Feng Shui for New Home Buyers: The Complete Move-In Checklist

Congratulations on your new home! 🎉 Before you start unpacking, use this feng shui checklist to clear old energy and set your space up for prosperity, health, and happiness!

BEFORE Moving Day

Preparation is key

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Choose an Auspicious Moving Date

Avoid the 5th, 14th, 23rd of any month. Check the Chinese almanac for lucky move-in days.

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Learn the History of the Home

Ask about previous owners. Avoid homes with recent deaths, divorces, or bankruptcies if possible.

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Prepare Your Cleansing Supplies

Buy sage/palo santo, salt, oranges, new brooms, and red items before move-in day.

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Change the Locks

New locks = new energy barrier. Symbolically closes the door to previous occupants' energy.

📅 Lucky Move-In Days for 2026

Based on the Chinese almanac (Tong Shu), these dates are especially auspicious:

January
8, 12, 20

February
6, 11, 18

March
2, 10, 22

April
5, 15, 26

💡 Best time to enter: Between 9am-3pm (Yang energy hours)

ON Moving Day

First entry rituals

🚪 First Entry Protocol

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Roll Oranges

Roll 8 oranges through the front door while saying "good fortune enters!"

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Salt the Corners

Sprinkle sea salt in every corner to absorb negative energy

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Sage Smudging

Walk clockwise through each room with burning sage

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Ring a Bell

Ring a bell in each room to break up stagnant energy

✅ Move-In Day Checklist

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Enter with something auspicious first — Rice (abundance), oranges (gold), or new broom (sweeping in luck)

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Turn on all lights & open all windows — Invite fresh Yang energy

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Boil water with cinnamon sticks — Fills home with prosperity fragrance

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Set up the bed first — In command position, headboard against solid wall

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Place a bowl of oranges in kitchen — Activates abundance energy immediately

FIRST Week in New Home

Establish positive patterns

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Identify your wealth corner — Far left from entrance, activate with plants/crystals

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Set up a small altar or gratitude spot — Fresh flowers, candles, crystals

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Cook a full meal in the kitchen — Activates the "fire element" and nourishment energy

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Host a small gathering — Invite friends/family to bring positive social energy

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Place a doormat with coins underneath — Wealth enters with every step

⚠️ Things to AVOID

❌ Moving during the Ghost Month (August)
❌ Bringing old mattresses from previous home
❌ Unpacking in the dark (wait for daylight)
❌ Arguing or negative talk on first day
❌ Leaving boxes unpacked for weeks (stagnation)

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Feng Shui Move-In Checklist