Where is the wealth corner?
Stand in the doorway and look to the far corner on the diagonal: feng shui calls it the wealth corner, the place where a room’s chi comes to rest. It wants that corner clean, lit and backed by a wall. Clear it tonight, then give it a lamp, a sturdy piece and a pet-safe plant.
Is your wealth corner cluttered?
Send one photograph from the doorway that takes in the far corner on the diagonal. LuckMove answers this question first, with that corner and what it holds marked on your photograph, then reads the rest of the room.
Why chi comes to rest there
Chi comes in with you at the front door and crosses the room on its longest line, the diagonal, and the far corner is where it slows and settles. Feng shui calls that corner the wealth corner: whatever a room gathers, it gathers there.
A corner that keeps what reaches it is the whole idea. Feng shui wants it backed by a wall, lit and alive, a place that receives. Heaped with boxes and a trash can, it turns the strongbox into a storeroom; left empty, or struck by another door, it lets what arrives slip straight through.
That is why the old choice for the corner is one thing that grows and one thing that stays: a broad-leaf plant for living chi, and a solid piece of furniture for keeping it. Feng shui holds that a household with a clear, bright wealth corner handles money with more ease, and that a cluttered one feels its money slip out in small, untidy ways.
What to look for in your room
From the front door, the corner diagonally across holds clutter, a trash can or tangled cables; or it stands empty, open to a walkway or a window, with another door aimed at it.
Is your wealth corner cluttered?
Send one photograph from the doorway that takes in the far corner on the diagonal. LuckMove answers this question first, with that corner and what it holds marked on your photograph, then reads the rest of the room.
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How to fix it, in order
Tonight, take the boxes, the trash can and the loose cables out of the corner and wipe it down. A corner that receives starts as an empty, clean one.
Feng shui wants the wealth corner bright. A warm table lamp or a floor lamp, lit through the evening, keeps the corner awake when the room grows dark.
An empty corner holds nothing. A piece with some weight, a low cabinet, a console table or a side table in solid wood, gives the corner something to keep with.
Something living keeps the corner’s chi alive. A money tree or a cast iron plant suits it and is safe for cats and dogs; keep it green and trimmed, since a wilting plant there reads the wrong way.
If you have cats or dogs
The wealth corner is often where a plant goes, so choose one that is safe for cats and dogs: the money tree and the cast iron plant are both on the ASPCA list of non-toxic plants. The jade plant, often sold as a money plant for this corner, is toxic to both; leave it out.
ASPCA, Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants
Questions people ask
Diagonally across from the front door. Stand just inside, facing in, and look to the far corner on the longest line; feng shui calls it the wealth corner, the spot where a room’s chi comes to rest.
One thing that grows and one thing that stays: a money tree or another pet-safe broad-leaf plant, and a low cabinet or console table against the wall, with a warm lamp for the evenings. Keep trash cans, boxes and cables out of it.
A popular Western method puts it there, in the far left corner as you walk in. The older Chinese reading places it diagonally across from the door instead, and that is the corner a LuckMove reading looks at.
Feng shui reads an open corner as one that cannot hold. Give it a solid piece with some weight, a low cabinet or a side table, as close to the corner as the room allows, with a pet-safe plant on top.