Understanding Your Personal Gua Number
Your Gua number is one of the most important aspects of personalized Feng Shui. It determines your auspicious and inauspicious directions, helping you optimize your environment for success, health, and harmony.
What is a Gua Number?
The Gua number, also known as the Kua number, is calculated based on your birth year and gender. It ranges from 1 to 9 (excluding 5 for men, which becomes 2, and 5 for women, which becomes 8).
The Two Groups
Based on your Gua number, you belong to either the East Group or the West Group:
East Group (Gua 1, 3, 4, 9)
- Best directions: East, Southeast, North, South
- Element associations: Water, Wood, Fire
West Group (Gua 2, 6, 7, 8)
- Best directions: West, Northwest, Southwest, Northeast
- Element associations: Earth, Metal
Your Four Auspicious Directions
Each Gua number has four favorable directions:
- Sheng Chi (Success): Best for career and financial success
- Tien Yi (Health): Best for health and recovery
- Nien Yen (Relationships): Best for love and family harmony
- Fu Wei (Personal Growth): Best for self-improvement and stability
Your Four Inauspicious Directions
Similarly, there are four directions to avoid:
- Ho Hai (Bad Luck): Minor obstacles
- Wu Gui (Five Ghosts): Theft, fire, quarrels
- Liu Sha (Six Killings): Legal problems, health issues
- Jue Ming (Total Loss): Worst direction, avoid at all costs
How to Use Your Gua Number
- Sleep with your head pointing toward one of your auspicious directions
- Work facing one of your favorable directions
- Enter your home through a door in an auspicious direction when possible
- Avoid sitting with your back to your inauspicious directions