Kua number calculator (feng shui)
Choose your date of birth and sex at birth, as feng shui tradition requires. The compass shows the good directions for your bed, desk and door, and the ones better avoided.
How to useWhat is your Kua number?
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Kua number calculator (feng shui): what it is for
The Kua number is used in feng shui to show the most favourable directions for each person. The calculator uses your date of birth, taking into account that the feng shui year starts on February 4, and your sex at birth, as the tradition requires.
The result shows your Kua number, your East or West group and a colour compass with the four favourable directions (success, health, relationships and personal growth) and the four unfavourable ones, with tips for your bed, desk and door.
How to use
- Choose your date of birth.
- Choose your sex at birth.
- See your Kua number and the directions on the compass.
When to use it
- Placing the bed and the desk by feng shui.
- Choosing the direction of the door or the office.
- Curiosity about Chinese tradition.
Frequently asked questions
How is the Kua number calculated?
Add the last two digits of the birth year until one digit is left. For men, Kua is 10 minus that sum (9 minus it, if born in 2000 or later); for women, it is the sum plus 5 (plus 6 from 2000), reduced to one digit. Kua 5 does not exist: it becomes 2 for men and 8 for women. People born before February 4 use the previous year, because the feng shui year starts at Lichun.
What is the Kua number used for?
In feng shui it shows each person’s most favourable directions, used to place the head of the bed, the desk and the front door. It is a Chinese cultural tradition with no scientific basis: use it for curiosity and inspiration.
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