BA GUA or LUO SHU GRID
What is the Luo-Shu Grid?
What is the BaGua? And how are they used in Feng Shui practice?
When looking to enhance your property using Feng Shui what
do you think of first when looking at the floor plan of your property?
Do you superimpose the Luo-Shu Grid (3 x 3) or the BaGua (Pa
Kua) over the floor plan?
What is the difference between these two grids synonymous
with Feng Shui practice other than the obvious one of their shape?
If you follow Western Feng Shui (also known as BTB Feng
Shui) the 3 x 3 Grid or BaGua is static with each of its sectors representing
an 'aspiration' as well as colours, numbers, seasons and the five elements. Beginning from the North the aspirations are:
Career, Education, Longevity/Health, Wealth, Fame/Recognition, Love/Relationships,
Descendants/Family and Mentor/Heaven Luck.
This Grid is always placed in the same position over a floor
plan, with the middle sector at the bottom (career) in line with the front of
your property. No reference is made to
compass directions or locations so each sector in a property is treated the same
regardless of its direction and the location of each of the individual rooms
within that property. For example the
'Wealth' direction is always diagonally left of the front of the property. This could relate to your living room,
kitchen, bedroom or bathroom. This style
of Feng Shui is more static than its traditional counterpart in that regardless
of the direction your property faces the internal sectors will all have the
same attributes, with the front relating to career and so on.
This form of Western Feng Shui makes no provision for the influence
of the external environment.
The BaGua as used in
Classical Feng Shui refers to members of the family, numbers, colours, seasons,
the five elements, body parts and much more.
The information contained in the BaGua is then superimposed onto the
Luo-Shu Grid. Unlike BTB Feng Shui
however the grid is placed over a floor plan based on the compass direction of your
property. Its position will therefore change between properties depending on
certain factors. No two properties, even
those side by side will have the same quality of Qi. This is what makes Classical Feng Shui a
dynamic practice.
Classical Feng Shui teaches
that the external macro environment will identify the presence and quality of
Qi likely to enter your property.
So in general there are
similarities between the Luo-Shu Grid and the BaGua as used in both Western and
Classical Feng Shui. The differences
however are more pronounced when it comes to their use.
To the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
www.fengshui8mansions.com
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