Good and Bad Travel Directions

The Pa-Kua, Lo-Shu system of Feng Shui, sometimes referred to as the Eight Mansions theory (and, indeed based on the powerful Eight Mansions formula of Compass School Feng Shui) can be used to assign good and bad directions of travel that are based on the Kua numbers of individuals.Thus, depending on your sex and date of birth, it is possible to determine the directions of travel that are deemed auspicious or inauspicious for you.

This method of Feng Shui can therefore be used to determine the Feng Shui luck of important decisions and moves that involve traveling. These may be an important business trip, a move to a new house or office, a relocation to a new country, or a change of place or abode. The use of Feng Shui for these purposes in a practical sense calls for the practitioner to organize his or her itinerary or move in such a way that the direction of travel is always beneficial.

Travel orientations are determined not on the direction one is traveling in, rather the direction one is traveling from. If you do not observe this, your Feng Shui analysis will be flawed; remember, “wherever you go you should bring good luck with you.”

Thus, if you were traveling from the UK to Australia you would be traveling from the northwest, if you flew via Singapore. This direction of travel is deemed to be more auspicious for a west group person than an east group person since the northwest is a west group direction. If you travel to Australia via the United States, you will be flying from the northeast and this, too, is luckier for west group people. Does this mean that all east group people traveling from the UK to Australia will suffer bad luck?

No, it does not. Having arrived in Australia, you should try to stop off for a week or so before traveling on to your final destination. This time make sure that you are moving from a direction that is good for you. If you are an east group person, travel from one of the east group directions - east, south, southeast, or north. This advice may be difficult to follow if you are only on a short trip but if, for example, you are going to Australia to settle there, it is well worth taking Feng Shui travel advice seriously. This will undoubtedly lead to better fortune.

It is seldom easy to change one’s travel route, and it is not always possible to change the direction in which you approach your destination. If, more domestically, you need to travel in the US from Cleveland to Chicago, the route by road or rail is very direct, from east to west. Likewise, if you travel from London to Boston, you travel from the northeast. With such direct routes available, what is the solution?

The answer is to make a detour; even the classical Feng Shui texts advise this. Your detour should allow you to reach your destination from the direction most auspicious to you. This means making unscheduled stops along the way. Thus, if traveling to Boston, you could stop over in NewYork or Washington before going on to Boston. Before you embark on an important journey look at a map and study the alternatives carefully.

If you are offered what appears to be a very lucrative new assignment or new job that involves relocation, always examine the travel direction; this will give you a first idea as to whether or not the new location will be good for you.

Generally, depending on your Kua number and your country of origin, some continents will be more auspicious for you than others; you will be able to travel directly to certain destinations on these continents from your best direction. Certain export markets tend to be more lucrative and luckier than others for companies looking to export their goods.

This same principle can also be applied when you are moving to a new house or to a new country. Carefully check the direction of travel and make a detour if necessary. Usually, the more permanent the move the more care should be taken to get the travel or relocation orientations correct. Here are the steps to follow:

• Plan your route carefully.
• Check the Kua numbers of both husband and wife. If the Kua numbers show that the husband and wife belong to different groups, plan to travel separately, with each coming from a different direction. For all children accompanying to parents on the move, as long as they are unmarried their Kua numbers have little significance on the luck of themove. In Chinese interpretations of Feng Shui luck, all unmarried children’s luck is determined by the luck of the parents.
• If a detour is necessary it is advisable, if practicable, to stay at least six weeks in your stopover point, otherwise the detour will not have much of an effect.This option is best exercised when relocating from one town to another or from one country to another.
• When the husband and wife belong to different groups (i.e. east or west groups) it is advisable for the east group partner to travel first. Children should always travel with the mother since the mother’s luck most affects the children.

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