Broken Mirrors; Bad Luck or Breakthroughs?

Hello & Welcome to The Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui & Other Woo. My name is Laura Beatriz Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady!

This episode drops on Friday the 13th, the same day that Mercury & Venus go direct. I am sharing a Feng Shui lived experience in this episode with you. Spooky Season was a trip!

The energies in my home shifted along with the thinning of the veils. I recently made some changes inspired by my personal Property Report, and some things in my environment changed without my prompting.

Mirror, mirror on the wall… mine came crashing down with a fall. So I got a new one.

One night, well past midnight, I was awakened by a loud thud and the sound of breaking glass.

I have cats, and they get up to things. Sage & Cinnamon were fine, but the mirror—which had fallen before—had finally shattered. It was irrevocably broken.

Mirrors expand, reflect, and multiply things. In Feng Shui, they represent the Water element. I also see them as energetic portals.

This was a large, heavy, ornate, rectangular full-length mirror that leaned against my hallway wall. It was a beautiful reflection portal and turned that hallway into my personal fashion runway.

When it shattered, it marked a critical moment in my timeline.

I recognized that I had left my reflection vulnerable by not affixing that mirror to the wall properly.

Innumerable shards of glass covered my hallway. Cleaning them up without injuring myself took painstaking care. I didn’t get back to bed until around 3:30 a.m.

The symbolism was jarring. It wasn’t about bad luck. It was about a complete break from how I had been seeing myself.

Something about my image of myself had shattered. Something I needed to see was finally being revealed.

I loved that the timing was so close to Halloween and Day of the Dead, a season associated with the thinning of the veil between worlds.

My guides love to be dramatic when they make a point. They really know how to get my attention. Our homes are mirrors reflecting our narratives back to us. The mirror itself was a metaphor for what I do. It needed to be bigger, more supported and clearer so now it is.

My guides knew I would replace the mirror with a brand-new portal because that hallway just screams runway moment. The new mirror is slightly larger than the previous one and the top of the full length mirror is rounded, giving it a door-like quality. It’s now affixed to a wall behind which lives my walk in closet.

This is the Children and Creativity Gua of my home. I’ve been receiving so many creative downloads and expressing myself in increasingly revealing ways. I’m gradually getting comfortable sharing my personal journey—even the parts I used to feel ashamed of.

I’ve been writing a lot for work, and my work is deeply personal so I end up revealing things about myself to myself.

Writing about life is a way of remembering who the f**k you are.

I feel ready to see and share the parts of me that have remained hidden, even from myself. That mirror moment magnified and punctuated that readiness.

I cleared the hallway with a salt cleanse to release any negative or fractured patterns and now I am getting used to the new mirror. I feel like I look clearer in it. Maybe it’s the new dimension the portal is opening up.

Mirror, mirror on the wall,I’ve affixed you so you do not fall.I see myself anew.

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you like what you see? Do you recognize yourself? Do you need a new point of view?

I did. How about you?

I can be your mirror for your environment and your image.

Feng Shui is a physical language that mirrors the energy of our lives. I’m a translator, a vessel, a bridge between you and what your space and aesthetic is expressing.

I can read the room, help you curate your space and wardrobe, and storyboard the life you’re ready to step into. I can also guide you in selecting and arranging a property that supports your highest good.

That’s my purpose. My Dharma. My job. I’ll include my scheduler in the show notes for anyone who could use my kind of Space Therapy.

You’re welcome. 🙌🪷✨

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