Xuan Kong
What Xuan Kong Feng Shui Is
A time-and-direction school within feng shui
Xuan Kong (Flying Stars) treats time and direction as a paired system. It uses the Luo Shu nine-number grid, bagua trigrams, and the 24 Mountains on the luopan to build a time-space chart for a site, then evaluates sector changes as stars move through cycles.
Core Elements in Xuan Kong
Core Focus: Uses luopan direction, 24 Mountains, bagua trigrams, Luo Shu numbers, yin-yang, and five elements to evaluate qi distribution across sectors.
Common Questions: Best for how orientation interacts with time, and how room sectors change in favorability over years.
Reading Style: Measure direction accurately, assign the 24 Mountains, then read the flying-star layout by sector. Forward and reverse flying sequences indicate different qi movement.
Timing & Context: San Yuan focuses on time and direction; Flying Stars is its most characteristic calculation. Stars rotate through cycles, producing forward and reverse movement patterns.
Practice Principles
How Xuan Kong Is Applied
Confirm the compass basis: Use a luopan reading to assign the 24 Mountains before calculating any star chart.
Build the nine-palace star chart: Apply the Luo Shu sequence to generate the flying-star distribution across nine palaces.
Judge strength and movement: Combine element and yin-yang attributes with the current cycle to decide which sectors are active or quiet.
Track time-based shifts: Evaluate how sector favorability changes over time as the flying stars shift.
Nine-Palace Directions (south at top)
In flying-star charts, the top cell represents south.
Luo Shu Numbers (Nine Palaces)
Nine Stars: Color, Element, Trigram
Stars 1-7 correspond to the Big Dipper; 8 and 9 sit to either side.
Forward Flying Sequence (Nine Palaces)
Reverse flying uses the opposite direction.
Xian Tian Trigram Numbers
Odd numbers are yang; even numbers are yin.
Hou Tian Trigram Numbers
Qian, Kun, Gen, Zhen (6, 1, 8, 3) are yang; Xun, Li, Kun, Dui (4, 9, 2, 7) are yin.
Nine-Star Quick Meanings
Xuan Kong Common Questions
Yes. Xuan Kong is commonly treated as part of the San Yuan/compass lineage, where time and direction are the fundamental vectors.
Flying Stars (Xuan Kong Fei Xing) is the most characteristic San Yuan calculation and uses Luo Shu numbers to map sector changes over time.
Forward flying follows the nine-palace sequence; reverse flying moves in the opposite direction to reflect different time or qi movements.
A luopan compass and the 24 Mountains framework are standard for assigning direction before charting.