Which Way is South?
Most books and information on Feng Shui will always show the direction
of South at the top, the traditional place of the North on a compass. Does this alter directions 1800
when applying Feng Shui? The quick answer
is of course, 'No!' North is North and
South is South wherever in the world you live and North is always based on
magnetic North.
Feng Shui practice works according to the Five Elements, Yin and Yang
and the Eight Trigrams (each one representing a member of the household as well
as points around the compass.)
In the
Early Heaven Arrangement of the Ba Gua the sequence is based on a state of
perfection with each opposing trigram creating balance. Qian (male, power,
authority and pure Yang) is placed at the top while still representing South and
is directly opposite Kun (female, yielding and pure Yin) placed at the bottom
and signifying North.
So why have South at the top?
Qian represents Heaven, space, light, the sun and above while Kun
represents Earth, dark, night, stillness and below, together they are in
complete harmony.
The Ba Gua of the Later Heaven Arrangement was created to reflect the
constantly changing conditions on earth formed by the movement of earth around
the sun.
In the cycle of the Later Heaven Arrangement the South represents Li
Trigram which in turn represents fire; mid-summer and midday; the hottest and the
most Yang times. The Fire element rises,
it moves upward and outward. In contrast
Kan Trigram is water; it is mid-winter and midnight; it is cold and darkness;
the time of maximum Yin. The Water
element flows downward.
Whether it is the Ba Gua of the Early Heaven or the Later Heaven
Arrangement they naturally gravitate towards showing South at the top and North
at the bottom.
To the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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