Eastern
Ba Zhai Feng Shui
Eight Mansions
Lucky and unlucky directions for your space
Ba Zhai is one of the oldest schools of Feng Shui, dividing people into the East Group and West Group based on birth year and gender — defining four lucky directions and four unlucky ones for each person.
History
- Originates from the classic Ba Zhai Ming Jing of the Tang dynasty.
- Refined and passed down through generations of Chinese feng shui masters.
- The first-pass tool when designing homes and offices for feng shui balance.
Core components
Life Trigram
One of the eight Ba Gua trigrams (Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui) — your group.
East Group / West Group
Two main groups, each with four favourable and four unfavourable directions.
4 lucky directions
Sheng Qi, Yan Nian, Tian Yi, Fu Wei — for main door, bed, work desk.
4 unlucky directions
Jue Ming, Wu Gui, Liu Sha, Huo Hai — best for bathrooms and kitchens to 'suppress' bad energy.
What you'll learn
- Your life trigram and its meaning.
- Four lucky and four unlucky directions in priority order.
- How to arrange main door, bed, work desk.
- How to neutralize unlucky directions by placing kitchen / toilets there.
- Ba Zhai compatibility among family members.
Who it's for
Great for those planning to build, buy, or move into a new home / office — or simply optimize their current space.
Limitations
Based on year and gender only. For complete analysis, combine with Form School (Luan Tou) and Flying Star (Xuan Kong).