How to Calculate Your Kua Number for Use in Your Feng-Shui Home

According to good Feng Shui principles, energy requirements are different for each person. In the Classical School of Chinese Feng Shui, there is a principle of Flying Stars, which simply states that there is an East and West group of energy. You would fall into either category.

To know if you are in the West or East group, you must determine your Kua number. This number is based on, among other things, whether you are male or female, as well as your date of birth (the full date) and even what time zone you were in when you were born. You can find a Chinese kua calculator on a variety of websites online, or you can calculate the number yourself. This is the process if you want to figure it out yourself:

1. Use the year you were born, add the last two digits. (Most Feng Shui practitioners say that you need to use your Chinese lunar birth year.)

2. If you add the two digits and they add up to more than ten, add the digits you got to get a number.

3. After that, women must add five to their single digit and men must subtract it from ten. Use 9 whenever you get a 0. This answer is your Kua number. (For women, if adding 5 equals more than 10, add back the digits that occur to you to get a number.)

By calculating your Kua number, you can find out if you belong to the West or East group. If your number is 8, 7, 6 or 2, you are in the West group. If your number is 9, 1, 3 or 4, you are in the East group. If you know your Kua number, you can figure out the way you should look while working, sleeping or going inside to reap the benefits of positive energy flow. If your Kua number places you in the East group, your best directions are Southeast, South, East, and North. If you end up facing something, these instructions give you the best balance and flow of energy.

Each person has several Feng-Shui directions that attract or feed for a positive flow of energy. This means that you have to find addresses that provide benefits to the most people in your household. Do not just use the Kua numbers, but also in reading the Feng-Shui Ba-Gua, as well as the Feng Shui compass, Lo-Pan. No tool is the end to end everything in a Feng-Shui house; rather, you should use the positive aspects of all these tools, so that everyone in the home can enjoy a pleasant space. Trained Feng Shui designers can help you bring Feng Shui cures and Feng Shui tips into your Feng Shui home.