巽
Xun (Wind)
Eight Trigrams (八卦)
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Communication
- East Four Houses
At a glance
The Wood energy that permeates like wind — the trigram of adaptability, flexibility, and communication.
- Direction
- Southeast
- Element
- Wood
- House group
- East Four Houses
What is Xun (Wind)?
Xun (巽) is the trigram of Wind and Wood (風·木), seated in the southeast of the Later Heaven bagua; a person whose Life Gua is Xun belongs to the East Four Houses (東四命). Such a person is seen to permeate gently like the wind, resolving matters with flexibility and getting along well with others. In a home, the most auspicious direction (Sheng Qi) is the north, and the four East-group guas — Kan, Li, Zhen, and Xun — share directions that work auspiciously with one another.
Frequently asked
- What is Xun (Wind) (巽) in Feng Shui?
- The Wood energy that permeates like wind — the trigram of adaptability, flexibility, and communication. Xun (巽) is the trigram of Wind and Wood (風·木), seated in the southeast of the Later Heaven bagua; a person whose Life Gua is Xun belongs to the East Four Houses (東四命). Such a person is seen to permeate gently like the wind, resolving matters with flexibility and getting along well with others. In a home, the most auspicious direction (Sheng Qi) is the north, and the four East-group guas — Kan, Li, Zhen, and Xun — share directions that work auspiciously with one another.
- What does a Xun (Wind) Life Gua mean?
- Its core grain is Adaptability and flexibility · Communication · East Four Houses. As a Life Gua it places you in the East Four Houses.
- How do I find my own Xun (Wind)?
- Your Life Gua comes from your birth year and sex; from it, the eight directions map to their eight stars automatically.
Other gua & stars
- Kan (Water)
- Gen (Mountain)
- Zhen (Thunder)
- Li (Fire)
- Kun (Earth)
- Dui (Lake)
- Qian (Heaven)
- Sheng Qi (Life Generating)
- Tian Yi (Heavenly Doctor)
- Yan Nian (Longevity)
- Fu Wei (Stability)
- Huo Hai (Mishaps)
- Liu Sha (Six Killings)
- Wu Gui (Five Ghosts)
- Jue Ming (Life Ending)
- Four Guardian Hills
- Mountain behind, water in front
- Ming Tang (bright court)
- An Shan (table hill)
- Chao Shan (court hill)
- Zuo Xiang (sitting and facing)
- Shui Kou (water gate)
- Zhu Shan (parent mountain)
- Long Mai (dragon vein)
- Xue (the point)
Find your Life Gua and how Xun (Wind) 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.