Ken's Cyber Cave: Ba-Sha or "8-killings" Door in Feng Shui

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Ba-Sha or "8-killings" Door in Feng Shui

Note: The following is an excerpt from my "Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth" course.

There are “forbidden” regions in the design of house-facing and door-facing which may not be taught in some Feng Shui schools. Examples are Ba-sha (“8-killings” ) and void lines (covered in past blogs).

BA-SHA DOORS

Ba-sha door is based on 5-element theory. It stresses that the sitting and facing of a house should not be “ke” or subdued by door or road/ water with opposing 5-element nature. For example, if a house sits on gui-water mountain, you don’t want to set a door at a region with earth element nature like chen-earth mountain.

The code for Ba-sha is as follow:

“Kan dragon, Kun rabbit, Zhen monkey

Xun rooster, Qian horse, Dui snake

Gen tiger and Li pig are “Ba-sha” (8 killings).

Houses and tombs will be finished when running into it.”

坎龍坤兔震山猴，巽雞乾馬兌蛇頭；

艮虎離豬為八煞，宅墓逢之一齊休。

BA-SHA LOCATION TABLE

HOUSE/

TOMB

HOUSE OR TOMB

SITTING/ FACING

NO DOOR /

SHA* AT:

坎宅/坟 KAN (N)	坐壬向丙、坐子向午、坐癸向丁 ren/ bing; zi/ wu; gui/ ding	忌开“辰门” CHEN (SE1)**
艮宅/坟 GEN (NE)	坐丑向未、坐艮向坤、坐寅向申 chou/ wei; geng/ kun; yin/ shen	忌开“寅门” YIN (NE3)
震宅/坟 ZHEN (E)	坐甲向庚、坐卯向酉、坐乙向辛 jia/ geng; mao/ you; yi/ xin	忌开“申门” SHEN (SW3)
巽宅/坟 XUN (SE)	坐辰向戌、坐巽向乾、坐巳向亥 chen/ xu; xun/ qian; si/ hai	忌开“酉门” YOU (W2)
离宅/坟 LI (S)	坐丙向壬、坐午向子、坐丁向癸 bing/ ren; wu/ zi; ding/ gui	忌开“亥门” HAI (NW3)
坤宅/坟 KUN (SW)	坐未向丑、坐坤向艮、坐申向寅 wei/ chou; kun/ gen; shen/ yin	忌开“卯门” MAO (E3)
兑宅/坟 DUI (W)	坐庚向甲、坐酉向卯、坐辛向乙 geng/ jia; you/ mao; xin/ yi	忌开“巳门” SI (SE3)
乾宅/坟 QIAN (NW)	坐戌向辰、坐乾向巽、坐亥向巳 xu/ chen; qian/ xun; hai/ si	忌开“午门” WU (S2)

Note: Color here show the elemental nature of each location.

* "Sha" includes power-post, dead trees, T-junction, incoming/ outgoing water or road, well, wall-knife, roof-top corner and etc. ** XU (NW1) is also a Ba-sha location for Kan house/ tomb.

Ba-sha theory has many applications besides door locations. If the Ba-sha location of a house or tomb sees any of the followings: dead trees, T-junction, roof-top corner, well, wall-knife sha, incoming/ outgoing water or road, tall object-- is also considered a violation of Ba-sha.

EFFECTS OF BA-SHA VIOLATION

-- premature deaths (esp. younger males)

-- accidents, surgeries and cancer

-- dwindling luck

-- declining prosperity/ losing wealth

Ba-sha is a major Feng Shui formula sha (Li-qi sha) with a pretty accurate track record. Every Feng Shui practitioner should know the application of Ba-sha. You do not want to ignore this Ba-sha location when designing or buying a house or tomb.

Ken Lai