What are the functions of Feng Shui compass?

Introduction: The ancient Chinese believed that human aura is controlled by the aura of the universe. Harmony between man and the universe is auspicious, while disharmony between man and the universe is ominous. So, based on their experience, they put all the information at all levels of the universe on the compass, such as the stars in the sky, all things on the earth represented by the five elements, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, etc. Next, let’s take a look at the specific functions of the Feng Shui compass. If you want to know more about the Feng Shui knowledge of the compass, Mr. Shui Mo has compiled more related articles for you.

1. Compass

For professional Feng Shui masters, the most useful and indispensable part of the compass is the compass needle. In fact, the compass does not have any special use for Feng Shui masters. It is just used to determine the direction of houses for the living and for the dead. The Feng Shui masters gave the two components of the compass two particularly nice names, "Tianchi" and "Jinzhen", and emphasized their importance: "Establishing rules, weighing the importance, and forming the square and circle, all depend on the golden needle and Tianchi to determine Feng Shui", "If the compass does not have the Tianchi and the golden needle, then the north and south will be uncertain, yin and yang will not be distinguished, and how can the eight trigrams and nine palaces be distinguished?" "The Tianchi contains the golden needle, which is yang when it moves and yin when it is still. It judges the four images, divides the eight trigrams, and determines good and bad luck, and naturally transforms endlessly." From this we can see that the Feng Shui masters’ summaries were thorough and insightful, while Fang Zhou Zhou Yi’s explanations were direct and practical.

2. Direction subdivision.

Generally speaking, we divide directions into four categories in our daily life, namely east, south, west and north. The most basic classification of directions on the compass of Feng Shui is into eight categories, namely the Eight Trigrams, or eight directions - the northwest is Qian Trigram, the west is Dui Trigram, the south is Li Trigram, the east is Zhen Trigram, the southeast is Xun Trigram, the north is Kan Trigram, the northeast is Gen Trigram, and the southwest is Kun Trigram; each direction is a 45-degree fan-shaped direction. Secondly, the eight directions and eight trigrams are further classified. Each trigram governs three mountains, for a total of twenty-four mountains, and each mountain is in the shape of a 15-degree fan. Specifically, there are Xu, Gan and Hai in Qian hexagram, Ren, Zi and Gui in Kan hexagram, Chou, Gen and Yin in Gen hexagram, Jia, Mao and Yi in Zhen hexagram, Chen, Xun and Si in Xun hexagram, Bing, Wu and Ding in Li hexagram, Wei, Kun and Shen in Kun hexagram, and Geng, You and Xin in Dui hexagram. If we continue to divide it into smaller parts, the twenty-four mountains, each mountain is 15 degrees, which is exactly 360 degrees, or a circle, which corresponds to the 360 ​​"scales" on the compass. In addition, there are also classifications of directions from other angles, such as "the division of the twelve zodiac signs", "the division of sixty years", "the division of sixty years into gold", etc. However, Fang Zhouyi personally believes that among these direction classifications, the Eight Trigrams, Twenty-Four Mountains and 360 scales are relatively more practical. Its practicality mainly lies in the ability to further subdivide the Feng Shui environment and more accurately determine the direction of the house and tomb.

3. Auxiliary memory charts.

It is possible that in order to enrich the content of the compass, the Feng Shui masters moved some general ways and methods of judging Feng Shui onto the compass. Therefore, the compass is also called Luojing. Jing means book, which means that the classics of Feng Shui are put on the compass. Of course, the advantage of doing this is that it is very intuitive and can aid memory. However, the fundamental purpose of the Feng Shui masters doing this is definitely not to aid memory, because if a real Feng Shui master relies on a compass to memorize or moves a book for comparison, then he will definitely not even know where the Feng Shui door is. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :