What is a Ba-Gua?
Other names & spellings - bagwa, pakua, pa kua, & baqua
Simply put: A Ba Gua is one of the tools used by a feng shui master, along with a
Luo Pan (feng shui compass) to help determine preferred locations, in the home or office, for certain functions; such as wealth, health, fame, love and more.
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"Ba" means eight (8). "Gua" means trigram. The BaGua is divided into 8 Gua (sections) consisting of the most original and basic binary form of "Yin" (female - two short hyphens) and/or "Yang" (male - one long hyphen). You should to know one important fact: the Chinese character for number one, is exactly the same as the Yang (male) symbol, one continuous hyphen like line. I do not know if all the historians will agree the ancient Chinese use the Yin (female) symbol to represents 'zero'. It is definitely appropriate and academically accepted to call it zero today. When the ancient symbols were first put into computer, Yin (female) was represented by zero and one represented Yang (male).
Ba-Gua or eight-Gua is the result of the ancient Chinese binary system. Each of the Gua is consists of three little Yao symbols, which is equivalent to a bit in today's binary language. Each Yao (section) represents either Yin (0), female or Yang (1), male force of nature. Yin (0), female, is two short little hyphens with a gap in between. Yang, male, is one continuous hyphen-like line. Use some graphic imagination to help you remember the female and male symbols or you can fashionably call them "zero (Yin)" and "one (Yang)".
Ba-Gua contains eight Gua (from 0 to 7) total. Each Gua contains three bit positions. Read from the bottom to top. This sequence represents the Change occurs from the hidden bottom location. The symbolic meaning of Ba-Gua is not limited to individual Yao (bits). The shape of the entire Gua also plays a strong symbolic role, also.
If you are graphic oriented, you might be happy to know that certain historians believe the ancient human being noticed the first difference between female (Yin) and male (Yang) from the most direct and important areas of our body. This is supported in many I-ching related ancient literatures and the mating of yin (female) and Yang (male) is related to balance and harmony.
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KUN
 The image on the left, Kun (000), which means Earth, contains all female or Yin Yao and is the first of eight Gua. It represents the extreme female, mother. Mother is the origin of life. The direction of this Gua is the Southwest and represents Love & Marriage. It has the character of Earth.
ZHEN
 The image on the left is Zhen, meaning thunder. It has Yang (male - 1) on the first bit position and Yin (female - 0) on the second and third position. Translated into binary language, it is (001). It is the second of eight Gua in Ba-Gua. It is the East of the Bagua and represents Health & Family. It also has the character of wood.
LI
 The image on the left is Li (101), which means fire & the third of eight Gua, shows that the Yang raising from the bottom position to middle. It is the South of the Bagua and represents Fame & Reputation. It is also called the "Illumination Area" because fame and/or reputation illumines us. It has the character of fire.
DUI
 The image on the left is Dui (011) Gua, which means lake, is the fourth of eight Gua. It's direction West and represents Creativity & Children, which gives us joy, imagination and even romance. It has the character of metal.
GEN
 The image on the left is Gen, which means mouintain, (100) Gua, the fifth of eight Gua, shows the Yang raising all the way to the top with Yin only at the hidden bottom. Like a mountain with strong Yang outside and Yin inside. It's direction is the Northeast and represents Knowledge & Cultivation. It has the character of earth.
KAN
 Have you noticed that the image on the left is exact the opposite of Li (101) Gua? It is the Kan, which means water, (010) Gua. It is the sixth of the eight Gua. It has the exact opposite character and representation of Li Gua. It is the North of the Bagua and represents Career. It has the character of water. Unlike the western common belief, the meeting of fire and water is not necessarily a bad thing. It some times represents the climax of mating. Of course, after the peak, it is the declination.
XUN
 The seventh of Eight Gua is called Xun (110), which means wind. It has strong growth of Yang yet not completed. Although none of the Gua is better than others, many people favor this Gua and believe it is related to Wealth & Prosperity. This Gua represents the direction of Southeast and has the character of wood.
QIAN
 When the change from Yin to Yang is completed, we come to the last of Eight Gua that is called Qian (111). It has strongest Yang and total opposite of Kun. It is the father, the king, the emperor, the boss, the Alfa male. Again, opposite to western common belief, the Alfa male is very vulnerable. This is because it has all Yang character. Any change will undermine the power of Yang and Change can never be avoid. This Gua represents the Northwest and signifies Helpful People & Travel. It has the character of metal, also.
ICHING
The center of the Bagua is Earth, which in your home, your office or your business signifies YOU
The most important concept is change. Change is the only thing that is constant is the universe. The Yin will become Yang and Yang will become Yin. In the extreme of Yang, Yin is incubated. Within the extreme of Ying, Yang is born. This is the forever change of life, universe and everything.
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