Feng Shui Personal Gua Calculator
Find your Kua (Ming Gua) number, trigram, and 4 favorable + 4 unfavorable directions — the foundation of the Bazhai / Eight Mansions school.
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How to use your Kua
Your Kua maps to one of eight trigrams (the 5th is treated specially), one of the five elements, and an East / West group. From there, the classical Bazhai rules give you a personalized direction map for your home or workspace.
Bed
Sleep with your head pointing toward your Sheng Qi (生气) direction — prosperity, career growth, and opportunity energy.
Desk
Place your desk so you face your Tian Yi (天医) direction — health, vitality, and recovery from setbacks.
Front door
Avoid placing the main entrance facing your Jue Ming (绝命) direction. If the home is fixed, classical remedies (mirrors, plants, metal cures per Lillian Too 2003 Ch. 8) soften the effect.
Personal Gua FAQ
Why is there no Kua 5?
There are only eight trigrams in the Bagua, and 5 sits at the center — it has no direction and no trigram. Classical Bazhai assigns men born in a “5 year” to Kua 2 (Kun / Earth) and women to Kua 8 (Gen / Earth) so they still get a usable direction map.
Is Bazhai the same as Flying Stars?
No. They are two different schools that often run side-by-side. Bazhai (Eight Mansions / San He lineage) is about you — your personal favorable directions, fixed for life. Xuan Kong Flying Stars (San Yuan lineage) is about your building — the energy pattern of your home, dependent on when it was built and which direction it faces. CelestKin’s in-app Feng Shui tool ships both.
Do I share a Kua with my partner?
Probably not — even if your birth years are close, the male and female formulas differ, so most couples end up in different Kuas. The classical workaround is to share a home where your bedroom orientation favors one partner’s Sheng Qi and the desk orientation favors the other’s. The app helps map this trade-off explicitly.
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