Finding Your Directions
The Feng Shui tradition I practice primarily utilizes compass directions and you have four unique personal directions to you associated with your Kua Number. Facing these directions as often as possible, as well as activating them with intention, aligned colors and objects, clearing clutter (and no trash cans), etc.. creates more ease and flow in these areas of your life.
The four directions are associated with Success, Health, Relationships/Romance and Wisdom/Higher Learning/Spirituality/Personal Development. I also like to integrate the Bagua as it can be a bit of both/and.
But I think it’s super helpful to put a higher emphasis on your personal Kua — as tends to be my vibe at B+F. How can we personalize and individualize as much as possible rather than working with one size fits all models.
You can find your Kua Number, also known as your personal gua, your energy number, or your personal trigram below. I’ve also shared your personal directions based on your number. Your Kua number also denotes certain archetypes that are intrinsic to you with specific supports for your unique energy similar to an energy type in Human Design. I lam loving working with this more personal style of Feng Shui for myself and with clients.
*These are delineated in gender binaries. It is typically recommended that you consult your gender assigned at birth and I would generally recommend this if you identify with that gender, or as non-binary or fluid unless you feel a stronger identification with one or the other. If you identify with a different gender than you were assigned at birth, utilize a chosen ‘birth date’ associated with your transition or that declaration.
kua numbers
One can easily calculate their own Kua number but there are different calculations depending on whether you were born before or after the year 2000, your gender, as well as folks born at the beginning of the calendar year, before the Chinese New Year, follow calculations for the year before so I’ve just created a list for your convenience.
your personal directions
No. 1
Success + Abundance: Southeast
Health: East
Relationships: South
Personal Development + Growth: North
Your element is water and your energy is fed by metal.
Least challenging of the other directions: West
No. 2
Success + Abundance: Northeast
Health: West
Relationships: Northwest
Personal Development + Growth: Southwest
Your element is soft Earth and your energy is fed by fire.
Least challenging of the other directions: East
No. 3
Success + Abundance: South
Health: North
Relationships: Southeast
Personal Development + Growth: East
Your element is hard wood and your energy is fed by water.
Least challenging of the other directions: Southwest
No. 4
Success + Abundance: North
Health: South
Relationships: East
Personal Development + Growth: Southeast
Your element is soft wood and your energy is fed by water.
Least challenging of the other directions: Northwest
No. 5
For men see No. 2
For women see No. 8
No. 6
Success + Abundance: West
Health: Northeast
Relationships: Southwest
Personal Development + Growth: Northwest
Your element is hard metal and your energy is fed by Earth.
Least challenging of the other directions: Southeast
No. 7
Success + Abundance: Northwest
Health: Southwest
Relationships: Northeast
Personal Development + Growth: West
Your element is soft metal and your energy is fed by Earth.
Least challenging of the other directions: North
No. 8
Success + Abundance: Southwest
Health: Northwest
Relationships: West
Personal Development + Growth: Northeast
Your element is hard Earth and your energy is fed by fire.
Least challenging of the other directions: South
No. 9
Success + Abundance: East
Health: Southeast
Relationships: North
Personal Development + Growth: South
Your element is fire and your energy is fed by wood.
Least challenging of the other directions: Northeast
support
There are several FENG SHUI trainings coming on blending personal directions and the bagua, the five elements, tips per Kua and bringing balance as well as support with aligned activations in The Collective membership. I am also offering it over on Substack for Cancer Season for paid subscribers.