Feng Shui Kau Number

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If you search for "feng shui kau number," you may be prompted to correct your search phrase to include "kua number" instead. There are several ways you may see the word spelled, including "gua" or "qua," as well. Keep reading to find out how to discover yours.

Find your best direction.

Before Approaching Kua Numbers

Make sure you build a feng shui foundation before diving directly into doing any rearranging to incorporate your kua numbers. It will be much easier to notice a difference if your house and office are already clutter-free and the energy is flowing freely. From there, you should be able to harness the energy and use it to your personal advantage with the additional help of your kua numbers.

The Story Behind Kau Numbers

Your feng shui kau number helps you find the best ways to work and live your life. Males and females calculate their numbers differently, but they are always single digits (between two and eight), regardless of gender or birth date. Some of the things the numbers will tell you are:

Which direction to avoid facing due to negative energy flow for your type
Which direction to face to receive the best energy for your type
Whether you're in the East or West group
Best color to keep in your personal space or to wear

Calculating Your Feng Shui Kau Number

Kau numbers are calculated based on your birth date and your gender. To find yours, you'll need to add the last two numbers of your birth year together, and then reduce to one single number. For example, if you were born in 1973, your math will look like this:

7 + 3 = 10

1 + 0 = 1

Remember your birth year is based on the Chinese year, so if you are born in January or February you will need to check the date of the Chinese new year to determine your actual birth year.

From there, your gender comes into play. Females should add five to their number and then reduce to a single digit; in this case, the kua number is 6. Males should subtract their number from 10. In this case, the kau number would be 9.

If you hate math, there is a site called About-FengShui.Info that will calculate your number for you. It also explains how to break down your birth date in order to find it on your own.

What the Numbers Mean

East or West

If your number is 1, 3, 4, or 9, you're a part of the East group.

If your number is 2, 6, 7, or 8, you're a part of the West group.

Why does your group affiliation matter? This is where your best (usually referred to as auspicious) and worst (inauspicious) directions to face become important. For example, a 1 (East group) will be most successful in their career if facing Southeast. A 2 (West group) will be most successful in their career if they spend most of their time facing Northeast. There are also best directions for East and West groups related to health, love, and personal development. There are also negative directions for each number and group combination. These are considered to wreak havoc in all areas of your life at once, create false hopes, cause problems in all types of relationships, and bring on difficulties.

So what do you do when you determine your auspicious and inauspicious numbers? You face in those directions as much as possible; that means try to work, sleep, and relax facing in your auspicious directions. Avoid your inauspicious directions as much as possible.

Once you have configured your kua number, visit Feng Shui Personal Qua Numbers for a personal interpretation.

Choosing Your Best Colors

Your needs may not be the same as your best friend's, your roommate's, your children's, your co-workers', or your partner's. Your number will explain what exactly it is that you need in order to succeed in several areas of your life, from the direction you face most often to the colors you should incorporate heavily into your life. For example, if your personal kau number is 9, you will need to accent your space with red or wear red on big event days. In contrast, if your number is 1, you'll need to focus more on blue or black. Each number has its own lucky color.

A Final Word

This is a relatively advanced step in feng shui. Make sure you read other more general articles about feng shui first. From there clear the clutter, organize your rooms as you'd like, and paint your walls in the colors that will best benefit you. Once you have established the foundation to your feng shui renovation, then start looking into making slight adjustments to rooms based on your feng shui kau numbers.

It's not urgent. Save this step for later. Breathe. Enjoy the energy that is already flowing. There will be time for tweaks later.

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