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Modern architecture has moved away from traditionally square layouts for apartments or landed properties for several reasons:

• Maximising Space Efficiency: With urban populations growing, space is at a premium. Architects and designers now prefer layouts that maximise efficient use of space. Traditional square layouts often waste space in corners or awkward nooks, while more fluid, open layouts make the most of every square foot.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Modern lifestyles are diverse and dynamic, and people’s needs for living spaces vary widely. Non-square layouts offer greater flexibility and adaptability, accommodating different living arrangements like open-plan living, multi-functional spaces, and smart home technologies. These layouts can be easily customised to suit individual preferences and changing needs over time.
• Enhanced Aesthetics: Square layouts can appear monotonous and lack visual interest. Non-square layouts, on the other hand, introduce variety and visual appeal to architectural designs. Irregular shapes, curves, and asymmetrical arrangements add character and uniqueness to buildings, creating a more visually stimulating environment.

However, this shift comes with trade-offs from an Imperial Feng Shui perspective.

Principles of Eight Trigram

In the realm of Imperial Feng Shui, we apply the principles of the Eight Trigrams — also known as Bagua (八卦) — to evaluate the Feng Shui of a house.

Two types of Bagua are applied to evaluate the Feng Shui of a house. The first is known as Early Heaven Bagua (先天八卦), and the second is known as Later Heaven Bagua (后天八卦).

What is Early Heaven Bagua?

Early Heaven Bagua helps identify potential health risks associated with each missing sector.
The arrangement of these trigrams in the Early Heaven Bagua mirrors the geographical and climatic diversity of China, highlighting the harmonious balance and complementary nature of Yin and Yang. This layout provides deep insights into the Bagua’s portrayal of the universe at its origin, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the interconnectedness between the cosmos and the natural world.

In the Early Heaven Bagua, each of the eight trigrams is arranged to symbolise specific geographical and climatic features of ancient China:

• Qian (乾) Trigram — Heaven: Located in the top position of the South, characterised by three Yang lines. This trigram reflects the subtropical climate of Southern China, known for its hot summers, and is symbolised by the Red Phoenix.
• Kun (坤) Trigram — Earth: Positioned in the North, depicted by three Yin lines. The Northern climate of China, known for its cold winters, is represented here, symbolised by the Black Tortoise.
• Li (离) Trigram — Fire: Found in the East, where the sun rises. This orientation is associated with the Green Dragon, representing the Eastern alignment.
• Kan (坎) Trigram — Water: Placed in the West, mirroring the direction of the sunset. This positioning corresponds with the White Tiger.
• Gen (艮) Trigram — Mountain: Positioned in the Northwest. This trigram embodies significant Northwestern mountainous regions of China, including the Tibetan Plateau and the Tianshan Mountains.
• Dui (兑) Trigram — Marsh: Located in the Southeast, it symbolises the low-lying, waterlogged coastal region facing the South China Sea and East China Sea. Important provinces like Fujian and Guangdong fall within this region.
• Xun (巽) Trigram — Wind: Anchored in the Southwest, representing the distinctive geographical and climatic characteristics of Southwest China. This region is known for its vast valleys and mountain ranges, where temperature variations give rise to valley winds.
• Zhen (震) Trigram — Thunder: Situated in the Northeast, this region is known as Manchuria, and includes provinces like Heilongjiang. These areas are renowned for their fertile “black earth” soils and heavy rainfall, with accompanying thunderstorms.

What is Later Heaven Bagua?

Later Heaven Bagua helps identify potential financial risks associated with each missing sector.

The Later Heaven Bagua serves as a dynamic framework, illustrating the intricate interactions and activities within the world. It emphasises connections with various elements, encompassing seasons, directions, family relationships, and human anatomy.

The trigrams are essential in various aspects of life. In agriculture, they help determine the best times for planting and other farming activities, aligning with natural seasonal cycles to promote harmony with the environment.

In spatial planning, especially in Feng Shui, the trigrams guide the design and arrangement of cities, homes, and temples. This practice aims to attract positive energy and deflect negative influences, creating balanced and harmonious spaces.

For familial relationships, the trigrams provide a framework for understanding individual roles and responsibilities, fostering harmonious unity and mutual understanding within the family.

In the realm of human anatomy, the trigrams connect body parts with universal principles. Ancient healers used this alignment to diagnose and treat ailments, viewing the body as a reflection of the universe. This holistic approach integrates physical health with broader cosmic patterns.

Save this transparent Bagua directional map that you can overlay onto your floorplan

In the study of Imperial Feng Shui, the Early Heaven Bagua governs health, while the Later Heaven Bagua governs wealth. Each missing sector in the Bagua corresponds to a specific family member and has distinct implications for that individual’s health and career.

Implications of Missing Sectors

The implications of missing sectors within a home or office space can be summarised in the table below, based on the perspective of Early Heaven and Later Heaven Bagua. These implications will vary for individuals and can affect them based on specific aspects, such as age, gender, number of children, professions, industries of work, and their Life Gua number.

Missing Sector	Early Heaven (Health Risks)	Later Heaven (Wealth Risks)	Life Gua Number
North	Dui Trigram (兑卦): Pertains to female occupants under the age of 16, and may specifically impact their health. In general, occupants should be watchful of kidney and reproductive issues associated with this trigram.	Kun Trigram (坤卦): Represents married or unmarried female occupants with children. It can influence the careers and businesses of these occupants. In general, the career and business prospects of those working in Earth element-aligned industries, such as real estate, insurance, or construction, would be particularly affected.	1
Northeast	Qian Trigram (乾卦): pertains to married or unmarried male occupants with children and can specifically impact the health of these occupants. In general, occupants should be mindful of their spinal health and the health of their ears, nose, and throat (ENT).	Zhen Trigram (震卦): Represents married male occupants without children. It can affect the careers and businesses of married occupants without children. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in industries such as human resources, coaching, sports, education, or journalism would be particularly affected.	8
East	Gen Trigram (艮卦): Represents young male occupants below the age of 16. It can affect the health of young male occupants aged below 16. In general, occupants should be mindful of their respiratory and gallbladder health.	Li Trigram (离卦): Signifies unmarried female occupants above the age of 16. It can affect the studies, careers and businesses of unmarried female occupants above the age of 16. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in Fire element-related industries, such as headhunting, recruitment, IT, and digital entrepreneurship, would be particularly affected.	3
Southeast	Kun Trigram (坤卦): Denotes married or unmarried female occupants with children. It can affect the health of females with children. In general, occupants should be mindful of hip issues and liver ailments associated with this trigram.	Dui Trigram (兑卦): pertains to female occupants under the age of 16. It can affect the studies of occupants aged below 16. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in creative industries — like interior designers, artists, project managers and florists would be affected.	4
South	Zhen Trigram (震卦): Corresponds to married male occupants without children. It can affect the health of married men without kids. Health issues associated with this Trigram are related to the eyes and heart.	Qian Trigram (乾卦): Signifies married or unmarried male occupants with children. It can affect the careers and businesses of married men with children. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in Metal element-related industries, such as banking, finance, hardware, and precious metals manufacturing, would be particularly affected.	9
Southwest	Kan Trigram (坎卦): Represents unmarried male occupants above the age of 16. It can affect the impact the health of these individuals. In general, occupants should be mindful of skin and digestion health issues associated with this trigram.	Xun Trigram (巽卦): Pertains to married female occupants without children, and may affect the careers and businesses of married women without children. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in Wood element-related industries, such as education and insurance, would be particularly affected.	2
West	Xun Trigram (巽卦): Denotes married female occupants without children and may affect the health of these individuals. In general, all occupants should be mindful of their oral and respiratory health associated with this trigram.	Kan Trigram (坎卦): Corresponds to unmarried male occupants above the age of 16. It can affect their careers and businesses. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in Water element-related industries, such as logistics, shipping, and transportation, would be particularly affected.	7
Northwest	Li Trigram (离卦): Refers to unmarried female occupants above 16 years old and may impact their health. In general, all occupants should be mindful of neurological and mental health issues associated with this trigram.	Gen Trigram (艮卦): Represents male occupants below the age of 16. It can affect the studies of these individuals. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in the real estate, insurance, and construction industries would be particularly affected.	6

Case study

From this case study, we can observe that the South-West sector is missing.

Early Heaven Bagua Analysis: The Kan Trigram (坎卦) represents unmarried male occupants above the age of 16. It can specifically impact the health of these individuals. In general, all occupants should be mindful of skin and digestion health issues associated with this trigram.

Later Heaven Bagua Analysis: The Xun Trigram (巽卦) pertains to married female occupants without children. It can influence the career and business of these individuals. In general, the career and business prospects of occupants working in Wood element-related industries, such as education and insurance, would be particularly affected.

How to Remedy a House with a Missing Sector

Solving the problem of missing sectors is straightforward: ensure a balanced energy flow within the compound. This can be achieved through the application of Imperial Feng Shui.

The use of the Imperial White Ink Stone is particularly effective in this scenario. Placing this powerful remedy in the wealth sector of your home can counteract the missing sectors and eliminate their negative effects.

Imperial Harvest Imperial White Inkstone

Through many years of empirical studies and research, Imperial Feng Shui masters have documented in various manuals of Imperial Feng Shui classics how the Imperial White Ink Stone can help combat the negative energies arising from different missing sectors. The Imperial White Inkstone, the preferred and exclusive tier of inkstones, has been utilised by generations of Emperors to resolve Sha Qi, suppress misfortunes, and overcome obstacles. Sourced from the renowned mines of Duanxi, these inkstones are crafted from the finest white stone, esteemed for their exceptional purity and smooth texture.

Known for its powerful ability of “一白遮三丑, 一旺挡三煞”, the Imperial Harvest Imperial White Inkstone promotes the auspicious energy of one sector while countering the negative effects of three inauspicious sectors. As part of the San Yuan Flying Star classics, the Imperial Harvest Imperial White Inkstone is also used to activate Star 6 (武曲星, Martial Arts), empowering occupants with benefactors and elevating their power and authority.

In summary, the Imperial Harvest Imperial White Inkstone collection serves three purposes: activating the authority star (武曲, Martial Arts) to promote power, fame, and the support of benefactors. Secondly, it negates three types of auspicious energy: malefactors (小人), lawsuits (官非), and disputes (口舌). Lastly, it mitigates health and relationship problems arising from missing sectors in homes and offices.

Today, the Imperial Harvest Imperial White Inkstone is an indispensable home Feng Shui treasure. Countering the missing sectors of the home, while enhancing its different sectors, Imperial Harvest’s Imperial White Inkstones make for a vital addition to any property.

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