FENG SHUI and EIGHT MANSIONS-East Group

“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking”

Buddhist Saying

Personal Eight Mansions is well-known in Feng Shui.  Your date of birth identifies your Gua number which in turn identifies your four good and four bad locations. 

Knowing the Eight Mansions of your home, which takes into consideration the distribution of energy throughout the building will determine whether you and your home are meant for one another. 

Looking at an example of a person with Gua number 1; your personal east group locations and directions and how you can live in a home inauspicious for you based on its sitting direction.

Gua number 1 auspicious directions are southeast, east, south and north; the inauspicious directions are west, northeast, northwest and southwest.  Looking at the worst scenario of your house you would be living in a Kun House (facing northeast/sitting southwest.)  In effect your house is sitting in your total loss location.  Before you run away screaming let’s take a more in-depth look at the situation.

Remembering that location is more important than direction, the first thing to do is consider the internal layout of your home.  Can you arrange it such that you --- a) Have your living area in the southeast (your best direction); b) Have your bedroom in the east (your health direction); c) Place your kitchen in the southwest (your total loss direction)?

This allows you the luxury of choosing which of your four auspicious directions you face when sitting, playing and sleeping, which will in turn bring harmony and positive energy into your life.  Having your kitchen in the southwest will press down on your bad luck (total loss) associated with the southwest.  It is important to remember to have the stove facing one of your auspicious directions, depending on the aspiration important to you at this particular time in your life.  If bad health is an issue for you then having the stove facing* your tien yi (doctor from heaven) or nien yen (longevity) directions will benefit you.  *The facing direction of the stove means the direction the knobs are pointing.)

Another thing to consider is the direction your living room door (unless you have an open plan layout in which case it will mean the direction the entire space is facing), and your bedroom door, face.  It is beneficial if they face one of your auspicious directions.  This is inviting positive Qi into the space each time the door is opened and closed.

So although you may live in a house that is not in harmony with you and your personal directions you can see it is still possible to arrange the internal space such that it beneficial for you.

Looking briefly at Chinese Astrology, if you are born in the year of the Sheep (SW1) or the year of the Monkey (SW3) you will gain some benefit from the Southwest regardless of your Kua number.  Just be aware of the annual afflictions for each year and take suitable measures to avoid misfortune when it comes calling, in your animal location.

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LynC

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West Group and East Group Houses

Your Kua number, is your personalised number based on your date of birth as identified by the lunar calendar, and once you know this you can practice the Eight Mansions Formula of Feng Shui.

 

This is a straightforward and personalised Formula of Feng Shui which determines auspicious and inauspicious locations in the home for each individual and in future blogs we will look at each of the nine Kua numbers found in the Lo Shu Grid and their characteristics in more detail.

However, additionally the Kua formula can be used to divide houses into eight types; it calculates the facing and sitting directions of a home which in turn identifies whether the residents are in harmony, or in conflict with their living space.

While we will concentrate mainly on the personalised Formula for individuals, what follows is a brief description of the eight types of houses and their attributes.

The eight types of houses are based on their facing and sitting directions and will either be east group or west group.  Whether they are auspicious for the residents is dependent on personal Kua numbers which will place them in either east group or west group.

 

As with all formulas in Feng Shui compass directions are important so the first step is to take the compass reading of the front of your house from the inside looking out, the place where the maximum of Yang energy is generated.  This is usually, but not exclusively, where the front door is located.  Once you know this direction, the ‘facing direction’ you turn to find the ‘sitting direction’ which is where the group, and the name of the house, is determined.

If your back door, or your sitting direction is not directly opposite the facing direction of your main door, the sitting direction takes precedence when determining the type of house you occupy.

Following is a list of all the facing and sitting directions, the type of home, and whether it is an east group or a west group home.

Facing NORTH	Sitting SOUTH	East Group	LI House	Fire
Facing NORTHEAST	Sitting SOUTHWEST	West Group	KUN House	Earth
Facing EAST	Sitting WEST	West Group	TUI House	Metal
Facing SOUTHEAST	Sitting NORTHWEST	West Group	CHIEN House	Metal
Facing SOUTH	Sitting NORTH	East Group	KAN House	Water
Facing SOUTHWEST	Sitting NORTHEAST	West Group	KEN House	Earth
Facing WEST	Sitting EAST	East Group	CHEN House	Wood
Facing NORTHWEST	Sitting SOUTHEAST	East Group	SUN House	Wood

It is the sitting direction that determines the group of the house.  It is the group that will determine whether a home is auspicious for its residents.

As an example:                 

If your house faces North it sits South.  This is a fire element home and is auspicious for an east group person. 

There are only two examples where the facing and sitting directions belong to the same group and that is the North/South axis (east group) and the Northeast/Southwest axis (west group.)  In all other cases compromises will be required because if the facing direction is east or west group, the sitting direction will be west or east group.

The sitting direction always takes precedence.

In circumstances when your home is in the opposite group to you (based on your Kua number) and it is not possible to change an east group house into a west group house, and vice versa, whilst not ideal, the answer is to arrange the internal layout in harmony with your auspicious directions.

In a family home, the Kua number of the breadwinner of the home takes precedence as without them the source of income and wealth will be lost.  There may have to be compromises in the home of a couple, both working on equal terms, if they belong to different groups.

These are basic principles of this method of determining your house type, however it does give some idea of things to look for when exploring the fascinating world of Feng Shui.  It can also be particularly useful to bear in mind if you are looking to move home.

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LynC

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FENG SHUI Xceptions (That’s Exceptions)

Xception Number 1:

If you have even a basic knowledge of the Eight Mansions Formula of Feng Shui, you will know that each person has a Kua number based on their date of birth.  This also identifies whether you are an East Group or a West Group person.

East Group auspicious directions are North, East, Southeast and South.

West Group auspicious directions are Northeast, Southwest, West and Northwest.

What you may not be aware of is that each person is one of the 12 Chinese astrological animals based on their year of birth*.

Each of these 12 animals has a set 15^o location around the compass. 

For example the Rabbit occupies 82.6 – 97.5^o in the East.  If you are a West group person based on your Kua number it appears that your astrological animal is against you.  This is not the case.  Under normal circumstances ‘facing’ the East would be inauspicious for you however sitting in the West and facing your astrological animal in the East is auspicious for you.  When in doubt your astrological animal takes precedent.

This can be applied whatever your Chinese animal and your Group.

*If you were born in January or the beginning of February your astrological animal will be the one applicable in the previous year.  This is based on the Chinese lunar Yin calendar together with the solar Yang calendar which begins on or around 4 February each year.  Go to our website to identify your animal sign based on your date of birth.

Xception Number 2:

Based on your Kua number it is auspicious to face any of your good directions.

However, if this represents you ‘facing’ what is known as the Grand Duke Jupiter (Tai Sui) in any given year, it becomes inauspicious for you.  Facing the Grand Duke who occupies 15 degrees around the compass will invite his wrath.  He will be happy to support you if you sit with your back to him but do not under any circumstances face him directly.  It will bring bad luck to you for the year.

Keep the area of the Grand Duke quiet and undisturbed for the year.

During 2012, the Year of the Water Dragon, the Grand Duke occupies the location of the Dragon (112.6 – 127.5^o.)

Xception Number 3:

The most inauspicious location in any year is that occupied by the Five Yellow (or Wu Wang in Chinese.)  This affliction occupies 45^o of the compass and in 2012 is in the Southeast.

It is important not to disturb the ground in the Southeast during 2012 to avoid upsetting the Grand Duke Jupiter and inviting the negative consequences associated with the Five Yellow.  The Five Yellow invites five types of bad luck and is the most inauspicious affliction of all. 

Digging the ground occupied by the Five Yellow causes illness, cutting down trees can cause sickness, accident or a sudden and serious downturn in your business.  Any noise, excessive light, digging or renovation carried out in the area occupied by the Five Yellow causes serious misfortune.

Xception Number 4:

The final exception is the Three Killings or Sarm Saat in Chinese.  It occupies a massive 90^o around the compass and during 2012 sits between 142.5º and 217.5º.

Just like in the area occupied by the Five Yellow the area housing the Three Killings should be kept quiet and undisturbed during the year.

It has been suggested that the Three Killings represent loss of wealth, loss of a loved one and loss of reputation.

Unlike the Grand Duke Jupiter it is better to face the Three Killings head on.  Sitting with your back to this inauspicious affliction can result in being symbolically ‘stabbed’ in the back.

Next time – more X-Xceptions

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