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Using Feng Shui Coins to Maximum Advantage

Gold colored Chinese coins, often strung on a red string or ribbon, are one of the most easily recognized symbols of feng shui; they are also among the easiest to use. These feng shui coins can be used effectively in many areas of your home and your life.

There are several reasons why these coins are lucky or ‘good feng shui’. For one thing, they are made of metal, which may be a difficult element to incorporate into your home environment and may therefore be lacking or out of balance. The simple addition of a few coins remedies this problem instantly. Furthermore, coins are round, the most auspicious shape for energy movement. They are gold colored, and in feng shui they are often tied together with a red ribbon or placed in a red envelope for good luck. The combination of these colors is auspicious, especially with regard to attracting wealth and prosperity. Finally, coins have the immediate association with money or wealth. This is true world wide, and feng shui practitioners acknowledge that this has a profound effect on how we feel when we see the coins in our space.

The best way to incorporate these coins for use in feng shui practice is in sets of three, tied with a ribbon. (This, of course, is easy if you use Chinese coins, which have a hole in the middle.) Some feng shui experts recommend having several sets of these coins, and keeping one in each purse or pocket as well as in other corners of the home, particularly the prosperity corner. Three is the most auspicious number for coins because it represents the union between heaven, earth and man, which is extremely lucky in and of itself. However, four or five coins should never be used together, while six, seven or eight are also lucky. Feng shui practitioners will tell us that these sets of coins bring good luck and prosperity, and that keeping them in your purse will ensure that you are never short of money.