Kitty Feng Shui

Feng Shui was used in ancient times, and has recently found a new following today. It is a method to place and arrange the living space for optimum peace and harmony. Literally, Feng Shui translates into "wind-water." Feng Shui can affect us a in a variety of aspects in our lives from how are home's furniture is arranged to how your cat's living spaces are arranged.

For your cat to have a more peaceful life, we have developed a few Feng Shui concepts for you and your cat to increase the peace.

First, you need to know what Ch'i is. Ch'i is the life force and it is good. So Ch'i needs to be encouraged to flow throughout your home evenly. The other important concept you need to understand is Sha. Sha is bad Ch'i. In your cat's life, Sha might be the dog or the toddler who grabs your cat's tail. It is also suspected by many cats that Sha is what causes hairballs as well. Either way, Sha is bad and to be discouraged.

With these two types of energy in mind, you need develop and maximize your Ch'i. When it comes to your cat's bed placement, there are a few rules to follow for maximum good vibes.

Principles for Kitty Feng Shui

1. Never place the cat bed under the window. It is suspected that your Ch'i might escape out the window while sleeping and because cats sleep 22 out of 24 hours in the day, there's a good chance this can happen. You want Ch'i to flow throughout the house, so don't give it the chance to jump through the window.

2. Never put the bed between two doors. This makes it very easy for Sha to come in take off with your Ch'i. You're also at risk for dogs and strange cats here as well, and we all know they are the spawn of Sha.

3. Beds don't go by the bathroom wall either. This is because you run the risk of Sha taking your Ch'i down the toilet or at least using bad yin energy to do it. Basically, this causes your health and wealth to go down the toilet and that's just a catastrophe.

4. Beds should not be in line with a door either. This doesn't provide much protection from bad Sha and they could take your Ch'i out the door as well, not to mention the toys you might have in the room as well. It's always best to be in a position where you can attack Sha if need be and if you're right in the door, where are you going to pounce from?

Food also needs to be seriously considered. Because food is the force behind a good Ch'i, don't keep food dishes where Sha can get to them. That is just bad for the cat's Ch'i, although the dog's Ch'i might disagree.

Wind and water is also an important part of Feng Shui, since that is the literal translation. As you know, cats aren't big on either, even if they are the force behind their Ch'i. So, the cat is usually willing to accept water simply as a necessity. So as long as the water stays in the water bowl or the fish bowl, and as long as the wind stays behind the closed window, they're good.

Of course, this doesn't mean that they aren't responsible for their own "wind," you know, the one they break in the middle of the night while sleeping on your pillow or in the middle of a play fight.

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