How to Prepare for the 2026 Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse - Feng Shui Tips - Planting Seeds of Intentions
Laura Cerrano
Intention is another word for establishing a clear focus. This is a vital part of adopting the feng shui lifestyle. Why? Because your thoughts, spoken words, and habits contribute to your overall life experiences.
This is the very first step when providing a Feng Shui consultation, to help clients reflect, honor the present moment, and plant seeds of intentions for the future. It’s important to clarify, intentions are not a “wish list”. Think of intentions as a mental honing tool to help refine your focus on what is truly important within your personal and professional interactions. Perhaps that can be to support self-growth, cultivating healthy relationships and habits, learning about new cultures, traveling, and more!
Intentions are interesting because you don’t want to be too vague or overly detailed to the point where your expectations create a daunting task vs enjoying the journey. Intentions can also be what you are looking to release or what you have gratitued for. A good rule of thumb to keep in mind it is best to focus on manageable and actionable intentions.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” - Lao Tzu
Intention Writing Exercise:
Take a piece of paper and write down at least 3, 8, or 9 intentions. Use positive language.
Examples:
I am fully present with ___________
I embrace opportunities for ____________
I welcome in ________________
I am fully desevant of __________________
Naturally, you can come up with your own wording and gear it towards your focuses
Place your written intentions inside a red envelope (this symbolizes honor and protection). If you cannot, then use red paper or at least red ink when writing.
Place the unsealed red envelope in an area of your home that you feel is sacred (some may have an altar) or a good zone of your home that already has an abundance of supportive energy. You can identify that after setting up your flying star natal chart.
Honor your intentions by taking action to nurture them.
i.e. If you seek to learn a new language, begin to research classes, interview the instructor, and the school to see if it’s a good fit. Once you’ve found a healthy, trusted connection, enroll, or connect with language learning meet-up groups, now you are really putting that intention into practice. It’s a step-by-step process.
If you would like a list of life categories that Feng Shui often references to help refine client focus, here they are. Feng shui has 9 life categories.
Career
Health
Family/Freinship connections | social life
Creativity/hobbies/interests/joy of life
Travel and Helpful people
Knowledge/wisdom/spiritual maturity
Personal and professional Reputation development
Finances
Relationships personally, professionally, and with your community
If you feel writing an intention for all 9 categories is too much, no worries. Pick at least 3 out of the bunch and start with that.
Remember, you can always add and adjust your intentions, which often happens. As you become more familiar with your journey, clarity in how to refine your approach reveals itself. When you observe synchronistic experiences that put you in the flow of life. A hypothetical scenario could be meeting the right person at the right time, which opens the door to a new job opportunity, which leads to more income that helps pay for other focuses you have (i.e. travel, investments in health, etc).
“Where attention goes, energy flows”