| To have optimal good chi flowing into your house | | | | The locking and opening mechanism should also be |
| it is extremely important that the front of the | | | | easy to understand, so no one (even someone |
| house and the path a visitor takes to the door be | | | | tired and having a dumb moment) has to think |
| as well-cared for and clear as possible. These | | | | for even a half second about how to open the |
| areas, sometimes collectively called the "mouth of | | | | gate. At night, the front gate should be illuminated |
| chi", is where the energy starts and optimizing | | | | by either path lights on either side, or by a |
| here will deliver more results than anywhere else. | | | | spotlight from above. |
| While there are a number of feng shui cures for | | | | The Front Path |
| the front of your house, really the best start is to | | | | Take a hard look at the path that goes to your |
| get and keep everything in repair and make the | | | | front door. Do people always go to the right door |
| front of your house user-friendly. Here are the | | | | at your house, and do delivery people always |
| most important parts of getting that done. | | | | leave packages where you want them to? If |
| The Mailbox | | | | they do not, you need to work on the front path |
| In feng shui your mailbox represents your | | | | to the main entrance. It is also very important |
| communication with the outside world. Having it in | | | | that the path be well-lit at night, so set out some |
| disrepair can affect your opportunities and your | | | | solar path lights so your visitors do not have to |
| relationships. The most important part of your | | | | furrow their brows getting in or out of your |
| mailbox is how well it opens. Do you have to tug | | | | house. |
| at it? Does it squeak? Is the door loose, so it falls | | | | The wider the path is, the better. If your path is |
| open easily? Does the red flag stay up? Even | | | | too narrow, but you do not want to tear up the |
| something as simple as a mailbox needs to get a | | | | front pathway just to make it a bit wider, then |
| lot of things right for you to be able to say it is | | | | add a row of pavers on either side. This can do |
| working well. | | | | wonders for a narrow path, or even for a wide |
| The mailbox also needs to be clean. That probably | | | | path if you have a vigorous garden in the front |
| means once a month taking a damp rag with you | | | | and visitors have to pass by tall bushes. The |
| when you to pick up the mail so you can wash | | | | extra six inches on either side makes it so people |
| what the birds left off. Finally, your mailbox post | | | | do not have to worry about brushing against |
| should not be loose or tilt, and your house number | | | | anything, and somehow the wider the path is, the |
| and family name should be easy to read. | | | | more likely people are to continue down it. So if |
| The Front Gate | | | | your front door is not visible from the front gate, |
| Your front gate should open and close easily. It is | | | | just widening the path may help more delivery |
| extremely important that there be nothing | | | | people bring the packages all the way to your |
| blocking how it swings. The bottom of the gate | | | | front door. |
| should not rub against the ground at any point. | | | | |