Where to Place a Spider Plant for Positive Feng Shui – The Exact Spots Experts say Boost Energy and Abundance
By placing your spider plant with intention, you can align its auspicious energy with balance and harmony
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If you want to use a spider plant to boost positive energy at home, Feng Shui experts say the southeast corner (your wealth area) or east-facing rooms (linked to growth and vitality) are the most powerful placements. But simply setting it down isn’t enough – intention and positioning matter just as much as the plant itself.
The spider plant is more than just an easy-care houseplant. In Feng Shui, its arching leaves symbolize renewal, expansion and steady growth, making it a natural enhancer of balance and abundance. When placed thoughtfully using the Bagua map and so-called 'Five Element Theory', it can support everything from career momentum to harmonious relationships.
Why Spider Plants an Auspicious Choice in Feng Shui
Spider plants are prized in Feng Shui for their ability to promote balance, purification and positive energy within the home. Their natural air-filtering qualities are believed to encourage fresh, clean Qi, helping to create a lighter, clearer environment that supports wellbeing.
Beyond air quality, their symbolism runs deeper. In Feng Shui’s Five Element Theory – which explores how wood, fire, earth, metal and water interact to shape energy – plants are typically associated with the wood element, representing growth and vitality.
‘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.
While spider plants contain both earth (stability) and wood (growth) elements, Amy says it’s their overall energetic movement that makes them especially powerful.
‘While the spider plant does contain earth and wood elements, we look at the energetic movement, contribution, and impact of the whole plant.’
With their cascading leaves that mimic the gentle flow of water, she explains, spider plants embody the water element – symbolizing adaptability, wisdom and restoration.
Their growth habit adds another layer of auspicious meaning. The arching foliage represents expansion and renewal, while the small ‘spiderettes’ they produce are seen as symbols of fertility, prosperity and continuous opportunity.
Amy Babish 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.
How to Place a Spider Plant Intentionally
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 a Spider Plant, According to Feng Shui
When it comes to placement, intention is everything. Rather than positioning a spider plant at random, Feng Shui experts recommend choosing a location that aligns with what you’d like to cultivate in your life.
‘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.’
The Bagua is essentially an energetic map of your home, explains Amy Babish. ‘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.’
In practical terms, many practitioners align the bottom edge of the Bagua map with the wall containing your front door, dividing your home into nine life areas.
rom there, you can position your spider plant in the zone that reflects your focus – whether that’s prosperity, personal growth or professional momentum.
By intentionally placing a spider plant where it aligns with these energies, you amplify its symbolic power while creating a home that feels purposeful and harmonious.
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 a natural home for a spider plant.
Placing one in the career and life journey area is believed to enhance flow, attract new opportunities, and support both professional progress and personal growth.
‘Career and life journey gua is the most auspicious place for a spider plant,’ explains Amy Babish. ‘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.’
According to the Bagua map, this area is located near the front entrance. ‘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,’ says Lisa Morton of Pure Living with Lisa Morton. ‘This encourages new opportunities to flow towards them.’
A spider plant can also work well in a home office or workspace, where its water energy is thought to promote clarity, motivation and career momentum.
Family and New Beginnings Gua
In Five Element Theory, water nourishes wood, making the family and new beginnings gua an ideal spot for personal growth, fresh starts, or family-oriented intentions.
‘The water element generates the wood element,’ explains Amy Babish. ‘If you’re looking to grow something in your life or have an intention that needs support to flourish, placing a spider plant with intention in the family and new beginnings gua will help it along.’
On the Bagua map, this gua is located in the eastern part of your home. Ideal spots for your spider plant include the living room, dining area, or any east-facing space, where its energy can encourage renewal, growth, and strong family connections.
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.
'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.
