180 Vision Board Affirmations by Feng Shui Area

Here are 180 vision board affirmations, 20 for each of the nine Feng Shui Bagua areas. Only nine of them go on your board, one per area, and the first section shows you how to pick them.

I've made vision boards since I was a teenager, and I've been building the VISIYA app since 2022. About half the wishes on my boards come true. The nine areas below are the ones on the free Feng Shui Bagua Board in VISIYA. If you're still laying out your board, start with the Feng Shui vision board guide.

Prefer paper? Scroll down for free printable affirmation cards, no email needed.

How do you pick the right vision board affirmations?

Pick lines you can believe today, one per area, nine in total. Then give each one a small step you'll take this week.

• One line per area. It goes right next to that area's picture. The picture carries the feeling, the line gives it a name. A board covered in text is a board you stop looking at.
• Believable, or a bridge. Choose lines that are already a little bit true. If one feels false when you say it, turn it into a bridge: "I'm learning to..." or "I'm becoming someone who..."
• One small step. Give each line one thing you'll do this week, ideally as an if-then plan: "If it's Sunday morning, then I check my bank balance before I make coffee."
• Leave off negations ("I am not broke"), comparisons with other people, promises to cure your body, and anything you'd be embarrassed to read out loud.

Here's what a bridge looks like:

A line that might feel false	The bridge form
"I am a rich person"	"I'm becoming someone who saves a little every month"
"I love every cell of my body"	"I'm learning to treat my body kindly"
"I have my own thriving business"	"I'm building my business one step at a time"
"I deserve true love"	"I'm opening up to a love that feels right for me"

Health (Center)

Your physical and emotional health sits in the middle of the Bagua and keeps the other eight areas steady.

• I have plenty of energy
• I am healthy and full of energy
• I feel great
• I am in great physical shape
• I eat healthy
• I deserve to have a healthy body
• I have a strong immune system
• I love every cell of my body
• Healthy habits improve my life
• I have a strong body and a sound mind
• I let my body rest when it needs to
• My mind is strong
• My body is my temple
• Thanks to my good health, I enjoy every second of my life
• My body recovers quickly and easily
• Every day I get stronger
• It's natural for me to be healthy
• My body can handle more than I think
• I listen to my body with love
• I am active and alive

Wealth (Southeast)

Your money goals and the feeling of having enough. To turn them into real numbers and dates, read how to make a money vision board.

• I have enough money for everything
• I am grateful for money
• Wealth is always with me
• I let wealth into my life
• I attract money
• I am a rich person
• I release all resistance to attracting money
• Abundance flows into my home
• I feel financial freedom and independence
• I deserve to be a rich person
• I take good care of my money
• I attract wealth
• I use my money to make my life better
• I am worthy of wealth
• My wealth gives me true freedom
• I enjoy my wealth
• Money flows to me easily
• I'm full of ideas to make money
• An abundance of money is available to me in this world
• My bank account is growing very fast

Fame (South)

Your self-confidence, the way you shine, and how other people see you.

• I deserve a good reputation
• I know my time to shine is coming
• My reputation for honesty and compassion grows daily
• I deserve to be a successful and respected person
• I care about my good reputation
• I believe luck is on my side
• I am honored and respected in every way by the people I work with
• Life loves me
• Recognition fills my life with joy
• I am on the path to success
• I am inspired by my victories
• I feel the respect of others
• I know what I want and I get it
• People around me see my achievements
• I feel whole and successful
• I am a winner
• I am a talented and successful person
• I feel that people admire me
• I enjoy an abundance of support and enthusiasm for my accomplishments
• Every day I become more successful, and my fame grows

Love (Southwest)

A relationship that's good for you, or being open to one. If you're making a board together, see the couples vision board guide.

• The world around me is full of love
• Love brings me great pleasure and joy
• I open myself to endless love
• Wherever I go and whoever I am with, I find love
• I enjoy the love, beauty and kindness of the world around me
• My heart is ready to receive love
• I am a magnet for love and happiness
• I can receive and give love
• My partner and I feel safe with each other
• My relationship is open, honest and loving
• I am able to love and deserve love
• I feel loved
• The more love I give, the more I receive
• I am surrounded by love and happiness
• I was created for happiness, pleasure and love
• I attract love and give it to others
• Love helps me overcome any obstacle
• I am filled with true love and joy
• I enjoy intimacy and love
• I deserve true love

Family (East)

Your family, and the friendships that feel like family.

• I have a wonderful family
• I have a good relationship with my family
• My family is the foundation of my happy life
• I'm proud of my family
• Each member of my family is unique
• My family always supports me
• I love every member of my family
• I get along easily with everyone in my family
• I have patience with everyone, including myself
• I accept that I cannot change a family member's mood
• We are honest with each other
• When I really listen to my family, I understand them better
• I wish only the best for my family
• My family's life is full of joy, happiness and amazing adventures
• My family life is full of love
• We look out for one another
• I enjoy family life
• Letting go of past hurts makes room for joy
• My family life is a source of true joy
• Our home is full of joy, peace and harmony

Creativity, children (West)

Your kids, your inner child, and everything you make with your hands and ideas.

• My children respect and love me
• My children deserve love and respect
• My children have so much potential
• My children fill my life with true meaning
• My children are my pride and joy
• I allow my children to learn from mistakes
• My children are in good health
• My children deserve success and well-being
• I see the beauty in my children
• I have a good relationship with my children
• I embrace inspiration
• I am inspired to create
• Gratitude sparks new ideas for me
• I am a creative person
• My creativity grows every day
• I give myself permission to pursue my ideas
• My heart is wide open to new ideas
• My creativity fills my life with true meaning
• Creativity makes me happy and confident
• Creativity makes my life beautiful

Knowledge (Northeast)

Learning and new skills, from a language class to the book on your nightstand.

• I'm drawn to learning
• My mind and heart are open to everything new
• I easily learn new things
• I'm getting wiser every day
• I am a genius at what I do
• I am always ready to learn and grow
• I enjoy working on myself
• Knowledge fills my life with true meaning
• I learn something new every day
• I can handle whatever comes my way
• Knowledge makes my path easier
• My life is an endless search for new knowledge
• I am gaining knowledge and wisdom at all times
• I eagerly absorb new information
• I never stop seeking new knowledge
• Every new problem I solve increases my intelligence
• In any life situation, I find the best solution for me
• I have enough strength and knowledge to succeed
• I find answers to all my questions
• I am wise beyond my years

Career, business (North)

Your path at work, whether you have a job or run your own business, and how your workdays feel.

• I am worthy of the career success I desire
• I am fulfilling my purpose in this world
• I am creating a work life that inspires and motivates me
• I am building my dream career
• I am willing to put in the work needed to achieve my professional goals
• I'm climbing the corporate ladder at lightning speed
• I am the perfect candidate for this job
• My work lets me reach my full potential
• I am now taking my career to the next level
• I have a well-paid, interesting job
• I have my own thriving business
• I believe in myself and in my business
• I use new ideas to grow my business
• I give my business smart, focused effort
• People trust me and my business
• I increase my income every day
• I can achieve anything I want to
• I'm ahead of the competition today and always
• I easily achieve my business goals
• I am a born entrepreneur

Travel, helpful people (Northwest)

The people who back you up, and the places you still want to see.

• I travel safely wherever I go
• I make room in my life to travel
• When I travel, I meet many interesting people
• I have the means to travel anywhere
• I travel as much as I want
• I enjoy traveling
• I am excited to see unique local places and have authentic experiences
• I am a magnet for new journeys and adventures
• The universe provides me with everything I need to make travel happen
• My travels fill me with joy and wonder
• I constantly attract helpful, generous, loving people
• The people in my life love and support me
• The people around me lift me up
• I am surrounded by people who respect me
• I trust the people around me
• I am surrounded by true friends and like-minded people
• Kind and friendly people come into my life
• I meet the right people at the right time
• I can be myself with the people around me
• I create an environment where I thrive

Free printable affirmation cards

Two pages on US Letter paper, free, no email needed: Bagua affirmation cards (PDF).

Page 1 has nine cards laid out like the Bagua, each in its area's color, with one line from the lists above. Page 2 has nine blank cards in the same colors for your own lines. Cut them out and glue them into the nine squares of the free A3 poster, or onto your own board.

These are our picks for the nine cards, each with one small step as an example:

Area	Our pick	One small step this week
Health	Healthy habits improve my life	Go to bed 30 minutes earlier on two weeknights
Wealth	I'm full of ideas to make money	Write down three ways you could earn an extra $100
Fame	I care about my good reputation	Keep one promise you made at work, on time
Love	My heart is ready to receive love	Say a plain "thank you" the next time someone compliments you
Family	I have patience with everyone, including myself	Take one slow breath before you answer in a tense family chat
Creativity, children	I am inspired to create	Block 30 minutes on Saturday to make something with your hands
Knowledge	I am always ready to learn and grow	Sign up for one free class or webinar on something you're curious about
Career, business	I am building my dream career	Put 30 minutes on your calendar for your next career step
Travel, helpful people	I meet the right people at the right time	Ask someone you admire for a 15-minute coffee chat

None of the lines feel like yours? Write your own. Here's how to create your own affirmations, step by step.

How do you add affirmations to your vision board?

On paper, write the line on a card and glue it next to the area's picture. In the app, each line goes in as a note in the matching area. You can type it yourself or add it straight from your favorites.

In VISIYA for iPhone and iPad, the Feng Shui Bagua Board is one of six free templates, and one board is free for good. Tap "+" in an area, add a note and type your line. It sits right next to that area's pictures.

The app also has daily affirmations: more than 3,000 of them across dozens of topics. The affirmation player shows you one each day, and you tap the heart to save it to your favorites.

To put one of those lines on your board without retyping it, open your favorites (the heart icon at the top of the Affirmations tab), tap the affirmation and choose "Add to board." Pick your board, then the area, and the line lands there as a note. In the player, the board icon next to the heart does the same.

To see your board every day, set it as your lock-screen wallpaper. Saving the wallpaper is part of VISIYA Plus.

The widget is part of VISIYA Plus and cycles through all your pictures. Without Plus, it shows just the first picture. Here's how to make a vision board on your phone, wallpaper and widget included. VISIYA Plus is a one-time purchase, no subscription.

Do affirmations work?

Not on their own, and sometimes they backfire. Three lines of research point to what helps more: a line you can believe, tied to something you value, and followed by an action.

Psychologist Joanne Wood and her team tested the line "I'm a lovable person" in two experiments (Wood, Perunovic & Lee, 2009). In the first, people repeated it. Those with low self-esteem felt worse afterward than a comparison group who didn't. In the second, people focused on ways the line was true for them, with the same result. People with high self-esteem felt better, but only a little.

These were small lab studies of mood, not of goals. Still, the lesson for your board is clear enough: if you don't buy a line, write it as a bridge.

Values are a different story. Geoffrey Cohen and David Sherman pulled together the research on what psychologists call self-affirmation in a review. Writing about a value that matters to you, like family, honesty or creativity, can make people less stressed and less defensive under pressure.

Some studies linked it to better grades, health and relationships. It's about your values, not lines like "I attract money," and how well it works depends on timing and the situation.

Then there's Gabriele Oettingen. In a study with Heather Barry Kappes, positive fantasies about an ideal future lowered people's energy. Oettingen's answer is a method called WOOP: Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan.

None of this is proof. It's a direction: a line you can believe, the value behind it, and one small step. For me, about half the wishes on a board come true.

Start with the free Feng Shui Bagua Board and pick one line per area from the lists above.