Feng Shui Beginner — Hetu Luoshu and the Home Environment

💡 Reading time: ~7 minutes ｜ Series: Hetu Luoshu Numerology Series (Article 15/20)

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Feng Shui is essentially “environmental energy science,” and Hetu Luoshu numerology is its mathematical foundation. Yang zhai (residential) feng shui focuses on the flow of qi, and the Nine Palaces are the tool for calculating the energy field.

Simple home feng shui principles:

• Door: the entry for qi — keep it bright and tidy, no clutter. Doors facing each other can bring verbal conflict.

• Bedroom: the place of rest — privacy and quiet. The bed should not face the door, a mirror, or be pressed by a beam.

• Kitchen: the treasury — keep clean and orderly. Water and fire should not face each other (stove facing sink).

• Bathroom: where impure qi gathers — keep dry and ventilated, close the door at all times.

• Living room: the common space — open and bright; the sofa should have a backing.

Nine-Flying-Stars — annual feng shui shifts:

Each year the nine stars fly into different palaces, affecting the year’s fortune:

• 1 White (Tan Lang): literary star, noble help, romance (auspicious)

• 2 Black (Ju Men): sickness star, health (inauspicious)

• 3 Jade (Lu Cun): arguments, verbal conflict (inauspicious)

• 4 Green (Wen Qu): literary star, studies (auspicious)

• 5 Yellow (Lian Zhen): disaster star, accidents (very inauspicious)

• 6 White (Wu Qu): side wealth, martial nobility (auspicious)

• 7 Red (Po Jun): arguments, loss of wealth (inauspicious)

• 8 White (Zuo Fu): primary wealth, celebrations (very auspicious)

• 9 Purple (You Bi): celebrations, romance (auspicious)