New Year Shuistrology for Teens

Shuistrology could bring you good luck

Shuistrology (pronounced shway-strology) is what author Ellen Whitehead calls it. She coined the term by combining Feng Shui and astrology... it's all in fun but shuistrology has grains of traditional wisdom that could make New Year's Day lucky for you. In her book Make This Your Lucky Day, she gives this advice:

Make a clean sweep
Attract the positive
Get rid of negatives
Eat lucky food
Make things bright


		Make a clean sweep Clean your house or apartment before New Year's Day in order to clear the way for an exciting new year. (For teens and younger siblings, that means clean your room, your locker, and your desk before New Year's Day... if you want an exciting new year, that is.) Don't clean on New Year's Day or you could sweep away the luck. In shuistrology that's a no-no. If you can't clean the whole house, concentrate on the kitchen, the space that represents health and prosperity in shuistrology.

Attract the positive in shuistrology

Move 27 things in your home to bring good luck from every direction
Attract good fortune by putting 27 one-dollar bills in your wallet and 49 coins in your change purse or pocket
Then sprinkle ground ginger on them (put some on your checkbook, too, if you have one)
Look only to the future
Don't discuss anything that happened in the past
Only talk about hopes and wishes for the future
Place nine small oranges in a bowl on the table to attract sweet things in the new year
Bowls of fruit, nuts and candy are lucky too

Get rid of the negatives

On New Year's Eve open the door at midnight and light firecrackers
Bang pots and pans to scare away any destructive influences in your life
The stars in the sky and chi of Feng Shui combine to have an influence in shuistrology

For more positive influence in shuistrology, make the first words positive. The first words said to you after midnight can impact your good fortune. If necessary, tell someone what to say just after midnight. If you lose your temper or use bad language on this day, it can have a negative effect on the coming year.

girl eating lucky green food

Eat lucky food on New Year's Eve - it is a holiday tradition

Some swear by corned beef and cabbage
For others, it's salmon, cabbage and oranges
Leafy greens symbolize money
In the southern states, people eat their collard greens along with black eyed peas for good luck
In Texas, the greens could be cabbage or turnip greens
In Korea, Kimchi Seaweed Laver

Make things bright

To keep your New Year shuistrology positive fill your home with bright lights on New Year's Day. And for more buzzing kids world ideas see Feng Shui Decor for Teen's Room.