How to use the Feng Shui Compass – Eight Mansion Ring Application

How to use the

Feng Shui Compass

Eight Mansion Ring

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How to use the Feng Shui Compass – Eight Mansion Ring Application

Eight Mansion Ring Application

Some feng shui compass or Lou pan holds a ring that contains the Eight Mansion formula.
The Eight Mansion (Ba Zhai) theory formula is also known as the East/West or the 8-
Houses system. This method is widely use today because it is very easy to implement and
believe to yield fast and effective results.

It uses the Gua number of the breadwinner, which can be obtained through mathematical
calculation. The Gua number has a relative association with the 8 Stars, 8 directions and
the 24 mountains.

The ring of the Eight Mansion consists of the following Chinese characters. It represents
the four auspicious and four inauspicious stars.

The Four Auspicious Stars

(Sheng Qi) - Financial luck at its peak, enjoy great health, fill with energy.
(Yan Nian) - Financial luck is great, good health.
(Tien Yi) - Financial luck is good, healthy, support from people around.
(Fu Wei) - Financial luck is minimal, generally healthy.

The Four Inauspicious Stars

(Ho Hai) - Financial luck is bad, legal issues, argument.
(Wu Gui) - Consecutive bankruptcy may occur, bad health.
(Liu Sha) - Luck is bad, disaster after disaster, deteriorating health condition.
(Chueh Ming) - Luck is bad, serious health problem, loss or death.

Calculating the Gua

For females to calculate their Gua number, add the last two digits of the year of your birth
and then add 5 this is your Gua number.
Example
If your date of birth is 10 June 1960
Add the last two digits of your date of birth together
(6+0=6) then add this to 5 (6+5=11) to arrive at a single number add the 11
together (1+1=2) Your Gua number is 2

For males to calculate their Gua number, add the last two digits of the year of your birth
and then subtract it from 10 this is your Gua number.
Example
If your date of birth is 10 June 1960
Add the last two digits of your date of birth together.
(6+0=6) then subtract from 10 (10-6=4) Your Gua number is 4
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NOTE:
There is NO Gua 5. If you obtain 5 from your calculations, your Gua will be 2 if
you are a male and 8 if you are a female. Females born after the year 2000 will
need to add 6 instead of 5. Males born after the year 2000 will need to deduct
from 9 instead of 10

Stars Allocation Method 1

The stars are assigned to the eight major directions. This allocation method is known as
the Great Cyclic Year. It gives a general guide of the chi surrounding the main door,
kitchen (cooker) and rooms of a given property.

Stars Allocation Method 2

The second allocation method is known as the Small Cyclic Year. There is no Gua
number to calculate, stars are assigned to the 24 Mountains instead of the 8 directions and
determined by the property’s sitting direction. This method requires a little more work
but just as easy to apply. It is more specific in terms of identifying the good and bad
sector for main door, kitchen, rooms and feng shui items.

Application using Star Allocation Method 1

First calculate the Gua of the head person or bread winner of the family. If he or she
belongs to the North sector, refer to the North sector of the template. You should be able
to locate the ring that has the above characters with the following sequence of reading for
North sector.

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Taken from a feng shui template provided in the course,

the same marking can be found on feng shui compasses or Lou pan.
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Next is to work with the floor plan of the property, determine the eight directions using a
regular compass. Plot the eight directions on the floor plan using the template and
assigned each character in counter clockwise starting with the North, NE, E, SE, S, SW,
W, NW.

N = (Fu Wei)
NE = (Wu Gui)
E = (Tien Yi)
SE = (Sheng Qi)
S = (Yan Nian)
SW = (Chueh Ming)
W = (Ho Hai)
NW = (Liu Sha)

Once the stars has been allocated, the next step is very easy as you can determine which
direction or sector of the property you want the residence to avoid and which to spend
more time, work or sleep in.

Supplement
Below is the quick breakdown of the Gua number, directions and the associated stars.

East Group
GUA 1 GUA 4
Sheng Qi - Southeast Sheng Qi - North
Tien Yi - East Tien Yi - South
Yan Nian - South Yan Nian - East
Fu Wei - North Fu Wei - Southeast
Ho Hai - West Ho Hai - Northwest
Wu Gui - Northeast Wu Gui - Southwest
Liu Sha - Northwest Liu Sha - West
Chueh Ming - Southwest Chueh Ming - Northeast
GUA 3 GUA 9
Sheng Qi - South Sheng Qi - East
Tien Yi - North Tien Yi - Southeast
Yan Nian - Southeast Yan Nian - North
Fu Wei - East Fu Wei - South
Ho Hai - Southwest Ho Hai - Northeast
Wu Gui - Northwest Wu Gui - West
Liu Sha - Northeast Liu Sha - Southwest
Chueh Ming - West Chueh Ming - Northwest
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West Group
GUA 2 GUA 7
Sheng Qi - Northeast Sheng Qi - Northwest
Tien Yi - West Tien Yi - Southwest
Yan Nian - Northwest Yan Nian - Northeast
Fu Wei - Southwest Fu Wei - West
Ho Hai - East Ho Hai - North
Wu Gui - Southeast Wu Gui - South
Liu Sha - South Liu Sha - Southeast
Chueh Ming - North Chueh Ming - East
GUA 6 GUA 8
Sheng Qi - West Sheng Qi - Southwest
Tien Yi - Northeast Tien Yi - Northwest
Yan Nian - Southwest Yan Nian - West
Fu Wei - Northwest Fu Wei - Northeast
Ho Hai - Southeast Ho Hai - South
Wu Gui - East Wu Gui - North
Liu Sha - North Liu Sha - East
Chueh Ming - South Chueh Ming – Southeast

Application using Star Allocation Method 2

In this method of application, there is no Gua number to calculate. It requires the sitting
position of the property according to the 24 mountains. You can obtain the mouontain
reading using the Lou pan or a regular compass. Alternatively, you can use the
complimentary template when you register for the Online Lou Pan Application Course.

With Reference to the diagram, the red circles

indicate the Mountain or Sitting direction. Using
the supplementary table below and allocate the
stars to each of the 24 mountains. Once completed,
you can advice your client where to place their 5
elemental features or cures, tables, etc.
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Sitting Mountain: N1 or NE3 or S2 or NW1

N1 = Fu Wei S1 = Ho Hai
N2 = Yan Nian S2 = Fu Wei
N3 = Yan Nian S3 = Wu Gui
NE1 = Wu Gui SW1 = Sheng Qi
NE2 = Ho Hai SW2 = Liu Sha
NE3 = Fu Wei SW3 = Yan Nian
E1 = Chueh Ming W1 = Sheng Qi
E2 = Sheng Qi W2 = Wu Gui
E3 = Liu Sha W3 = Tien Yi
SE1 = Yan Nian NW1 = Fu Wei
SE2 = Tien Yi NW2 = Chueh Ming
SE3 = Wu Gui NW3 = Sheng Qi

Sitting Mountain: NE2 or S1

N1 = Ho Hai S1 = Fu Wei
N2 = Wu Gui S2 = Ho Hai
N3 = Wu Gui S3 = Yan Nian
NE1 = Yan Nian SW1 = Liu Sha
NE2 = Fu Wei SW2 = Sheng Qi
NE3 = Ho Hai SW3 = Wu Gui
E1 = Tien Yi W1 = Liu Sha
E2 = Liu Sha W2 = Yan Nian
E3 = Sheng Qi W3 = Chueh Ming
SE1 = Wu Gui NW1 = Ho Hai
SE2 = Chueh Ming NW2 = Tien Yi
SE3 = Yan Nian NW3 = Liu Sha

Sitting Mountain: NW3 or E2 or SW1 or W1

N1 = Sheng Qi S1 = Liu Sha
N2 = Tien Yi S2 = Sheng Qi
N3 = Tien Yi S3 = Chueh Ming
NE1 = Chueh Ming SW1 = Fu Wei
NE2 = Liu Sha SW2 = Ho Hai
NE3 = Sheng Qi SW3 = Tien Yi
E1 = Wu Gui W1 = Fu Wei
E2 = Fu Wei W2 = Chueh Ming
E3 = Ho Hai W3 = Yan Nian
SE1 = Tien Yi NW1 = Sheng Qi
SE2 = Yan Nian NW2 = Wu Gui
SE3 = Chueh Ming NW3 = Fu Wei
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Sitting Mountain: NE1 or SE3 or S3 or W2

N1 = Wu Gui S1 = Yan Nian
N2 = Ho Hai S2 = Wu Gui
N3 = Ho Hai S3 = Fu Wei
NE1 = Fu Wei SW1 = Chueh Ming
NE2 = Yan Nian SW2 = Tien Yi
NE3 = Wu Gui SW3 = Ho Hai
E1 = Sheng Qi W1 = Chueh Ming
E2 = Chueh Ming W2 = Fu Wei
E3 = Tien Yi W3 = Liu Sha
SE1 = Ho Hai NW1 = Wu Gui
SE2 = Liu Sha NW2 = Sheng Qi
SE3 = Fu Wei NW3 = Chueh Ming

Sitting Mountain: NW2 or E1

N1 = Chueh Ming S1 = Tien Yi
N2 = Liu Sha S2 = Chueh Ming
N3 = Liu Sha S3 = Sheng Qi
NE1 = Sheng Qi SW1 = Wu Gui
NE2 = Tien Yi SW2 = Yan Nian
NE3 = Chueh Ming SW3 = Liu Sha
E1 = Fu Wei W1 = Wu Gui
E2 = Wu Gui W2 = Sheng Qi
E3 = Tien Yi W3 = Ho Hai
SE1 = Liu Sha NW1 = Chueh Ming
SE2 = Ho Hai NW2 = Fu Wei
SE3 = Sheng Qi NW3 = Wu Gui

Sitting Mountain: SE2 or W3

N1 = Tien Yi S1 = Chueh Ming
N2 = Sheng Qi S2 = Tien Yi
N3 = Sheng Qi S3 = Liu Sha
NE1 = Liu Sha SW1 = Yan Nian
NE2 = Chueh Ming SW2 = Wu Gui
NE3 = Tien Yi SW3 = Sheng Qi
E1 = Ho Hai W1 = Yan Nian
E2 = Yan Nian W2 = Liu Sha
E3 = Wu Gui W3 = Fu Wei
SE1 = Sheng Qi NW1 = Tien Yi
SE2 = Fu Wei NW2 = Ho Hai
SE3 = Liu Sha NW3 = Yan Nian
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Sitting Mountain: N2 or N3 or SE1 or SW3

N1 = Yan Nian S1 = Wu Gui
N2 = Fu Wei S2 = Yan Nian
N3 = Fu Wei S3 = Ho Hai
NE1 = Ho Hai SW1 = Tien Yi
NE2 = Wu Gui SW2 = Chueh Ming
NE3 = Yan Nian SW3 = Fu Wei
E1 = Liu Sha W1 = Tien Yi
E2 = Tien Yi W2 = Ho Hai
E3 = Chueh Ming W3 = Sheng Qi
SE1 = Fu Wei NW1 = Yan Nian
SE2 = Sheng Qi NW2 = Liu Sha
SE3 = Ho Hai NW3 = Tien Yi

Sitting Mountain: E3 or SW2

N1 = Liu Sha S1 = Sheng Qi
N2 = Chueh Ming S2 = Liu Sha
N3 = Chueh Ming S3 = Tien Yi
NE1 = Tien Yi SW1 = Ho Hai
NE2 = Sheng Qi SW2 = Fu Wei
NE3 = Liu Sha SW3 = Chueh Ming
E1 = Yan Nian W1 = Ho Hai
E2 = Ho Hai W2 = Tien Yi
E3 = Fu Wei W3 = Wu Gui
SE1 = Chueh Ming NW1 = Liu Sha
SE2 = Wu Gui NW2 = Yan Nian
SE3 = Tien Yi NW3 = Ho Hai

Final Word on Eight Mansion Ring Application

This chapter illustrated only the general use of the Eight Mansion ring on the Feng Shui
compass. If you require more information regarding the Eight Mansion Theory, you
should be able to easily find them on the Internet. But please remember always to
practice responsible feng shui.