Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 9’s four favourable directions, specifically carrying the Tian Yi (天醫) assignment — health, recovery, doctors and medicine.
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 9 (離 Li) — East Life Group, natural direction S
- Eight Mansions assignment: Tian Yi (天醫) — favourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Health, recovery, doctors and medicine
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 9 (Li) context
Kua 9 (離 Li) people belong to the East Life Group (東四命), with natural direction S (the fire-element trigram register). Kua 9 (Li) people are East Life Group — born under the Li trigram (fire, south). Thrive in S / SE / E / N facing properties; should avoid NE / SW / W / NW.
Xùn mountain read for Kua 9 Li
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the SE octant as one of Kua 9’s four favourable directions, specifically carrying the Tian Yi (天醫) assignment — health, recovery, doctors and medicine.
What this means in practice: a property whose facing direction falls on 巽 mountain (within the SE octant), occupied by a Kua 9 Li person, is read under classical Eight Mansions doctrine as carrying the Tian Yi register — health, recovery, doctors and medicine. 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 9 is Tian Yi.
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 9 person, a yin mountain like Xùn pairs differently with the kua's fire 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.