Luo Shu House Assessment Sample

This article will give a sample of how to use the Luo Shu (9 Ki)method of divination in a very practical way. Though there are many aspects and procedures possible with the Luo Shu chart and numbers to arrive at an accurate prediction, we will concentrate here mainly on house assessment. In our hypothetical sample let us say that we are going to an interview for a new job. And we wish to know the energies involved in terms of Luo Shu Astrology. We will say that our Luo Shu birth numbers are :


Year 9

Month 8

Day 4

Hour 1


If we have the luxury of choosing the day to schedule the interview, we will have a great advantage. Let us say that the year and month is Solar Septembert of 2007. We already know that the first two numbers are 2 for the year and 4 for the month. We are off to a superb start because our birth year number is nourished by the TIME year number and our month year number is nourished by the time month number as well. In other words, our year and month numbers are in a very nourishing relationship with the Earth and Wood energy alignment of Solar September 2007. Let us say we have the whole month of September to schedule our appointment and the first day we decide to analyze is a 9 Fire day. We will see that on a 9 day our DAY number 4 falls in the 9 house. This is not a favorable day because the 4 Wood's energy is drained by 'feeding' the 9 house. In addition, the 5 is opposite the 4 because it is residing in the 1 House. So although the year and month is favorable, we could certainly choose a better day. We search further and look at a day where the 3 is in the center of the Luo Shu chart and find that our day number (4) resides in the 6 Metal house. Again no good, because the 4's wood is being "chopped up" by the metal of the house. So we look further and analyze a 6 Metal day. We now see that our 4 Wood day number sits in the 3 House. 3 and 4 is a reinforcing combination and we now have a situation where all 3 of our natal birth numbers are in a favorable relationship with the qi (chi) of the time. We can get an idea of what to expect on this particular day by looking at the attributes of the house we reside in. The numbers have both positive and negative attributes and a rule of thumb is "when your numbers are in harmony with the times, use the positive attributes, when they are not use the negative ones". This is a rule of thumb and in more advanced studies there can be exceptions under certain conditions.

In Luo Shu Astrology 6 Metal is associated with employment, authority, older men, etc. It is likely that any number when in the 6 house will experience employment/job related issues. So is it wise to set up the interview when in the 6 house since it is related with employment if the numbers conflict ? I would say no. You may also wonder if it it wise to get involved in a job situation if the Luo Shu number is not connected with employment but your number is in harmony with the house. This is where the art of Luo Shu analysis plays a huge role. There are creative ways to harmonize yourself with the energies and this is where you have to have a clear mind. If you're in a house that is not compatible with you or employment and you must attend the interview then you look for a favorable situation within the event of the job interview. Example : if you are a 2 and in the 9 house for the day you can see that 9 will not generally give an overall advantage in terms of employment (9 and 6 clash), altough your 2 is being favorably nourished by the 9 for that particular day. In this case you look for 9 Fire attributes to align with at the job interview. If there are 3 people who may be interviewing you and one is a middle-aged female , another a male over 60 and the third a young male, then try to have the interview with the middle-aged lady. Her energy is associated with 9 which is the nourisher of your 2 Earth Luo Shu energy. You have to use your wits a little and with practice it is not overly difficult. Another way is to use Directionology to overcome potential problems. Using directionology down to the Day level is extremely complicated regardless what you may read in the books. Takashi Yoshikawa's book "The ki", is a good book but his section on directionology definitely needs improvement. It is nowhere near as easy as he explains it. Using yearly directionology principles for monthly or daily analysis as most everyone is doing today will cause some problems. I am not saying I am right and everyone else is wrong, but if I showed you a few things involving detailed directionology analysis you will see things in a completely different light. The principles are undoubtedly quite difficult to absorb and master.

There is of course so much more to Luo Shu analysis than what little we have discussed here and I wish you luck in making your own discoveries through deep thought and research. It is quite a remarkable area of study and very rewarding in a both abstract and practical way.