosperity, and only secondarily to dissolve negative energy and ward off evil. Whether in an office or a home, when setting up a feng shui fish tank, the first step is to find the appropriate direction. Only by placing it in the right position can the fish tank elevate to the level of turning one's luck around, rather than merely having the single effect of beautifying the environment. The bright wealth position in a home is generally at the diagonal position. No matter which direction the main door opens, the diagonal line after opening the main door is generally believed to be the bright wealth position of the residence. Placing the fish tank here means it can be seen as soon as the door opens, making it visually striking, and it can also play a role in boosting wealth luck.
Keeping koi fish according to the five elements and zodiac signs
1. Zodiac signs belonging to fire: Among the twelve zodiac signs, the snake, horse, and monkey have birth times belonging to fire, and fire corresponds to propriety. People of fire zodiac signs are mostly successful in their careers, so they easily show sharpness and attract negative energy. Therefore, it is advisable to choose koi with black as the main color to dissolve negative energy and add blessings.
2. Zodiac signs belonging to earth: Among the twelve zodiac signs, the ox, dragon, goat, and dog have birth times belonging to earth, and earth corresponds to trustworthiness. Trustworthiness is the foundation of sincerity. People of earth zodiac signs, because of their trustworthiness, receive help from benefactors, and because of their trustworthiness, accumulate steadily and achieve late success. Therefore, in choosing koi, those bringing great fortune and abundant blessings are the first choice.
3. Zodiac signs belonging to metal: Among the twelve zodiac signs, the rabbit and rooster have birth times belonging to metal, and metal corresponds to righteousness. People of metal zodiac signs, because of this word "righteousness," have a smooth life, but also because of this word "righteousness," have less wealth. Therefore, in choosing koi, wealth-attracting koi are the first choice, to add wealth and receive blessings.
4. Zodiac signs belonging to water: Among the twelve zodiac signs, the rat and pig have birth times belonging to water, and water corresponds to wisdom. So people of water zodiac signs have smooth lives because of wisdom, and because water promotes wealth, their wealth luck flows freely. But excessive prosperity will surely attract misfortune. Therefore, in choosing "feng shui fish" koi, the priority is those that generate harmony, to balance excessive wealth energy.
5. Zodiac signs belonging to wood: Among the twelve zodiac signs, the tiger is the most special, as it is the only zodiac sign belonging to wood, and wood corresponds to benevolence. Benevolence is the first of the ten virtues, and in ancient times it was always linked with the "ruler" of a nation, meaning a benevolent ruler. Therefore, people of the wood zodiac sign have the destiny of emperors and the most prosperous fortune. But things reverse at their extreme, and water overflows when full. Therefore, for this zodiac sign, in choosing koi, the priority is adding blessings, and horizontal wealth or windfall wealth is not suitable.
What taboos are there in keeping koi?
1. It should not be placed in the bedroom: The bedroom is a place of harmony and tranquility. After a whole day of hard work, one needs to rest and recover in a quiet environment. The bedroom needs calm energy; active energy is unsuitable, as it will lower sleep quality and also affect health. If it is a couple's bedroom, it will also affect the relationship between them.
2. Avoid proximity to fire-element objects: A fish tank holds water, and water conquers fire, so water and fire are incompatible. If the fish tank is placed together with fire-element objects, it can easily bring adverse effects on one's fortune. Fire-element items include televisions, rice cookers, electric stoves, and other electrical appliances. Anything that produces heat belongs to fire. If placed together with the fish tank, it will make the energy in the house disharmonious, so they should be placed separately.
3. Avoid directly facing the stove: The stove is a tool for making fire and cooking, and belongs to fire. It should not be placed side by side with the fish tank. On one hand, the heat of the stove is unfavorable to the health of the fish; on the other hand, the water energy of the fish tank will affect the fire of the stove, and then the dishes produced by this stove will affect human health, and the health fortune within the household will also encounter problems.
4. Avoid placing it in an inauspicious position: Fish are living things and represent movement, and the water flow in the fish tank is also movement. If the fish tank is placed in an inauspicious position, it will push and gather the originally immobile negative energy. As the old saying goes, "Energy disperses when riding the wind, and stops when meeting water." This will bring bad luck to the household and cause it to gather together.
5. Avoid placing it below an altar: An altar is used to worship the "deities" or ancestors who protect the household, so its position should be a place that is stable and secure on all sides. If the altar is placed in a place that is empty on all sides and lacks backing support, it is unsuitable.
6. People with weak fire should avoid keeping them: Through a person's birth year, month, and day, one can know the strength or weakness of the five elements in their destiny. If their eight characters have fire that is too prosperous and intense, then they are suitable for keeping koi fish, because the water energy of the fish tank and the fire nature of the eight characters complement each other, thereby achieving balance, which will have a good effect on their fortune. On the contrary, if the birth eight characters show that their five elements are too weak, then keeping fish at this time would mean using great water to extinguish small fire, forming a state where water and fire do not harmonize, making destiny even more bumpy and full of hardships.