What are the 24 Mountains and how do they relate to Feng Shui?
When undertaking a
Classical Feng Shui audit use of the Luo Pan compass is an important part of
the process. The 24 Mountains appear as one
of many rings on a Luo Pan and it represents 24 directions employed by
consultants when analysing a property and the fortunes of its residents using formulas
like Flying Stars and Eight Mansions Feng Shui as well as studying the BaZi
charts of the occupants.
How are the 24 Mountains calculated?
A standard compass is
separated into 3600 with the primary directions of North, East,
South and West and the four secondary directions of Northeast, Southeast,
Southwest and Northwest each covering 450. The 24 Mountains of the Luo Pan is no
different, however the 450 are then further sub-divided and it is this
sub-division that sets the 24 Mountains ring apart.
Each of the 8 sectors are
sub-divided into three; eg N1, N2 and N3; totalling 24 (each 150.)
What do they represent?
The sub-sectors are all either
Yin or Yang; they represent one of the four elements* of water, wood, fire and
metal or one of the 12 Chinese Astrology animals. Finally, each of the four corners is denoted
by four of the eight trigrams (four members of the family unit.) Northwest (NW2) is the position of Qian
(male), Northeast (NE2) houses Gen (youngest son), Southeast (SE2) is the home
of Xun (eldest daughter) and Southwest (SW2) is the location of Kun (female.)
The primary directions are
the location of the four celestial guardians in Feng Shui, the Green Dragon
(East), the Red Phoenix (South), the White Tiger (West) and the Black Turtle
(North.) They also represent the Rat
(N2), Rabbit (E2), Horse (S2) and Rooster (W2.)
As well as being one of the cardinal directions these animals are also
known as the Peach Blossom Stars. Peach
Blossom represents relationships in all its many forms and each year there is a
'reigning' Peach Blossom Star. As an
example, during the year of the Horse the Peach Blossom animal is the Rabbit
(E2.)
* You may have noticed there are only four elements around the 24
Mountains and that Yin and Yang Earth are 'missing.' Yin and Yang Earth, being the transitional
element between seasons, sits at the centre of the 24 Mountains.
The four elements
represent Heavenly Stems; the animals represent Earthly Branches, both used in
the BaZi chart. They each have many meanings
from the existing energy; years, months, days and hours; Yin and Yang to name a
few.
You can begin to see that each sector has multiple meanings. Understanding and analysing this deeper knowledge makes the
24 Mountains such an important ring in the Luo Pan compass.
To
the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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