Flying Star Feng Shui
Xuan Kong Fei Xing, the most widely practiced school of classical feng shui. Nine stars mapped across your home's floor plan.
Run your chart first and keep it open while you read. This guide explains every number on it.
The Nine Stars
Flying Star feng shui works with nine stars, each carrying an element and a character. In any given period, one star is the prosperous star, the most beneficial energy of the era. Which star holds that rank shifts with the era — in 2024 the system entered Period 9, and the hierarchy changed with it.
Each star has a Chinese name, and classical English books translate the names rather than transliterate them: what the charts call Tan Lang, the Greedy Wolf, is the first star. The translated names describe the star's personality, which is why this guide gives both.
| Star | Name | Element | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White · Tan Lang, the Greedy Wolf | Water | Wisdom, career, future wealth |
| 2 | Black · Ju Men, the Giant Gate | Earth | Illness, the sickness star |
| 3 | Jade · Lu Cun, the Stored Wealth | Wood | Conflict, disputes |
| 4 | Green · Wen Qu, the Literary Star | Wood | Romance, academics |
| 5 | Yellow · Lian Zhen, the Integrity Star | Earth | Misfortune, the Five Yellow |
| 6 | White · Wu Qu, the Military Star | Metal | Authority, helpful people |
| 7 | Red · Po Jun, the Army Breaker | Metal | Loss, robbery |
| 8 | White · Zuo Fu, the Left Assistant | Earth | Wealth (prosperous in Period 8) |
| 9 | Purple · You Bi, the Right Assistant | Fire | Celebration, prosperity (Period 9) |
Three Charts in Every Home
A complete Flying Star chart layers three grids of nine palaces:
- Period chart: the era's energy, fixed by when the home was built or last renovated.
- Mountain chart: governs people, health, and relationships. Its stars fly according to the home's sitting direction.
- Facing chart: governs wealth and opportunity. Its stars fly according to the facing direction.
Each palace shows three numbers: the mountain star, the facing star, and the period star. Where the prosperous star lands, especially at the sitting or facing palace, shapes the home's fortune. When two stars share a palace they also interact — the classic pairings, good and bad, are set out in the flying star combinations guide.
Sitting and Facing
Every home has a sitting direction (the back, the mountain side) and a facing direction (the front, where light and activity enter). They are always opposites. A home "sitting North, facing South" has its back to the North and its front to the South. Getting the facing right is the step most often done wrong; the facing measurement guide covers the compass method.
A natal chart runs for twenty years, but an annual chart overlays it for one year at a time. The 2026 flying star chart shows this year's overlay, sector by sector, and the Lo Shu magic square explains the path the stars fly along.