Opening a shop: the Energy Tower and the north-west corner

A first-time shop owner, opening a small ceramics studio in a converted building.

The reading

Her chart is Earth-phase and strong, with a Wealth structure that favours accumulation over velocity — good for a craft business, poor for anything requiring fast turnover. We suggested the Energy Tower, the Earth-phase object, placed in the corner governing wealth for her orientation.

What we told her, honestly

That the object would not sell a single bowl. What it would do is make the intention physically present at the start and end of every working day, which for a first business is not a small thing.

Her account, one year on

The studio is still running, which for a first shop in its first year is the whole story. She keeps the tower where it was placed and describes the daily ritual of seeing it as “the only part of the day that is not a task”.