Feng Shui is all about combining a science with an art to make your environment work for you. This section holds the key to Feng Shui - the calculation of your auspicious and inauspicious directions (positive and negative directions).

The auspicious directions are calculated by using your birth year and your sex. Once these are defined, there are a number of sequences to go through until you are presented with a single number. This number is considered to be your 'magic number' (Hale, 1999, p.49).

Traditionally the calculation of the magic number is through a number of charts and proceedings. In the Placement Calculator section of this website, you can enter your birth year and the Calculator will determine your magic number for you!

With this magic number, you are presented your inauspicious and auspicious directions.

To relate your magic number results to your environment, the calculator allows you to construct a basic floor-plan of your house or unit, so as to get an idea of where your directions are.

Before constructing your floor-plan you need to determine the compass 'facing direction' of your dwelling. For example, if your main entrance of your house faces North East, then your facing direction is North East.

This compass facing direction relates to the layout of the Bagua Map in your dwelling to determine areas relating to wealth, romance etc. The Bagua map is then oriented in relation to your home/unit/office and you can start to position and balance your environment using the Principles of the 5 elemental phases and yin and yang (all are covered in the 'Principles' section of the website).

The Placement Calculator offers an automatic service to determine your basic plan for Feng Shui in your environment. Further Information on the manual method and in depth information can be gathered from books, websites and Feng Shui professionals such as those featured in the Further Info section of this website.

Bibliography

Hale, G. 1999, The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, Sebastian Kelly, London. Moran, E. & Biktashev, V. 1999 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, Alpha Books, New York.
Too, L. 1993, Feng Shui, Oriental Publications, Australia.