What are the key points and precautions for keeping fish?
Feng shui theory says "mountains govern nobility, water governs wealth." From the perspective of feng shui, water is wealth, and fish and water coexist, so the idea of keeping fish is becoming more and more popular. It can enrich life, cultivate character, improve the environment, please the eye, and also boost wealth luck and dissolve negative energy. Let's take a look below at what the key points of keeping fish are!
What color fish should you choose to keep?
The color of the fish also affects wealth luck. In feng shui, the colors that have the power to attract and boost wealth are gold and white, because gold and white belong to the metal element in the five elements, and metal can generate water. The fish colors with weaker wealth-attracting power are green, cyan, yellow or brown, because green and cyan belong to the earth element in the five elements, and yellow and brown also belong to the earth element; wood drains water, earth controls water, which is unfavorable to wealth luck. In addition, red belongs to the fire element in the five elements, and water and fire are incompatible, so it is not advisable to keep red fish.
How many feng shui fish is good to keep?
The number of fish kept for feng shui has different meanings. Unlike the ornamental fish we keep, where keeping many does not matter, the number of fish kept is generally determined by the five elements of the household's residents, and this is the best method. Keeping one, four or six fish can boost wealth and supplement luck; keeping two, three or five fish is unfavorable to wealth luck; keeping seven, eight or nine fish also has auspicious meaning. Seven belongs to fire, and water and fire are incompatible, but there is also the sentiment of mutual generation; eight belongs to earth, earth can control water, and because eight white is the Left Assistant Star, it can serve as an auspicious star; and nine belongs to purple fire, which is also an auspicious star and can boost wealth.
What are the key points of keeping fish?
1. The fish tank should not be too tall or too short. If it is too tall, then whether sitting or standing there is the threat of water overwhelming the head, which means more danger than safety; if it is too short, not even reaching the knees, then the feet tread on nothing and it has no effect at all.
2. The fish tank should not be placed below deity statues. Placing a fish tank below any deity statue is unsuitable, especially below the God of Wealth or Guan Gong, as that is "the upright deity entering water," and there will be places where wealth is broken.
3. The fish tank should not directly face the kitchen stove, as this is called "water and fire clashing and shooting," which mostly damages health luck.
4. Do not place implements belonging to the mutually controlling five elements (fire, earth) or items in mutually controlling directional colors beside the fish tank, especially red ones, as this is fire and will reduce the fish tank's effect.
5. For the choice of fish tank, round ones or aquariums are mostly preferred, so that square and round take form and comply with rules. Generally, unconventional fish tanks are not used, especially oddly shaped ones that look like artworks; a goblet shape is also bad.
6. If you keep fish in an aquarium, open the lid on top of the aquarium fully or halfway. If there is only one small ventilation hole on the fish tank, then that small hole is the only place where water vapor can rise upward. Ask yourself, how can this kind of feng shui take effect? Therefore, when keeping fish, everyone must remember that the fish tank must have no lid to truly count as a water pool and only then can it take effect.
The relationship between Chinese zodiac signs and keeping fish
1. Rat: The feng shui fish is "Auspicious and Wishes Fulfilled." This fish has a layer of ink-like markings over red and white patches, and there are also black patterns on the red patch on its head. People born in the Year of the Rat, because they occupy the first position in the birth cycle, inevitably encounter loss of wealth and negative energy. Red and white are the true colors of koi, and black in feng shui also has the effect of blocking negative energy. Therefore, this kind of koi can block negative energy externally and gather harmony internally, making it a suitable choice to keep the Rat sign smooth and peaceful throughout life.
2. Ox: The feng shui fish is "Threefold Koi." This fish has red and black markings on a white base, a red patch on the head but no black patch, and black stripes on the pectoral fins. In feng shui there is the saying of the threefold not declining. Thus this koi, with white, red and black interspersed, gathers fortune, prosperity and longevity together. The red patch on top is great fortune, most suitable for people of the Ox sign to achieve everything and enjoy long-lasting fortune and prosperity.
3. Tiger: The feng shui fish is "Adding Splendor to Brocade." This fish is the authentic koi, with a white base and red patches all over the body, without other colors mixed in. People born in the Year of the Tiger, because they have the fate of an emperor, have overly strong righteous energy and are not suitable for ordinary feng shui fish, as they easily overcome the fish. Therefore, only authentic koi and the fate of an emperor can bring out the best in each other and mutually generate and sustain each other, exactly matching the wonderful metaphor of adding splendor to brocade.
4. Rabbit: The feng shui fish is "Gold and Jade Filling the Hall." This fish is a koi that is all one color of golden yellow over the whole body. When the fish's color is gold, it belongs to the metal element in the five elements, and metal can generate water, so its wealth-attracting power is relatively strong. This koi is true gold color, so its wealth-attracting ability is the strongest. Keeping this koi can improve both primary wealth and windfall wealth luck, to make up for the Rabbit sign's fate pattern of little wealth.
5. Dragon: The feng shui fish is "Five Blessings Arriving at the Door." This fish has a light blue or dark blue back, white outer edges on the scales, and red on the cheeks, belly and bases of the fins. In feng shui, when the fish's color is blue, it belongs to the water element in the five elements, and water can strengthen water, so its wealth-attracting power is also very strong. The Dragon is originally born of water, so naturally it flourishes when meeting water and gains fortune when encountering water. Thus this koi can use the momentum of water to add fortune and draw in benefactors, helping one rise rapidly in youth, and can also use water's wealth-attracting power to offset a fate of losing wealth in middle age.
6. Snake: The feng shui fish is "Auspicious Luck Enduring Long." This fish has white markings or all-yellow markings on a black base. Black in feng shui has long had the effect of "blocking negative energy," and most people use it facing the direction of negative energy to collect and block it. People of the Snake sign have the strongest career luck and fame-and-profit luck among the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, and also the heaviest negative energy. This "negative-energy-blocking koi" is most suitable for the Snake sign to collect and block negative energy and supplement the harmony and auspiciousness it lacks.
7. Horse: The feng shui fish is "Wealth and Honor in Abundance." This fish has red and white patterns on a black base, black patches at the bases of the pectoral fins, and must have a large black patch on the head. This kind of koi uses the large black patch on top to kill negative energy. Generally speaking, it is favorable to windfall wealth. Many so-called "side-door" industries with high risk but thick profit, such as mahjong parlors and nightclubs, like to keep it. Thus the Horse sign can use the momentum of side doors to make wind and move water, helping achieve great things in later years.
8. Goat: The feng shui fish is "Great Fortune Arriving." This fish has a round red patch on top of its head, while the fish body has no red patches. Those who possess this fish can receive help from benefactors, have smooth paths to wealth, ultimately achieve great things, and enjoy respected status and power, with momentum surging to the sky. Using this fortune-boosting koi to supplement luck draws benefactors to help and pacify calamities, achieving great things.
9. Monkey: The feng shui fish is "Bright Prospects." This fish is a koi with black markings on a red base. This koi uses red as its base; red is an auspicious color in feng shui, and adding black markings to remove negative energy means advancing a thousand miles at one go, sweeping away obstacles like splitting bamboo, and attaining high status and renown, with wisdom, strategy and power all gathered in one person. Moreover, people of the Monkey sign are good at socializing, and this fish carries luck with red, which can help them call friends and draw in benefactors, opening mountains when seeing mountains and opening water when seeing water, and they will surely achieve great things.
10. Rooster: The feng shui fish is "Gold and Jade Offering Gifts." This fish is a koi that is chrysanthemum-golden yellow over the whole body. Using metal to generate water enhances wealth-attracting power, but because the Rooster has a fate of losing wealth, it is not suitable for the windfall wealth luck brought by true metal. The gold attached to this koi's scales can both attract wealth and avoid excessive wealth attraction that causes even greater loss of wealth.
11. Dog: The feng shui fish is "Vastly Opening Wealth Sources." This fish is a koi with silver scales over the whole body. In feng shui, silver attracts wealth, and adding water can also attract wealth, so this fish is the only choice for gathering wealth and adding fortune. People of the Dog sign who obtain this fish can meet benefactors amid vast wealth sources, helping them advance and retreat freely, gain utility, fame and honor, and fulfill their ambitions throughout life.
12. Pig: The feng shui fish is "Harmony and Four Auspicious Beasts." This fish is a scaleless carp with markings of more than two colors on its body. This kind of koi has intricate markings but no specific color pattern, just as the eight trigrams' yin and yang revolve while remaining true to the source, exactly matching a saying in feng shui: "Favor revolution, avoid direct clash." Thus it exactly suits the Pig sign's high fortune, using revolution to turn overly strong wealth luck into auspiciousness.