oracle practice · 6 minute lesson
Choose a way to orient your space
Compare the tool's door-based and compass-based maps, then explore an area and a practical way to tend it.
Try the tool →Three small steps
Choose the method
Select By the door or By the compass. The first asks which room you are considering; the second asks which direction your front door faces.
Lay out the room
Choose the requested room or facing direction and lay the grid. Read the orientation note so the screen's bottom edge and direction labels make sense together.
Explore a single area
Tap a tile and read its life-area, element, and tending passage. Choose one modest action. When comparing methods, notice how their orientation rules differ.
Words to recognize
- BTB
- The label used here for the method that aligns the map with the doorway.
- Compass facing
- The direction you select for the front door in compass mode.
- Sector
- One tile of the map, with its own associations and tending passage.
try what you learned
Which input does compass mode ask you to select?
Take it into practice
- Which area becomes more understandable after checking the orientation?
- What could you change using something you already have?
Art, sources & approach
The two layouts and tending passages are simplified site adaptations for exploring Feng Shui concepts, not a full assessment of a building.
Lesson diagrams and interface illustrations: Brews and Bloom. Diagrams simplify the idea being taught; they are not historical artifacts.
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