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Kua Number: How to Calculate Yours (Formula and Chart)
Calculate your kua number from birth year and gender with a quick lookup table, the 5 rule, and each number's four lucky and four unlucky directions.
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Kua Numbers
Calculate your Kua number and use its lucky directions for your door, desk, bed and even your car seat.
Car Feng Shui by Kua Number: Best Seat and Driving Direction
Choose a car colour that suits your kua number's element. Sources for seat position are thin, so this guide keeps the driving advice practical.
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) Feng Shui: Your Four Lucky and Four Unlucky Directions
The Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) system gives each person four lucky and four unlucky directions. Learn the star names, house groups and how to use them at home.
Front Door Direction by Kua Number: Finding Your Best Entrance
Find your best front door direction by kua number, read your door with a compass, and see what to do if it faces an unfavourable sector.
How do I find my KUA?
Find your kua number from your birth year and gender by reducing the last two digits, applying the formula and checking the early-February date first.
How do I know my feng shui direction?
Your feng shui direction comes from your kua number. Work it out, look up your four favourable sectors, then use a compass to read the rooms in your home.
Is 5 a good number in feng shui?
In feng shui, 5 is generally treated as neutral rather than lucky or unlucky. Learn where 5 sits in the five elements, the Lo Shu square and the kua system.
Kua Number 1: Lucky Directions, Element and Home Tips
Kua 1 is in the East group, with Southeast as its strongest direction. See all four favorable and unfavorable sectors and simple home layout tips.
Kua Number 6 Personality Traits: Strengths, Challenges and Career
Traditional Kua 6 traits include principle, leadership and determination. Learn the strengths, possible challenges and the career themes linked with Kua 6.
Kua Number 9: Lucky Directions, Element and Home Tips
Kua 9 is a fire-element East group number. See its four favourable sectors, including the East for growth, and simple home layout and colour tips.
Kua Number Compatibility for Couples: Which Kua Numbers Match
Couples are compared by kua group and the five-element cycle. See which kua numbers support each other, which need more balance, and how to share a home.
Kua Number for Babies and Children: How to Calculate and Use It
A child's kua number is worked out the same way as an adult's. Learn the early-February check, worked examples, and how to use it for a child's bed and desk.
Kua Numbers 2 and 8: Earth-Element Directions and Home Layout
Kua 2 and Kua 8 are both Earth-element West group numbers. See each one's four favourable and four unfavourable sectors and simple home layout tips.
Kua Numbers 3 and 4: Wood-Element Directions and Home Layout
Kua 3 and Kua 4 are both Wood-element East group numbers. See each one's four favourable and four unfavourable sectors and simple home layout tips.
Kua Numbers 6 and 7: Metal-Element Directions and Home Layout
Kua 6 and Kua 7 are both Metal-element West group numbers. See their favourable sectors, the unfavourable sectors we could confirm, and home layout tips.
Office Desk Direction by Kua Number: Where to Sit for Success
Find the best office desk direction for your kua number: face Sheng Chi for work and Fu Wei for study, and what to do when the room will not allow it.
What are the personality traits of a woman with Kua number 8?
Traditional Kua 8 traits include steadiness, goal focus and reliability. Learn what the earth-element Kua 8 profile says, and what it does not say about gender.
What feng shui house numbers should I avoid?
Feng shui most often avoids house number 4, since it sounds like death in Chinese. Learn the other numbers people avoid, and how this differs from kua numbers.
What is the luckiest direction?
There is no single luckiest direction for everyone. Your kua number sets it, and Sheng Chi is the strongest sector. See each number's Sheng Chi direction.
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