Feng Shui and Goldfish

Feng Shui & You

Feng shui is an ancient and wise approach to the way our environment affects us. The way we feel and the way we act is affected in a great amount by the environment which surrounds us. Therefore, by learning how to properly organize what surrounds us, we can improve our lives, and that is what feng shui is about.

Feng Shui and Goldfish (Business and Wealth)

Water is a basic and very beneficial feng shui element, and the feng shui fish and water combination can produce many different succesfull outcomes. The water in which a feng shui fish based benefit is searched should be clean and preferable receive day light. A fish symbolizes prosperity in many different life areas.

The Chinese word "yu" is used to denominate fish and success at the same time. This way, the feng shui fish symbolism indicates that keeping a fish would attract and bring prosperity to you. According to feng shui, having a fish in clear water would highly help you reaching the achievements you wish.

Besides, the combination of the elements brought by clear water and fish produce other favorable effects as well. The feng shui fish water should be disposed in a way such that it allows the fish to live freely and as much like in a natural habitat as possible; this would add to the elements balance which effects could be seen in the surrounding space equilibrium.
Feng shui fish water is good by its own properties as well as by the effects the fish would have on it.

The fish would help the water having movement and it would add beauty to it through its colors and life as well. Beauty and natural life balance are very important concepts for feng shui, and the search for harmony within elements should always have those concepts in mind as well.
The number, kind and color of fish can determine different effects on those keeping them. Having three fish would maximize the "yang" or energy of the space surrounding them. Two goldfish and one black would achieve a good balance, since goldfish symbolizes energy and good fortune and the black fish symbolizes protection.

Goldfish are very important feng shui fish. This fish traditionally symbolizes baby dragons, which makes them creators of good luck and good outcomes in any new enterprise which you may wish to start.

The Symbolism of double fishes

In feng shui and for oriental traditions, the fish is a very symbolic creature which represents abundance and wealth. Having fishes in the kitchen is a great way of helping abundance and provisions to be always present in the house. Feng shui practitioners recommend having fishes and double fishes in the kitchen or the living room in order to make sure that those who inhabit the house will always have what they need.

Yu, which means fish, phonetically matches the word for abundance, which might be a coincidence but is very symbolic as well. It is very common to see objects representing fishes in many Chinese houses, most of the times in the kitchen but sometimes in the living rooms as well.

Fishes are abundant in the sea and provide us an unlimited source of nourishment and supplies. It is a natural source of human sustenance which can be found in abundant amounts. Therefore, they are an abundant creature itself and its symbolism might be highly due to this aspect of their nature.

Besides all what was mentioned above, a fish is also seen as a symbol of fertility. Fishes have notable abilities for reproduction which makes them an ideal icon for symbolizing fertility. They are always together and travel as a team which makes them also symbolize unity and marriage.
A fish is also a symbol of life renewal. This creature survives all times and époques and is always there for other beings to nurture from them. They are constantly renewing and giving birth to next generations, and this is seen by the oriental cultures as a great symbol of life preservation and regeneration. They show strength and are seen as representing a power for restoration and revival as well as rejuvenation and the power of continuation through time.

Double fishes represent unity, marriage and abundance not only in food provisions but also in children and family in general. Having double fishes in the living room or the room in which the family gathers to eat is a great way of assuring abundance in all aspects and for all the family members.

By Jakob Jelling
FengShuiCrazy.com