婁 Lóu: the Bond (Mansion 16 of 28) 婁 · Lóu

Lóu — the Bond — classically presides over the gathering of allies, the binding of agreements, and the congregation of forces. Tong Shu doctrine reads Lóu days as favourable for assemblies, the formal binding of contracts, the gathering of family or partners, and matters that depend on collective agreement.

Configuration

• Mansion: 婁 (Lóu) — the Bond
• Position: 16 of 28
• Four Symbol: 白虎 White Tiger — West, Autumn, metal element
• Animal totem: 狗 (Dog)
• Element: metal
• Presiding weekday: Friday

Classical domain

Lóu — the Bond — classically presides over the gathering of allies, the binding of agreements, and the congregation of forces. Tong Shu doctrine reads Lóu days as favourable for assemblies, the formal binding of contracts, the gathering of family or partners, and matters that depend on collective agreement. The mansion’s classical domain encompasses the bond, gathering, congregation, the binding of allies.

Auspicious activity register (Tong Shu doctrine)

Classical Tong Shu commentary records Lóu as broadly favourable for: assemblies, signing of contracts, marriages, family gatherings, formation of partnerships.

Cautious activity register

Classical commentary records caution for: demolition, severance of partnerships, divorce, departures. The cautious register is descriptive of the mansion’s classical reading, not prescriptive of a fixed prohibition — chart-specific reading determines whether the caution applies in a given case.

White Tiger context

The White Tiger governs the western quadrant — the autumn constellations, the metal element, and the register of judgment, harvest, and martial strength. Its 7 mansions describe the tiger’s anatomy and the regalia of authority. Lóu is mansion 2 of the White Tiger’s seven, sitting within the broader metal-element register of the western quadrant.

The Lóu (婁) mansion is one signal in a complete date-selection reading — not the whole answer. Classical Tong Shu (通書) doctrine layers four inputs into any date selection.

1. The lunar mansion governing the date. The 28 Mansions cycle through the calendar in a fixed seven-day weekday-coupled rhythm, so each candidate date carries one mansion as its presiding register. This is the input these reference pages describe.
2. The day’s stem-branch pillar. Every calendar date is also a 60-jiazi day pillar — one of the 60 stem-branch combinations that cycle every 60 days. The day pillar carries its own register, classical activity associations, and clash-or-combination relationships with the chart of whoever the date is for.
3. The year and month context. The current Tai Sui (太歲, the year god), the month branch, and the running shen sha for the year all modulate the date’s register. A mansion classically auspicious for marriage may be partially neutralised if the date falls in a month that clashes with the bride’s zodiac.
4. The chart-specific question. The date is being selected for a specific person and a specific event. The combination of mansion + day pillar + year/month context + the person’s own BaZi chart determines whether the date is genuinely auspicious for them. The same date can be excellent for one person and contradicted for another.

This page describes the first input — the Lóu (婁) mansion's register. The reading is a useful starting reference. It is not a substitute for a chart-aware date selection that layers in the other three. Master Sean Chan’s auspicious date selection reads all four layers against your specific event question.

• Note Lóu’s classical register — the mansion is classically associated with the bond, gathering, congregation, the binding of allies and its activity register reflects this domain.
• Read the mansion against the event you are planning. Classical Tong Shu doctrine records Lóu as favourable for assemblies, signing of contracts and cautious for demolition, severance of partnerships.
• The mansion is one of four inputs. See the “Why the lunar mansion alone is not enough” section above for the full date-selection calculus that includes the day’s stem-branch pillar, year/month context, and your specific BaZi chart.
• Book a chart-aware date selection via the auspicious date selection consultation to layer all four inputs together for your specific event.