Feng Shui and Your Gua Number

Your Gua (Kua) number is a personalised number based on your date of birth using the lunar calendar.

To find out your Gua number click this link http://tinyurl.com/Kua-Numbers.  This will show your favourable and unfavourable directions, your individual Gua number based on your date of birth and list your four favourable directions in their order of importance.

Your four inauspicious directions are shown below.

Kua Number	Bad Luck	Accidents and Mishaps	Six Types of Misfortune	Total Loss
1	West	Northeast	Northwest	Southwest
2	East	Southeast	South	North
3	Southwest	Northwest	Northeast	West
4	Northwest	Southwest	West	Northeast
5 (Male)	East	Southeast	South	North
5 (Female)	South	North	East	Southeast
6	Southeast	East	North	South
7	North	South	Southeast	East
8	South	North	East	Southeast
9	Northeast	West	Southwest	Northwest

The Eight Mansions (sometimes known as the Eight Houses or the Eight Palaces) Formula, is a personalised Formula of Feng Shui and once you know each of your auspicious and inauspicious directions you can use this information to arrange your living and working space to bring good fortune to you.

Before finding out more about the Eight Mansions Formula let us first go back to the source.  There is much to discover about the nine numbers of Feng Shui synonymous with the original Lo-Shu Grid or the Magic Square as it is also known.  When Feng Shui was first conceived the Lo-Shu Grid placed the elements in different locations.  For example the male and the female, the parents, were placed south and north respectively.  This signified heaven (9) and earth (1), male and female directly opposite one another, confronting, yet combining to create a balance of Yin and Yang.  This then determined the positions of other elements around the Grid. 

These elements combined to complement one another, to bring harmony.  Fire and water were thus located east (fire) and west (water.)  In perfect harmony these two create steam which is an important additional source of power even in our modern times.  In the Early Heaven Arrangement this also signifies water falling on the earth to feed and nurture plants, seeds and flowers with fire (sunshine) warming them to bring out their full height, beauty and growth.

 

This was known as the Early Heaven Arrangement or Yin Feng Shui and the grid was, and still is by some, primarily used to determine burial sites. 

However the Lo-Shu Grid now generally used is known as the Later Heaven Arrangement or Yang Feng Shui; Feng Shui of the living.  This arrangement takes a cyclical view of the seasons and their elements giving a more natural flow to the Grid, to show how the Yin/Yang symbol of harmony moves from spring (a time of growth and expansion) through summer (bringing all things to full beauty), autumn (the time to harvest fruits of the earth) and on to winter (a time of rest.)

The northeast represents late winter/early spring, a time of slow awakening, the east is the location of springtime in all its reborn beauty, the southeast signifies early summer and the south, the height of summer.  The southwest is the location of late summer/early autumn and the west is the place of the autumn season, a time of reflection and preparation for the cold, dark days to follow.  The northwest takes us from late autumn to early winter and the north brings the cycle to a close giving us the dark days of winter, a time of stillness and rest for the earth.

These directions affect us all regardless of our Gua number and for this reason all of the eight compass directions, plus the central grid, can be decorated to create overall harmony.  Balance in life and in the home is all important to ensure positive energy for everyone.

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LynC

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Feng Shui Inauspicious Numbers

Now we have covered the Auspicious Star numbers in Feng Shui and their attributes, its time to turn our thoughts to those numbers to be wary of, numbers that bring bad luck and misfortune with them.  These are all concerned with the numbers of Flying Star Feng Shui and not individual Kua numbers.

Number Two (2) Black Star The number two is a balancing number.  It is yin and yang, female and male, odd and even, it is all about completion.  In Feng Shui it is an Earth number, its home location is the Southwest and it is the number relating to the female, the mother of the family; it signifies love and relationships, in all their many forms.  It is an auspicious star during period two Flying Star Feng Shui when it brings with it wealth and good fortune, especially for females.

 

At its darkest, the number two star brings with it illness, particularly concerned with the stomach or the womb.  This can affect all the family if the number two is the annual star located in the centre of the home, based on a Flying Star chart or if it ‘flies’ into the location of your front or your back door.  As an Earth number it is strengthened by the number nine Fire star of the South.  The best suppressant is the Metal element, that is yin (still) metal such as coins.

      

Number Three (3) Jade Star During the current period eight the number 3 Jade Star brings with it a tendency to malicious gossip and injuries to legs, hands, fingers and toes.  This is a wood star and its ‘home’ is the east which is the area of the eldest son of the family so when period three comes around the eldest son can maximise his good fortune and wealth by making full use of this star.

The Jade Star is known as the argumentative star and if it combines with the number two Black Star in a Flying Star Chart it has the effect of creating what is known as quarrelsome energy; a fierce energy that brings the worst out of both numbers.  In the Five Elements Wood destroys Earth and if this appears in either the centre, the facing (front door) or the sitting (back door) locations it will cause severe misfortune for businesses or homes with this combination.

Exhaust the number three star with Fire energy.  Lights or any yin fire elements will suppress the negative qualities of this difficult star.  If you are unable to use lights, red cushions, curtains or any image that has predominantly red tones will work as well.

In a positive light, the number three is the number of the trinity of Heaven, Earth and Mankind Luck; translating as Karma, Feng Shui and Personal Contribution to the luck of the life of every person.

The number 3 is the number of Saturn, multiplied by itself it reveals the number 9.  In its original sequence of numbers the Lo-Shu Grid of Feng Shui shows each line up, down and diagonal, adding up to 15.   The total of all nine numbers adds up to 45.  Divide 45 by the number of Saturn, 3, and the sum is 15, the number of days it takes for the moon to wax then wane.  3 is one of the main numbers associated with the Lo-Shu Square; the 3 x 3 grid used to analyse many of the secrets of Time Dimension or Flying Star Feng Shui.  This square is an important ingredient to revealing the changes in energy over different time periods. 

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LynC

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FENG SHUI and the Southwest

The Southwest of your home is the universal area relating to the female, to the mother of the home and to Love and Relationships.

Regardless of your Kua number and whether you are an East or a West Group person, if you are the matriarch of the home this area is important.  If you are single and looking for love this area can be enhanced to positively invite love into your life.

If you are a West group person this area will naturally be one of your auspicious locations.  If you are an East group person it will be one of your inauspicious locations however as the mother of the home you can still enhance it to your positive benefit.

It is important that this area is not missing or houses inauspicious elements such as the kitchen or the bathroom.  One solution to this issue is to enhance the Southwest of the living area and/or, in the case of seeking love, the master bedroom. 

Enhancing the Southwest of your home as a whole is enhancing the ‘Big Tai Chi’ and enhancing individual rooms is the ‘Small Tai Chi.’ The small tai chi can be enhanced when you have a missing corner, when you have a ‘poison arrow’ pointing directly towards the area you want to enhance or when there is a kitchen, toilet or storeroom in the way.  None of these areas should be enhanced in any way as it will cause more negative than positive results.

The Southwest is an Earth element area and benefits from the presence of crystals, pebbles and light.  Having a window in the Southwest with a faceted crystal displayed is a wonderful way of inviting positive Yang Chi Energy into the space. 

Fire creates Earth in the Five Elements and it is for this reason that light in the form of lamps, candles and the natural sunlight is so important.  The ultimate element to display in this corner is a crystal chandelier which incorporates the best of Fire (light) and Earth (crystals.)  The chandelier can be traditional or modern, large or small the important thing is to ensure it is the right size for the space.  Too large and it will ‘burn’ any good fortune created, too small and it will be ineffective.

Decorating the area in the fire colours of red, orange or bright yellow is also auspicious.  One thing to remember is to enhance any area in keeping with your likes, if you are displaying something you do not have an affinity with it will be fruitless because it is not who you are.

A fundamental requirement in Feng Shui is to keep all areas clean, bright and clutter-free.  If you are enhancing an area for a specific result this becomes even more important.  It allows positive, fresh Chi to permeate the area bringing with it positive results.

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