Around 2860 B.C. the legendary emperor of China Fu Hsi (xi) is said to have discovered a mythical turtle emerging from the river LO, bearing on it's back an arrangement of numbers from 1 to 9, which was the key to unlocking the Pa Kua. This arrangement is known as the Lo Shu or the magic square.

Fu Hsi used these markings to symbolise the natural world as heaven, earth, fire, water, mountain, lake, wind, and thunder. He laid out these eight symbols in an eight-sided map known as Pa Kua map. This arrangement is referred to as the early heaven sequence.

Fu Hsi paired the eight tri-grams according to their opposites. Heaven is paired with earth, fire with water, mountain with lake, and wind with thunder. Fu Hsi observed how these pairs act upon each other. He arranged the tri grams in this early heavenly sequence with the opposites across from each other.

The eight tri-grams: water, earth, thunder, wind, heaven, lake, mountain, and fire represent the primal energies of the universe. Each tri-gram is composed of three lines.

The broken stroke symbol which indicates the 'passive' force, this is called 'Yin'.

The continuous stroke symbol this indicates the 'active' force; it is called 'Yang'.

The middle line is added to the eight tri-grams represents humanity between heaven above and earth below.

1600 years after Fu Hsi, King Wen rearranged the sequence to represent interactive cycles of growth and decay. King Wen's Pa Kua arrangement. Was based on environmental changes at that time. King Wen's arrangement is referred to as the later heaven sequence. Both the Early Heaven sequence and the Later Heaven sequence can be seen below.

This Site uses the Early Heaven sequence for all calculations and interpretations.

In this section we supply you with information that will allow you to practice Feng Shui and empower your home, office, garden anywhere with Feng Shui.

The PA KUA symbol is probably the most important symbol of Feng Shui, each of the eight sides represents a specific meaning in Feng Shui and it also symbolises powerful protective energies.
Each person has his or her own set of auspicious and inauspicious directions based on their Pa Kua number. Find out what your Personal Pa Kua number is click here.


Chinese legend states around 2860 B.C. Emperor Fu Hsi (Xi) discovered a mythical turtle emerging from the river LO, bearing on it's back an arrangement of numbers from 1 to 9 which was the key to unlocking the PA KUA. The sum of any three numbers in any direction Horizontally, Vertically or Diagonally all add up to the same amount this three-grid pattern corresponds to the eight sides of the Pa Kua symbol centered on the ninth number (5). Create a magic square from your date of birth click here