How to Use a Water Fountain for Feng Shui

Feng shui is a Chinese tradition that applies certain rules to the composition of an indoor or outdoor space. In many cases its guidelines provide common sense benefits. For instance, cramped spaces and sharp corners are both considered to be poor feng shui, but they make spaces unpleasant for almost anyone. Beyond that, feng shui customs have guidelines that aren’t as easily translated into psychological explanations. Nevertheless, many people swear by feng shui’s power to make their homes and offices more comfortable – even luckier.

Both indoor fountains and garden fountains are commonly used as part of a feng shui program. Water is an important element in traditional Chinese metaphysics; it represents prosperity and activity: the kind of wealth you win from hard work. That’s why the best place for a water fountain in feng shui theory is in private workspaces, facing away from doors (you don’t want your prosperity to “float away”). Moving water will keep you focused on activities that promote your well being. Even a tabletop fountain in your office can help.

Traditional feng shui practitioners advise people not to place a fountain in their bedrooms, where the same associations can translate to work anxiety and interfere with sleep, but you’ll have to try it out for yourself. Keep in mind that when feng shui developed, there was no such thing as tabletop fountains, and fountains were stone edifices powered by gravity, not small, efficient fountain pumps. Practitioners also advise against placing a water fountain in the South area of your home. Associated with fire, South represents fame. A fountain there might “douse” your popularity.

No matter what you believe, basic feng shui can help add quality to your life with its more straightforward common sense guidelines, whether you use fountains to soften household corners or place one in your favorite place to work.

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