The feng shui philosophy is based on the position to get the best chi in your circle. Following where you are situated, where the objects are placed, where your home has been build… all those positions are very important to create your harmonious surrounding. It exists 2 qi groups – east (male) and west (female). To know which group you are, you have to know your kua number (also known as gua): East group numbers are 1, 3, 4 and 9. West group numbers are 2, 6, 7 and 8. This number is also used to determine your lucky (auspicious directions) or unlucky (inauspicious

directions) corners which are a total of 4. It will give you a better understanding about your best color, best form, best element, direction to avoid, direction to sleep, location of your main door, location of an object...

To calculate your kua number in an easy way, take the last 2 numbers of your birth year, add them to get a total. After add this total to get a single number and according to your gender, you have to subtract 10 (male) or to add 5 (female).

For example, I am born in 1973. My last 2 numbers are 7 and 3, I get 10 by adding them (7+3). To get my single number I have to add them 1+0=1. Since I am a man, I have to subtract from 10 so 10-1=9 so my kua number is 9. Imagine I am a woman, I have to add 5 so 1+5=6 so my kua number is 6.

Following example tables to know your 4 directions.

Auspicious directions

Kua Number	Sheng Chi (success)	Tien Yi (health)	Nien Yen (relationship)	Fu Wei (personal development)
1	South east	East	South	North
2	North east	West	North west	South west
3	South	North	South east	East
4	North	South	East	South east
5 - male	North east	West	North west	South west
5 - female	South west	North west	West	North east
6	West	North east	South west	North west
7	North west	South west	North east	West
8	South west	North west	West	North east
9	East	South east	North	South

Position your head pointed in your sheng chi (success) direction.

Inauspicious Directions

Kua Number	Ho hai (unlucky)	Wu Kwei (5 ghosts)	Lui sha (6 killings)	Chueh Ming (total loss)
1	West	North east	North west	South west
2	East	South east	South	North
3	South west	North west	North east	West
4	North west	South west	West	North east
5 - male	East	South east	South	North
5 - female	South	North	East	South east
6	South east	East	North	South
7	North	South	South east	East
8	South	North	East	South east
9	North east	West	South west	North west

Try not to face any of these directions during long time.

If you find out that your couple forms opposite groups or you are in unfavorable direction, keep in mind that feng shui is about harmony and balance and the energy is in constant move so what you have just to do it is to draw the best energy throughout the day.

 

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