Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 2’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Huo Hai (禍害) assignment — mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest).
Configuration
- Mountain: 卯 (Mǎo) — E octant, position 2 of 3, 82.5° – 97.5°
- Mountain type: branch · yin wood element, yin polarity
- Personal kua: Kua 2 (坤 Kun) — West Life Group, natural direction SW
- Eight Mansions assignment: Huo Hai (禍害) — unfavourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest)
Mǎo (卯) mountain context
Mǎo (卯) is the second of three mountains in the E octant (degrees 82.5° to 97.5° on the compass). It is a earthly-branch mountain, classified as yin wood (yin). Domain: Centre of east, rabbit hour, sunrise, fresh growth at full strength.
Classical 三合 (San He / Three Combining) doctrine pairs 卯 with 亥 + 未 as the trine grouping. Properties whose facing falls on 卯 can be read alongside the trinity branches for additional refinement during a full audit.
Kua 2 (Kun) context
Kua 2 (坤 Kun) people belong to the West Life Group (西四命), with natural direction SW (the earth-element trigram register). Kua 2 (Kun) people are West Life Group — born under the Kun trigram (earth, southwest). Thrive in SW / NW / W / NE facing properties; should avoid E / SE / S / N.
Mǎo mountain read for Kua 2 Kun
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 2’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Huo Hai (禍害) assignment — mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest).
What this means in practice: a property whose facing direction falls on 卯 mountain (within the E octant), occupied by a Kua 2 Kun person, is read under classical Eight Mansions doctrine as carrying the Huo Hai register — mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest). The cautious register is one of four unfavourable octants this kua has; the other three carry Huo Hai (mishaps), Wu Gui (5 ghosts), Liu Sha (6 killings), and Jue Ming (total loss) assignments depending on the kua. The specific assignment for E for Kua 2 is Huo Hai.
Refinement within the octant: Mǎo sits at position 2 of 3 within the E octant. The E octant has three mountains; classical doctrine applies the same Eight Mansions assignment to all three at the octant level, but specific-mountain refinements come from polarity matching (yin mountain vs yang mountain), san he trine groupings, and the mountain’s type (stem vs branch vs trigram). For a Kua 2 person, a yin mountain like Mǎo pairs differently with the kua's earth register than the octant's yang mountains do.
Why this is one input among four
The mountain-kua reading describes Eight Mansions doctrine’s baseline register only. The full audit also requires precise compass-degree facing measurement, the property’s Xuan Kong period chart, and integration across all occupants’ kuas. Master Sean Chan’s feng shui audit integrates all four layers on-site against your specific property.