離
Li (Fire)
Eight Trigrams (八卦)
- Passion and expression
- Honor
- East Four Houses
At a glance
The brightly shining Fire energy — the trigram of passion, expression, and honor.
- Direction
- South
- Element
- Fire
- House group
- East Four Houses
What is Li (Fire)?
Li (離) is the trigram of Fire (火), seated in the south of the Later Heaven bagua; a person whose Life Gua is Li belongs to the East Four Houses (東四命). Such a person is seen to be bright and passionate like fire, with a strong expressive power that reveals the self and pursues honor. In a home, the most auspicious direction (Sheng Qi) is the east, and the four East-group guas — Kan, Li, Zhen, and Xun — share directions that work auspiciously with one another.
Frequently asked
- What is Li (Fire) (離) in Feng Shui?
- The brightly shining Fire energy — the trigram of passion, expression, and honor. Li (離) is the trigram of Fire (火), seated in the south of the Later Heaven bagua; a person whose Life Gua is Li belongs to the East Four Houses (東四命). Such a person is seen to be bright and passionate like fire, with a strong expressive power that reveals the self and pursues honor. In a home, the most auspicious direction (Sheng Qi) is the east, and the four East-group guas — Kan, Li, Zhen, and Xun — share directions that work auspiciously with one another.
- What does a Li (Fire) Life Gua mean?
- Its core grain is Passion and expression · Honor · East Four Houses. As a Life Gua it places you in the East Four Houses.
- How do I find my own Li (Fire)?
- Your Life Gua comes from your birth year and sex; from it, the eight directions map to their eight stars automatically.
Other gua & stars
Find your Life Gua and how Li (Fire) sits in your home.
Find my Life Gua →Feng Shui is a traditional art of spatial arrangement, for reference only. Source: Standard Yang House Feng Shui (Eight Mansions / Ba Zhai) interpretation.