FENG SHUI KUA
For every person there are certain sectors or directions that are lucky and not lucky for them. To find out what these directions are you need to calculate your Feng Shui Kua number. Knowing your Kua number makes it possible for you to pay more attention on the directions that benefit you and otherwise so that you can make the necessary arrangement to your furniture and adjustment to your daily habits.
How to Calculate your Kua number?
You need your lunar birth year to calculate your Kua number. The lunar year usually starts around late January and early February so if your birthday falls some time around this period, consult a chart for your actual lunar year. You can also find out your Kua number by referring to our Chinese calendar.
Add the last two digits of the LUNAR year you were born together, for instance if you were born in 1974 you add 7 and 4=11. Subsequently, add the digits that make up 11 again until it’s reduced to a single digit: 1+1=2.
Once you have that number, in this case 2, do the following computation based on your gender:
If you are Male, subtract your single digit from 10. 10-2=8. Your Kua number is 8. If you were born after the year 2000, subtract the Kua factor from 9, instead of 10.
If you are Female, then add 5 to your number. 5+2 = 7. Your Kua number is 7. Should the result is a two digits number, add up the digits again until it is reduced to one single digit. For example, calculation for a female born in the year 1954 would be: 5+4=9; 9+5=14; 1+4=5. 5 is her Kua number. If you were born after the year 2000, add 6 to your Kua Factor. If the resulting number is 2 digits, add them up until they become a single digit. The resulting number is your Kua Number.
Please take notice that the Feng Shui Kua number runs from 1 to 9 without 5. So if your Kua is 5 from the calculation, your actual Kua is 2 for male, or 8 for female.
Having discovered your Kua number, you can now use it to determine your favorable or unfavorable directions, using the chart below. It is suggested that you always try to face your auspicious directions be it when you are eating, watching tv, working, having a meeting or studying. Sleep with your head pointing to one of these auspicious directions as well. Needless to say, avoid the inauspicious directions the best you can. With constant application of the Feng Shui Kua formula, you will notice significant improvement in your luck.
The Kua numbers are categorized into East group and West group.
Kua numbers 1, 3, 4 and 9 are people who belong to the East Group.
Kua numbers 2, 6, 7, and 8 are people who belong to the West Group
All East group people will benefit from facing and tapping the four East group directions – North, South, East and Southeast. Meanwhile those in the West group will benefit from West group directions - West, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast.
LUCKY & UNLUCKY DIRECTIONS | KUA NUMBER | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
Sheng Chi (Prosperity) | SE | NE | S | N | W | NW | SW | E |
Tien Yi (Health) | E | W | N | S | NE | SW | NW | SE |
Nien Yen (Romance) | S | NW | SE | E | SW | NE | W | N |
Fu Wei (Personal Growth) | N | SW | E | SE | NW | W | NE | S |
Huo Hai (Mishap) | W | E | SW | NW | SE | N | S | NE |
Wu Gui (Five Ghosts) | NE | SE | NW | SW | E | S | N | W |
Liu Shar (Six Killings) | NW | S | NE | W | N | SE | E | SW |
Jueh Ming (Total Loss) | SW | N | W | NE | S | E | SE | NW |
Here are the four favorable or lucky KUA directions:
- Sheng Chi or Prosperity Direction: Also known as Life Generating energies, this direction signifies good fortune, prosperity and great success, the acquisition of great wealth. Businessmen and people looking for career advancement should tap into this direction. The best direction in Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) Feng Shui. It has Wood chi.
- Tien Yi or Health Direction: Also known as Heavenly Doctor in Chinese, this direction promotes great strength of body and mind, good health and relief from long suffering. Best used for your bed (headboard) direction (top of your head should point to this direction when sleeping) if you are recovering from a particular illness.
- Nien Yen or Romance Direction: good for building strong and lasting relationships. Tap into this direction to enhance harmony in the home and good sexual, romantic and marital relationships. If you want to end a bad relationship, your Nien Yen direction can also help you let the other person go, in a way that is easy and comfortable to all parties. In the office, when you work desk is position towards this direction, it aids building relationships with colleagues and staff, and fosters better ties and builds rapport. Couple wishing to start a family will have the bed positioned such that the husband's is pointing to his Nien Yen direction.
- Fu Wei or Personal Growth Direction: It can mean Calming Position or Stability. This Qi is necessary for grounding your energies, helping you relax and gain mental calrity. It helps in your personal development, cultivation of life, meditation, personal growth and mental well being.
The four unfavorable or unlucky KUA directions need to be avoided at all cost and they are as follows:
- Jueh Ming or Total Loss direction: has Metal chi. Avoid at all cost. Regarded as the most dangerous, this is a very harmful energy and can cause trouble to a career and wealth. It can bring major business failure, illnesses, accidents and serious relationship problems. Avoid purchasing a house with the main door facing this direction of the breadwinner's. If you absolutely cannot avoid this direction, wear a 925 Silver Mystic Knot Pendant with Red Swarovski Crystals, Red Phantom Quartz Crystal Point Pendant, Laughing Buddha Crystal Pendant Necklace (Red Agate) or Eight Eye/Bodhi/13 Eye Tibetan Dzi Bead with Red Agate Bracelet. Place a Feng Shui Fire Red Ball or Wu Lou With Joyous Crane (Red) on your headboard or nightstand.
- Wu Gui or Five Ghosts Direction: has Fire energy, a hopeless direction, can cause disturbing personality traits or lead to a very disagreeable personality. This direction brings negative chi that manifests in gossips, treachery, slanders and backstabbing. Misunderstanding and miscommunication, riots and uproar are the consequences if you are influenced by it. If you absolutely cannot avoid this direction, carry a Water Crystal and Big Auspicious Mirror Talisman or Celestial Water Dragon Feng Shui Keychain, or wear a Blue Aquamarine Crystal Bracelet (Top Grade) or 925 Silver Mystic Knot Pendant with Blue Swarovski Crystals. Place a Wu Lou With Joyous Crane (Blue), Blue Rhinocerous and Elephant on Water or Blue Rhinoceros and Elephant with Water Urn on your headboard or nightstand.
- Liu Shar or Six Sha Direction: belongs to Water element, Also know as the Six Killings, this direction is said to cause harm to your current relationships whether at home, work or social. It can also bring you bodily harm involving robberies, surgeries and accidents. It attracts legal entanglementss, examples: lawsuits, embezzlement and divorces. If you absolutely cannot avoid this direction, wear a Tibetan Dzi Bead of Your Choice with Tiger's Eye Bracelet or Ammonite Shell Pendant (S). Place a Feng Shui Obsidian Wu Lou (L), Mini Obsidian Crystal Tortoise or Five Blessings Good Fortune Obsidian Crystal Ball on your headboard or nightstand.
- Huo Hai or Mishap Direction: is Earth chi. This direction leads to hardship and failure. Brings loads of bad luck, mischief and obstacles to your endeavors. At home, it can cause you annoying problems that are persistent, for example, electrical appliances not working, water pipe leaking, toilet gets stuck etc...In relationships and dealings, people hassle you for no apparent reason and life becomes restless. If you absolutely cannot avoid this direction, wear a Green Phrenite Crystal Bracelet, 925 Silver Mystic Knot Pendant with Green Swarovski Crystals or Top Grade Green Rutilated Quartz Framed Pendant. Place a Aventurine Crystal Bonsai Tree with 9 Coins, 9 Level Green Wen Chang Pagoda or Wu Lou With Joyous Crane (Green) on your headboard or nightstand.