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Feng Shui Glossary

Plain-language explanations of the terms used across the tools, with pinyin and Chinese characters.

BaZi

八字

BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny)

Ba Zi

The eight characters of your birth year, month, day and hour, each written as a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.

日主

Day Master (Ri Zhu)

Ri Zhu

The Heavenly Stem of the day pillar, representing the person in a BaZi chart.

Eight Mansions

命卦

Kua Number (Ming Gua)

Ming Gua

A number from 1 to 9 derived from your birth year and gender that sets your personal lucky directions.

生气

Sheng Qi (Life Generating)

Sheng Qi

The best of the eight directions in the Eight Mansions system, linked to vitality, wealth and opportunity.

Flying Star

玄空飞星

Flying Star (Xuan Kong Fei Xing)

Xuan Kong Fei Xing

A time-based feng shui system that maps nine stars onto the nine palaces of a home according to its facing and construction period.

五黄

Five Yellow (Wu Huang)

Wu Huang

The most harmful of the nine flying stars, associated with misfortune when it is disturbed.

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