Ba Zhai Feng Shui Part 1 - Introductions and Ming Kua

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Introductions and Ming Kua

Ba Zhai Feng Shui is also known as Eight House Feng Shui or Eight Mansion Feng Shui. Do not confuse Ba Zhai with Bazi; Bazi is another branch of Chinese philosophy while Ba Zhai Feng Shui is a form of traditional Feng Shui literature. The main difference between Ba Zhai and Xuan Kong flying star or Xuan Kong Da Kua is that Ba Zhai does not consider time dimension. It is a Feng Shui technique to select a beneficial direction or to avoid a catastrophic direction for each occupant in a property, base on their personal Ming Kua number. Enough say, this is a DIY blog. First you would need to determine your Ming Kua. You can skip to the Ming Kua calculator if you do not wish to know how to determine your Ming Kua manually. Here is how you can apply them.

Formulae for Ming Kua

For Dude

Example, Thomas was born in 1982 under the year of the Dog. His Ming Kua will be number 9.

Here is how we work it out;

The common factor for subtraction is 11 and therefore,

For Lady



Example, Jane was born in 1982 under the year of the Dog. Her Ming Kua will be number 6.

The calculation remains much the same with a minor difference;



The common factor for addition is 4 and therefore;



Additional things to take note when calculating of Ming Kua
The number 5 does not resemble any trigram in Ba Zhai Feng Shui. Therefore, for those whose Ming Kua is number 5 have to take note of the following change.

For Male, the Ming Kua will be replaced by 2.
For Female, the Ming Kua will be replaced by 8.

The Ming Kua number is calculated based on the Chinese Solar Calendar. The Chinese start the New Year on the 4th or 5th day of February. I have embedded a Solar Calendar gadget on the site bar. For those who are born somewhere in between the January to February, do not forget to check your actual birth year base on the Chinese Solar Calendar.

I read in many texts where the author will compile a dozen list of Ming Kua for both genders. There is no need to compile a list of Ming Kua; you just need to remember that Ming Kua is a descending series for male and ascending series for female. Refer to the table below;



This embedded Ming Kua calculator below may come handy;
For a quick calculation of your Ming Kua, if you do not know your time of birth, don't bother too much unless you are born somewhere between the end of January to the beginning of February.