If you have been thinking of creating a wealth vision board, how about incorporating feng shui elements and pictures into it? There are many feng shui symbols for wealth, luck and prosperity. We can see them in huge display at shopping centers and stores this time of the year.

(A feng shui wealth vision board featuring images of a laughing Buddha, the word “fu” for prosperity and koi fish.)

If you don’t already know, Chinese New Year celebrations start this weekend and last for a period of fifteen days. Decorations in red, gold and yellow and sweet delicacies that promise to melt prosperity in your mouth are being sold aplenty!

While I am no feng shui expert, I do have some very basic knowledge of the symbols used. After all, I was brought up in an environment decorated with Chinese antique furniture, auspicious paintings and mythical statues for wealth and well-being. Just this morning, I decided to make use of what I know, plus some research and creative skills, to demonstrate how we can create a feng shui vision board.

What is Feng Shui?

According to About.com, “Feng shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure the health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.”

Feng means wind and shui means water. Good feng shui means good luck and bad Feng shui means bad luck. Feng shui is based on a Taoist understanding of nature and qi (energy), and the harmony between yin and yang.

8 Feng Shui Symbols for Wealth Vision Board

(A pot of money plant and statue of Laughing Buddha sits on a table in my home)

Here are some symbols or images to represent good fortune that you can use for your wealth vision board….

1. Laughing Buddha. The laughing Buddha (see picture above) is my all-time favorite symbol. I cannot help smiling whenever I look at it! Its chubby looks and large earlobes (to represent wealth) is absolutely endearing! The laughing Buddha is sold in many Chinese antique or feng shui shops. Apparently, you receive extra wealth points if you get one featured with gold ingots!

2. Prosperity. The chinese word for wealth or “fu” is often posted upside down on the front door of a home. The upside down fu when spoken in Chinese is “fu dau” which also means wealth arrived.

3. Fish. The word “fish” (or yu) in chinese represent excess. Choose the koi fish as a symbol of abundance. I enjoy watching koi swim. There is much grace and fluidity in the fish’s movements. And every koi is unique in its color, shape and size. The gold or bright orange ones are a hot favorite to represent wealth. A picture alternative to the koi is the goldfish. Select images of three gold fish in a bowl or eight koi carp to invite good fortune into your home of business.

4. Flowing Water. Waterfalls represent flowing energy of abundance. My parents have a large Chinese painting of a beautiful waterfall in their living room. If you cannot find pictures of waterfalls that you like, images of moving water will also do!

5. Money Plant. Consider having money plant indoors! Money plants are very easy to grow. At least in tropical climate. They flourish with little care! Be sure to trim away brown leaves. Any signs of death or ill health is considered bad luck! If you do not have money plants, then find pictures of them to paste into your vision board!

(Feng shui wealth vision board with words “prosperity growth” or “fan rong”, water symbols, a chest of gold coins and pot of lucky bamboo)

6. Gold Coins. Nothing beats a picture focus of a treasure chest overflowing with gold coins! During the Chinese New Year period, when you give three gold coins tied with red ribbon, positive feng shui is created for both the receiver and giver! Six gold coins is also considered lucky!

7. Lucky Bamboo. I like the appearance of the soft green leaves of the bamboo plant. Bamboo plants represent wealth and prosperity as well as longevity and good health. They are easily available nowadays. You can consider having a pot of lucky bamboo on your office desk even! Lucky bamboo enjoy warmer temperatures of between 65ºF and 90ºF. Do not place the plants in front of air conditioning or heating vents, however.

8. Fu Lu Shou. The Fuk Lu Shou (also known as Three Star Gods) is a well favored symbol with businessmen, executives and high ranking government officials. They also appear in many chinese holdholds as they represent the integration of: Happiness/Descendants Luck, Power/Success/Prosperity and Longevity/Health. The picture I have is a wood carving of the Fu Lu Shou I have at home. Most Chinese prefer them in ornate statues though.

Colors For Feng Shui Wealth Vision Board

Pick rich colors to represent wealth. These include bright yellow, gold, red, purple and green.

Digital or Cut-and-Paste Vision Board

The vision boards I created here are all made with my photoshop software for illustration purposes. However, you can just as easily spend some time flipping through magazines for pictures to cut and paste.

Where to Place Your Feng Shui Vision Board

The following 4 feng shui placement tips came from Marie Diamond and are featured from the Vision Board book:

1. Always place your feng shui vision board somewhere where you can see it, in your office, your bedroom or your living room.

2. Place your feng shui vision board where there is beautiful energy; definitely not in your cupboard or bathroom.

3. Have your feng shui wealth vision board in a place where there is life and action.

4. Be sure to place your feng shui wealth vision board at eye level so that you can focus on it.

Another 4 extra tips:

1. Hang your feng shui board at the entrance of your house, to usher in wealth.

2. Be sure to choose pictures of incoming wealth rather than outflowing abundance.

3. Place indoor plants at south east corners to up your wealth quotient!

4. Never put your wealth symbols in the toilet! Avoid having the representation of flushing away your good fortune!

4-plus-4 tips bring us to the number eight, once again! The number eight when pronounced sounds very similar to “strike” in chinese. As with “strike lottery”, eight is considered an auspicious number to attract good fortune.

Free Image Sources

If you do not already have the feng shui items physically, I recommend sourcing for images to have them on your wealth vision board. Some of the pictures I have used here are free from Dreamstime, while others are photos that I have taken (feel free to download them for your own use)!

Final Note

As shared in the previous year, the Chinese has a habit of clearing out the clutter before ushering in the new year. So this has been a rather busy period for me, not just with clearing physical clutter but subconscious ones! Well, I am not the only one hoping to start the chinese calendar year on an auspicious note. I have been getting requests from clients with energy clearing work as well. So if you have not already done so, consider spending some time on emotional release (read the posts I published last year on 101 Negative Money Beliefs and Cultivate Positive Money Beliefs by Busting 10 Myths). Thereafter, create your feng shui vision board

The coming weekend is extra special!! It starts with a double celebration – Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day – on February 14!! Let us toast to a year of prosperity, love and peace!

Abundance always,

Relax and close your eyes. Start to visualize.

You are standing facing a gate.

Well oh well….it is the gate to the house of your dreams!

The giant steel gates open to reveal the building in the distance. Your dream house is really a mansion with huge gardens. It may take you a while to reach your home but you don’t mind the walk.

The grounds are huge, in a beautifully designed landscape. Pebbled paths lined with bushes of spring flowers. Naked statues everywhere. A swimming pool with inflated dinosaur floats right in the middle. A pavilion sits at a far end.

Next, you come upon three long garden tables set with silverware, wine glasses and soft pink napkins neatly arranged. Colorful balloons adorned the chairs. A small stage to accommodate a sound system is being erected nearby.

Then, you remember. The invitations have already been sent out since three weeks ago. You are expecting guests – your most ardent supporters, friends, well wishes and members from the press. You are having a housewarming party today! Cars are already parked in the driveway.

You reach the foot of your house.

The double doors fling open. Two uniformed butlers stand on each side of the doorway greet you. At the hall, you see the circular stairways leading upstairs but it is the living room that you step into.

Heads turn towards you. The murmur of voices fall silent.

Light music from the grand piano at the far end strains in.

Then, a gathering momentum of *applause*.

You cannot help but smile in acknowledgment.

A multitude of emotions rushes through. Happy with the turnout. Grateful for the love and support from your family. Joyous over how the past year has turned out. Astounded with the attainment of results since doing wealth affirmations everyday! Amazed over how miracles have taken place at each step of the way!

Oh yes, it’s great to reach the pinnacle of your success! It is awesome to finally have your dream house coming true!

A Gift from the Universe?

I am not sure if the above description fits into what you would like for a dream home. How about we do some visualization exercises today? When you are ready, let us proceed.

What if you have a gift from the Universe? What if you receive a landbank of 30,000 square feet to build your dream house….

(photo by aawhitaker)

Now what would you do with the land? Are there any particular features that you would love to have? Tennis court? Infinity pool? Indoor waterfall? Koi pond? What?

Or…..what if you received a gift house from the Universe?

(photo by H Dickins)

What rooms would you like to have? Karaoke room? Billiards room? Big study?

Become the Architect of Your Dream House

1.Become architect. Draw out your floor plan.
2.Cut pictures from magazines, to represent what you would like.
3.Submit your plan to the Universe by doing a vision board, mind movie or use the dream manifestation kit.
4.Creatively visualize your house.

Your Plans For The Dream House
Don’t forget to have fun while doing your visualizations!! Be child-like! Take a leaf from Michael Jackson!

(Aerial map of Neverland Ranch)

So what is it that you have decided on? The infinity pool or the waterfall? Alright…alright…it’s both? Share your plans with me! Let’s “visit” each other’s dream houses today!

My Vision Board made it to the Amazon’s Best Seller List?

Well….yes in a way!!

So here’s the scoop: The above background picture of my Vision Board made it to The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life, currently the #1 Spiritual best seller on Amazon since its launch on Oct 28!! Already, the book has been featured in The Chicago Sun Times, Foxbusiness News and on ABC TV.

More Buzz!! And in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past one week, there has been a buzz surrounding Vision Boards. Oprah Winfrey revealed that she created one, with the intention that Obama not only become president but that she would go to the inaugural ball wearing the dress she pictured on her Board.

My Unclear Intent Came True

Sometime in mid March, a lady known as Joyce Schwarz contacted me about a post I had written. She said that she enjoyed my spin on Cinderella’s Rags to Riches Story and asked if I was interested in submitting a picture for her upcoming Vision Board Book. I had no idea who she was back then.

During that period, I had been toying with the idea of publishing a book myself. I dreamed of having a book that would be on the bestseller list. However, as I had no idea what I wanted to write about, I did not make a clear Intent. Little did I know that just by having some fuzzy idea about a book and being on the bestseller list was able to bring about a manifestation. So, instead of bringing into physical reality my own book, the picture of my dreams in a Vision Board got featured in someone else’s best selling book.

My Vision Board Dreams

My Vision Board featured wordings such as happiness, a home with a heart, peace of mind, nature, great ideas on tap, a million possibilities, good vibrations and living it up. I would say that a lot of my wishes are coming true for me.

It didn’t quite seem possible when I first made this Vision Board. I had no idea that in the months following, I would experience energy shifts, delve into spirituality to the extent that I am doing now, and seldom with a worry over “nothing to write” for my blog. Creative ideas have been flowing in easily. At one stage, I have so many options that I realize that the intent should rightly be about having the opportunity that best aligns to my highest path and purpose, and not about having many but misaligned choices.

Why You Should Buy The Book

Creating mental images build inroads into your subconscious. It is something that you can do to help you in the art of manifestation.

If you want to find out more about Vision Boards, then yeah…you guess it right…learn the secrets from the Vision Board Book! Joyce Schwarz is an author, a producer, and a Hollywood and VIP coach and dealmaker. The book contains more than 100 color pictures of vision boards, affirmations and endorsements from celebrities, coaches, artists and gurus featured in The Secret Movie such as Marie Diamond, Bob Doyle, Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor.

A Floodgate of Testimonials

Here are some….

At last a book with a vision! The Vision Board by Joyce Schwarz is so compelling in both message and imagery it deserves NOT a spot on your bookshelf or coffee table, heck… bring the hook and wire, I’m hanging this book on my wall! — Dan Hollings, Internet & Mobile Marketing Strategist, Internet Strategist behind the Movie Version of “The Secret”

I know Joyce Schwarz is a visionary because she empowers the superstars, reaches down to the teens and helps everyone in between to grab it, bag it and tag it. The difference between a super achiever and a daydreamer is the transmission to manifest. The real “secret” is in the pages of The Vision Board book and the shooting star behind all the stars is Joyce. A must read. — BJ Dohrmann, Best Selling Author of Super Achiever Mind Sets and Adviser to Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Lisa Nichols and Mark Hansen

If living the good life is an art–and I believe that it is–Joyce Schwarz has painted a map of how we all can transform our lives into masterpieces. — Pablo Solomon, Artist and Sculptor

Joyce Schwarz, in her book The Vision Board: Unlock the Secret to An Extraordinary Life, is to be praised for her tremendous contribution to the unfolding of cosmic awareness that beckons us all. Her concept of the vision board allows us to focus our energies on what we desire from the universe, and to maintain the necessary passionate and vigorous attention it so deserves. Our thoughts and feelings can return time and again to the physical representation of our spiritual desires and aspirations. It can and will become the source of tremendous support and focus during our personal metaphysical journey. — Steven E. Hodes, M.D, Author of Meta-Physician on Call for Better Health

Set Clear Future Intents

Getting a lot of my wishes in my vision board manifested is a huge turn-on for me! Why the few that have not physically come true was probably because I was not sure about what I wanted.

Also, I believe that some intents take a longer time to bear fruit than others. It is not that they are not going to happen but that a few more pieces of the puzzle need to be in place. Hey…it’s like you ordered pizza with unclear instructions and got a late delivery because the cook needed time to figure out what you really wanted!!

Well, I am definitely going to work on setting my intentions clear from now on!!

Your Thoughts Please

What are your thoughts about Vision Boards? Have you had good success with using them? If not, my suggestion is to get the Vision Board Book to unravel the Secrets to Successful Manifestation!!