The Life Gua or Ming Gua (Chinese: 命卦 mìng guà) is attributed to a person based on his year of birth. This number plays an important role for feng shui audits. This personal gua number is interacting with the energy of the individual directions and sectors of the house resulting in positive and negative effects.
There are nie life guas derived from the trigrams or ba gua and attributed to a certain direction. Life gua 5 is an exeption for it is in the center which has no direction, Therefore, men are assigned to gua 2 and women to gua 8
There are basically two groups:
- Eastern group: gua 1, 3, 4 und 9
- Western group: gua 2, (5), 6, 7 und 8
Please note that in the Chinese Calendar, the turn of the year doesn’t take place on January 1st, but on February 3rd or 4th.
In summary, there are people harmonizing wth the Eastern energies whereas the Western directions are unfavourable for them.
The favourable directions for the Eastern group (gua 1, 3, 4, 9)are:
- East
- Southeast
- South
- North
For the second group, the western directions are favourable whereas the Eastern directions are less favourable.
The favourable directions for the Western group (gua 2, 5, 6, 7, 8) are:
- Southwest
- West
- Northwest
- Northeast
You should sleep with your head in a favourable direction and work facing to a favourable direction.
Table with the gua numbers for women and men
| Stem branch combo of the year | birthday between
|
life gua for men | life gua for women | |
| Metal rat | 04.02.1960 | 03.02.1961 | 4 | 2 |
| Metal ox | 04.02.1961 | 03.02.1962 | 3 | 3 |
| Water tiger | 04.02.1962 | 03.02.1963 | 2 | 4 |
| Water rabbit | 04.02.1963 | 04.02.1964 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Wood dragon | 05.02.1964 | 03.02.1965 | 9 | 6 |
| Wood snake | 04.02.1965 | 03.02.1966 | 8 | 7 |
| Fire Horse | 04.02.1966 | 03.02.1967 | 7 | 8 |
| Fire goat | 04.02.1967 | 04.02.1968 | 6 | 9 |
| Earth monkey | 05.02.1968 | 03.02.1969 | 5 (2) | 1 |
| Earth rooster | 04.02.1969 | 03.02.1970 | 4 | 2 |
| Metal dog | 04.02.1970 | 03.02.1971 | 3 | 3 |
| Metal pig | 04.02.1971 | 04.02.1972 | 2 | 4 |
| Water rat | 05.02.1972 | 03.02.1973 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Water ox | 04.02.1973 | 03.02.1974 | 9 | 6 |
| Wood tiger | 04.02.1974 | 03.02.1975 | 8 | 7 |
| Wood rabbit | 04.02.1975 | 04.02.1976 | 7 | 8 |
| Fire dragon | 05.02.1976 | 03.02.1977 | 6 | 9 |
| Fire snake | 04.02.1977 | 03.02.1978 | 5 (2) | 1 |
| Earth horse | 04.02.1978 | 03.02.1979 | 4 | 2 |
| Earth goat | 04.02.1979 | 04.02.1980 | 3 | 3 |
| Metal monkey | 05.02.1980 | 03.02.1981 | 2 | 4 |
| Metal rooster | 04.02.1981 | 03.02.1982 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Water dog | 04.02.1982 | 03.02.1983 | 9 | 6 |
| Water pig | 04.02.1983 | 03.02.1984 | 8 | 7 |
| Wood rat | 04.02.1984 | 03.02.1985 | 7 | 8 |
| Wood ox | 04.02.1985 | 03.02.1986 | 6 | 9 |
| Fire tiger | 04.02.1986 | 03.02.1987 | 5 (2) | 1 |
| Fire rabbit | 04.02.1987 | 03.02.1988 | 4 | 2 |
| Earth dragon | 04.02.1988 | 03.02.1989 | 3 | 3 |
| Earth snake | 04.02.1989 | 03.02.1990 | 2 | 4 |
| Metal horse | 04.02.1990 | 03.02.1991 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Metal goat | 04.02.1991 | 03.02.1992 | 9 | 6 |
| Water monkey | 04.02.1992 | 03.02.1993 | 8 | 7 |
| Water rooster | 04.02.1993 | 03.02.1994 | 7 | 8 |
| Wood dog | 04.02.1994 | 03.02.1995 | 6 | 9 |
| Wood pig | 04.02.1995 | 03.02.1996 | 5 (2) | 1 |
| Fire rat | 04.02.1996 | 03.02.1997 | 4 | 2 |
| Fire ox | 04.02.1997 | 03.02.1998 | 3 | 3 |
| Earth tiger | 04.02.1998 | 03.02.1999 | 2 | 4 |
| Earth rabbit | 04.02.1999 | 02.02.2000 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Metal dragon | 03.02.2000 | 03.02.2001 | 9 | 6 |
| Metal snake | 04.02.2001 | 03.02.2002 | 8 | 7 |
| Water horse | 04.02.2002 | 03.02.2003 | 7 | 8 |
| Water goat | 04.02.2003 | 03.02.2004 | 6 | 9 |
| Wood monkey | 04.02.2004 | 03.02.2005 | 5 (2) | 1 |
| Wood rooster | 05.02.2005 | 03.02.2006 | 4 | 2 |
| Fire dog | 04.02.2006 | 03.02.2007 | 3 | 3 |
| Fire pig | 04.02.2007 | 03.02.2008 | 2 | 4 |
| Earth rat | 04.02.2008 | 03.02.2009 | 1 | 5 (8) |
| Earth ox | 04.02.2009 | 03.02.2010 | 9 | 6 |