The spider plant is more than just an easy-to-care-for houseplant – in Feng Shui, it’s a powerful symbol of balance, renewal and positive energy. Thoughtfully placing it in your home can enhance these qualities, but simply positioning a plant isn’t enough to fully unlock its benefits.
By understanding how to set intentions when placing your spider plant and map your home's energy centers, you can strengthen your spider plant’s impact, ensuring it supports your aspirations in a meaningful way. Whether you’re looking to enhance your career, relationships, or personal well-being, understanding the best locations for your spider plant – according to the Bagua map and 'Five Element Theory' – will amplify its positive influence.
In this guide, we’ll explore why the spider plant care is considered auspicious, the best Feng Shui placements according to Feng Shui energy mapping to maximize its energy, and how to set your intentions to create an environment that supports growth, harmony, and prosperity in your life. After all, aligning the spider plant’s natural energy with your intentions is key to unlocking its full potential.
Why are spider plants an auspicious choice according to Feng Shui?
The different types of spider plants are highly valued in Feng Shui because they bring balance, purification, and positive energy into a space.
Spider plants have air-purifying properties, promoting fresh, clean energy (Qi) in the home. By filtering toxins from the air, they support a healthier environment, aligning with Feng Shui principles of clarity and well-being.
The Five Element Theory is a fundamental concept in Feng Shui that describes how the five natural elements – wood, fire, earth, metal, and water – each have unique characteristics and play a key role in shaping Qi. These elements interact with one another to create balance and harmony in our surroundings and within ourselves.
'In Feng Shui’s Five Element Theory, a well-balanced environment mirrors the natural flow of energy found in the world around us,' explains House Therapist and Feng Shui Practitioner Amy Babish.
Although, like all Feng Shui plants, spider plants contain both earth (stability) and wood (growth) elements, their overall energy movement is what sets them apart. Amy Babish says, 'While the spider plant does contain earth and wood elements, we look at the energetic movement, contribution, and impact of the whole plant.' She explains that with its cascading leaves that mimic the gentle flow of water, the spider plant embodies the water element, representing adaptability, wisdom, and restoration.
Spider plants are also auspicious in Feng Shui because their lush, arching foliage symbolizes expansion and renewal, while their ability to produce baby spiderettes represents fertility, prosperity, and continuous opportunities.
Amy Babish, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, is a House Therapist (Feng Shui), Alchemical Family & Systems Constellations Facilitator, and licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience. She helps people feel at home in themselves, their bodies, their homes, and within their lineage by blending somatic coaching, Feng Shui, Taoist Stone Medicine, and Constellations. Amy works with those who’ve plateaued in therapy and mindset work, guiding them to transmute stuck energy and dissolve intergenerational patterns into clarity, alignment, and a sense of profound belonging. She hosts The Soulful Visionary Podcast, where guests receive attuned processes support aligning body, space, and legacy.
How to set intentions when placing a spider plant
Before placing your spider plant, take a moment to set an intention for what you want it to bring into your life – whether it's growth, creativity, balance, or abundance.
Amy Babish explains that many people focus on success, ambition, and personal growth, all of which are linked to the wood element in Feng Shui. However, just like a tree needs water to grow strong, your ambitions need restoration and nourishment to thrive.
Since spider plants embody the water element, setting an intention when placing them can help create a balanced flow of energy, supporting steady growth without the stress of burnout or the frustration of feeling stuck.
One simple yet powerful way to set an intention is to speak it aloud when placing your spider plant. For example: 'May this plant support my creativity and personal growth; this plant brings harmony and abundance into my home.'
This small ritual strengthens your connection with the plant and enhances its energetic impact on your space.
For more guidance on Feng Shui principles, Feng Shui Made Simple, from Amazon can offer valuable tips.
Best locations for spider plants according to Feng Shui
'If you know the Feng Shui bagua mandala, you can select an area of your home that aligns with your intention and place any plant there.' says Anjie Cho, holistic interior designer and Feng Shui expert at the Mindful Design Feng Shui School. 'For instance, you can place one in the wealth area of the Feng Shui bagua mandala with the intention that you’d like your financial investments to also flourish.'
To find the best location for your spider plant in your home, Amy Babish explains how to use the Bagua map to locate these from a BTB Feng Shui perspective: 'The Bagua is an energetic map that overlays a space, revealing how different areas correspond to different aspects of life – such as career, relationships, health, and wealth. By understanding these connections, we can intentionally design our surroundings to support our aspirations, goals, and dreams.'
How to place the Bagua Map in your home:
1. Draw a floor plan of everything under your roofline (or, if in an apartment, everything within your unit).
2. Overlay a tic-tac-toe grid (nine equal squares) to correspond to the nine life areas in Feng Shui - also knows as 'Guas'.
3. Align the front door with the bottom row of the Bagua Map.
4. 'If your home has a unique shape with missing or bonus areas, this is where a consultation with a House Therapist or Feng Shui Practitioner can be supportive,' advises Amy Babish
By intentionally placing a spider plant where it aligns with these energies, you can amplify its positive effects and create a more harmonious living space.
Anjie Cho is a creator of holistic spaces, specifically focused on designing architectural interiors, and teaching Feng Shui and meditation. She is the author of Mindful Homes and Holistic Spaces.
Career and Life Journey Gua
This gua is ruled by the water element, making it the best location for a spider plant. Placing your spider plant in the career and life journey gua enhances flow, success, new opportunities in your career, and personal growth.
Amy Babish explains, 'Career and life journey gua is the most auspicious place for a spider plant. Intentionally placing the water element in its elemental home adds flow to whatever you’re welcoming into your life, work, and relationships. It also supports the Qi to flow into your home, supporting the overall elemental balance.'
So where should you place your spider plant? According to the Bagua map, the career and life journey gua is located near the front entrance of your home. Lisa Morton, at Pure Living with Lisa Morton: 'If you're looking for something new in your life such as a new job, new relationship, or simply fresh new energy, I recommend placing spider plants near the front door. This encourages new opportunities to flow towards them.' You can also place your spider plant in a home office or workspace to enhance clarity, motivation, and professional success.
Lisa Morton has 20 years of experience as an interior designer, and have focused the past ten years on holistic design and Feng Shui. SHe also recently earned the certification of Master Teacher of Feng Shui and now teaches others. She loves to share about her expertise in interior design, Feng Shui, holistic design, space clearings, color psychology, home organizing, clutter clearing and also design trends.
Family and New Beginnings Gua
In Five Element Theory, water nourishes wood, making the 'family and new beginnings gua' an excellent placement for those seeking personal or family growth, new ventures, or fresh starts.
'The water element generates the wood element,' says Amy Babish. 'If you’re looking to grow something in your life or have an intention that needs support to flourish, adding a spider plant with intentionality in the family and new beginnings gua in your home, it will support it.'
According to the Bagua map, the family and new beginnings gua is located in the eastern part of your home. Ideal placement areas for your spider plant include the living room, dining area, or any eastern-facing space, where the plant’s energy can support growth, renewal, and strong family connections.
Where to place a spider plant to keep it thriving
Beyond Feng Shui considerations, spider plant care is essential to maintaining its energy, as a healthy, thriving plant enhances positive Qi, while a neglected or struggling plant can disrupt this.
To ensure your spider plant flourishes, place it in bright, filtered light, avoiding direct sun that can scorch the leaves. If you’re placing it by a south-facing window, consider using window treatments such as this sun blocking window film from Amazon to diffuse harsh rays.
When it comes to watering a spider plant, keep the soil lightly moist but be careful not to overwater it, as this can lead to root rot. It prefers temperatures between 65 to 75°F and good airflow to prevent pests such as spider mites.
Regularly clean houseplant leaves with a damp cloth or leaf cleaning tongs, available at Amazon, to remove dust, allowing the plant to breathe and absorb light more effectively.
'When you add intention, five element theory, and the Bagua map to the placement of a spider plant or any Feng Shui remedy, you’re creating opportunities for more impact, as well as an auspicious outcome,' says Amy Babish.
If you want more spider plant energy in your home, baby spiderettes can be used to propagate a spider plant. Anjie Cho says, 'They propagate themselves given suitable living conditions, which in turn offers abundant and prosperous Qi. You don’t have to do much for them to create plant babies, which imparts beneficial energy, good luck and good fortune for the home.' Simply repot these mini spider plants for extra greenery or share them with loved ones, making them a beautiful and ever-growing addition to your space.
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