Good/Bad Directions
After you have obtained your Kua number, look up the chart below to find out your group and your auspicious/inauspicious directions.
| Kua | Group | Lucky Directions | Unlucky Directions | ||||||
| Sheng Qi (Success) | Tian Yi (Heavenly Doctor) | Yan Nian (Longevity) | Fu Wei (Stability) | Huo Hai (Mishaps) | Liu Sha (Six Evils) | Wu Gui (Five Ghosts) | Jue Ming (Exhausted Fate) | ||
| 1 | East | SE | E | S | N | W | NW | NE | SW |
| 2 | West | NE | W | NW | SW | E | S | SE | N |
| 3 | East | S | N | SE | E | SW | NE | NW | W |
| 4 | East | N | S | E | SE | NW | W | SW | NE |
| 5 male* | West | NE | W | NW | SW | E | S | SE | N |
| 5 female* | West | SW | NW | W | NE | S | E | N | SE |
| 6 | West | W | NE | SW | NW | SE | N | E | S |
| 7 | West | NW | SW | NE | W | N | SE | S | E |
| 8 | West | SW | NW | W | NE | S | E | N | SE |
| 9 | East | E | SE | N | S | NE | SW | W | NW |
Always try to sit facing one of your good directions and avoid facing any of the bad directions.
* For Kua number 5, there is no corresponding trigram in the bagua. So for males, use Kua number 2 instead and for females, the kua number 8 is used instead to find the good/bad directions and sectors.
Your Four Favorable Directions
Sheng Qi (Success) - Positive energy associated with growth, progress, fortune and opportunity emanates from the Sheng Qi direction. This is the direction to face when working on your business, career, or anything else important.
Tian Yi (Heavenly Doctor) - Positive energy associated with health, life force emanates from this direction. When recovering from illness or maintaining good health, it's beneficial to face the Tian Yi direction.
Yan Nian (Longevity) - Positive energy associated with love and relationship flows from the Yan Nian direction. Facing this direction will help build and strengthen relationships and improve harmony.
Fu Wei (Resting) - Positive energy associated with peace and stability flows from this direction. For stable, gradual progress and tranquility, you should face the Fu Wei direction.
Your Four Harmful Directions
Huo Hai (Mishaps) - The least harmful direction. Negative energy associated with intermittent difficulties and frustrations emanates from the this direction.
Liu Sha (Six Evils) - Negative energy associated with unfortunate happenings and obstacles such as missed opportunities, scandals, illnesses and legal entanglements emanates from this direction.
Wu Gui (Five Ghosts) - Negative energy associated with misfortune such as robbery, fires, loss of income comes from this direction.
Jue Ming (Exhausted Fate) - The most harmful and dangerous direction. Disaster, bad luck, disease and unproductive career is associated with the Jue Ming direction.