Children Toys and Feng Shui

A young mother asked, “I have bought many toys for my son. A friend says it is not good for feng shui. Says some of these toys are animals, that’s why. “

Any truth to that?

Toys being an item for discussion? That should get grandmaster Yang Yun Song turning up in high heaven. It is hard to imagine the old fengshui grandmaster ever thinking of kid’s toys – the ancient ones are such macho characters that rearing and bringing up children are woman’s stuff. They only provide the genes. But as is obvious, for the modern feng shui master, it is a different matter. Even children’s toys can become a feng shui item.

The argument the ‘feng shui lady’ used is that some of the toys were figures of animals. Probably she was using child psychology and behavior in saying what she did. Most feng shui people I know don’t do much child psychology although they hold up pretty well when discussing politics and football. But strictly as a fengshui thing, those figurines has no impact. Let me say why.

Feng shui or rather what kind of feng shui a house has is decided based on whether the forces of ascent and descent are correct. It may sound a little confusing but these two polar opposite forces must be correctly placed that they are both prosperous. This is the most powerful determinant of good fengshui. It covers both external and internal.

Next come layout or design followed by the orientation of the house specifically the positioning and orientation of doors. The rest are just details.

Toys comes in nowhere, at least never in the old books. For the modern parent, maybe more important is to check the toxicity if any of the paint or material used, sharp edges and points that may be dangerous, swallowability (is there such a word?) etc. When did feng shui start advising on toys!

As far as figurines and toys, there is one point which you might want to know. Two persons have mentioned to me something about figurines. One was my grandmother and the other an old mysterious Feng Shui and Taoist master. Both of them say no to storing and displaying human figurines and paintings of ferocious animals like tigers and dragons.

But all this should not deprive your child of all the wonders and joy of growing up and being just kids. So, go ahead,  toys are ok.

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