Question 1

What is the bagua in feng shui?

Accepted Answer

The bagua (八卦, eight trigrams) is the nine-square map feng shui lays over a home or a room. Each square is a life-area, wealth, fame, relationship, family, health at the center, children, knowledge, career, and helpful people, tied to one of the five elements. Tending a square tends the part of life it holds.

Question 2

How do I use the bagua map?

Accepted Answer

Stand at your front door looking in; the bottom row is the entrance wall. Walk your home and mark each of the nine areas as tended, bare, or cluttered. The map scores the balance and gathers the elemental remedy for any corner that needs it.

Question 3

What's the difference between the door (BTB) and compass methods?

Accepted Answer

The Black Hat (BTB) method anchors the grid to your front door, so it re-lays for every room. The traditional compass (Lo-Shu) method anchors it to actual directions, north, south, east, west. Both are in the feng shui reading; this map uses the door method, the easiest to start with.