How to know the compass

Compass is an important tool for geomantic operation, and its basic function is orientation. When we understand the knowledge of feng shui and regulating qi, we must first learn the basic method of compass orientation.

The compass is twenty-four mountains, and the degree of the sky around each mountain.

Renshan is 337.5 to 352.5 degrees.

Purple mountain is 352.5 to 007.5 degrees.

Guishan 007.5 to 022.5 degrees.

The ugly mountain is 022.5 to 037.5 degrees.

Genshan 037.5 to 052.5 degrees.

Yinshan 052.5 to 067.5 degrees.

Jiashan 067.5 to 082.5 degrees.

Maoshan 082.5 to 097.5 degrees.

Block B is 097.5 to 1 12.5 degrees.

Chen Shan 1 12.5 to 127.5 degrees.

Xunshan 127.5 degrees to 142.5 degrees.

The four mountains are 142.5 to 157.5 degrees.

Iceberg 157.5 degrees to 172.5 degrees.

Wushan 172.5 to 187.5 degrees.

Ding Shan 187.5 to 202.5 degrees.

Weishan 202.5 turns 2 17.5 degrees.

Kunshan 2 17.5 to 232.5 degrees.

Shenshan is 232.5 to 247.5 degrees.

The mountains are 247.5 degrees to 262.5 degrees.

It's 262.5 to 277.5 degrees in You Shan.

Johor Bahru is 277.5 to 292.5 degrees.

292.5 to 307.5 degrees.

Dry mountain is 307.5 to 322.5 degrees.

Seamount 322.5 degrees to 337.5 degrees

Compass orientation measurement: how to use a compass or guide (north) needle to measure the orientation of a house.

Before using a compass or compass, the following points need special attention:

1, you must first remove all ironware, electrical appliances (mobile phones, walkman ……) or items that will interfere with the magnetic field of the compass.

2. Note that there are no ironware, mobile phones, telephone poles, electric boxes, electric towers, etc. This will interfere with the electromagnetic field near the measurement location.

3. The disk surface of compass or compass (north) needle must be horizontal, and the pointer cannot rise or fall at the same time. At the same time, we should also pay attention to whether the joint between the compass surface and the disk body is tight, and there should be no looseness or damage.

4, check whether the compass or guide (north) needle is normal, if bent, it shall not be used.

First of all, the correct compass:

Figure a

Hold the outer disk with both hands left and right, and separate your feet slightly.

Put the compass between the chest and abdomen, and keep it horizontal, not high on the left and low on the right, nor high on the front and low on the back.

Adjust the compass. The crosshair above the compass should be parallel to the door of the house (see Figure A).

Adjust the pointer direction:

Figure b Tianchi

Fig. c regulating Tianchi

After fixing the position of the crosshairs, you need to start adjusting the direction of the pointer in Tianchi.

Move the inner disk with both thumbs. When the inner disk rotates, Tianchi will rotate with it. Turn the inner disk until the magnetic needle stops (Figure C) and coincides with the red line of Tianchi Lake.

Direction discrimination method

Figure h top view

One side view of the figure

In the explanation of the orientation of the house, the orientation discrimination method has always been emphasized, that is, people stand in the house facing the door. This method takes the back as the seat and the face as the direction.

Because the magnetic needle of compass and compass is easily influenced by household appliances and ironware, it is suggested to measure the orientation outside without interference.

When measuring, people are advised to face the door of the house and look into the house in the direction shown by the arrow, so as to adjust the compass and keep it parallel to the house, and then start to rotate the inner disk to calibrate the magnetic needle; At this time, the front is the seat and the back is facing, that is, if the back is south and the front is north, then the seat is facing south, which is slightly different from the way introduced earlier and needs special attention.

The use and usage of compass or compass can refer to Figure 1. People face the door of the house, keep the compass or compass parallel to the house, and adjust the pointer to the north (south) direction to obtain the orientation and angle of the house.

Compass is called compass, which was created in the era of Xuanyuan Huangdi, and later passed down by the sages of past dynasties. It was revised and perfected by observing the ups and downs of mountains, rivers and plains on the earth according to the principles of Yijing and Heluo. It is used to determine the direction and survey the terrain. Most geologists and sailors call it "compass" or "Luo Geng", but seldom call it "compass".

There are many kinds of compasses, such as ternary disk, three-in-one disk, ternary three-in-one dual-purpose disk, easy disk, mysterious disk, and unique disks of users in various schools. However, no matter which school's compass or which school's compass, there must be a layer in the middle that is in the direction of twenty-four mountains. From the north, they are Renzigui, Ugly Root Yin, Jiamaoyi, Chen Xunsi, Ding, Shen, Geng Youxin and Xu Ganhai. The core of the compass is actually the compass, which is used to distinguish directions. If you have a compass, you can find that the relative degrees of the compass and the pointer are as follows:

Comparison table of hexagrams and twenty-four directions

Direction hexagrams, twenty-four mountain corners

The origin of twenty-four mountains

At first, the compass only had the North Pole and the South Pole. Later, the east and west were combined into four directions (east, west, south and north), and then the eight directions of east, west, north and south were combined into twelve directions, forming the earliest compass.

These twelve directions are recorded by twelve branches, namely, Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. The twelve branches represent the twelve directions of the earth and are called twelve mountains in geomantic omen.

Later, the development of the compass was divided into twenty-four directions from the original twelve directions, and twelve new directions were added, eight of which were represented by ten heavenly stems: A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui, while the other four directions were missing from the hexagrams of Gen (Northeast) and Xun (Southeast).

The Twenty-four Mountains are represented by eight hexagrams, namely Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Right and Gan. (see figure f)

Knowing the direction of the Twenty-four Mountains, we now have to look at the shape of the compass.

As can be seen from the shape of the compass, the center of the compass is a circular Tianchi (that is, the compass used for orientation). Outside is a movable turntable with a copper surface and gold lettering on a black background, which is called an inner disk or dish. The circle on the disk is full of words, and it is customary to call a circle a layer. The first layer has 24 directions, and the outermost layer is a square disk, which is called an outer disk or a square disk. The tray body is made of rosewood, which is the most durable, but its weight is heavier than that of ordinary wooden trays.

There are four holes in the outer disk, and two fishing lines or glue lines respectively pass through the holes in the middle of the four sides to determine the sitting posture.

Compasses are mainly used for central magnetic needles. The inner plate outside Tianchi Lake is made of steel. The background color of Tianchi Lake is generally white, and there is a red straight line at the bottom. There are two red dots on the left and right of the red line at one end. The red line is located on the north and south sides. One side with a red dot is purple square (due north), and the other end is noon (due south), with a very sensitive magnetic needle on it. There is a small hole at one end of the magnetic needle.

You should meditate three times before operating the compass. The formula says, "Heaven spins nine planets, Yin and Yang are combined, and the five elements perform their duties, seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and harmony is the most precious." .

When using the compass, hold the outer disk with both hands left and right, and separate your feet slightly. Put the compass between the chest and abdomen, keep it horizontal, not high left and low right, and not high front and low back. Then stand upright with your back as the seat and your face as the direction.

At this time, the cross silk thread on the compass should coincide with the front, back, left and right positions of the house. If the crosshair direction is incorrect, the measured sitting posture will deviate.

After fixing the position of the crosshairs, move the inner disk with both thumbs. When the inner disk rotates, Tianchi will rotate with it. Turn the inner disk until the magnetic needle stops and coincides with the red line of Tianchi.

It is very important that the end of the magnetic needle with a small hole must coincide with the two little red dot on the red line, and the positions cannot be lost. At this time, it shows that the fishing line (horizontal line) sitting in the square intersects with the layers of the inner plate. All kinds of data and information we are looking for are displayed in the area where this fishing line passes through and covers.

However, there are ten or twenty layers on the compass. Which floor is the direction of sitting? That's the floor of the 24th mountain.

It's near Tianchi. We use the "mountain" in the fishing line direction to indicate the direction, and the "mountain" in the fishing line direction to indicate sitting.

For example, children are facing the mountain, and sitting on the mountain is noon, so we call it sitting in the afternoon.

Knowing that you are sitting backwards in the house, put the compass in the center of the whole house, and you can find out the orientation (or palace) of the whole house from the sitting direction.

Second, the application of the compass "three disks and three needles"

1, venue-used in vertical direction-put a "compass or compass" on the Tai Chi point to measure all directions, and the Tai Chi point in Yangzhai is in the house; The crypt is in the center of the tomb.

2. People's plate-used for sand removal-looking at peaks, buildings, trees, walls, piles, towers and chimneys.

3, the sky plate-used to receive water-look at the coming and going of water or the direction of the road. Such as water, rivers, ponds, wells, toilets (turbid water), fish farming (running water), doors and windows (running water), roads or flat land (empty or fake water), etc.

Three, gossip attribute drinking water method:

1, Dryopteris squamosa.

2. Ethyl-octyl-butyl-decyl soil.

3. Meridian belongs to fire.

Chen Yu's ugliness is not gold.

5. Shen Yinyu Sea belongs to water.

Four, gossip attribute:

1, Muketu is wealth.

2. Aquatic wood is expensive.

3. Mujian Muwang.

4, wood fire for drainage.

5, Jin Kemu killed.

How to use:

For example, Kunshan is not ugly, but Ding Chou didn't get a piece of gold, so he became a divination "Lei Fengheng divination". Sit on the mountain, rise to four hexagrams, and become "thunder hexagrams" to check and judge. Ray, Maki Yagi and Aunt Xun. This divination is broken: the east kitchen has land, two trees make a forest, and fame and fortune are both gained. The land is prosperous, the eldest son and daughter live in harmony, the son is expensive in Sun Xian, and the brothers and fathers respect each other like guests, with wealth and prosperity and a continuous family background. Note: For this divination, please refer to Page 4 14 "Jumen Eight Bureaux Changing Images".

Verb (abbreviation for verb) How to use a compass

To learn Feng Shui, you must know the orientation of the building. Now, let's teach you to measure eight directions with a compass.

The small needle in the compass points north and south, and the bottom of the needle is printed with a straight line and the words e, s, w and n.