A very simple Feng Shui Principle to keep in mind is how to identify poison arrows and ‘sha’ or ‘shar’ energy. This begins to establish a gauge for the type of energy your overall home and surroundings currently encompass. Being aware of this could also bring attention to certain rooms or areas within a room that seem “off” and are in need of an energy shift. When looking at this topic through the lens of Feng Shui we also take into consideration the metaphors and subtle phycological influences poison arrows and sha energy could have on the human mind and emotions.

First, let’s define what poison arrows and sha chi (energy) means.

Poison Arrow: unsettling energy that emanates from anything sharply pointing toward your home or particular zones within your home (i.e. front door, bed, desk), and your body.

Sha or Shar Chi: is referred to a life-draining energy. This does not only refer to sharp-looking shapes, it could also relate to the energy of the land, the quality interactions with people, thoughts, and emotions being projected into an environment, the imbalance of elements, colors, and the overall design and flow of a space. Even landscape and parking lot designs can contribute to what looks and feels like sha chi. The feeling of sha (shar) chi emits a sense of anxiety, tenseness, tiredness, distraction, and any other lower emotion and feeling that negativity impacts us from peak performance.

Looking to the image above, here is a quick example of how to begin seeing poison arrows and sha chi. How many of us opt to leave knifes out along the kitchen counter space because it’s convenient. Many of us do, and according to Feng Shui, it’s not fully recommended because this is a subtle form of sha "‘cutting energy’. Depending on how the knifes are set up, it could also turn into a poison arrow (having a sharp item point toward you).

How to resolve this particular situation?

• Put the knifes away or at least conceal them behind another counter top appliance so they are out of site. We don’t want the knives to be among the first items you see upon walking into the kitchen. It could create a sense of feeling unsafe and uneasy, while establishing the metaphor of ‘cutting’ the energy down.

What Are Some Common Solutions to Dealing with Sha energy and Poison Arrows?

• Avoidance is usually the best solution, however that may depend on spacial dynamics, the configuration of a room, and what can really be avoided vs not

• Deflect or block a sharp edge to help mitigate the situation

• Remove the item(s) creating sha or position arrrows

Keep in mind, some situations that cause sha energy and poison arrows can be fairly obvious while other situations may require keen senses for tuning in. This is when conducting a Space Clearing or Geopathic Stress Dowsing investigation and Healing session is helpful.

• What you use to deflect or block poison arrows and sha energy will depend on the situation and what YOU personally believe in. In GENERAL, some may use Bagua Mirrors (but you need to know which one and understand what each mirror is intended for). Some may use protective statues or symbols. Other may choose to to use a screen, curtain or free-standing wall to offer a practical method of deflection.

What else to lookout for that might contribute to sha energy and poison arrows

• Phone or Power Towers

• Exposed Beams overhead (over a desk, bed, couch, stove)

• Poles in the middle of a home

• Staircase in the middle of a home, or aligned with the front of a door, side door or back door as soon as you walk in

• An over abundance of electoral wires outside or inside

• Sitting or sleeping next to very tall furniture

• Road Patterns

• T-Junction | Y-Junction

• Dead End roads

• Road Curving toward a house or building

• Cul-De-Sac Streets

• Hospitals

• Fire Department

• Railroads | Subways | storage facilities

• Power plants

• Cemeteries/Burial sites

• Places of worship (the energy could vary depending on the history of that place of worship and how they function today)

• Prisons | Detentions Centers

• Wind Gaps between buildings

• Home too close to highways, bridges, and tunnels

• Living near Zombie homes and squatter homes

• Home is sandwiched between two large buildings

• Historic battle fields

• Psychiatric Hospitals

• Doctor offices (some can vary in intensity of energy)

• Sites noted for shootings

• Garbage bins, dumpsters is clearly seen from your home or by the entrance

• Waste water plants

• Garbage Dumbs

• Food processing plants

• Tall building with sharp building edge pointing toward your home

• Tall building with triangular shaped roof pointing toward your home

• Narrow passages leading to a front door or the main access point into a building

• Temperature of the building (too cold, too hot, too dry, too moist)

• Front door opening into a wall

• Your front door is aligned with your neighbor’s front door (usually the case in apartment buildings)

• Constant construction around the building

  Each of these situations has its own meaning and reason for possibly contributing to sha or poison arrows. As you develop your own awareness you can further develop this list. Over the next few posts I periodically share why the topics you see above could be of concern.

If you are looking for specific recommendations, it’s best to schedule a Feng Shui consultation so customized guidance can be provided. However, in the meantime hopefully this helps you adjust your Feng Shui Eyes to become more attuned to your surroundings. And even just by doing that it can help offer a new type of energy to drop in because you have a new sense of ‘logic’, which offer a new solution set to help rebalance the energy.