Feng Shui Bagua Map Explained: The Eight Directions and What They Mean

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0800

The bagua map (八卦图) is the reference chart behind feng shui direction-reading: it overlays the eight trigrams (八卦, bagua) of the post-heaven arrangement onto the eight compass points, and assigns each direction a trigram, an element, and a life area. When feng shui speaks of a “wealth corner” or a “career direction,” the cell it is pointing at sits on this map. This article lays the map out — where it comes from, the full eight-direction table, and the common ways it is misused.

Eight Directions on Daokeyi

Feng Shui Bagua Map Explained: The Eight Directions and What They Mean