Tool 16
Kua number directions Favourable and unfavourable directions
Your Kua number with four favourable and four unfavourable directions
Kua number directions
Kua number East groupWest group
Counted the other way, the Kua number is
Your eight directions
Favourable Set aside by the texts
Favourable directions
Point to note
Directions the texts set aside
Point to note
The Eight Mansions texts turn the head of the bed, the seat at work and the front door toward the four favourable directions. Which direction suits which use depends on the text, so this page shows only the directions and the roles the texts give them.
What the eight directions mean
Sheng Qi
Sheng Qi
Life Energy
An auspicious direction that the Eight Mansions text ties to success and career.
An auspicious direction only for people of this Kua number; other numbers may count the same direction as inauspicious.
Tian Yi
Tian Yi
Heavenly Physician
The text ties physical ease to this direction and places it in the auspicious group.
The Chinese name reads as heavenly physician, while the text places its effect on physical ease alone.
Yan Nian
Yan Nian
Lasting Stability
The text ties this auspicious direction to love and to relationships between people.
The Chinese name carries the sense of extended years, while the text ties this direction to love and relationships.
Fu Wei
Fu Wei
Quiet Position
The text ties personal growth to this auspicious direction, which is the same one that belongs to the owner's Kua number.
Kua number 5 has no direction of its own; the text borrows the set of directions from number 2 or number 8 instead.
Huo Hai
Huo Hai
Mishap
An inauspicious direction that the text ties to setbacks, unexpected events and physical unease.
The East group counts every direction of the West group as unfavorable, and the West group counts the East in the same way.
Liu Sha
Liu Sha
Six Harms
An inauspicious direction that the text ties to damaged reputation, property and descendants.
The name contains the number six, yet each Kua number has four inauspicious directions, so it does not mean six directions.
Wu Gui
Wu Gui
Five Ghosts
An inauspicious direction that the text ties to theft, burglary, fire and quarrels.
The name contains the number five, yet the text lists four kinds of events.
Jue Ming
Jue Ming
Total Loss
The direction the text calls the worst for a Kua number, tied to loss of money and to bankruptcy.
The Chinese name reads literally as cut off completely, but the wording of the text speaks of loss of money.
The east and west groups
East group
People with number 1, 3, 4 or 9 fall into this group in the text. Its four auspicious directions are north, east, southeast and south, while the four West group directions count as inauspicious.
Kua 1 3 4 9 · auspicious directions within the group · the opposite group's directions are inauspicious
West group
Numbers 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 sit on this side. The four auspicious directions are southwest, west, northwest and northeast. For number 5, men use the set belonging to number 2 and women use the set of number 8.
Kua 2 5 6 7 8 · auspicious directions within the group · number 5 borrows a set
What is the Eight Mansions school
The Eight Mansions is a Chinese feng shui school that sets the eight directions of each person by their Kua number. The Kua number comes from the birth year and whether you are male or female. It takes eight values, 1 to 9 without 5. The number 5 has no directions of its own, so the texts give men the directions of Kua 2 and women those of Kua 8.
The texts split the Kua numbers into two groups. The east group, Kua 1, 3, 4 and 9, has north, south, east and southeast as favourable directions, and the west group, Kua 2, 6, 7 and 8, has the other four. Each favourable direction has its own role: Sheng Qi, Tian Yi, Yan Nian and Fu Wei.
The Kua year starts at Li Chun, around 4 February, the same year boundary as the zodiac page. The result shows all eight directions with the role the texts give each. It is belief, not a final word on building work, and the birth date you enter is not stored.
Questions about Kua directions
Why do you ask whether I am male or female? +
The Eight Mansions texts give men and women born in the same year different Kua numbers, so the page needs it to find yours. The choice is not stored.
I was born around 4 February. Why are there two numbers? +
Li Chun changes the year partway through the day, so without a birth time the Kua number can take two values. The page shows the main value and notes the other under the result heading.
What are the favourable directions used for? +
The Eight Mansions texts use the favourable directions for the head of the bed, the seat at work and the front door. Which direction suits which use differs between texts, so this page shows only the directions and the roles the texts give them.
How is this page different from the flying star page? +
The flying star page shows stars that move to a new direction each year, while this page shows your personal directions, which do not change with the year. The two pages can be read together.