Feng Shui Friday: Why I’ve Purchase a Wu Lou

With my interest in Feng Shui firmly ignited, I’ve been paying close attention to my Lillian Too ‘Fortune and Feng Shui Monkey’ book, to try to discover how I can make 2012 more auspicious for me.

Apparently I could be struck with illness during the first month of the Chinese New Year (not good) and so I should carry or wear a protective Wu Lou amulet to help to keep me safe.

Ordinarily I would take this with a pinch of salt. However, since Feng Shui-ing our apartment – life has got a whole lot rosier. I’ve:

• Enjoyed fantastic Chinese New Year celebrations in Birmingham with a very dear friend
• Come up with some new ideas for the blog (watch this space)
• Been selected to take part in a Savvy Circle trial for Olay (which means I get to try out a full-size product for them – more on that soon)
• Won a Style Birmingham competition for a meal for two at an Italian restaurant
• Received lots of web traffic and likes for my two blogs
• Had a succesful interview (got through to second interview stage) for a job I really want
• Amazed the people at my current temping workplace with my ability to make charts in Excel
• Been shopping and found everything I needed to buy (mostly in the first shop I went into – that NEVER happens to me)
• Enjoyed good relationships with family and friends
• Cooked a scrumptious meal from scratch
• Been for a run

It could all be coincidence. I could be reading too much into it. But hey. I’m a little but hippy dippy and that’s what makes me, well, me. So I’m carrying on.

That’s why, as part of my shopping trip to Birmingham last Saturday, I popped into a fantastic Chinese shop (on Pershore Street, near to the Arcadian Centre) and purchased myself this little Wu Lou. It was only £3.99 and sits alongside the Rose Quartz, which my late-Nan gave me, on my bedside table.

And, just so I don’t leave anything to chance. I’ve taken a Vitamin C fizzy drink and put some hand sanitiser in my bag. If the Feng Shui don’t do it – the practical stuff will.

Do you have anything you carry around for good luck/protection?