A pair of Mandarin Ducks symbolize happiness in love and suggestive of romance, devotion, affection, conjugal fidelity, togetherness and enduring love. Mandarin ducks live in couples and mourn the loss of their mates, which is why the bird has long been regarded as the most traditional and the most potent symbol of love and married bliss in Feng Shui practice.
When placed in pair nearby their owners, Mandarin Ducks becomes a powerful cure to attract or enhance love and relationships. For singles, the pair of Mandarin Ducks will enhance your chances of finding love partners; for lovers, it will bring you marriage opportunities; and for married couples, a pair of Mandarin Ducks will hold out the promise of a marriage being gloriously happy with no separation between the spouses.
For added benefits, sometimes a pair of Mandarin Ducks is designed accompanied with lotus flowers and leaves, and depicted biting on the stems of lotus pods with many lotus seeds in them. While Mandarin Ducks are famous and strong symbols for fidelity and love, the lotus plant plays many roles in this auspicious symbol of love. Regarded as good fortune flower by many Feng Shui masters, the lotus flower is said to turn bad luck to good luck and heighten your sense of joy and peace. It is a symbol of harmony and purity. And because lotus leaves protect the fish under them and fish is regarded as abundance, it also symbolizes that your wealth is protected. Last but not least, lotus seed in Chinese is "lian jee", which sounds like a phrase that means "every year you have a son."
Mandarin Ducks figurine is a must-have for married couples. It makes a perfect gift for the newlyweds. Singles can also use it to enhance their love life.
Here is how you can use the Mandarin Ducks to Feng Shui your way to a better life.
1. To enhance marriage, love and romance luck, Mandarin Ducks should be kept in a pair in the romance corner of the occupants of a home i.e. bedroom, living room, work desk or in the universal love corner, the South West based on the Pakua's Life Aspirations Theory.
2. If you are single, to attract a new partner the Mandarin Ducks should face each other and be placed on the side of your bed you get in and out of bed from.
3. If you are married, to preserve or enhance an existing relationship the Mandarin Ducks should be alongside each other and be placed on the nightstand on the husband’s side.
4. For a happy marriage and to ensure joyous unions, display the Mandarin Ducks symbol in your personal Nien Yen or Romance direction based on your Kua number (Eight Mansion Theory).
Never place Mandarin Ducks alone or separated from their mate. If possible, keep them well lighted.
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