Your Perfect Wedding Style according to your Feng Shui Element and Birth Year

Do you love a room of lush, green plants but your beau prefers clean lines and metal accents? Or maybe a ceramics, pottery and earth-tones are more your thing and your partner enjoys a room full of lit pillar candles? Do you agree on every design decision for your big day, or do you love and hate things simultaneously? Believe it or not, Feng Shui says that our birth year determines what kind of design we love and thrive in! Using your birth year, you can figure out what design style fits your wedding day the best!

Birth Year // Element
1924-35 // Wood
1936-47 // Fire
1948-59 // Earth
1960-71 // Metal
1972-83 // Water
1984-95 // Wood
1996-2007 // Fire
2008-2019 // Earth
2020-31 // Metal

We are nourished and helped not only by our own element, but by the element before it. You can think of it as feeding your element. For example, water feeds wood. So if you are of the wood element, you will feel good around elements of water as well. This nurturing cycle is also known as the Production Cycle of the Five Elements. Similarly, there is also a Destruction or Control Cycle to the opposite effect. That means a metal person might not feel their best in a room full of fire elements.

Feng Shui Five Elements Production and Control (Destruction) Cycle

Once you know what are your personal primary and supporting elements, you can start designing a wedding (or interior space) where you will feel comfortable, thrive, and uniquely celebrate your new life together as a married couple. Here are some design and decor ideas that every Feng Shui Element will love!

Wood
Wood people are usually creative, social and charming. They gravitate towards green plants and freshly cut flowers. Many of our brides are of the Wood element! Lush floral entryways, table centerpieces, and your ceremony arch will make you shine! Plant walls might be your favorite photobooth moment. And you’ll absolutely fall in love with wedding venues in the forest, hills, or tropical jungles. Many Wood people love plants and can’t stop collecting them in their homes and personal spaces.

Fire
Fire is usually enthusiastic and energetic with strong leadership qualities. Candles, candles, and candles are a dream for people born in years of the Fire element. Imagine yourself walking down the aisle lined with pillar candles, or reception chandeliers and candelabras of taper candles. If your venue doesn’t allow open flames, the color red can also be used to bring more fire into your decor. My Fire brides usually love a striking red ranunculus or rose in their bridal bouquet.

Earth
Earth people are generally strong and patient, like Mother Earth. Cceramic vases and pottery for your floral centerpieces are a beautiful and modern way to incorporate the Earth element into your tablescape. The color yellow also represents Earth and might be the perfect pop of color in your bridal bouquet. Some of my favorite yellow flowers for weddings are daffodils in late winter, tulips and foxglove in spring, peonies in late spring and summer, and chrysanthemums in fall.

Metal
Metal is usually connected to material success like business and money. People of the metal element are usually drawn to design with clean, exposed lines. Metals, like rose gold, brass, or silver, can be the perfect accent to enhance a table or a space. Whites and neutrals with metallic accents are the perfect color palette for you.

Water
Water people usually love travel, learning and communication. Like a warm, gentle rain, water can be restorative and relaxing. But like a torrential rainstorm, water can also be destructive and overwhelming. Incorporating the right amount of water elements will make you feel special and comfortable. Water can be found at a venue overlooking the ocean or a lake, or perhaps, with a water feature like waterfall or creek. Table centerpieces of vases filled with water and floating florals like orchids or fragrant gardenia bring something to the guest experience. Blue and black colors can also be used to represent water in your wedding color palette.

What do I do if my partner’s element clashes with my element?
This can happen if two elements are neighbors in the Destruction Cycle, like Fire and Water. The clashing energies can be neutralized by incorporating the element of Wood that buffers between Fire and Water. That could look like a ceremony arch of light vines and greenery, fresh floral arrangements on tables, or potted plants around the venue. Set the intention for a happy and harmonious life together when you recognize and neutralize clashing elements and design preferences.

Remember that all Five Elements are contained within you. While you don’t need to make strict design decisions just on your birth year and element, you can use this a reminder as to why you and your partner love some details but not others. As long as you love your wedding design and choices, you will be happy with your wedding day! You can email me anytime with any questions or for help to design with your element. xx natasha@rosewaterfloral.com

Photography Evangeline Lane