Ba Zhai or Eight Mansions

Bazhai is also known as Eight Mansions. It is a type of fengshui method.

In the simplest form, this method basically identify your best and worst direction and let you use the best and avoid the bad. But there are more to this system. Now I will just keep things simple.

To calculate life gua for people born before year 2000 :
1. Add up the last 2 digits of the year of birth.
2. Reduce to single digit.
3. For male, minus from 10, and for female, add 5.
4. The result is the Gua Number.

To calculate life gua for people born after year 2000 :
1. Add up the last 2 digits of the year of birth.
2. Reduce to single digit.
3. For male, minus from 9, and for female, add 6.
4. The result is the Gua Number.

For male, gua 5 = 2.
For female, gua 5 = 8.

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EAST GROUP

Gua 1 :
Sheng Qi - SE
Tian Yi - E
Yan Nian - S
Fu Wei - N
Huo Hai - W
Wu Gui - NE
Liu Sha - NW
Jue Ming - SW

Gua 3 :
Sheng Qi - S
Tian Yi - N
Yan Nian - SE
Fu Wei - E
Huo Hai - SW
Wu Gui - NW
Liu Sha - NE
Jue Ming - W

Gua 4 :
Sheng Qi - N
Tian Yi - S
Yan Nian - E
Fu Wei - SE
Huo Hai - NW
Wu Gui - SW
Liu Sha - W
Jue Ming - NE

Gua 9 :
Sheng Qi - E
Tian Yi - SE
Yan Nian - N
Fu Wei - S
Huo Hai - NE
Wu Gui - W
Liu Sha - SW
Jue Ming - NW

WEST GROUP

Gua 2 :
Sheng Qi - NE
Tian Yi - W
Yan Nian - NW
Fu Wei - SW
Huo Hai - E
Wu Gui - SE
Liu Sha - S
Jue Ming - N

Gua 6 :
Sheng Qi - W
Tian Yi - NE
Yan Nian - SW
Fu Wei - NW
Huo Hai - SE
Wu Gui - E
Liu Sha - N
Jue Ming - S

Gua 7 :
Sheng Qi - NW
Tian Yi - SW
Yan Nian - NE
Fu Wei - W
Huo Hai - N
Wu Gui - S
Liu Sha - SE
Jue Ming - E

Gua 8 :
Sheng Qi - SW
Tian Yi - NW
Yan Nian - W
Fu Wei - NE
Huo Hai - S
Wu Gui - N
Liu Sha - E
Jue Ming - SE

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Sheng Qi represents life generating Qi. This star represents the Wood element. It governs success, authority, nobility, status and wealth in life. It is best to have your main door at Sheng Qi if you are looking for wealth. If a kid is lazy, make him sleep with his head pointing to his Sheng Qi direction to make him active.

Tian Yi represents the Earth element. It is noble people (mentors), people of caliber and status, as well as health prospects. It is also suitable for recuperating or resting. It also governs the aspects of a person's respectability and oratory powers, such as his or her power of speech in convincing and persuading others.

Yan Nian represents the Metal element. This star governs the aspects of networking, communication and relationship building. It is also important for family harmony and domestic bliss. For couples looking forward to having kids, should make sure this sector in their house is not missing.

Fu Wei represents the Wood element. It is for self cultivation, studies, improve concentration, meditation and sleeping.

Huo Hai represents Earth element. It is the harbinger of mishaps, loss of wealth, sudden (unfortunate) changes or hassles, as well as work related obstacles. If you have the main door in Huo Hai, everything will go wrong.

Wu Gui represents Fire element. This star is the bringer of betrayal, ill intentioned gossips, rumors, backstabbing, cruelty, petty people and even subterfuge and sabotage.

Liu sha represents Water element. It is the harbinger of lawsuits, bodily injuries and harms, robberies, scandals, adultery and the need for people to undergo physical surgery.

Jue Ming represents Metal element. It is total disaster, life threatening and loss of wealth.

Note :
1. Anything external will supercedes the internal.
2. House Gua will supercedes life gua.
3. Kitchen should be located in a negative area.
4. A positive sector is more important than a positive direction.
5. Locate the main door in a positive sector.
6. Stove knobs should face a favourable direction of the breadwinner.
7. Use the controlling cycle to control the bad sectors, e.g. for a huo hai main door, use the wood element.
8. In own house, gua # must not be missing or store room otherwise it wont benefit the owner. Check the gua # against the luoshu.