Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 7’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Huo Hai (禍害) assignment — mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest).
Configuration
- Mountain: 巳 (Sì) — SE octant, position 3 of 3, 142.5° – 157.5°
- Mountain type: branch · yin fire element, yin polarity
- Personal kua: Kua 7 (兌 Dui) — West Life Group, natural direction W
- Eight Mansions assignment: Huo Hai (禍害) — unfavourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Mishaps, minor accidents, gossip, daily friction (mildest)
Sì (巳) mountain context
Sì (巳) is the third of three mountains in the SE octant (degrees 142.5° to 157.5° on the compass). It is a earthly-branch mountain, classified as yin fire (yin). Domain: Snake-hour fire, late morning ascent, concealed brilliance.
Classical 三合 (San He / Three Combining) doctrine pairs 巳 with 酉 + 丑 as the trine grouping. Properties whose facing falls on 巳 can be read alongside the trinity branches for additional refinement during a full audit.
Kua 7 (Dui) context
Kua 7 (兌 Dui) people belong to the West Life Group (西四命), with natural direction W (the metal-element trigram register). Kua 7 (Dui) people are West Life Group — born under the Dui trigram (metal, west). Thrive in W / NW / SW / NE facing properties; should avoid SE / S / E / N.
Sì mountain read for Kua 7 Dui
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 7’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 巳 mountain (within the SE octant), occupied by a Kua 7 Dui 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 SE for Kua 7 is Huo Hai.
Refinement within the octant: Sì sits at position 3 of 3 within the SE octant. The SE 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 7 person, a yin mountain like Sì 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.