Feng Shui Mirrors: Tips and Common Mistakes to Enhance Positive Energy

When you think of feng shui, you probably imagine mysterious dragons and lucky pandas. However, feng shui is also about interior design. The principles of feng shui can transform any room into a paradise. One specific element that has become very trendy lately is Feng Shui mirrors. If you are one of those people who likes putting up Feng Shui mirrors in your home to enhance positive energy — great! Keep reading for Feng Shui mirror tips and common mistakes.

Feng Shui Mirror Tips

1. Use Mirrors on Any Dining Room Walls

In traditional feng shui, the dining room is associated with wealth and is considered the “wealth vault.” Mirrors have the capacity to enlarge a space, signifying that your wealth vault has increased.

2. Use Mirrors to Reflect Beautiful Views from Your Windows

Mother nature always has a calming and soothing quality with a sprinkle of positivity. With mirrors, you can reflect that positivity in your home and fill your home with Chi energy too! Place the mirror at an angle to reflect the beautiful view of the sky, trees, grass, a body of water, skyscrapers, or anything from the outside that can add positive Chi energy to your home. However, ensure that you place the mirror to reflect a beautiful view. A view of pipelines, electric wires, and dirty alleys might reflect negative energy into your home – and we certainly don’t want that!

3. Use Mirrors to Enhance Light

Mirrors can do a great job of saving your electricity! Mirrors can reflect rays of light and spread them into the room where sufficient light wasn’t reaching before. So it makes sense to place the mirror where it can reflect and disperse light throughout the room. For instance, a large mirror in a long dark hallway will draw Chi energy down the hall, helping it circulate throughout your home. We recommend using sunlight, but if sunlight isn’t available, the light from your bulbs can also do the job!

4. Use Mirrors to Expand Space

From the first tip, you know that mirrors can be used to expand the “wealth vault” or the dining room. The same method can be used to symbolically expand missing areas of your bagua area. Meaning, if the Southwest corner of your house is missing or lacking, placing a mirror there can symbolically expand that area.

5. Do Place a Mirror in a Hallway

Mirrors placed in the hallway are generally positive, as long as they don’t face any doors, other mirrors, or are at the end of the hallway.

Feng Shui Mirror Common Mistakes

1. Don’t Use Abstract or Fragmented Mirrors

It is important to see yourself as a complete individual in one piece. Do not use small, fractured, or artistic mirrors that obstruct your view of yourself. Over time, looking at yourself in these obstructed mirrors will negatively affect you. We recommend having at least one whole mirror in your home. If you have enough space, more whole mirrors never hurt. Instead, they add positive Chi energy to your home over time!

2. Don’t Hang Mirrors Above or Facing Your Bed

Feng shui mirrors reflect the energy of your space. They can play a significant role in your sleeping environment. Mirrors can amplify the energy around you and disrupt your sleep. For this reason, it’s best not to hang feng shui mirrors above your bed or facing your bed. Keeping the mirror above the bed is even worse, as it can let the Chi energy escape while you sleep. Move the mirrors to the living room or hallways. If you can’t move the mirror away from the bedroom, cover the mirror with a cloth so you can sleep peacefully while keeping the good energy in the room.

3. Don’t Hang a Mirror Facing the Front Door

No one wants to get startled by their reflection as soon as they enter their home. When you enter your home, placing a mirror within five feet facing the door is a bad idea. Furthermore, your vital Chi energy will bounce right out the door after reflecting in the mirror. Place the mirror at least 6 feet away from the door. If you don’t have enough space to hang the mirror in any other place, make sure that the mirror doesn’t directly face the door.

4. Avoid Distorted or Old Mirrors

When hanging a mirror, it’s important to remember that the surface underneath should be clean. If your mirror has an aged or distorted surface, consider replacing it. An old and distorted mirror is not a good idea. Over time, as you see yourself in them, you will come to feel distorted or prematurely aged yourself — and that’s the last thing anyone would want! If you notice visible cracks, broken pieces, visible dark spots, distorted reflected images, or if it doesn’t match the room décor, it’s time to buy a new mirror.

5. Avoid Mirrors Facing the Stove

As you already know, mirrors have the ability to amplify energy. When a mirror faces the stove, the Fire element energy is greatly enhanced and amplified, which could bring bad Feng Shui. However, if the mirror is located at a good distance from the stove, then this effect is greatly reduced or even negated.

6. Don’t Hang The Mirror Too High Or Too Low

A mirror that’s too high up on the wall can cause an optical illusion because it can make you look shorter. The same goes for a mirror that’s too low down. If a mirror is mounted too high up, you may feel like you’re looking down at yourself instead of straight ahead, so stand closer to it and adjust the angle so you can see your whole face. And if a mirror is mounted too low, you have to bend down, which might make you feel self-conscious about your posture and appearance. It must be at a height where you can perfectly see yourself and your aura, says feng shui consultant Iain Balmain: at least your entire head and shoulders and those of anyone with whom you share your home. So you don’t have to slouch or crane your neck to see yourself.

7. Don’t Place The Mirrors Facing Each Other

If you keep two adjacent mirrors facing each other in feng shui, they will just reflect the energy back and forth instead of spreading it across the room. Instead, place the mirrors separately where they can reflect good Chi energy and spread it around the room to improve the overall positivity and tranquility of the surroundings.

By following these tips and avoiding common mistakes, you can enhance the positive energy in your home or office using feng shui mirrors. Happy decorating!