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Eight Houses Ba Gua Life Gua Feng Shui Theory

8 Houses School & Application

8 Houses

8 Houses school is in accordance to Late Heaven Ba Gua giving rise to 8 different directions. Residences are divided into East/West four houses.

House Classifications

East Four houses are:

  • Li
  • Zhen
  • Sun
  • Kan

West Four houses are:

  • Qian
  • Tui
  • Kun
  • Gen

Life Gua is also divided into East/West Four Life. Theoretically Life Gua should match House Gua for perfection.

Calculation Methods

  1. Taking readings for East/West Four Houses

    • Taking measurement with Lo Pan parallel to main door
    • Direction on towards the house is the sitting while direction outside main door facing
  2. To calculate East/West Four Life

For Males

  • Use 100 to take away last 2 digits from birth year and divide by 9
  • The remainder gives Life Gua
  • Example: Born in 1978, male
    (100-78)/9 = Remainder is 4, East Four Life

For Females

  • Use last 2 digits from birth year and minus 4 and divide by 9
  • The remainder give Life Gua
  • Example: Born in 1978, female
    (78-4)/9 = Remainder is 2, West Four Life

Special Cases

When remainder is 0, take Gua to be 9 If remainder is 5, West Four Life:

  • Male classified under Kun Gua
  • Female under Ken Gua

Feng Shui

8 Houses Theory

Ba Zai Ming Jing is an authoritative book on the 8 Houses School. Below are the 8 dictatorial stars to give different effects.

Auspicious Stars

a) Sheng Chi

  • House & Life matching gives rise to power & authority and all general prosperity
  • Most suited for the location of bed or work desk

b) Tien Yi

  • 2nd lucky star
  • House & Life matching for wealth & population growth
  • Ensures health when stove faces one’s own Tien Yi direction

c) Yien Nien

  • 3rd lucky star
  • When house & life matches promotes wealth & population
  • Best for longevity & harmony in marriage

d) Fu Wei

  • 4th lucky star
  • Medium wealth & longevity
  • More female than male
  • When stove faces Fu Wei with the arrival of Tien Yi helper, a son can be hoped for in that year

Inauspicious Stars

e) Jue Ming

  • The most unlucky star
  • Causes bankruptcy, sickness or even death

f) Wu Gui

  • 2nd unlucky star
  • Fire & theft, loss of wealth, law-suit & ill health

g) Liu Sha

  • 3rd unlucky star
  • Results in loss of wealth, propaganda & philandering

h) Huo Hai

  • 4th unlucky star
  • Brings about litigation, loss in wealth & obstacles

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