Astral Health » Feng Shui Garden http://astralhealth.com Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:10:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Victorian Flowers That Symbolize Negative Things http://astralhealth.com/victorian-flowers-that-symbolize-negative-things/ http://astralhealth.com/victorian-flowers-that-symbolize-negative-things/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:50:18 +0000 admin http://astralhealth.com/victorian-flowers-that-symbolize-negative-things/ In Victorian times flowers held many properties. Flowers could have either positive or nagative traits; one famous quote from Shakespear’s Hamlet, spoken by Ophelia “there’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.” shows how the language of flowers was used at this time. Flowers had a special connection with personal relationships. Many books on the subject of the language of flowers were published in the mid 19th centuary. Here are a selection of negative flower meanings:

  • Aloe – Superstition
  • Aspen – Fear
  • Basil – Hatred
  • Dandelion –Oracle
  • Marigold – Sorrow
  • Nightshade – Secrets
  • Sweet William – Treachery
  • Thistle – Defiance
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  • Acacia – Secret Love
  • Honeysuckle – Fidelity
  • Lilac – First Love
  • Moss – Maternal Love
  • Myrtle – Romantic Love
  • Periwinkle – Platonic love
  • Rose – Beauty and love
  • Zinnia – Friendship

Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/victorian-flowers-that-symbolize-love/feed/ 0 Flowers That Attract Butterflies http://astralhealth.com/flowers-that-attract-butterflies-2/ http://astralhealth.com/flowers-that-attract-butterflies-2/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:21:19 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/flowers-that-attract-butterflies-2/ you might want to figure out what seeds you would like to plant to grow a butterfuly garden.

  

The butterfly garden was a specialty of the Victorian Era and were filled with such butterfly attracting flowers as marigolds, zinnas, sweet alyssum, baby’s tears, milkweed, passion flower, daisy, lavender, verbena, boneset, clover and thistle.

  

Make sure that any butterfly garden you are planning on created has puddling areas made of sand or mud.

  

Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/flowers-that-attract-butterflies-2/feed/ 0 Symbolism in the Victorian Garden http://astralhealth.com/symbolism-in-the-victorian-garden/ http://astralhealth.com/symbolism-in-the-victorian-garden/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:07:16 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/symbolism-in-the-victorian-garden/ Gardens from the Victorian Era were heavily imbued with a kind of symbolism. As in Feng Shui, red was the most favored color of flower but unlike a Chinese or Japanese garden the Victorian garden was often cluttered with every hue of flower. 

 
Flowers were also used to create lucky designs including tarot and planetary symbols, clocks, oriental symbols and eastern symbols.  Herbs would be intricately trained to climb around clipped boxwood trees. Trees were also trained together to create celebratory arches.

 
It was also a sin for a Victorian garden to be bare. Even in the dead of winter, gourds and figs would be growing up the garden wall.

 
Peace Be Still Sam.

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The butterfly garden was a specialty of the Victorian Era and were filled with such butterfly attracting flowers as marigolds, ziinnas, sweet alyssum, baby’s tears, milkweed, passion flower, daisy, lavender, verbena, boneset, clover and thistle.

 
Make sure that any butterfly garden you are planning on created has puddling areas made of sand or mud.

 
Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/flowers-that-attract-butterflies/feed/ 0 Enhancing The Wisdom Sector of Your Garden http://astralhealth.com/enhancing-the-wisdom-sector-of-your-garden/ http://astralhealth.com/enhancing-the-wisdom-sector-of-your-garden/#comments Sun, 14 May 2006 07:05:13 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/enhancing-the-wisdom-sector-of-your-garden/ The Wisdom sector of your garden would be the North East corner. You should also plant flowers and friendly herbs and plants here if you want to do well in school.

 
This sector of the Ba’ gua is governed by the colors gold, yellow and orange so good flowers to plant in this area are sunflowers, tulips, sunflowers, irises, marigold, jasmine, daisies and chrysanthemums.  Wisdom is also symbolized by all grasses, flax, ferns, and bracken.

 
In this area you also might want to plant borage, peppermint, rosemary, thyme, mint, eybright, saffron, caraway, rue and St. John’s Wort. Produce that symbolizes wisdom are onions, celery, grapes and mushrooms.

 
This area is symbolized by small earth on the Feng Shui Ba’Gua so it is a good place to put a stone path or a rock garden.

 
Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/enhancing-the-wisdom-sector-of-your-garden/feed/ 0 Activating the Mentors Section of Your Garden http://astralhealth.com/archangel-chamuel-being-of-pure-love/ http://astralhealth.com/archangel-chamuel-being-of-pure-love/#comments Sat, 13 May 2006 06:40:21 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/archangel-chamuel-being-of-pure-love/ To find a mentor or draw helpful people into your life you should activate the Northwestern section of your garden. White, yellow and orange flowers best suit this area. Good choices would be pink stargazer lilies, the lotus, passion flower, sweet pea, the sunflower, tulips, daffodils, irises, chrysanthemums, carnations and pansies.

  

Trees and foilage that accentuate chi in this earea include willow, walnut, lemon, peach, rowan and dogwood. Herbs to plant would be lemon balm, sage (for a wise mentor), rosemary, pennyroyal and clover. Vegetables that symbolize wisdom are fennel, peppers, squash, pumpkins and tomatoes.

  

As this area of the garden is also symbolized by big metal it is the ideal place to put aluminum furniture or a metal fountain or sculpture.

Peace Be Still  SAm

 

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If you are trying to get pregnant or are wishing the greatest happiness and prosperity for your children then you should consider activating the fertility sector of your garden. This area is located in the west and traditional rules children and fertility.

   

 

The traditional feng shui colors of this area are yellow and white so try to plant flowers that match that color scheme. Lily of the Valley, Morning Glory, Tulips, daisies, chrysanthemums and honeysuckle are nice in this area. There are also a few other flowers that symbolize happiness with children that are blue or purple such as Cyclamen, violets and lavender.

   

 

Appropriate trees to plant in this area are olive, willow, oak, pine, banana and any type of fruit tree (but especially the apple. As this area is also symbolized by the small metal element on the ba’gua placing small silver wind chimes in the trees is also recommended.

  Hawthorne and chickweed (because it multiplies so fast) is also good to plant in the fertility sector of your garden .In terms of produce, carrots, beans, cucumbers, grapes and mustard symbolize prosperity

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The Southern corner of your garden is in the South and is of course symbolized mainly by the color red. Therefore it makes sense that any flowers or fruits that you plant here should be red and pink although you could also add flowers that symbolize fame in other cultures. 

  

Flowers that symbolize fame are the Bird of Paradise, sunflowers, bluebells, geraniums, poppies, trilliums (especially red or purple ones – the white ones symbolize death!) and especially red chrysanthemums. 

  

Trees and vines that symbolize fames are grapes (especially red or purple ones), cherries, plums and oranges. For foliage consider planting heather, hazel, and holly. 

  

Purple basil and bay would be herbs to plant in the southern sector along with anise (a star shaped herb) and vetiver (a compelling herb.) Produce to plant would be pomegranates, watermelons, strawberries, chili peppers, leeks and cucumbers. 

  

As this area is symbolized by fire it is the place to have a little cast iron hearth or barbecue. Keeping this area well lit at night with red lights is also recommended. 

  

Peace Be Still Sam. 

]]> http://astralhealth.com/activating-the-fame-sector-of-your-garden/feed/ 0 Activating the Love Sector of Your Garden http://astralhealth.com/activating-the-love-sector-of-your-garden/ http://astralhealth.com/activating-the-love-sector-of-your-garden/#comments Sun, 07 May 2006 22:16:30 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/activating-the-love-sector-of-your-garden/ The Southwest corner of you garden governs marriage prospects and marital happiness.The predominant flower colour should be yellow but almost every color of flower with the exception of white is actually lucky for love.

Flowers that you can plant to enhance your southwest love corner are daisies gardenia, lavender, orchid, poppy, primrose, daffodils, lillies, tulips, asters, bleeding hearts,periwinkle, hyacinth, trilliums, violet, geranium and of course roses.

Trees that are considered to be love drawing (remembering once again that I am throwing in a little pagan symbolism and mixing it up with feng shui  are  Olive Elm, Magnolia Fig, Willow andPlum,Myrtle, rye, witch grass, juniper, chickweed also favour sex and fertility.

Herbs that can give your love life a boost are rosemary, thyme, basil, marjoram, dill and mint. Produce that spices up your love life includes cumcumbers, bananas, ginger, endive, raspberries, tomatoes and any kind of element.

This area represents Big Earth on the Bagua so it is a good place to put a stone statue or a large rock or boulder. This symbolizes eternal love and emotional security.

Peace Be Still, Sam

 

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