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Episode 405: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: November 2026 Oct 26, 2026

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As we transition into November, the energy shifts toward a deeper yin season. This month invites us to slow down, reflect, and prepare for the quieter months ahead. To kick off November 2026, we are once again sharing a monthly qi forecast. We cover how we can align energetically with the qi this month, what we can learn from this month’s solar terms, and what’s in store for each of the Chinese zodiac animals. Plus, Laura shares a tarot reading for the Holistic Spaces podcast listener community.

We cover:

-Solar terms for November 2026
-How to align with the qi of the month
-What the moon cycle tells us
-A very seasonally appropriate tarot reading
-What the different animals of the zodiac should be on the lookout for
…and much more!

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:24] Qi Forecast for November 2026
[1:36] Understanding the Yin Season and Reflection
[8:21] November Zodiac Forecast
[11:40] Ways to Align with November Qi
[13:57] Tarot Reading Insights for November
[22:49] Practical Feng Shui Tips for November
[28:44] Conclusion and Call to Action

Episode 404: Liminal Spaces: Remembering Our Loved Ones Oct 19, 2026

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As we transition into autumn, we enter a liminal space where the boundaries between the physical and spiritual worlds feel thinner. In this episode of the Holistic Spaces Podcast, we reflect on the importance of remembering our loved ones during this season of remembrance, including Día de Muertos and All Souls’ Day.

We also honor our dear mentor, Rosalie Prinzivalli, who passed away in July, leaving behind a body of work that has touched lives around the world. Without Rosalie, we, Anjie and Laura, may never have met. Deeply missed by so many, Rosalie’s legacy lives on through her teachings and wisdom, which we are honored to continue sharing.

We cover:

-Autumn as a liminal season

-Cultural traditions of remembrance

-How remembering loved ones connects us to gratitude, interdependence, and the people and teachings that shaped us

-The history of yin feng shui and the traditional significance of ancestral burial sites.

-Remembering and honoring our late mentor, Rosalie Prinzivalli
...and much more!

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🔗 A Conversation with Master Feng Shui Teacher Rosalie Prinzivalli

🔗 Interviewing the Lineage: Rosalie Prinzivalli

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[2:39] Cultural Significance of Día de Muertos and All Souls Day
[5:26] The Importance of Remembering Our Ancestors
[8:00] Understanding Ancestry Beyond Blood Relations
[10:18] Creating Spaces for Remembrance
[13:09] Rituals and Offerings for Honoring Loved Ones
[15:47] The Connection Between Past and Future
[18:16] Honoring Rosalie: Personal Stories and Legacy
[24:05] Reflections on Mentorship and Influence
[29:45] Closing Thoughts and Gratitude

Episode 403: Redesigning Your Home When You're Redesigning Life Oct 12, 2026

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What happens when we change on the inside, but our homes haven’t caught up? In episode 403, we explore how feng shui can help us reshape our spaces to reflect who we’re becoming. Looking to the bagua mandala, we offer practical steps to create a home that supports your changing needs, priorities, and growth. Implementing feng shui in your life is an ongoing and lifelong process, and today's episode is a reflection on just that.

We cover:

-Taking note of what no longer fits
-Creating space for something new
-Supportive redesign through a feng shui lens
-Using the five elements to support who you are becoming
-Accessing the bagua to best support your new path
…and much more!

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:06] Redesigning your home while redesigning your life
[3:34] Start with awareness: noticing what no longer fits
[6:23] Creating physical space for what’s new
[9:47] Using feng shui to support personal change
[10:49] The five elements: choosing the qualities you need more of
[14:05] Using the bagua to reflect on where change is happening
[16:49] Start slowly and make one meaningful shift at a time
[18:29] Reflection: does your home support who you’re becoming?

Episode 402: Can You Learn to Read a Space? Oct 05, 2026

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Can space reading be learned, or is it an innate gift?

This week on the Holistic Spaces podcast, we explore a core feng shui question—and the answer is both practical and empowering: space reading is absolutely learnable.

But it isn’t just about memorizing feng shui tools or following a set of rules. It’s about developing observation, intuition, discernment, and practice together.

In this episode, we explore the balance between structure and sensitivity, and how feng shui can be both a system and a living, embodied practice.

We also reframe intuition: not as something you’re simply born with, but as something that can deepen through study, repeated observation, and experience.

We cover:

-The difference between learning feng shui tools and how to actually read a space

-Feng shui as a balance of yin and yang

-The practical building blocks of reading a space, including the five elements, bagua, forms, shapes, colors, materials, arrangements, and rituals

-Feng shui guidelines work best as perspectives and tools, not rigid prescriptions

-The value of lineage, community, and learning from teacher to student as part of developing feng shui fluency
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

🔗Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

🔗Register for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant work sh op, available for a limit ed time

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-Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.

-Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:02] Reading a space: tools and observation
[2:11] Yin and yang in feng shui practice
[4:44] Learning the foundational feng shui tools
[6:18] Developing “yin yang eyes” through practice and community
[7:26] Guidelines, frameworks, and learning to listen
[9:45] The observation skills behind reading a space
[10:52] Skill versus intuition
[12:34] The answer: yes, reading a space can be learned
[14:45] Closing thoughts and upcoming offerings

Episode 401: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: October 2026 Sep 28, 2026

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🍁Happy (to those in the Northern hemisphere) Autumn!!!🍂

A new month means a new qi forecast, and this episode covers the shift into October through the lens of feng shui. October marks a continued transition into the darker, quieter part of the year. The energy of autumn is contracting as qi returns to the earth. Trees shed their leaves, plants die back, and the cycle of growth comes toward completion. We explain autumn’s energy, what the solar terms and moon phases mean for the month, and how to work with the autumnal energy. Plus, Anjie offers an I ching reading for the Holistic Spaces listener community and we share a list of auspicious days for each of the Chinese zodiac animal.

We cover:

-October marking the shift from autumn into darker, quieter yin energy

-The month’s solar terms

-The season’s invitation for completion, release, and ancestor remembrance

-October as the Month of the Dog, with supportive and challenging zodiac pairings

-Ways to align with October’s energy

-An I Ching reading for the Holistic Spaces listener community
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Harmonize your Home with Feng Shui Plants

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[1:41] October’s seasonal energy
[3:23] Solar terms: Cold Dew and Frost Descent
[7:16] New moon and full moon reflections
[9:25] Chinese zodiac forecast for October
[11:47] Auspicious dates for each zodiac animal
[12:18] Simple ways to align with October’s qi
[15:06] I Ching reading: Fire over Lake
[19:13] Embracing opposition and yin–yang balance
[23:24] Practical feng shui applications for the month
[26:17] Honoring ancestors and trying something new
[27:30] Closing and upcoming offerings

Episode 400: Simple Rituals for Autumn Equinox Sep 21, 2026

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This week we celebrate episode 400 (!!!) with a seasonal conversation about the autumn equinox and its meaning in feng shui practice. We explore the shift from expansive yang energy toward quieter yin energy and share three practical rituals to help align your home and habits with the season. We discuss why this turning point matters in both nature and home practice, then offer three simple rituals to help you gather, simplify, and reset for the months ahead. Tune in for practical, seasonal ways to align your spaces and energy with the rhythm of the year.

We cover:

-The equinoxsignaling the transition into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere

-The seasonal change and its connection to feng shui fundamentals, including the five elements, the bagua, and the movement between yin and yang

-Autumn as a season of harvest, gathering, preserving, and preparing for winter

-The metal element energy as a symbol of contracting, refining, clarifying, completing, and letting go

-Three simple feng shui rituals to welcome the autumn
…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Harmonize your Home with Feng Shui Plants

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[01:40] Welcoming the autumn equinox
[04:02] Harvest, gratitude, and seasonal reflection
[05:43] Feng Shui, yin-yang, and the Metal element
[10:19] Ritual 1: Harvest and winter preparation
[13:31] Ritual 2: Let go and simplify your home
[16:14] Ritual 3: A Metal element sound ritual
[18:33] Autumn’s invitation: reflect, release, and carry forward
[19:39] Closing and ways to stay connected

Episode 399: A Conversation with Anjie & Katherine Sep 14, 2026

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What does it really mean to become a feng shui teacher? In this episode, we’re joined once again by our dear friend Katherine Metz for a wide-ranging and heartfelt conversation about our experiences as feng shui teachers—and what it takes to move from learning the foundations to truly embodying the practice.

We also discuss the Pure Professor program, our offering for deeper study and mentorship designed for everyone from feng shui certification graduates to experienced practitioners who are ready to take their work to the next level.

We discuss the importance of long-term mentorship, meaningful teacher-student relationships, and ongoing access to senior guidance can be so transformative. Because becoming a great practitioner isn’t just about learning more—it’s about having the support, perspective, and guidance to turn knowledge into lived expertise.

We cover:

Katherine's role as an archivist of Professor Lin Yun’s teachings

The crucial nature of learning within a lineage

The importance of cultivated wisdom

The everlasting value of a mentor relationship

The joys of teaching feng shui

How experienced feng shui practitioners can continue to learn and grow
...and much more!

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Katherine Metz

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[07:38] Why lineage matters
[10:27] Structure, freedom, and following a path
[12:58] How practice deepens over time
[15:32] Growing through experience
[17:53] Feng shui as a broader life practice
[20:28] What newer practitioners can miss
[22:38] Following qi, intuition, and the moment
[25:02] Mastery as an ongoing practice
[39:15] “Simply show up”
[42:13] What changes with deeper study
[46:04] What can’t be learned from a book
[49:40] What experienced practitioners are seeking
[57:05] The joy and responsibility of teaching
[63:35] Moving beyond a plateau
[68:20] Closing invitation and upcoming offerings

Episode 398: Metal Element: A Conversation with Katherine Metz Sep 07, 2026

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In this episode, we continue our five elements series with a conversation about metal and its connection to autumn. We are once again joined by our mentor, feng shui master teacher Katherine Metz, to explore metal as wisdom, refinement, right action, and the ability to let go with precision and grace.

Together, we move beyond the idea that metal is simply rigid or controlling. We discuss its quieter, yin qualities: reflection, joy, completion, clarity, and the wisdom that develops through life experience.

We cover:

-Metal as the element of wisdom and how hardship can reveal valuable insight

-Metal’s qualities of clarity, precision, refinement, structure, and right action

-Metal’s relationship to letting go, including releasing regrets, outdated habits, and things that no longer serve us

-Metal’s role in communication, advocacy, and using language that is clear, precise, and considerate.

…and much more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pure Professor with Katherine & Anjie

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

Make sure you’re following us on Instagram for feng shui tips and live Q&A’s.

Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.

Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.

MORE QUESTIONS

Time Stamps For This Episode:
[05:39] What metal means in feng shui
[06:59] Metal as color, shape, material, and quality
[09:34] Metal as wisdom and clearer expression
[16:15] Metal in the five-element system
[21:44] Metal as alchemy and filtration
[22:54] Joy, wonder, and curiosity as metal qualities
[24:42] Reviewing, refining, and reconnecting in autumn
[28:20] Gratitude, harvest, and releasing attachment
[31:33] Grief, sadness, and the work of letting go

Episode 397: Feng Shui Qi Forecast: September 2026 Aug 31, 2026

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After a monthlong break, we are back with a new episode! A new month means a new qi forecast, and this episode covers the shift into September through the lens of feng shui, seasonal qi, and the metal element. We explain how autumn’s energy moves toward yin, what the solar terms and moon phases mean for the month, and how to work with change, completion, and letting go. Laura offers a tarot reading for the Holistic Spaces listener community and we share a list of auspicious days for each of the Chinese zodiac animals.

We cover:

-September as a gradual shift into autumn, with yin energy increasing as summer’s yang begins to fade

-The first solar term, White Dew on September 7, signaling cooler mornings, condensation, and the start of the metal season

-The autumnal equinox on September 22, marking the midpoint of autumn, when day and night balance before yin takes over more fully

-The new moon on September 11 supports rest, reflection, and setting intentions around clarity, completion, and release

-The full moon on September 26 is the Harvest Moon, a traditional time for gathering, finishing work, and preparing for colder months.

-September as the month of the rooster in the Chinese calendar

-Auspicious days for each of the zodiac animals, as well as a Po day

-A tarot reading for the Holistic Spaces community

Mentioned in this episode:

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Harmonize your Home with Feng Shui Plants

Enhance your qi, prosperity and wellness

Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!

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-Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.

-Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.

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Time Stamps For This Episode:
[03:31] Autumn energy begins to settle in
[05:25] White Dew and the early September solar term
[07:19] Autumnal equinox and the midpoint of autumn
[08:47] New moon themes: rest, reflection, and release
[09:41] Harvest Moon and what to complete before winter
[13:42] The rooster month and September’s astrological influences
[14:49] Po Days and why September 15 calls for caution
[15:34] The metal season, letting go, and the bagua area of completion
[17:15] A tarot reading for the Holistic Spaces community
[18:04] Using the five element colors for support
[21:31] Simple feng shui ways to work with the month
[22:37] Easy DIY ways to bring all five elements into one space

Episode 396: The Best of Holistic Spaces: 5 Easy Ways to Feng Shui Your Kid's Bedroom Aug 24, 2026

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We are digging into our archives and sharing four of our most popular and asked about episodes from the past decade. With almost 400 conversations about feng shui and creating nurturing spaces, these are some of the episodes that have most resonated with our listeners and we are delighted to revisit them. Every Monday in August will feature a “best of” episode!

Since we’re entering the back-to-school season, we wanted to share a few ways you can support kids through feng shui. In this episode, we’re sharing 5 simple ways you can use feng shui in your kid’s bedroom to help set them up for success.

We cover:

-The best places in the home for a child’s bedroom

-How to locate a bed in the most supportive position

-The feng shui of bunk beds

-How to choose colors for a kid’s bedroom

-Creating a dedicated study area for older children

-Choosing lighting for a kid’s room

-Why it’s important to involve your kids in the process

Mentioned in this episode:

Our Feng Shui Energy Map Ekit

Harmonize your Home with Feng Shui Plants

Enhance your qi, prosperity and wellness