Culture · concepts · careful observation

The Feng Shui Knowledge Museum

Discover the ideas behind the diagrams. Eleven illustrated guides separate historical concepts, school conventions and observable room conditions, with sources for further reading.

Time & tradition

Chinese Calendar & Solar Terms

Explore lunar dates, traditional festivals and solar seasons in your local timezone.

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Ink illustration of a sheltered courtyard, winding path, water and mountains
Foundations · 气 / 氣

What Is Qi in Feng Shui? Meaning and Room Examples

Learn what qi means in Feng Shui, how it relates to entrances and room circulation, and how to assess an entry path without treating energy as a measurement.

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A courtyard with sunlight and shade surrounding an open room and a sheltered resting area
Foundations · 阴阳 / 陰陽

Yin and Yang in Feng Shui: Balance in a Small Home

Explore yin and yang in Feng Shui through a studio used for work and sleep. Compare light, activity and room boundaries, with a practical example and FAQs.

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A sapling, a small candle, earthen pottery, brass and a water bowl on a scholar’s table
Foundations · 五行

The Five Elements in Feng Shui: Wu Xing and Its Cycles

Understand the five Feng Shui elements, their generating and controlling cycles, and how to read a stove–sink example without turning Wu Xing into a shopping list.

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Eight unmarked brass tiles around a square plan beside a scholarly book and compass
Maps & directions · 八卦

How to Use a Bagua Map: Compass and BTB Explained

Learn how to use a Bagua map on a floor plan. Compare compass and BTB alignment, eight trigrams and nine areas, with an apartment example and common questions.

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An unlabelled circular brass compass in a square wooden case beside a floor plan
Maps & directions · 罗盘 / 羅盤

How to Read a Feng Shui Compass: Luopan Basics

Learn how to read a Feng Shui compass and luopan, distinguish plan-up from building facing, and record a bearing before using eight directions or the 24 mountains.

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An angular building corner and straight passage beside a sheltered planted courtyard
Place & form · 煞气 / 煞氣

Sha Qi in Feng Shui: Sharp Corners and Door Lines

Understand sha qi and poison arrows in Feng Shui. Inspect sharp corners, door lines and the effect of a furniture move through a worked example and practical FAQs.

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Four separate ink vignettes of an azure dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird and black tortoise with a snake
Place & form · 四象

Four Celestial Animals in Feng Shui: Directions and Form

Learn the four celestial animals in Feng Shui: Dragon, Tiger, Bird and Tortoise. Compare cardinal directions with left, right, front and back around a desk.

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Nine brass discs beside a paper calendar and a window with seasonal colours
Time & tradition · 九运 / 九運

Period 9 Feng Shui: 2024–2043 and Annual Flying Stars

Explore Period 9 Feng Shui for 2024–2043. Separate the twenty-year cycle, annual Flying Stars and building charts, with an older-apartment example and clear FAQs.

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Twelve blank wooden tokens around an unlabelled brass disc near a temple column and night sky
Time & tradition · 太岁 / 太歲

What Is Tai Sui? Zodiac Years and Feng Shui Directions

Learn what Tai Sui means in zodiac, temple and Feng Shui contexts. Compare Lunar New Year and Li Chun boundaries with an early-February example and sources.

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A model house and compass, four pairs of blank slips, and a ruled calendar book on a desk
Time & tradition · 风水 · 八字 · 黄历

Feng Shui vs BaZi vs Huangli: What Each System Does

Compare Feng Shui, BaZi and Huangli: place, birth time and date selection. Learn which inputs each needs and how a lunar calendar differs, using a moving example.

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A continuous ink landscape with winter pine, spring blossom, summer foliage and autumn grasses
Time & tradition · 二十四节气

The 24 Solar Terms Explained: Dates, Seasons and Li Chun

Understand the 24 solar terms, Li Chun and solar longitude. Compare transition times, lunar months and festival dates, then explore the calendar in your local timezone.

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Try the ideas on a plan

The existing room and method explorers remain below. Each asks a concrete question of a real layout.

Placement (Form School)

How furniture relates to doors, walls and windows — the most practical place to start.

Maps & directions

Compass-based methods that need North and, for personal directions, a birth date.

Time (Flying Stars)

The annual layer that changes every year at Li Chun.

How House Quest works

Sources, calculations and limits.

Explore the full Demo House

Explore every room of the Demo House, then draw or trace your own floor plan.