Art advice
Feng Shui for your home in the Year of the Dragon
Get some tips and tricks to integrate art that aligns with your Feng Shui in the Year of the Dragon. Learn how to reinvigorate your space with art to attract luck, strength and prosperity.
Coco Ma Hiu Lam
Thursday 1 February, 2024
Gregory Chun, a Feng Shui specialist appointed by the Malaysian royalties, offers some professional insights with his innate and family-owned knowledge in Purple Star Astrology.
Selecting artworks for the home is a thoughtful process, with particular attention to the elements of color, form, and imagery. As we welcome in the Year of the Dragon, find art that not only refreshes your living space but also amplifies fortune, health, and abundance. For those seeking to invite prosperity into your life, consider placing these artworks near the entrance to your home.
How to use the guide below: Place a compass to locate the direction of your front door. Based on where your entrance is facing, there are a selection of artworks that could boost your prosperity in 2024.
North – “The Door to Work”
2024 Predictions: A Year of Growth in Work and Salary
Lucky Colour: Mustard Yellow
Artworks to add to your home: Carved stones, ceramics, squares.
North is in a lucky position that benefits your career and salary development, you are already getting a headstart from everyone else! Consider artworks such as carved stones, ceramics, and squares. Artworks in mustard yellow placed around your home can also lay a foundation for you to perform better at work and increase your salary.
East – “The Door of Blossoms”
2024 Predictions: A Year Filled with Good Relationships and Love
Lucky Colour: Pink
Artworks to add to your home: Pairs of sculptures, blossoming flowers, pink paintings with butterflies, aroma materials, line drawings.
If your main door is facing East, your luck in inter-personal relationships this year can be enhanced by Cherry Blossom pink. Pairs of sculptures and blossoming flowers are perfect for nurturing close relationships. You may also consider line drawings or paintings with butterflies – all of which will bring luck to your relationships. Aromatic materials could also further boost your luck!
South – “The Gates of a Police Station”
2024 Predictions: More Tantrums and Gossips
Lucky Colours: Black and Dark Blue
Artworks to add to your home: Authoritative labels, big-eyed portraits, and marine-themed colours.
Symbolising tantrums and gossip, the South seems to be in an unfortunate direction this year! Keep your home decor in dark colours like black and dark blue to stay away from potential problems. Authoritative labels, big-eyed portraits and marine subjects are also good choices for you to alleviate potential threats in 2024.
West – “The Door to Hell”
2024 Predictions: Bad Luck and Danger
Lucky Colours: White and Gold
Artworks to add to your home: Round artworks, clocks, brass instruments such as trumpets, and Buddhas.
To avoid bad luck and danger in 2024, be sure to place round artworks at your entrance as bad luck can slide away from the curve of circles! Artworks using clocks, buddhas and brass instruments such as trumpets as motifs could also be helpful.
Northeast – “The Door to the Casino”
2024 Predictions: Winning in life
Lucky Colour: Light Grey
Artworks to add to your home: Rough stones, crystals, sand, paintings with crowds of people as subjects.
Who doesn’t love winning? Adding light grey to your home will boost your winning luck. Materials such as rough stones, crystals, and sand will guide you to stronger energy. Paintings with crowds of people as subjects will gain you a competitive edge in life development.
Northwest – “Solomon”
2024 Predictions: Smooth sailing in career, study, and art development
Lucky Colour: Dark Green
Artworks to add to your home: Plants, bamboo, wood, metal trees, charcoal, rectangles, and straight-lined shapes.
If your main door is facing Northwest, then congratulations! You are set to have a good direction in your work and studies. For optimum energy, bring in some green to your home. Artworks with plants are perfect. For example, a painting of bamboo and wood, sculptures of metal trees, and charcoal drawings. Artworks in rectangular and straight-lined shapes are also ideal.
Southeast – “The Glass Door of a Clinic”
2024 Predictions: Good Health
Lucky Colours: White and Silver
Artworks to add to your home: Round artworks, hanging wind chimes, and metal keys.
You are granted with the luck of health this year. To avoid sickness and receive good health, hanging wind chimes, round artworks and metal keys at the entrance can be a good choice. These decorations and designs are preferably in white or silver.
Southwest – “The Church Arch”
2024 Predictions: Smooth Year of Fortune
Lucky Colours: Red and Green
Artworks to add to your home: Portraits of kids, families, or bright and colourful kaleidoscopes as subjects.
Bright colours such as red and green can safeguard your general fortune and family. Keep your main door colourful! Why not hang artworks of smiles, kids, and big families at the entrance? Bright and colourful paintings with kaleidoscopes as subjects are also great for optimising your general fortune.
We hope Gregory’s tips on Feng Shui art have offered you some interesting insights into preparing for 2024! Planning to purchase some artworks for your home? Come visit us at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong this May 16-19, 2024.
Follow us on social media to get the latest insights, tips and tricks, and exclusive art previews ahead of the Fair. Our tickets go on sale on March 11. Happy Chinese New Year!