The Chinese use feng shui to deal with eight areas of life: wealth, family and health, knowledge, career, children and creativity, helpful energies and travel, marriage and relationships, and fame.

These are represented on the bagua octagon. The bagua may be positioned over the floor plan of a house, orienting the bottom of the bagua at the main entryway to the house as shown below. The bagua can also be placed at the entryway to each room yielding a different result than over the whole house.

Bright objects such as mirrors, things that make sound (wind chimes), paintings (with colors natural to you) and plants absorb energy and are simple remedies of many problem areas.