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Dear Anon,

Yes, you brought up an interesting question.

As you have mentioned that many " FS practitioners " had recommended placing the Heart shaped symbol in the bedroom.

In my opinion, I believe that this is a "modern idea" especially if it is associated with Feng Shui.

Traditional Feng Shui practitioners (I mean those practitioners i.e. Chinese and coming from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and the Far East do not usually need to provide such an advise.

This is because rather of the strong belief in the use of `standard' Mandarin symbols as shown in the link below:-

https://www.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/imagesearch.cgi?img=0&search=happiness&cat=all&x=21&y=16

The various simples and even `cutting' .... usually these are paper cuttings. On red paper.

Red represents auspiciousness and if one looks at the symbol of the DOUBLE HAPPINESS one can see a mirror image or mirror of both images.

For many years, Chinese do not need the advise of a FS practitioner on the placement of double happiness symbols as it is strongly rooted in their beliefs.

Especially for the marriage couple, the double happiness symbols would appear on flower arrangements during their Chinese marriage ceremony and in their bedroom.

The Heart symbol has more to do with Western FS practitioners... in trying to perhaps create this `belief'.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil


On 2/10/01 9:55:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
>As Valentine's day approaches
>in the corner, I am thinking
>why placing a heart shaped
>object in a bedroom is
>auspicious for romance in Feng
>Shui? To simplify my point,
>Feng Shui is about balancing
>energy, and I believe that
>it's all related to natural
>creations. On the other hand,
>a heart shape, symbolizing
>love and romance, was created
>by human imagination. It's
>not part of nature. For
>instance, a dragon or tiger
>object should not be placed in
>a bedroom because it is "yan"
>rather than "yin." It makes
>sense to me because it looks
>aggressive and powerful in
>nature (even a 3-year-old
>child will feel the same).
>However, if I ask a 3-year-old
>child, who has never been
>taught that a heart shape
>means love, to look at a heart
>shape and tell me what he/she
>thinks about it, there will be
>many possible answers to it,
>perhaps nothing relating to
>love. Therefore, why many
>Feng Shui practitioners
>believe that a heart shaped
>object is a good feng shui in
>a bedroom?