Feng Shui Direction for Sleeping and for Sitting [Guide]

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How To Find Your Best Feng Shui Direction

Determine your favorable and un-favorable directions for working, sleeping and studying.

Feng Shui is based on the Chinese Solar Calendar. The sun influences our seasons and dictates our climates – therefore Feng Shui is not based on the Lunar Calendar which starts each year on January 1^st. The Chinese hold February 4^th as the “Beginning of Spring*” – this is the time when the new solar year begins. If you were born before February 4^th you belong to one of the prior year’s eight trigrams. If you were born on February 4^th or 5^th you should check for the exact Trigram based on the day of your birth.

feng shui direction Each person aligns with one of the eight directions and can use four of the eight directions to their personal benefit. Find out how best to position yourself at home and at work. Please find out if your Trigram based on your birth year belongs to the East Group or West Group. Use the Chart below to determine your favorable and unfavorable directions.

Example

John, born on 5^th of February 1986 belongs to the K’un Trigram – therefore is a West–Group Person. (K’un/W). On the lower right of the Chart look up the favorable directions associated with the West Group (W). You will see W, SW, NW ,NE as the four best supporting directions. There is no particular ranking.

The Personal Trigram Chart; including the East (E) – West (W) System

Year	Male	Female	Year	Male	Female	Year	Male	Female
1900	K’an/E	Ken/W	1943	Chen/E	Chen/E	1986	K’un/W	K’an/E
1901	Li/E	Chien/W	1944	K’un/W	Sun/E	1987	Sun/E	K’un/W
1902	Ken/W	Tui/W	1945	K’an/E	Ken/W	1988	Chen/E	Chen/E
1903	Tui/W	Ken/W	1946	Li/E	Chien/W	1989	K’un/W	Sun/E
1904	Chien/W	Li/E	1947	Ken/W	Tui/W	1990	K’an/E	Ken/W
1905	K’un/W	K’an/E	1948	Tui/W	Ken/W	1991	Li/E	Chien/W
1906	Sun/E	K’un/W	1949	Chien/W	Li/E	1992	Ken/W	Tui/W
1907	Chen/E	Chen/E	1950	K’un/W	K’an/E	1993	Tui/W	Ken/W
1908	K’un/W	Sun/E	1951	Sun/E	K’un/W	1994	Chien/W	Li/E
1909	K’an/E	Ken/W	1952	Chen/E	Chen/E	1995	K’un/W	K’an/E
1910	Li/E	Chien/W	1953	K’un/W	Sun/E	1996	Sun/E	K’un/W
1911	Ken/W	Tui/W	1954	K’an/E	Ken/W	1997	Chen/E	Chen/E
1912	Tui/W	Ken/W	1955	Li/E	Chien/W	1998	K’un/W	Sun/E
1913	Chien/W	Li/E	1956	Ken/W	Tui/W	1999	K’an/E	Ken/W
1914	K’un/W	K’an/E	1957	Tui/W	Ken/W	2000	Li/E	Chien/W
1915	Sun/E	K’un/W	1958	Chien/W	Li/E	2001	Ken/W	Tui/W
1916	Chen/E	Chen/E	1959	K’un/W	K’an/E	2002	Tui/W	Ken/W
1917	K’un/W	Sun/E	1960	Sun/E	K’un/W	2003	Chien/W	Li/E
1918	K’an/E	Ken/W	1961	Chen/E	Chen/E	2004	K’un/W	K’an/E
1919	Li/E	Chien/W	1962	K’un/W	Sun/E	2005	Sun/E	K’un/W
1920	Ken/W	Tui/W	1963	K’an/E	Ken/W	2006	Chen/E	Chen/E
1921	Tui/W	Ken/W	1964	Li/E	Chien/W	2007	K’un/W	Sun/E
1922	Chien/W	Li/E	1965	Ken/W	Tui/W	2008	K’an/E	Ken/W
1923	K’un/W	K’an/E	1966	Tui/W	Ken/W	2009	Li/E	Chien/W
1924	Sun/E	K’un/W	1967	Chien/W	Li/E	2010	Ken/W	Tui/W
1925	Chen/E	Chen/E	1968	K’un/W	K’an/E	2011	Tui/W	Ken/W
1926	K’un/W	Sun/E	1969	Sun/E	K’un/W	2012	Chien/W	Li/E
1927	K’an/E	Ken/W	1970	Chen/E	Chen/E	2013	K’un/W	K’an/E
1928	Li/E	Chien/W	1971	K’un/W	Sun/E	1014	Sun/E	K’un/W
1929	Ken/W	Tui/W	1972	K’an/E	Ken/W	2015	Chen/E	Chen/E
1930	Tui/W	Ken/W	1973	Li/E	Chien/W	2016	K’un/W	Sun/E
1931	Chien/W	Li/E	1974	Ken/W	Tui/W	2017	K’an/E	Ken/W
1932	K’un/W	K’an/E	1975	Tui/W	Ken/W	2018	Li/E	Chien/W
1933	Sun/E	K’un/W	1976	Chien/W	Li/E	2019	Ken/W	Tui/W
1934	Chen/E	Chen /E	1977	K’un/W	K’an/E	2020	Tui/W	Ken/W
1935	K’un/W	Sun/E	1978	Sun/E	K’un/W	2021	Chien/W	Li/E
1936	K’an/E	Ken/W	1979	Chen/E	Chen/E	2022	K’un/W	K’an/E
1937	Li/E	Chien/W	1980	K’un/W	Sun/E	2023	Sun/E	K’un/W
1938	Ken/W	Tui/W	1981	K’an/E	Ken/W	2024	Chen/E	Chen/E
1939	Tui/W	Ken/W	1982	Li/E	Chien/W	2025	K’un/W	Sun/E
1940	Chien/W	Li/E	1983	Ken/W	Tui/W	*Directions*	*East (E)*	*West (W)*
1941	K’un/W	K’an/E	1984	Tui/W	Ken/W	*Favorable*	*E, SE, S, N*	*W,SW,NW,NE*
1942	Sun/E	K’un/W	1985	Chien/W	Li/E	*Unfavorable.*	*W,SW,NW,NE*	*E, SE, S, N*

Align yourself with one your best directions

Use this chart as a guideline to finding your ideal directions, and avoid orienting yourself towards one of the negative directions.

For better sleep

Position your bed in such a way that your pillow (Pillow Direction) points into one of the good compass directions. In the example shown above this young man would have to have his pillow pointing either towards West, Southwest, Northwest or Northeast.

For supportive sitting directions

Your home office has all directions within it, and by situating yourself in any of your four good supporting directions will improve your productivity, increase your energies and your overall well-being. In placing your desk in such way that you are facing the “magnetic energy” from any of your supportive directions you will quickly feel a difference. However you place your desk in your home office avoid putting yourself in the situation in which the entry to your home office is behind you. If at all possible place your desk that your back is supported by a solid wall.

The East/West System (Ba Zhai) is a particular ‘easy’ teaching as a part of Feng Shui, however it plays an integral part in “Classical Feng Shui”. The purpose is for you to receive your favorable ‘directional’ energies by also avoiding if at all possible un-supporting directions.

*The Chinese New Year or “Spring Festival is the most important Chinese holiday. Commonly it is called the “Lunar New Year” as it is based on the luni-solar Chinese calendar. Chinese ‘New Year’s eve’ is known as chu xi – literally translated it means ‘Year-pass eve’. The ancient ‘Chinese New Year’ is known to be the longest and most important event of festivities in the Chinese Lunar Calendar as it is a reflection on people’s behavior and what they have believed in most.

About the Author

Mike Schnippering is the founder of Feng Shui at Work. In 1996 he studied Feng Shui with Master Sang whose ancestors can be traced back to ancient China. He is committed to the true art and science of Feng Shui. His Feng Shui practice has taken him to various parts of the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Colombia and Argentina.