Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 7’s four unfavourable directions, specifically carrying the Liu Sha (六煞) assignment — six killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal.
Configuration
- Mountain: 乙 (Yǐ) — E octant, position 3 of 3, 97.5° – 112.5°
- Mountain type: stem · yin wood element, yin polarity
- Personal kua: Kua 7 (兌 Dui) — West Life Group, natural direction W
- Eight Mansions assignment: Liu Sha (六煞) — unfavourable
- Eight Mansions domain: Six Killings: relationship breakdown, legal trouble, scandal
Yǐ (乙) mountain context
Yǐ (乙) is the third of three mountains in the E octant (degrees 97.5° to 112.5° on the compass). It is a heavenly-stem mountain, classified as yin wood (yin). Domain: Yin wood softness, climbing vine, adaptive growth.
乙 is a non-branch mountain (a heavenly-stem mountain) and does not enter the 三合 trine groupings directly.
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.
Yǐ mountain read for Kua 7 Dui
Classical Eight Mansions doctrine reads the E octant as one of Kua 7’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 乙 mountain (within the E octant), occupied by a Kua 7 Dui 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 E for Kua 7 is Liu Sha.
Refinement within the octant: Yǐ sits at position 3 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 7 person, a yin mountain like Yǐ 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.