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 numbers were placed in different locations around the grid. For example the 2 and the 6 were placed south
and north respectively. This was known
as the Early Heaven Arrangement or Yin Feng Shui and the grid was, and still is
in some cases, primarily used to determine burial sites. The ancient Chinese believed that ensuring an
auspicious burial site would bring good fortune to future generations of the
family. The Early Heaven Arrangement is
used in Flying Star Feng Shui, a Formula which deals with the dimension of
time.
However the
Lo-Shu Grid now more commonly used is known as the Later Heaven Arrangement or
Yang Feng Shui; Feng Shui of the living.
As mentioned in an earlier post each
line in the Lo-Shu Grid, straight or diagonal, adds up to 15 which is the
number of days it takes for the moon to wax and then to wane. The total of all the numbers adds up to 45
which when divided by 3 brings us back to 15. The 3 x 3 grid gives us the nine
numbers of Feng Shui the odd numbers of which are Yang and the even numbers are
Yin.
When the
Yin/Yang symbol is superimposed over the Lo-Shu Grid we begin to see more of
the balance and interaction of Yin and Yang.
Adding the numbers opposite each other excluding the centre number 5, both in a
straight line and diagonally, on the above grid the total is always 10. They also combine Yin and Yang. For example 8, is located in a Yang area and
its opposite number, 2, is located in a Yin area.
The number 8 is also a Yin number resulting
in an element of Yang within the Yin.
10 is said
to signify completion of a cycle and when we reduce this to a single number it
begins a new cycle. It also represents
the basis of all computer code, the binary system.
The number
5 in the centre has an equal balance of Yin and Yang.
The
Yin/Yang symbol is cyclical moving as it does from winter in the north (1) to
late winter/early spring (8), spring (3), early summer (4), midsummer (9),
early autumn (2), autumn (7), to late autumn/early winter (6.)
This clockwise
cyclical movement also refers to the path of the sun from its lowest point
during the night (1), early morning (8), sunrise (3), late morning (4), midday
(9), afternoon (2), early evening (7), to late evening/early night (6.)
This
creates yin (waxing) and yang (waning.)
The central
number 5 is the Tai Chi (the centre) of the grid and it represents the heart of
the home when it is superimposed over a house plan. Add any of the other numbers to 5, reduce
them to a single number where necessary and the Lo Shu grid is complete. And it is this grid that forms the basis of
the Eight Mansions (Eight Houses or Eight Palaces) Formula of Feng Shui; the
personalised formula based on the birth date of an individual.
To the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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