The northwest is the 乾 palace, 292.5° to 337.5°. In the Dragon Gate formula it carries no fixed quality: for three houses it is a welcome arrival, for two it is where water should leave, and for two more it favours outsiders.
The northwest, house by house
Sitting 艮 (northeast): the northwest is 先天 — arriving welcome, leaving harmful. Sitting 離 (south): 後天 (and 地刑) — arriving welcome, leaving harmful. Sitting 兌 (west): 輔卦 — arriving helpful, leaving harmful. Sitting 坎 (north): 客, and sitting 坤 (southwest): 賓 — arriving water favours outsiders; leaving harmless. Sitting 震 (east): 天劫 — the preferred exit and the worst arrival. Sitting 巽 (southeast): 案劫, the front — water leaves through it. Sitting 乾: the northwest is the house’s own back.
Where northwest water is welcome, and where it is not
Water arriving from the northwest suits the houses sitting in 艮, 離 and 兌. It is the worst arrival for the house sitting in 震, whose water mouth — the 乾, 庚 and 辛 mountains — lies in the northwest and west, and it should only leave the house sitting in 巽, which faces northwest. For the house sitting in 離, the northwest is both 後天 and 地刑: water welcome in, never out.
Reading it on the ground
Two houses facing opposite ways can want opposite things from the same northwest stream: the house sitting in 艮 wants it flowing in, the house sitting in 震 wants it flowing out. That is the whole logic of the formula — the position comes from the house. KAXANTA shows yours from the facing saved in Settings.
References
Canonical sources that inform this guide.
- 论龙门八局系水法 (华夏大易学社) · WEBSITE
- 三元水法龙门八大局 (简书) · WEBSITE
- Bagua (Eight Trigrams) · WIKIPEDIA
- Feng shui · WIKIPEDIA