Feng Shui: The best places to keep a snake plant for health and prosperity

Snake plants are extremely attractive and valuable plants, with more benefits than you may realise. It’s also a very easy plant in terms of its care making it an ideal choice even for novices not blessed with a green thumb. If you don’t have one yet, there’s no reason not to add one to your home. You may soon find that along with its attractive appearance, it brings you good luck too.

Snake plants(also known as sansevieria—their botanical name isSansevieria trifasciata) can purify the air inside your home as its leaves absorb a variety of toxins, according to one study by NASA. They are also, according toFeng Shuiteachings, the perfect plants to attract money, prosperity, and good energy. Finally, the plant also has a number of traditional medicinal uses, including reducing inflammation and strengthening the immune system.

While snake plants have some impressive qualities, it is important to remember that they need to be located in the correct space to work their magic.

The living room is not the best location for a snake plant.

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The Living Room

Although it is common to find snake plants located inliving rooms, it is actually a mistake to place them there. Living rooms typically have many wood elements and, according to Feng Shui principles, plants also embody the element of wood. The goal with the ancient Chinese practice is to achieve an appropriate balance in terms of elements, where their energies can exist in harmony and not collide with each other.

Snake plants won’t survive in bathrooms.

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The Bathroom

Another area where you should avoid placing snake plants is the bathroom. In this case the reason is biological.Bathroomsare typically humid while snake plants prefer dry conditions. Its leaves and roots may rot quickly—that’s not good when it comes to attracting abundance to your home. Feng Shui teachings should also lead you to skipping the bathroom as a place to put your snake plants. It is a room where energy easily escapes out of a house, and the good vibrations that the plants provide will soon disappear.

It is not a good idea to work near snake plants.

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The Home Office or Workspace

You might think that given snake plants’ ability to attract wealth and good energy, your home office would be the perfect location for them. This is, however, not the case. Among the other qualities of the snake plant is that it is protective and powerful, with the ability to block creativity, lead to doubts about your work, and even create a feeling of stagnation.

There are also places in your home where you should place snake plants.

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Where You Should Locate Snake Plants, According to Feng Shui

Snake plants have the power to protect a home while attracting good luck, money, and positive energy. If you do not place them in the right location, however, the plants will not be able to work their magic.

According to Feng Shui, the best location for snake plants is at the entrance of a house, to protect it from bad energy, improve the environment generally, and attract wealth. The plants will help to cleanse any bad energy that you bring home with you from people or places outside your house.

How to Care for Snake Plants

• Snake plants require good drainage in order to avoid root rot.
• A few hours of light each day will help the plants grow new stems.
• Snake plants require little water. In fact, watering them once or twice a month is typically sufficient. Wait until the soil is completely dry before watering. If the soil is constantly moist, your plant will suffer from rot—yellow leaves are a common sign of rot.

Now that you are armed with the knowledge about where—and where not—to locate your snake plants as well as some basic rules about how to care for them, there’s no reason not to add these plants to your home. They will then take over with the work of attracting good energy and prosperity into your life.

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