With feng shui, brooms, mops and any cleaning gear are considered bad luck. If they are used properly, they can sweep out the negative energy of the home or business. If they are not used properly, they can sweep away the good and positive auspicious energy of the home or business. Hence it is best to keep them out of sight after cleaning is done.
According to tips 29 & 86 from Lilian Too’s Personalised Feng Shui Tips book, 2005, she mentioned that exposed brooms are forbidden in dining rooms. The presence of an exposed broom will sweep away the family’s ‘rice bowl’ and livelihood. And is thus considered bad feng shui. This guideline should be followed for electric cleaners as well. I am off to place my robotic vacuum cleaner under the sofa for now!
Another place to avoid is the hallway of your house. The presence of the broom will sweep out all your good fortune!
One of the feng shui tips given by Lilian Too to keep out intruders and burglars was to lean a broom upside down against the wall outside the home, next to the entrance door, and not on the inside of your home. Keep the broom there during the nocturnal hours. In the daytime, don’t forget to keep the broom out of sight since the broom will sweep all your home or business visitors away.
Can you imagine the shock on my mum’s face when she saw I placed all my brooms onto my pallet when she went inside my garage? I had placed all my brooms upside down on one side of the garage wall as they are very dirty.
My mum immediately took them apart and placed them in each corner. According to her, placing them all together means trouble will all come together. For example, if one item breaks, another will follow. Just like you wait ages for one bus and then two buses come along at the same time! Anyway, I let her rearrange the brooms and have not touched them yet.
This is my story. Two years ago, we had a series of misfortune with electric appliances. Our two year old oven broke. We decided to change it as we had it repaired twice before. The new oven is too big and won’t fit into our cupboard space. We had to ask our builder to trim the cupboard. Our boiler switch was broken by the plumber when he came to check on the faulty radiators which were not warm at all. He said the switch was dodgy hence it broke. So we had to foot the bill for a new switch. For almost four days in December, we did not have heating, whilst waiting for an electrician to come to fix it. Then our outdoor light decided to trip our fuse box. We had the electrician come check the whole house. We then had the fuse box changed, and the electrician discovered some of the outside cables were burnt. It was dangerous. We then had the outdoor light changed a few weeks later. Our five year old dryer broke shortly after that. We had to replace it as there was no point in repairing it. Then our nine year old fridge broke! We bought a new fridge but it was a bit taller than our old fridge and wouldn’t fit in the space. We had to order a new cupboard and get that built. A few months later, the new fridge broke. We had it repaired three times and got a replacement in the end! Was this all a coincidence, that the items were getting old and due for a change? Or was there bad feng shui that might have encouraged this series of unfortunate events? What do you think? Let me know your thoughts!