Go With The Flow

When you’ve got cash to spare, it’s easy to close your eyes and roll the dice. But these days who wants to leave success to chance?

That’s why we enlisted nationally acclaimed feng shui consultant Clear Englebert, author of the just-released book “Feng Shui For Hawai‘i” to give some simple solutions to bring positivity and harmony into your life and home. Because right now, every little bit helps.

• For basic empowerment, don’t sleep, work, or spend significant time with your back to the door. If the furniture can’t be reconfigured, use a mirror.

• For health, prevent weakness from developing by not spending significant time with something aimed at you, such as an overhead open beam, sharp furniture right angles, or bare glass tabletop.

• The easiest money-saving tip is to keep the toilet lid closed and the bathroom door shut, because water represents money and drains represent money leaving.

• Enhance relationship harmony with a solid headboard, representing a solid union. Open headboards with bars or slats symbolize an open relationship. And for single people, a solid headboard represents backing in finances and decisions.

• Home colors: green is a good color in bathrooms because it symbolizes plants, which symbolically suck up excess water; yellow, a gathering color, is good for living rooms; and warm hues in a couple’s bedroom signify a warm relationship.

• Remove stagnant energy by throwing out dried plants – including lei – that are more than a few months old. Clean artificial plants are just fine.

“Feng Shui For Hawai‘i” is available online at www.bookshawaii.net. For free shipping, use the code LEICHIC at checkout.

Tomorrow: Noon to 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana, and 2 to3 p.m. at Borders Ward Centre. See more dates and times on Englebert’s website.