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Hi Anon,

On 5/12/2003 7:44:24 PM, Anonymous wrote:
>Me: Thanks for the
>clarifications but I still
>don't understand it. :( Excuse
>my Chinese knowledge. Is Gua
>the same as Kua?

Yes, however, Gua is the proper Chinese (rather than Kua which is based on Cantonese Dialect, just like Qi = C'hi)

>Me: I'm now confused. May I
>know what are your reasons for
>doing and numbering the Kua
>Type as 1 to 9 where 5 is
>missing, instead of 1 to 8?
>Why is the Kua Type 5 is
>missing?

Eight House there are only 8 trigrams which represents equally the Eight Directions.

So how can Gua 9 numbers be equal to represent 8 Trigrams? There is no way so that is why the Gua Number itself does not yet equal to the 8 Trigram. Especially not the Gua number 5. Thus, the number 5 is often converted to represent one of the other two Trigram depending on Male or Female.

Since the Eight Trigram is used or part of the Compass School (ie quite related to the Flying Stars) except that the center sector is empty. Thus, We relate the Trigam exactly as how it would link to the Flying Star. Eight House and Flying Star are part of the Compass School, thus it is more appropriate to allow both theories to be associated to each other.

Thus, when we number them we number them as it should related to the Flying Star where there are 9 grids and only 5 (Center) is missing.

In fact, this is not much different as to the Gua Number, as it does the same by assigning Gua 5 to another Trigam number.

> Can you link me to
>your Kua/Gua Calculator on
>this website?

It is found in the Members Area (Under the Personal Self)

URL: http://login.geomancy.net

>Me: As I said, every members
>of my family Kua no. and Ba Zi
>are the same except for one
>female member which is Kua no.
>5 and your Ba Zi showed a Kua
>Type no. 8. In other words,
>they are the same, right?

Yes, it is the same because Gua number 5 is not yet converted to the appropriate Gua Type / Trigram. Thus, in your case the Gua 5 is actually Gua 8 Gen Trigram. No difference here. But we do not just because of this change the position of the Gen Trigam from position 2nd last position to 5 position.

> I thought all Feng Shui Masters
>used the same Kua calculators
>to show the Kua number and
>type. I mentioned the forum
>bug because I thought it may
>have caused the "error".

As mentioned, Gua Number and Gua Type is different. Your Gua Number maybe number 5, but that does not mean that it is a special 9th Gua Trigram. In fact, you still have to associate it to the proper Trigram.

>By the way, it would be nice
>to have a new feature on how
>to pronounce the Chinese
>words. *g*

We has converted most of our website to use the proper Chinese where possible. However, due to the too many resources on the website, sometimes this is not possible to remember to convert each and every page.

>Thank you.
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