Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 4’s four favourable directions, specifically carrying the Fu Wei (伏位) assignment — stability / overall harmony / staying-power.
Configuration
- Mountain: 巽 (Xùn) — SE octant, position 2 of 3, 127.5° – 142.5°
- Mountain type: trigram · yin wood element, yin polarity
- Personal kua: Kua 4 (巽 Xun) — East Life Group, natural direction SE
- Eight Mansions assignment: Fu Wei (伏位) — favourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Stability / overall harmony / staying-power
Xùn (巽) mountain context
Xùn (巽) is the second of three mountains in the SE octant (degrees 127.5° to 142.5° on the compass). It is a trigram-derived mountain, classified as yin wood (yin). Domain: Wind trigram, gentle penetration, eldest daughter register, scholarly attainment.
巽 is a non-branch mountain (derived from the trigram doctrine) and does not enter the 三合 trine groupings directly.
Kua 4 (Xun) context
Kua 4 (巽 Xun) people belong to the East Life Group (東四命), with natural direction SE (the wood-element trigram register). Kua 4 (Xun) people are East Life Group — born under the Xun trigram (wood, southeast). Thrive in SE / S / N / E facing properties; should avoid NW / NE / SW / W.
Xùn mountain read for Kua 4 Xun
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 4’s four favourable directions, specifically carrying the Fu Wei (伏位) assignment — stability / overall harmony / staying-power.
What this means in practice: a property whose facing direction falls on 巽 mountain (within the SE octant), occupied by a Kua 4 Xun person, is read under classical Eight Mansions doctrine as carrying the Fu Wei register — stability / overall harmony / staying-power. The favourable register is one of four favourable octants this kua has; the other three carry Sheng Qi (career), Tian Yi (health), Yan Nian (relationships), and Fu Wei (stability) assignments depending on the kua. The specific assignment for SE for Kua 4 is Fu Wei.
Refinement within the octant: Xùn sits at position 2 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 4 person, a yin mountain like Xùn pairs differently with the kua's wood 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.