FENG SHUI – Wind Water – a method of placement to improve the flow of Chi based on the eight bagua and the five inner forces.
Five “Inner Forces” – Five Elements of Nature and how they relate to the triagrams (set of three lines consisting of broken – yin or unbroken – yang lines)
SOUTH – Fire (Li – Fire)
WEST – Metal (Qian – Heaven) (Dui – Lake)
North – Water (Kan – Water)
EAST – Wood (Xun – Wind) (Zhen – Thunder)
Within – Earth (Kun – Earth) (Gen – Mountain)
Fuxi Bagua – used for burial sites where energies are paired with each other as opposite forces of nature.
South/Summer – Father – Ch’ien/Qi’an – Creative – Strong – Heaven/Sky
Southwest/Summer – 1st Daughter – Sun/Xun – Gentle – Penetrating – Wind/Wood
West/Fall – 2nd Son – Kan – Abysmal – Dangerous – Water
Northwest/Fall – 3rd Son – Ken/Gen – Stillness – Resting – Mountain
North/Winter – Mother – Kun – Receptive – Devoted/Yielding – Earth
Northeast/Winter 1st Son – Chen/Zhen – Arousing – Inciting/Movement – Thunder
East/Spring – 2nd Daughter – Li – Clinging – Lightgiving – Fire
Southeast/Spring – 3rd Daughter – Tui/Dui – Joyous – Joyful – Lake/Marsh
King Wen Bagua - used for residences in Feng Shui where the energies flow towards the next creating a dynamic flow of Chi.
South/Summer – 2nd Daughter – Li – Clinging – Lightgiving – Fire
Southwest/Summer – Mother – Kun – Receptive – Devoted/Yielding – Earth
West/Fall – 3rd Daughter – Tui/Dui – Joyous – Joyful – Lake/Marsh
Northwest/Fall – Father – Ch’ien/Qi’an – Creative – Strong – Heaven/Sky
North/Winter – 2nd Son – Kan – Abysmal – Dangerous – Water
Northeast/Winter – 3rd Son – Ken/Gen – Stillness – Immovability – Mountain
east/Spring – 1st Son – Chen/Zhen – Arousing – Inciting/Movement – Thunder
Southeast/Spring – 1st Daughter – Sun/Xun – Gentle – Penetrating – Wind/Wood
I – CHING – BOOK OF CHANGES (a means of divination)
(Contains 64 Hexagrams) 8 X 8 = 64 (masculine x feminine = life) Reflects the interrelated changing principles of life. You will need the I-Ching itself (a book) to read the meanings and see visual representations of the 64 Hexagrams. Each Hexagram is made up of two Triagrams representing two of the eight members of the Bagua.
Coin Method of divination
Three coins – Six Tosses = Total points after each toss
Heads = Yang – 3 points – Bright Light – Strong/Masculine
Tails = Yin – 2 points – Dark Shadow – Yielding/Feminine
Total Points = (9, 8, 7 or 6)
9 Points = Old Yang (Sun) unbroken line changes into a broken Yin line (—- —-)
8 Points = Young Yin (Yielding) a broken line without change (—- —-)
7 Points = Young Yang (Light) an unbroken line without change (———–)
6 Points = Old Yin (Moon) broken line changes into unbroken Yang line (———)
Draw Hexagram from the bottom up showing the six lines as they are revealed
