Feng Shui 8 Mansions: Li

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

FACING and SITTING

FENG SHUI 8 MANSIONS

FACING and SITTING

Always remember the importance of the external environment in Feng Shui. The area around a property accounts for something like 70% of the quality of energy (Qi) that enters and influences the internal.

One of the many systems of traditional Feng Shui is Eight Mansions and is one of the more straightforward to understand. There are eight types of house in Eight Mansions and each one is named after the Sitting direction of a property. Each sector around the Luo Shu Grid : North, South, West, East, Northwest, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest also represents a member of the family. For example a LI house faces North and sits South. LI relates to the middle daughter in a family; a QIAN house faces Southeast and sits Northwest. QIAN relates to the head of the household, the father.

So what is the Facing and what is the Sitting direction of your property? Easy huh? The front is Facing and the back is Sitting - right? Well, in theory - yes! However many people wrongly assume that the direction the main door faces automatically represents the Facing direction. In the past this may have pretty much always been the case however modern homes and housing developments tend to be a little more imaginative in their designs. Main doors are located at the front, side, hidden in the corner next to the garage and so on...

So when determining the Facing direction of your property what do you look for?

You are seeking the direction of the most Yang energy; the direction of the best view from your window; the direction of a road or a river passing by your property.

What is the view you naturally gravitate towards? You are probably going to find that is the right Facing direction for your home.

Facing is Yang, it is generally the place where the most activity is identified. Sitting is Yin, it is the place of quiet and signifies protection for your property.

It is important to choose carefully because the Facing determines the Sitting direction and it is this Sitting direction that identifies the good and bad sectors of your property based on the Eight Mansions system of Feng Shui. From this information it makes it easier to choose the location for the best areas of key rooms such as the kitchen, bedroom and home office (if appropriate).

To the fulfillment of your dreams

LynC

www.fengshui8mansions.com

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Thursday, 19 June 2014

FENG SHUI - KAN and LI

The middle son and the middle daughter of the family.

Kan and Li are unique among the trigrams. They are the only two who are opposite on another in both the Early Heaven and the Later Heaven Arrangements.

In the Early Heaven Ba Gua Kan is in the West and Li is in the East. In the Later Heaven Ba Gua Kan is in the North and Li is in the South.

These elements are the easiest to explain in their interaction. In the Early Heaven Arrangement, the sequences create a situation of the status quo. There is no movement and everything is in a state of perfection. There is no life and no death. Fire in the West and Water in the East represent balance. They neither help or hinder one another.

In the Later Heaven Arrangement Fire is in the South. It represents the height of the Summer season; a time when the sun is highest in the sky; the ultimate Yang. In Summer Fire Qi is powerful and Water Qi is ineffective, Water being unable to control the power of the Sun. Water in contrast is in the North. In the Later Heaven Ba Gua it represents the height of the Winter season; a time when the sun is at its lowest in the sky; the ultimate Yin. In Winter Water Qi is strong and Fire Qi is weak.

KAN (☵)

Kan is the middle son of the family. The Gua (trigram) of Kan is represented by a lower broken line (Yin) followed by a solid Yang line and an upper broken line. The Yin below and above is still and unmoving yet the Yang in the middle is moving. Representing Water this trigram has hidden depths. Kan Gua suggests struggle and danger. Having the Yang line in the centre and being unable to break free signifies difficulty; in this case thoughts, feelings, emotions are all affected. These are the things that cannot be seen, they are not obvious.

The Gua number of the North is 1 and its colour is blue or black.

Within the body this trigram represents blood and the kidneys. A missing North corner or a harmful external feature will negatively affect the middle son of the family.

LI (☲)

Li is the trigram of the middle daughter. This Gua is made up of two Yang lines at the bottom and top with a broken Yin line in the centre. This is the trigram of Fire; obvious on the outside and hollow inside. Li Gua is showy and likes to be seen; to be the centre of attraction. Li Gua represents 'what you see is what you get' it is all on the outside. Appearance is all important to this trigram. The saying 'wearing your heart on your sleeve' means you let your feelings show.

The Gua number of the South is 9 and its colour is red or orange.

In the body Li Gua represents the heart and the eyes. A missing South corner or a harmful external feature will negatively affect the middle daughter of the family. A protrusion or obvious Yang feature in the South can be as harmful as a missing sector.