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Anjie Cho integrates beauty, spirituality and green design. She creates and enhances balance and harmony by designing spaces with an understanding of sustainability and informed by the ancient practice of feng shui. Her focus is to create a nurturing and supportive environment for each of her clients, at whatever level they feel comfortable.
Client living room in progress #repaint #interiors #inprogress
Site Visit with a lovely client! Wait til you see the befores! #architecture #interiors #inconstruction
In progress Mercury yantra mandala with Indian wash technique #harishjohari #mandala #gouache
client's picture ledge and living room redecoration in progress #lovemywork #pictureledge #livingroom #interiors
Most of you know that I have been studying Vedic yantra and mandala painting since 2008 and I just got back from a retreat at ananda ashram with my teachers, Mavis Gewant and Pieter Weltevrede. You can see some of my newest work here.
Over the years I’ve painted dozens of planet yantras, but it’s only this year that I started incorporating the wisdom of the planets in my everyday life. Did you know that each day of the week is named after one of the planets?
The names for each day of the week have slightly different meaning, depending on the culture, but the names we use in America are derived from the Roman culture. In selecting names for the days of the week, or the time it takes for the moon to move between phases, the Romans chose the names of our sun, moon and, at the time, the five known planets (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn). As a note, these planets were already named after Roman deities (in Latin, of course), so not only are the days of the week named after planets, they're name after Roman deities as well!
Sunday SUN radiant and bright orange
Monday MOON light feminine blue
Tuesday MARS fiery red
Wednesday MERCURY emerald green
Thursday JUPITER expansive yellow
Friday VENUS soft whites & pastels
Saturday SATURN introspective dark blue & black
I started wearing a piece of clothing or jewelry for each planet on their day of the week. For instance, today is Wednesday, so I often wear this green jade mala that I made with Satya Scainetti.
This is from the vedic tradition, but I also connect the colors and planets with feng shui principles. For example Mars and red can relate to the Fame and Recognition area of the feng shui bagua map. I find that it helps me to understand the feng shui colors on a deeper level to connect the planet and god/goddess associations.
Wearing the color of the day can help you invoke the power of that planet to give you a little more support on that particular day. Or if you want more of a particular energy, you can wear that color. For instance you can wear orange for more radiance. It’s interesting to see how people will start to respond to this. For instance, my ascendent is the sun, and when I wear orange on Sunday, I just get so much attention!
Try it out yourself and see what happens!
Painting Ganesha yantra this weekend with my teacher @sacredma #sacredart photo by @sandrinevanslee
Saraswati and her yantra cultivates beauty knowledge and the arts #saraswati #watercolor #goddess
Goddess yantras knowledge and prosperity completed. #saraswati #lakshmi #yantra
#mantraMonday Tara from Carmen Mensink, my tibetan thangka teacher, she grants all wishes and bestows assistance for anyone in need, just ask. Mantra: Om Tare TuTare Ture Soha! #mantra #greentara #thangka #tibetanart #tara #peaceday
#beforeandafter of a foyer. The foyer is impt. as it represents your face to the world #fengshui #interiors #foyer
