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We’ll be exploring the most critical Guas to energize and enhance from a Real Estate perspective. However, each of the Guas as well as the Center or Core of the BAGUA is important to balance and enhance, Exploring especially if they Key Components of represent the Master Bedroom, Kitchen, How to Enhance theFeng Home/Land UsingShui the BAGUA Family and Dining There’s been some confusion on “how” to use the areas of the home. & BAGUA correctly when laying it on your home and Some additional terms land. Please consider that there are many different schools of Feng Shui. For the purpose and ease in you may have heard Real Estate, I have found that the Western or BTB are the Pa kua...which School which overlays the BAGUA on the HOME and means eight Trigrams Land using the lower 3 Guas as the point of entry and is synonymous to the simplest and easiest the BAGUA, since it is to apply. You don’t need a compass to apply this an eight-sided figure contemporary approach with the eight Trigrams to the BAGUA, but you do arranged around need to understand the its edge. The eight BAGUA zones and how to directions are then enhance and remedy areas of the Home and Land for easy to visualize using best results. this octagonal shape. by: Allan & Jane Andersen, owners of 8 Element, llc Feng Shui: How to Enhance the Home/Land Using the BAGUA For ease in overlaying the BAGUA onto the Floor plan of the Home SOUTH and Land, the contemporary, Western School of Feng Shui has taken the Traditional Pa kua (bagua) and made it look like the LO SOUTHWEST + SHU Magic Square. The Lo Shu Square is one of the oldest and FIRE major keys to the understanding of practical feng shui. It is a 3x3 tic- tac-toe grid containing the numbers 1 to 9, but in a very special order. – EARTH+ SOUTHEAST The number 9, being the largest “yang” number, is aligned with the WOOD PHOENIX south, while the smallest “yang” number, 1, is aligned with the north. Odd numbers are “yang” and even numbers are “yin”. The Lo Shu 9 square is magic because the numbers placed in its nine cells add up to 4 2 DRAGON WEST METAL 15, regardless of the direction in which you add them, even diagonally. + – 3 5 7 Understanding the terms and the history associated with each is part of Lo Shu Square WOOD TIGER EAST the “fun” around applying Feng Shui. The original “base” lo shu, always 8 6 had the number “5” in the center cell. Tradition says that this square 1 dates back to the reign of Emperor Yu (2205 -2197 BC). The story of EARTH TORTOISE the introduction of the lo shu into Chinese culture is an ancient one. NORTHEAST– The myth says that the lo shu was a map engraved on the back of a METAL+ tortoise that emerged from the river Lo, hence its name, “lo shu,” which WATER means “river Lo map.” The nine “cells” engraved on the shell of the – tortoise were not filled with numbers, but instead contained dots, the There are a few variations NORTHWEST total of which added up to the number shown in each cell. to remember but in general, NORTH The tortoise is a very important feng shui animal. follow this basic formula: There are all sorts of symbolic connections in this story. The tortoise Example: Male is symbolic of the north. The sage Emperor Yu, who saw the tortoise (find your # and subtract from 10) emerging from the water, was responsible for taming the great floods If you were born in 1947, then in China with hydraulic works, so the lo shu in a sense “controls” the 4 +7 = 11 Water that is so much a part of feng shui. 1+1 = 2, when reduced to a single digit. A variant of this story says that another early emperor, Fu Hsi, who was For a male, 10 - 2 = 8 the inventor of the Trigrams, gave the square to Yu in a mysterious So your Kua number is 8. mountain cavern. There is therefore a real connection between the lo shu square and Example: Female (find your # and add to 5) the eight Trigrams of Fu Hsi - tortoises, water, and feng shui, etc. We can also make the Lo Shu square more meaningful by adding the eight If you were born in 1947, then trigrams. The nine cells of the lo shu neatly coincide with the eight 4+7 = 11 Trigrams of the Pa kua (bagua). 1+1 = 2, when reduced to a single digit. One more connection to make before we get into the critical Zones of For a female, 2+5 =7 the BAGUA is understanding your “personal” Kua number. It is simple So your Kua number is 7. to calculate. The formula is different for females and males... so gender is important. Knowing your personal kua # will help orientate yourself to your “best” directions. www.coloradohomeownermag.com article layout: Mary Gordon Using the BAGUA House/Land Bagua The numbers 1,3,4 & 9 are We can also assign TRIGRAMS to the home based on the Direction the Front Door (you don’t want associated with the EAST Group the Home FACES/SITS. good chi bouncing out of the of people and have a special home). Irregular shapes are East Group Houses: Trigram Facing Direction Sitting Direction Element affinity towards each other. auspicious in this Zone. Flowers They will all have the same Best Li North South Fire in Glass vases, glass table tops, Directions and directions to avoid. Kan South North Water and curved furniture are all East Group people are best in Chen West East Wood enhancements. homes that “face” or have a Front H’sun NW SE Wood Door that faces: North, South, The Supportive People/Buyer West and Northwest. Their Back Zone is characterized by the Door or the “sitting” direction of West Group Houses: Chien SE NW Metal colors of the rainbow....however, the home would be South, North, Kun NE SW Earth keep in mind this Zone is East and Southeast. These 4 Ken SW NE Earth associated with the Metal element Directions ( South, North, East Tui East West Metal and therefore is also characterized and Southeast) are also the Best by gold, silver, white and grey. ( directions for the occupants to Color of metal). On the outside of face when sitting or standing. In Eight Mansions Feng Shui, your Kua # is considered to be your the home...this Zone will fall onto (Sleep with your head pointed in “lucky” number. It also tells you your personal Element and the Front Right side of the land as one of these Best directions). your personal Trigram for Feng Shui purposes as well as your you are looking at the Face of the most auspicious color(s) and Direction(s) for personal growth. Home. In Real Estate, this is the The numbers 2,5,6,7, & 8 are Best Place to put your signage. It associated with the WEST Kua # Your Your Best Color Best speaks to the Buyer and should Group of people and have a Kua Element Kua Trigram for Home Direction therefore be characterized by special affinity towards each lots of color, and yang energy. 1 Water Kan(moon) White North other. They will all have the same Placing a 6 pipe wind chime on Best Directions and directions to 2 Earth Kun(Earth) Red/Yellow Southwest the front eave of the home is very avoid. West Group people are 3 Wood Chen(Thunder) Blue/Green East auspicious. Keep in mind Feng best in homes that “face” or have a 4 Wood Hsun(Wind) Blue/Green Southeast The Career Zone is characterized Balance is always key. Water is Shui means wind/water. Allowing Front Door that Faces: Southeast, 5 Earth Kun/Ken Red/Yellow SW/NE by Black, Dark Blue and Deep an important feature in the Career the light breezes to stimulate the Northeast, Southwest, and East. 6 Metal Chien(Heaven) Yellow/White Northwest Purple. It is associated with the Zone. If possible, place a water sound of the wind chime is very Their Back Door or the “sitting” “positive chi”. Plant flowering pots 7 Metal Tui (Lake) Yellow/White West Water Element. Enhancing the feature outside the front door... direction of the home would be Career Zone is always a plus. preferably on the left side of the in this zone if foliage is minimal. Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, 8 Earth Ken(Mountain) Red/Yellow Northeast 9 Fire Li (Sun) Green/Red South The Land will need special Front door if you are looking out and West. These 4 Directions attention. If the Front Door Falls from the inside. You will also want ( NW,SW, NE and West) are in this Zone, be sure to place a the water feature to be facing the also the Best directions for the Feng Shui is such an ancient art and science, so rich with symbolism Black mat in front of the Door and Home or Door. Flowing water occupants to face when sitting keep the Front Entry free of clutter, is auspicious, but it represents or standing. (Sleep with your and stories that I encourage you to look into some of the practices and different schools. The beauty of Feng Shui is the ability to connect clean and vibrant. If possible wealth and you want the wealth head pointed in one of the plant “red” flowering plants in pots coming to you, not leaving and Best directions).