Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 6’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Jue Ming (絕命) assignment — total loss / severance — the most-watched negative direction (severe illness, financial collapse, life-changing setback).
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 6 (乾 Qian) — West Life Group, natural direction NW
- Eight Mansions assignment: Jue Ming (絕命) — unfavourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Total Loss / Severance — the most-watched negative direction (severe illness, financial collapse, life-changing setback)
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 6 (Qian) context
Kua 6 (乾 Qian) people belong to the West Life Group (西四命), with natural direction NW (the metal-element trigram register). Kua 6 (Qian) people are West Life Group — born under the Qian trigram (metal, northwest). Thrive in NW / W / NE / SW facing properties; should avoid S / SE / N / E.
Mǎo mountain read for Kua 6 Qian
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 6’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Jue Ming (絕命) assignment — total loss / severance — the most-watched negative direction (severe illness, financial collapse, life-changing setback).
What this means in practice: a property whose facing direction falls on 卯 mountain (within the E octant), occupied by a Kua 6 Qian person, is read under classical Eight Mansions doctrine as carrying the Jue Ming register — total loss / severance — the most-watched negative direction (severe illness, financial collapse, life-changing setback). 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 6 is Jue Ming.
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 6 person, a yin mountain like Mǎo pairs differently with the kua's metal 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.