Quick Reference: Money Tree (OBJ-000026) is a plant entity associated with the Wood element (Yang). Best placed in the Southeast area. Atlas Harmony Score: 80/100.
Money Tree
The Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) is a braided-trunk tropical tree whose five-lobed leaves represent the Five Elements. It is the go-to Feng Shui plant for business prosperity and financial windfalls.
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Five Element
Wood
Yin / Yang
Yang
Best Direction
Southeast
Avoid Direction
Best Room
Home Office
Avoid Room
Energy Type
Prosperity
Details
The Money Tree, native to Central and South American wetlands, has been enthusiastically adopted across Asian Feng Shui traditions. Its most distinctive feature — a braided trunk of multiple stems — is intentional: growers braid young trunks together, symbolizing the intertwining of fortunes and the strength that comes from unity. Its leaves typically have five lobes, numerologically aligned with the Five Elements. It is placed in the Southeast (Wealth) Bagua sector, in business lobbies, or on office desks. Some practitioners tie small red ribbons to its branches to activate wealth energy. Unlike many Feng Shui plants, it tolerates higher humidity and indirect light, making it suitable for bathrooms and kitchens as well.
Claims and Evidence
“Money Tree with braided trunk represents intertwined fortunes and is placed in the Southeast for business wealth.”
“Five-lobed leaves and braided trunks make Pachira aquatica an ideal symbolic wealth plant.”
-- Lillian Too, Feng Shui for Prosperity (2002) · Asia-Pacific
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FengShuiAtlas. (2026). Money Tree (Entity OBJ-000026). Retrieved from https://fengshuiatlas.com/objects/money-tree
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