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Dear Erika,

A warm welcome to you:)

Usually, if it is ascertained that e.g. a person is a weak fire person, (under the Five Elements concept), one can enhance personal-self e.g. in the clothes that we wear.

For example, for a weak fire person, under the productive cycle (ref https://www.geomancy.net/fs/5element.htm )
Wood helps fire to grow.

Thus wood color is green or brown. Alternatively fire element can also be used e.g. pink, red, purple.

Under the destructive sequence, Earth destroys water. Earth can be a controlling element of `water'.

Overall, under the Five Element concept, one should not go to the extreme i.e "hot or cold" but ultimately, seek a balance of all five elements (where possible).

Warmest Regards,
Cecil

On 10/9/00 4:07:00 PM, Erika Hoffman-Desmond wrote:
>Hi. My name's Erika. I'm new
>to feng shui, so I hope that I
>don't annoy you with the
>ineptitude of my question. I
>totally BELIEVE in feng shui,
>and I know the problems I am
>facing manifest themselves in
>every direction I look. I am
>exerting myself to effect some
>big & difficult character
>changes in myself, and I would
>like my bedroom to reflect
>those changes. I have always
>had too much water (or perhaps
>water-logged wood is a better
>way of putting it) and not
>enough fire in my personality,
>actions, and life. (Or maybe
>it's a matter of associating
>myself with too many "water"
>people who bring out the worst
>in me.) The result is I
>become very frustrated and
>fail to live up to the
>better-than-average potential
>I know I have. A wise friend
>of mine gave me a metaphor:
>it's as if I am unable to
>build a fire because I have
>too much firewood preventing a
>fire from taking hold. He
>says the best way to build a
>fire is to take just a few
>pieces of kindling at a time,
>building the fire
>incrementally instead of
>trying to set alight all my
>firewood at once. But I
>usually feel overwhelmed by
>too many things to consider at
>once and I know I am overly
>generous to my great
>disadvantage. My moods swing
>from overly anxious to
>lethargic with little
>moderation in between the
>extremes. I have no idea how
>to describe the problems
>specifically feng-shui-wise as
>they are showing up in my
>bedroom, but if anyone is
>interested in helping me,
>please contact me with
>specific questions which I'd
>be happy to answer. Learning
>about this stuff is great fun
>for me. Thanks a bunch!