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Feng Shui Home Audit Tool — Kua & Direction Check (2026)

Enter your birth year and home facing to see your Kua number, East or West group, personal favourable and unfavourable directions, and the 2026 flying star overlay.

Step 1 — Your Kua (Eight Mansions)

The Chinese solar year begins around February 4. If your birthday falls in January or early February, use the previous year for an accurate Kua number.

Step 2 — Your Home's Facing Direction

Not sure? Stand inside the front door facing outward and read a phone compass. Keep away from steel and appliances, and take two or three readings.

Step 3 — What You Want to Focus On in 2026

This year the 5 Yellow sits in the South and the 9 Purple (joy star) in the Southeast. Keep the Five Yellow calm; activate the Nine Purple.

Step 4 — Common Sha Qi Self-Check (select all that apply)

Form comes before compass theory. If there is a real physical problem, fix or soften it first — a favourable direction will not compensate for it.

Your Feng Shui Audit

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Enter your details and click “Run My Feng Shui Audit” to see the Kua-to-facing match.

Direction Kua (Natal) 2026 Flying Star Notes
Click “Run My Feng Shui Audit” to generate the direction table.
🎯 Guidance for your chosen focus area

Run the audit to see placement guidance for your selected focus area.

Want to understand the system behind the numbers?

This tool gives you a baseline reading: your Kua group, your favourable directions, and how the 2026 flying stars interact with them. Feng shui itself is a 3,000-year-old framework that links form (what you can see), compass theory (where things face) and time (which star is active). If you want to read a floor plan properly, understand the 24 mountains on a luo pan, and learn how the current 9-period cycle shapes long-term layout decisions, start with the structured introduction below.

Read "Feng Shui: The First Study — The 3,000-Year-Old Blueprint for Wealth, Love & Luck"

How to Read This Feng Shui Audit (2026)

This tool layers two classical systems on top of each other. Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) answers the personal question: which directions suit you, based on your Kua number. The annual flying stars answer the time-based question: what kind of energy is sitting in each part of the home in 2026. Read them together — a direction can be personally favourable and still be hosting a difficult star this year.

East Group vs West Group: where your personal directions come from

Eight Mansions divides people into two groups. East group covers Kua 1 (Kan), 3 (Zhen), 4 (Xun) and 9 (Li); their favourable directions are North, East, Southeast and South. West group covers Kua 2 (Kun), 6 (Qian), 7 (Dui) and 8 (Gen); their favourable directions are West, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast. The Kua number is calculated from the birth year and gender: for men take 100 minus the last two digits of the year, divide by 9, and use the remainder; for women take the last two digits minus 4, divide by 9, and use the remainder. A remainder of 5 resolves to Kun (2) for men and Gen (8) for women.

Kua-to-facing match: a baseline, not a verdict

A home's "facing" is the side its main door or main light-facing wall looks toward; the "sitting" direction is 180 degrees opposite. For example, a door facing due South makes the home a sitting-North, facing-South (Kan) house. East group people are traditionally said to suit East group houses, and West group people West group houses. Treat this as a compatibility baseline. It does not override what is actually outside the window — a road aimed at the door or a sharp corner pointing at a bedroom is dealt with first.

The 2026 flying star overlay: 1 White in the centre

In 2026 (Bing Wu year) the star in the centre palace is 1 White. From there the stars fly in the Lo-shu sequence, which places the 5 Yellow in the South and the 2 Black (illness star) in the Northwest. The 9 Purple — the joy and romance star — lands in the Southeast, and the 8 White wealth star in the East. Separately, the Tai Sui (Jupiter) position for 2026 is the South, the Sui Po (year-breaker) is opposite it in the North, and the Three Killings sit in the North. These three positions are treated as "quiet" areas: avoid major renovation, drilling or long-term seating there.

Sha qi first, enhancement second

Traditional home audits follow a fixed order: outside before inside, and remedies before enhancements. The self-check in this tool covers the most common interior issues. A piercing hall (front door aligned with a balcony or back window) is softened with a screen, a full-height shoe cabinet or a half-length curtain that forces the air to turn. Opposing doors — bedroom against bathroom, kitchen against bedroom — are eased by keeping doors closed, adding a curtain, or adjusting the swing where renovation allows. A water–fire clash (kitchen and bathroom sharing a wall or facing each other) is handled through ventilation and keeping the stove off the shared wall. There is no universal object that "cancels" a layout problem; changing how air and people move through the space is closer to how the system actually works.

Feng Shui Audit — Frequently Asked Questions

What is my Kua number and why does it matter?

Your Kua (Gua) number comes from your birth year and gender and places you in the East group (Kan, Li, Zhen, Xun) or the West group (Qian, Kun, Dui, Gen). Each group has four favourable and four unfavourable directions, which are used to orient the main door, bed head and desk. Matching your group to the home's facing is a baseline compatibility check, not a promise of good fortune.

Which directions are favourable for each group?

East group (Kua 1, 3, 4, 9): North, South, East, Southeast. West group (Kua 2, 6, 7, 8): West, Northwest, Southwest, Northeast. A favourable direction still loses priority to a real external problem such as a road aimed at the door.

Where is the Five Yellow in 2026 and how do I handle it?

This year the 5 Yellow flies into the South. Keep that area quiet: no renovation, drilling or long-term sitting and sleeping. The standard remedy is metal — brass, copper, white or grey — to drain the star's earth energy, and avoid stacking red or yellow items there.

What is a piercing-hall layout and how do I check for it?

Stand just inside your front door and look straight ahead. If you can see all the way through to a balcony window or back door with nothing interrupting the line, you have a piercing-hall layout. A screen, full-height cabinet or half-length curtain redirects the airflow so it gathers instead of passing straight through.

Should I prioritise my Kua group or my home's facing?

Form first, compass theory second, remedies before enhancements. Clear the external and interior physical problems first; only then does the Kua-to-facing match become the deciding factor. A good compass direction does not override a genuine physical issue.

Can I use my phone compass to find the facing direction?

Yes, as a first approximation. Stand inside the door facing outward, hold the phone level, stay clear of steel frames, fuse boxes and large appliances, and take several readings. A traditional luo pan is more precise for professional work, but a phone compass is adequate for a personal audit.