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Guides Bazi Guides Ten Gods, Five Elements, Sixty Jiazi, and Star Gods reference guides. 729 guides Tarot Guides Structured tarot spread guides for love, career, and daily clarity. 214 guides I Ching Guides 64 hexagrams, core principles, and divination methods. 192 guides Feng Shui Guides Site selection, orientation, and form versus compass methods. 224 guides The Feng Shui School Wars — Liqi vs. Xingshi: The Mathematician with a Compass and the Observer in the Mountains. Why Neither Can Stand Alone. The Liqi School and the Xingshi School have fought for over a thousand years. Liqi practitioners hold a compass, calculating Flying Stars and Three Cycles Nine Periods. Xingshi practitioners climb mountains, reading Dragon-Vein-Cave-Sand-Water-Facing. The two schools clash fiercely, but when it comes to a major estate or tomb, neither can work alone. This article lays out their historical origins, core disagreements, and how they complement each other in practice — no false balance, no both-sides-ism. Yang Mansion Flow Lines Explained: Qi Movement Routes Indoors — From Main Door to Living Room to Dining Room to Bedroom. Open vs. Enclosed Space Tradeoffs. A yang mansion's flow lines = the walking path of qi through the house. Main door qi intake → living room circulation → dining room distribution → bedroom convergence — four flow segments, like the body's qi-blood circulation. Smooth flow lines = smooth qi flow = unobstructed fortune. Broken, blocked, scattered, or rushing flow lines correspond to broken wealth, blocked health, scattered relationships, and rushed emotions. This article explains the design principles for all four flow segments, the tradeoff between open spaces (borrowing qi) and enclosed spaces (gathering qi), and flow line corrections for narrow, irregular, and LOFT floor plans. Yang Zhai Layout: Ten Taboos — Mirror Facing Bed, Stove Facing Water, Bathroom in Center, Beam Over Bed, Door Facing Door, Sofa Back to Door, Floating Headboard, Stairs Facing Door, Fish Tank Facing Stove, Front Door Facing Toilet — Complete Remedy Guide The ten most common yang zhai layout minefields — mirror facing bed (restless mind), stove facing water (fire-water clash, wealth loss), bathroom in center (filth contaminates whole home), beam over bed (killing Qi pressing down), door facing door (Qi collision), sofa back to door (no support, Qi leak), floating headboard (unstable foundation), stairs facing door (Qi floods straight in), fish tank facing stove (fire-water clash), front door facing toilet (wealth carries filth). How to spot each taboo, severity rating, and zero-cost to moderate-budget remedies. Avoid these ten landmines — your home's feng shui passes. Bagua in Feng Shui: Early Heaven vs Later Heaven Bagua, Trigrams Five Elements Directions Family Body, Eight Mansions & Xuan Kong Flying Star Bagua Systems Feng shui uses the Later Heaven Bagua. Each trigram has a Five Element attribute — Qian and Dui are Metal, Kun and Gen are Earth, Zhen and Xun are Wood, Kan is Water, Li is Fire. Eight Mansions feng shui divides homes into East Four Houses and West Four Houses, matching the Ming Gua (life trigram) to the house trigram. In Xuan Kong Flying Star, the Bagua forms the nine-palace grid, with nine stars flying to each palace along the Luo Shu path. Differences between Early Heaven and Later Heaven Bagua. Eight Mansions Da You Nian seven-star arrangement. Complete Bagua feng shui system. Bazhai Door and Entryway: Front Door's Central Role, Eight Door Direction Fortunes, Entryway as Transition Zone, Color, Lighting, and Furniture Selection The front door is the first checkpoint in Bazhai feng shui. Door direction fortune equals the baseline fortune of the entire house. Eight door direction assessments — Sheng Qi door, Yan Nian door, Tian Yi door, Fu Wei door (four auspicious doors) and Jue Ming door, Wu Gui door, Liu Sha door, Huo Hai door (four inauspicious doors). The entryway blocks external energy and transforms internal energy — how to choose colors, lighting, and furniture. Bazhai in Practice: Combining Bazhai with Xuan Kong Flying Stars, Luantou Environment, and Bazi Destiny — and the Limits of Pure Bazhai Bazhai cannot stand alone. Combine it with Xuan Kong Flying Stars to see yearly changes — know whether a direction is good this year. Combine it with Luantou to assess the external environment — know whether outside mountains and water help or suppress your auspicious directions. Combine it with Bazi destiny for deep personalization — adjust by the five elements your chart lacks. Where pure Bazhai reaches its limits — when Bazhai alone is enough and when you must add more. Bazhai Palace Positions Complete Guide: Fu Wei, Sheng Qi, Yan Nian, Tian Yi, Jue Ming, Wu Gui, Liu Sha, Huo Hai — Energy Traits, Best Uses, and Adjacent Palace Interactions A complete breakdown of all eight Bazhai palace energies. Fu Wei (stable but mediocre), Sheng Qi (strongest vitality), Yan Nian (longevity and stability), Tian Yi (health and healing), Jue Ming (fierce metal affliction), Wu Gui (fire conflict), Liu Sha (water romance), Huo Hai (earth depletion). What each palace suits, what it does not, and how adjacent palaces fight or help each other. Dragon Method — Mountain Veins and Life Energy Tracking: Trunk, Branch, and Twig Dragon Hierarchy, Dragon Transformation Quality, Gorge Crossing Assessment, and the Critical Meaning of Dragon Entry Dragon Method (Longfa) is the core Luantou technique for tracking life energy (sheng qi). Trunk dragon (major mountain chain) → branch dragon (regional range) → twig dragon (local hill network) — the three-tier dragon vein system. Dragon transformation (mountain shape change) quality assessment. Gorge crossing (the narrow waist between two mountains) is the energy transfer channel. Dragon entry (the critical final segment before the dragon settles) determines cavity quality. How to read dragons in the city — building rows and heights as dragons. Forms School Feng Shui Introduction: Dragon, Cavity, Guardian Hills, Water, and Orientation — Guo Pu's Book of Burial Core Concepts and Yang Dwelling Applications The Forms School (Xingshi Pai) is one of the two great feng shui schools. It emphasizes actual terrain over calculations. Guo Pu's Book of Burial — Energy rides the wind and scatters; it meets water and stops — is the Forms School's guiding principle. The five elements: dragon (mountain veins), cavity (energy gathering point), guardian hills (protective mountains), water (energy-bounding flows), and orientation (facing direction). Forms School in yang dwellings — tall buildings as mountains, roads as water. Guardian Hills — Surrounding Hill Fortune Assessment: Sha Classification, Height and Distance Judgment, Shape Quality, and Urban Guardian Hills (Building Arrangement and Height) Guardian hills (sha) are the hills surrounding the energy cavity. Four classifications — official sha, ghost sha, music sha, and radiant sha — each with distinct functions. High sha suppresses the master (too-tall sha steals the master's energy), low sha fails to guard (too-short sha cannot protect). Pointed sha (literary brush/martial brush), round sha (metal/earth sha), square sha (seal sha), and crooked sha (broken sha) — quality assessment. Urban guardian hills — what surrounding building heights, arrangements, and shapes represent. The 24 Solar Terms & Feng Shui: 24 Mountains Matching Solar Terms, Winter Solstice Summer Solstice Spring Equinox Autumn Equinox Feng Shui Meaning, Moving and Renovation Taboos, Three Cycles Nine Periods Connection The 24 Mountains and 24 Solar Terms correspond one-to-one. Zi is the Winter Solstice. Wu is the Summer Solstice. The two equinoxes and two solstices (Spring Equinox, Autumn Equinox, Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice) are feng shui energy turning points — Winter Solstice births yang. Summer Solstice births yin. Solar terms directly affect moving, renovation, and ground-breaking — avoid ground-breaking on Tu Wang Yong Shi days. The Three Cycles Nine Periods — each period 20 years — shares the same structural rhythm as the solar term cycle. Large cycles govern large periods. Solar terms govern small periods. The Bright Hall — Feng Shui's First Principle: Inner, Middle, and Outer Bright Hall, Adverse Forms (Sloping, Narrow, Blocked, Bowing), and Fortune Correlations The Bright Hall (Mingtang) is feng shui's first principle. The inner Bright Hall (small space before the front door) governs the first breath upon entry. The middle Bright Hall (courtyard or front open space) governs energy-gathering capacity. The outer Bright Hall (distant open view) governs long-term development. Three essentials — flat, open, and embracing. Adverse forms — sloping, narrow, blocked, bowing — each corresponds to specific fortune problems. Ba Zhai and Illness: Four Inauspicious Directions Mapped to Body Systems, Items in Inauspicious Zones That Trigger Health Issues, Position Adjustments and Five Element Remedy Plans Ba Zhai's four inauspicious directions and health — Jue Ming (Metal Sha) attacks liver, gallbladder, tendons and bones. Wu Gui (Fire Sha) attacks heart and blood vessels. Liu Sha (Water Sha) damages kidneys and urinary system. Huo Hai (Earth Sha) harms spleen, stomach and digestion. If your bedroom or most-used space falls in an inauspicious direction, the corresponding body system suffers. What items placed in an inauspicious zone can detonate health problems. Position adjustments plus Five Element remedy plans. After reading, check your home's inauspicious zones. Ba Zhai Annual Fortune: How Annual Flying Stars Affect Ba Zhai Auspicious and Inauspicious Directions, Five Yellow Sha and Two Black Sickness Star Landing in Auspicious Zones — Remedies, Eight White Wealth Star Landing in Inauspicious Zones — Short-Term Use Every year, the nine flying stars land in different directions, shifting the energy of Ba Zhai positions. What to do when Five Yellow Sha (worst inauspicious) lands in your auspicious direction. How to remedy when Two Black Sickness Star lands in your bedroom. Can you briefly borrow the Eight White Wealth Star when it lands in an inauspicious zone. Overlay Ba Zhai's static fortunes with the annual flying stars' dynamic fortunes. Detailed 2026 annual flying star directions. Ba Zhai Full Case Walkthrough: A Complete Home Inspection Example, Ming Gua Calculation, House Gua Judgment, Ming-House Mismatch Diagnosis, Auspicious/Inauspicious Direction Layout, Indoor Zone Adjustment Plan Meet Old Zhou (male, born 1985 = Qian Gua, West Four Life). He bought a north-facing apartment (Zi Mountain Wu Direction = Kan Gua, East Four House). Follow him from Ming Gua calculation to house Gua judgment, to diagnosing the life-house mismatch, to assessing each direction's fortune, to room-by-room layout advice, and finally an adjustment plan. Walk through a complete Ba Zhai home inspection process with Old Zhou. Ba Zhai Wealth Position: Sheng Qi Wealth Direction for Eight Ming Gua, Wealth Position Setup Essentials, Taboos, Ornaments and Water Features to Activate Prosperity In Ba Zhai, the wealth position is the Sheng Qi direction. Where is each Ming Gua's Sheng Qi wealth direction — Kan Life (Southeast, Xun), Kun Life (Northeast, Gen), Zhen Life (South, Li), Xun Life (North, Kan), Qian Life (West, Dui), Dui Life (Northwest, Qian), Gen Life (Southwest, Kun), Li Life (East, Zhen). Three wealth position setup rules: clean, bright, alive. Three taboos: nothing pressing on it, not facing a door, not against a bathroom wall. Activation methods: metal ornaments, water features, green plants. After reading, grab your phone compass and locate your wealth position. Li Qi Feng Shui Introduction: Time and Space Calculation — Li Qi vs. Xing Shi Differences, Core Tools (Luo Pan, Flying Star Chart, Three Yuan Nine Periods), Li Qi Schools (Xuan Kong, San He, San Yuan, Ba Zhai) Complete Breakdown Li Qi feng shui doesn't tell fortunes — it calculates energy. The core difference between Li Qi and Xing Shi schools — Xing Shi looks at form, Li Qi computes numbers. Three core Li Qi tools: the Luo Pan (positioning), the Flying Star Chart (star arrangement), and the Three Yuan Nine Periods (time-setting). The underlying logic of Li Qi computation — sitting direction + time + trigram position, deriving auspicious and inauspicious directions through calculation. The four major Li Qi schools explained clearly: Xuan Kong Flying Stars (most popular), San He (water-method core), San Yuan (earth-period cycles), Ba Zhai (Ming Gua matched to House Gua). After reading, you'll know what Li Qi actually calculates. Luan Tou Home Placement: Using Terrain to Judge Home Fortune, The Ideal 'Back Full Front Empty' Terrain, How Homes Perform on Different Terrains, Tall Buildings as Mountain Substitutes in Cities Back full front empty (mountain behind, water in front) is the ideal home terrain. Hilltop, mid-slope, foothill, flatland, waterside — homes on different elevations perform vastly differently. Hilltop = isolated yang dwelling, high but windswept. Mid-slope = stable backing but depends on orientation. Foothill = grounded energy but guard against dampness. Flatland = neutral but needs artificial backing. Waterside = excellent bright hall but guard against foot-cutting. In cities, tall buildings are mountains — the taller building behind you is your backing mountain. After reading, check your neighborhood terrain on your phone map. Luan Tou Special Building Impacts: Cemeteries, Hospitals, Temples, Police Stations, Schools — Influence Radius and Remedy Plans How five special buildings affect home feng shui — Cemeteries (heavy Yin energy, don't buy within 1km), Hospitals (sickness energy gathering, caution within 500m), Temples (divine-Sha double-edged sword, depends on direction), Police stations (excessive Yang Sha, avoid within 200m), Schools (strong life energy but noise, whether auspicious or inauspicious depends). Each building's influence radius, impact mechanism, and remedy plan. Which ones you can live near. Which ones you must stay away from. Luan Tou Water Methods: Nine-Bend Water, Jade Belt Water, Reverse Bow Water, Direct Rush Water, Foot-Cutting Water, Hidden Water — Identification, Fortune Assessment, and Urban Road Equivalents Six water forms fully explained — Nine-Bend Water (very auspicious, water comes winding with affection), Jade Belt Water (auspicious, embraces like a belt), Reverse Bow Water (inauspicious, backs away in a bow shape causing wealth loss), Direct Rush Water (inauspicious, straight road directly targeting), Foot-Cutting Water (inauspicious, flows tight against the foundation), Hidden Water (underground flow and underground passages). How to identify each water form, its fortune level, and modern urban equivalents (curving road = Jade Belt Water, straight road rush = Direct Rush Water). After reading, stand at your window and check what water form the road below belongs to.