Feng Shui

Feng Shui | Flying Star | Geomantic Chart | Facing Palace | Facing Stars | Mountain Stars | Earth Base | 24
Mountains | Aquarium | Substitute Star | Xuan Kong Da Gua | Bazi & YiChing | Compass Location | 64
Hexagrams | River Map | 10-Combo | 1-Gua

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Methods Of Feng Shui
2.1 Flying Star
2.2 Xuan Kong Da Gua
3 Constructing A Geomantic Chart
3.1 Constructing The Earth Base
3.2 Constructing The Mountain Stars
3.3 Constructing The Facing Stars
3.4 Steps In Setting Up A Geomantic Chart
4 Direction Of Flight
4.1 Yang Direction
4.2 Yin Direction
5 The 24 Mountains
6 Aquarium Feng Shui
7 Substitute Star

Introduction
Feng Shui is a study of the physical environment to determine the auspicious and inauspicious elements that
may have an impact on people. This includes the study of both the internal environment of a house or building,
as well as location and land forms.

In Yang Feng Shui, the study would be on dwellings or other buildings to be inhabited by people. In Yin Feng
Shui, the object is to select a suitable burial site, so that the descendants of the deceased may benefit from the
good or favorable qi or "energy" of the site.

Methods Of Feng Shui

There are many methods or practices in Feng Shui that are used to help the practitioner determine favorable
locations for a house or burial site. The methods of Feng Shui include Flying Star and Xuan Kong Da Gua.

Flying Star

Flying Star Feng Shui

Xuan Kong Da Gua

Xuan Kong Da Gua

Constructing A Geomantic Chart

A Geomantic Chart is also known as the Nine Palaces Chart. A Geomantic Chart consists of the Earth Base, the
Mountain Stars, and the Facing Stars. Each set of 3 stars will be located in each Palace of the Geomantic Chart.

Constructing The Earth Base

The Earth Base Stars are also known as the Palace Stars. They are constructed by putting the Period Number
into the center of the 3 by 3 grid. The numbers are then placed in increasing order (the Yang order) in the other
"palaces" of the chart.

Constructing The Mountain Stars

The Mountain Stars are constructed using the Period Chart and the Mountain Direction (also known as the
Sitting Direction) of the house or building. In practice, the Sitting Direction is the direction that is opposite the
Facing Direction of the building.

The Mountain Stars are prepended to the top left-hand corner of the respective Earth Star. The Mountain Stars
will move in a forward direction (Yang) or reverse direction (Yin), as indicated by the Period Chart. For
example, if the Earth Star is 4, and the first Mountain Star is 7, then 7 will be written in the top left-hand corner
of the number 4 (the Earth Star) in the center of the 3 X 3 grid. If the direction of movement is Yang, then the
next numbers to be written down will be 8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6. On the other hand, if the direction of movement is Yin,
then the next numbers to be written down will be 6,5,4,3,2,1,9,8.

Constructing The Facing Stars

The Facing Stars are constructed using the Period Chart and the Facing Direction of the house or building. The
Facing Direction is usually, but not necessarily, the direction of the Main Door, looking from the inside of the
house to the outside, through the Main Door.

The Facing Stars are appended to the top right-hand corner of the respective Earth Star. The Facing Stars will
move in a forward direction (Yang) or reverse direction (Yin), as indicated by the Period Chart. For example, if
the Earth Star is 4, and the first Facing Star is 5, then 5 will be written in the top right-hand corner of the
number 4 (the Earth Star) in the center of the 3 X 3 grid. If the direction of movement is Yang, then the next
numbers to be written down will be 6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4. On the other hand, if the direction of movement is Yin, then
the next numbers to be written down will be 4,3,2,1,9,8,7,6.

Steps In Setting Up A Geomantic Chart

Setting Up A Geomantic Chart

Direction Of Flight
The stars may fly in a forward or reverse direction. In either direction, the flight of the stars always follow a
fixed pattern, starting from the center of the 3 X 3 grid, moving on to the second position at the bottom-right
palace, and finally ending in the top-left palace.

Yang Direction

In a Yang Direction, the Flying Stars fly in increasing order (also known as forward order). For example, if the
starting star number is 1, the forward order of flight will be:

9 (End of flight) 5 (fifth) 7 (seventh)

8 (eighth) 1 (Start of flight) 3 (third position)

4 (fourth) 6 (sixth) 2 (second position)

Yin Direction

In a Yin Direction, the Flying Stars fly in decreasing order (also known as reverse order). For example, if the
starting star number is 1, the reverse order of flight will be:

2 (End of flight) 6 (fifth) 4 (seventh)

3 (eighth) 1 (Start of flight) 8 (third)

7 (fourth) 5 (sixth) 9 (second position)

The 24 Mountains
The 24 Mountains are directions or locations that are used to identify or locate auspicious or inauspicious "Qi"
or energy in an area. The 24 Mountains may be classified under the following 8 directions:

Direction Name Chinese Trigram

South LI

South West KUN

West DUI

North West QIAN

North KAN

North East GEN

East ZHEN

South East XUN

The above arrangement of the 8 trigrams is known as the Later Heaven Arrangement in I Ching. When put
into a grid, a magic square is formed, where the sum of the numbers, whether horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally, adds up to 15. The basis for the flight of the flying stars may be obtained from this magic square as
follows:

1. Add 1 to the center of the grid, which houses the number 5. The result is 6, which is the next position of a
flying star.
2. Add 1 to 6 (the North West position). The result is 7, which is the next location of the flying star (West)
3. Add 1 to 7 (the West position). The result is 8, which is the next location of the flying star (North East)
4. This process is repeated to obtain the complete flight of the flying stars in the grid. (When 1 is added to
9, the next number is 1, since the number of squares in the grid is 9.)

4 () South East 9 () South 2 () South West

3 () East 5 (Centre) 7 () West

8 () North East 1 () North 6 () North West

The table of 24 Mountains is given below:

 Name Name Source of
Direction Chinese From To
(Pinyin) (Wade-Giles) Chinese character

South East-South bing ping Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 157.6 172.5

South wu wu Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 172.6 187.5

South West-South ding ting Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 187.6 202.5

South-South West wei wei Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 202.6 217.5

South West kun kun () Trigram of I Ching 217.6 232.5

West-South West shen shen Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 232.6 247.5

South West-West geng keng Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 247.6 262.5

West you yu Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 262.6 277.5

North West-West xin hsin Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 277.6 292.5

West-North West xu hsu Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 292.6 307.5

North West qian chien () Trigram of I Ching 307.6 322.5

North-North West hai hai Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 322.6 337.5

North West-North ren jen Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 337.6 352.5

North zi tzu Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 352.6 7.5

North East-North gui kuei Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 7.6 22.5

North-North East chou chou Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 22.6 37.5

North East gen ken () Trigram of I Ching 37.6 52.5

East-North East yin yin Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 52.6 67.5

North East-East jia chia Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 67.6 82.5

East mao mao Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 82.6 97.5

South East-East yi i Heavenly Stem of Ba Zi 97.6 112.5

East-South East chen chen Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 112.6 127.5

South East xun sun () Trigram of I Ching 127.6 142.5

South-South East si ssu Earthly Branch of Ba Zi 142.6 157.5

Notes:

1. The columns "Name (Pinyin)" and "Name (Wade-Giles)" are the Chinese names for the directions that
are transliterated/romanized differently by different authors. For example, for direction South 1, the
Chinese character is , and this is romanized as "bing" in pinyin and "ping" in Wade-Giles.
2. The directions South 1, South 2 and South 3 are all classified under South. Similarly, the directions South
West 1, South West 2 and South West 3 are all classified under South West, etc.

Aquarium Feng Shui

Aquarium Feng Shui

Substitute Star
Substitute Star

Ref: Wong, Eva. A Master Course in Feng-Shui. Shambala. Boston & London. 2001.

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