Using Feng Shui Personal Kua (Qua) Numbers

Updated June 7, 2019
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Using the auspicious four directions defined by feng shui personal kua (qua) numbers is a powerful tool. Your feng shui personal qua number is useful in both your home and work settings. It indicates which directions are best for you, which colors to wear for success and how to use them in your home decor.

Find Your Feng Shui Personal Kua (Qua) Number

The feng shui kua (qua) number is calculated using your date of birth and gender. Once you know your personal kua number, you can begin to decipher its meaning and how to take advantage of it in everyday life.

Interpretation of Energy Types and Tips for Using Your Kua Number

You can use your kua number to find the best direction to sleep, work, study, eat, and other important undertakings. The energies of these directions resonate with your kua number imbuing their beneficial energies to you. For example, if you're in contract negotiations or presenting a proposal to a client, you can improve your chances of success by facing one of your auspicious directions.

  • Wealth Direction: Face this direction when working, negotiating with banks, asking for a raise, and other circumstances that impact your life.
  • Love Direction: You can place your bedroom in this sector, face this direction when asking someone on a date, talking and spending time with a child, providing comfort to a loved one, or talking to a group of people you wish to win over.
  • Health Direction: You can sit facing this direction when you eat and lie with your head pointing in this direction when you sleep.
  • Personal Growth Direction: This direction is advantageous for any and all circumstances, especially when studying, attending a conference, or workshop.
  • Best Colors: Use the colors assigned to the compass direction that rules your four best directions.

Your Four Inauspicious Directions

The four inauspicious directions should be avoided. The energies from these directions range in their degrees of harmful results. They include:

  • Bad Luck (Ho Hai): The least harmful direction can create minor issues and difficulties.
  • 5 Ghosts (Wu Kwei): This is a very negative direction that is responsible for causing fires, loss of income, theft and quarrels.
  • 6 Killings (Lui Shar): This energy brings legal problems, illness and deception.
  • Total Loss (Chuehming): This energy is exactly as it describes, you will face complete loss of income, health, love, home, and anything else associated with your life.

If Your Kua Number Is…

There are several ways to use your kua number. The most effective way is to match one of your four auspicious directions to an activity. You have four best directions and four worst directions. You should avoid facing your worst directions when engaged in these activities, always choose one of your best directions. These include:

Four Best Directions and Four Worst Directions

Best

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)
Love
(Nien Yen)
Health
(Tien Yi)
Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)
Worst

Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)

5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)

Kua Number One

Kua number one falls in the East Group. The numbers in the East Group share the same set of four best and worst directions. However, each set of four directions is assigned differently for each number within the group.

Kua Number One

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best

Southeast

South

East

North

Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst West Northeast Northwest Southwest

Power Colors for Kua Number One

Another way to take advantage of your best directions is with color. You can match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task. For example:

  • Wealth: Your wealth sector in the southeast presents wood colors green and tan along with blue and black (water nurtures wood) for great fashion colors.
  • Love: Enhance your love encounters with the colors red, pink, magenta and purples.
  • Health: Choose green and/or tan bedding and sleepwear for a healthy and restful sleep. You can use green in your dining room, breakfast area, table linens, and dinnerware to reinforce the auspicious energies of the east compass direction.
  • Personal Growth: Your best colors are black and dark blue (north compass direction) for any personal growth situations.

Kua Number Two

The kua number two falls in the West Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Two

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best Northeast Northwest West Southwest
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst East Southeast South North

Power Colors for Kua Number Two

You can take advantage of your best directions by wearing and decorating with color. One way is to match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task.

  • Wealth: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.
  • Love: Metal colors are the best ones for this direction, such as copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Health: Metal colors are the best ones for this direction, such as copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Personal Growth: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.

Kua Number Three

The kua number three falls in the East Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Three

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best South Southeast North East
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst Southwest Northwest Northeast West

Power Colors for Kua Number Three

You can choose the color(s) assigned to your best directions as a powerful symbol. Match your wardrobe selection or room decor to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during a task or assigning room purpose before decorating.

  • Wealth: Go with red, pink and purple colors for your wealth power color.
  • Love: Green and tan are your ideal power colors for love.
  • Health: Blue and black are in your wheelhouse of colors for health.
  • Personal Growth: Green and tan boost your personal growth energies.
golden colored number 3

Kua Number Four

The kua number four falls in the East Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. Keep in mind that the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Four

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best North East South Southeast
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst Northwest Southwest West Northeast

Power Colors for Kua Number Four

Use the assigned color(s) of your best directions for powerful symbols. You can match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity or use the colors and best direction relationships for decorating your home or office.

  • Wealth: The colors blue and black are auspicious to wear when engaged in wealth related circumstances.
  • Love: Your love luck colors is green and tan.
  • Health: Enjoy good health when wearing red, purple and/or pink.
  • Personal Growth: Give yourself a boost by wearing green, tan, blue and/or black.

Kua Number Five for Females

If you are a female and the kua number five represents your birth, you will use the same configuration as kua number eight. Both five and eight are part of the West Group.

Kua Number Five for Females

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best Southwest West Northwest Northeast
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst South North East Southeast

Power Colors for Kua Number Five - Female

You can take advantage of your best directions with color. Just match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task.

Kua Number Five for Males

If you are a male and the kua number five represents your birth, you will use the same configuration as kua number two for the assignment of each direction. The kua number five falls in the West Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Five for Males

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best Northeast Northwest West Southwest
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst East Southeast South North

Power Colors for Kua Number Five - Male

Take advantage of your best directions by using color. Just match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task.

  • Wealth: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.
  • Love: Metal colors are the best ones for this direction, such as copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Health: This direction is also metal ruled. Use the best colors for this direction, such as copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Personal Growth: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.

Kua Number Six

The kua number six falls in the West Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group

Kua Number Six

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best West Southwest Northeast Northwest
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst Southeast East North South

Power Colors for Kua Number Six

You can choose the color(s) assigned to your best directions as a powerful symbol. Match your wardrobe selection or room decor to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during a task or assigning room purpose before decorating.

  • Wealth: The west colors are gold, silver, white, copper, pewter, and bronze.
  • Love: Romance is found in ochre colors to imbue auspicious energy.
  • Health: You can also enjoy good health with the color ochre for bedding, nightwear and dining colors.
  • Personal Growth: Increase your personal growth energy infused with gold, silver, white, and bronze colors.

Kua Number Seven

The kua number seven falls in the West Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Seven

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best Northwest Northeast Southwest West
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst North South Southeast East

Power Colors for Kua Number Seven

Use the assigned color(s) of your best directions for powerful symbols. You can match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity or use the colors and best direction relationships for decorating your home or office.

  • Wealth: Use metal colors copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Love: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.
  • Health: Another earth element direction gives your best colors ochre and brown.
  • Personal Growth: Use metal colors copper, pewter, silver, gold.
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Kua Number Eight

The kua number eight falls in the West Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Eight

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best Southwest West Northwest Northeast
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst South North East Southeast

Power Colors for Kua Number Eight

A great way to take advantage of your best directions is with color. You can match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task.

  • Wealth: Your best colors are ochre and brown, all values of these two colors.
  • Love: Use metal colors copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white.
  • Health: Another direction ruled by metal offers the colors copper, pewter, silver, gold, bronze, and white for personal power.
  • Personal Growth: Use your best colors of ochre and brown and all values of these two colors.

Kua Number Nine

The kua number nine falls in the East Group. This group also shares the same four best and four worst directions. However, the series of four auspicious directions and four inauspicious directions are assigned differently for each number in the group.

Kua Number Nine

Wealth
(Sheng Chi)

Love
(Nien Yen)

Health
(Tien Yi)

Personal Growth
(Fu Wei)

Best East North Southeast South
Bad Luck
(Ho Hai)
5 Ghosts
(Wu Kwei)
6 Killings
(Lui Shar)
Total Loss
(Chuehming)
Worst Northeast West Southwest Northwest

Power Colors for Kua Number Nine

Your best directions are ideal for making color selections. You can match your wardrobe selection for a specific activity to the color(s) assigned to the direction you wish to face during your task.

  • Wealth: Choose wood colors in tans and foliage greens for all activities focused on wealth.
  • Love: Your love colors are blue and/or black.
  • Health: Reap good health energy with green, tan, black and blue colors.
  • Personal Growth: Experience a personal boost with the colors red, purple and pink.

By taking advantage of each of your four auspicious directions, you can benefit from these good energies. You can also avoid your four worst directions to dodge the harmful inauspicious energies they generate.

Find and Use Feng Shui Personal Kua (Qua) Numbers

You kua number can unlock some feng shui secrets about chi energy and compass directions. You can take advantage of this valuable information to boost your efforts in certain life arenas as well as avoid common pitfalls.

Using Feng Shui Personal Kua (Qua) Numbers