Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the S octant as one of Kua 2’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Liu Sha (六煞) assignment — six killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal.
Configuration
- Mountain: 午 (Wǔ) — S octant, position 2 of 3, 172.5° – 187.5°
- Mountain type: branch · yang fire element, yang polarity
- Personal kua: Kua 2 (坤 Kun) — West Life Group, natural direction SW
- Eight Mansions assignment: Liu Sha (六煞) — unfavourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Six Killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal
Wǔ (午) mountain context
Wǔ (午) is the second of three mountains in the S octant (degrees 172.5° to 187.5° on the compass). It is a earthly-branch mountain, classified as yang fire (yang). Domain: Centre of south, horse hour, midday, peak yang transitioning toward yin.
Classical 三合 (San He / Three Combining) doctrine pairs 午 with 寅 + 戌 as the trine grouping. Properties whose facing falls on 午 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.
Wǔ mountain read for Kua 2 Kun
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the S octant as one of Kua 2’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Liu Sha (六煞) assignment — six killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal.
What this means in practice: a property whose facing direction falls on 午 mountain (within the S octant), occupied by a Kua 2 Kun person, is read under classical Eight Mansions doctrine as carrying the Liu Sha register — six killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal. 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 S for Kua 2 is Liu Sha.
Refinement within the octant: Wǔ sits at position 2 of 3 within the S octant. The S 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 yang mountain like Wǔ pairs differently with the kua's earth register than the octant's yin 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.