Feng Shui by Honey Lim

In my posting about traveling, I mentioned that it would be prudent to select an auspicious date for travel. But what if you can’t get a flight on a good date, or your date of travel is a bad date? No sweat - this posting lists some Tibetan feng shui cures for traveling on bad dates. It’s a good idea to do these rituals anyway whether you’re traveling on good or bad dates.

The ritual below uses elemental cures to neutralise pernicious energy that could come from the direction you’re traveling. The credit and source of this info is from Lillian Too’s Encyclopaedia of Feng Shui.

Use Elements of Direction to Overcome

Use this cure if you just can’t select an auspicious date for travel, or encounter some of the warning signs of dangerous travel. First, determine the direction of your destination. For example, if you are traveling from Malaysia to Singapore, the direction is South. If from Auckland to Melbourne, you’ll be flying West.

If you are traveling towards the:

• NORTH - Throw 1 or 3 mounds of earth/soil towards north
• SOUTH - Drink a glass of water before leaving or throw a glass of water towards South before leaving
• NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST - Swipe the air three times with a bamboo stick tied with red thread towards the Southwest or Northeast. The bamboo is a very powerful protective symbol against misfortune from injuries and also represents wood energy.
• SOUTHEAST, EAST - Take a curved knife and swipe it in the air towards East or Southeast three times. You can also ring a bell in the East or Southeast 6 or 7 times (leave the bell at home), or hang a metal windchime on the East or Southeast while you’re away. Remember to remove the windchime when you return though
• NORTHWEST, WEST - Burn some incense sticks towards West or Northwest, or burn a red candle and point it towards the West or Northwest.

For averting bad luck from 10 directions

Hold a curved knife in front of you and swipe it left to right 3 times. This overcomes bad luck from 10 directions which are: luck from 8 compass directions + luck from top + luck from bottom.

Say some mantras/prayers before leaving

Whether you are a Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist, Catholic, Christian or Hindu, each religion has their own prayers and mantras which you can recite before a journey. Here’s the Tibetan Buddhist version. While still at home, stand at each cardinal location and direction i.e. - North, South, Easth and West, and recite these mantras/prayers. You should also place some bushy or leafy branches in these locations/directions while you recite your prayers. Note: Tibetan Buddhist mantras usually need to be recited 108 times at each corner. The buddhist mantra for traveling is: MAMA PUTAH PUTAH YEH SO HAR.