West group (Tây tứ mệnh), Earth. The Khôn trigram sits in the Southwest; Phục Vị is that same direction.

Northwest Diên Niên (Longevity)
North Tuyệt Mệnh (Life-ending)
Northeast Sinh Khí (Vitality)
West Thiên Y (Heavenly Doctor)
Cung phiKhôn (2)
East Họa Hại (Mishaps)
Southwest Phục Vị (Stability)
South Lục Sát (Six Killings)
Southeast Ngũ Quỷ (Five Ghosts)

The compass is drawn with North at the top. Each cell shows the direction and its du niên star.

Du niên starDirection
Sinh Khí (Vitality)Northeast
Thiên Y (Heavenly Doctor)West
Diên Niên (Longevity)Northwest
Phục Vị (Stability)Southwest
Tuyệt Mệnh (Life-ending)North
Ngũ Quỷ (Five Ghosts)Southeast
Lục Sát (Six Killings)South
Họa Hại (Mishaps)East

Tradition applies these directions to the main door, the stove, the head of the bed or the desk. When household members belong to different East/West groups, books handle it in different ways.

Male births (lunar year)

1962 (Nhâm Dần), 1968 (Mậu Thân), 1971 (Tân Hợi), 1977 (Đinh Tỵ), 1980 (Canh Thân), 1986 (Bính Dần), 1989 (Kỷ Tỵ), 1995 (Ất Hợi), 1998 (Mậu Dần), 2004 (Giáp Thân), 2007 (Đinh Hợi)

Female births (lunar year)

1960 (Canh Tý), 1969 (Kỷ Dậu), 1978 (Mậu Ngọ), 1987 (Đinh Mão), 1996 (Bính Tý), 2005 (Ất Dậu)

Other trigrams

Work out your cung phi from your birth year · How this is computed and what is verified

Bát trạch is folk feng shui with no scientifically verified basis, and books differ in places. Do not put it above safety, structure, light, ventilation, legal requirements or your family's real needs. For cultural reference only.