Directions of a house

[jungkang]

Hi,
I am new in learning Feng Shui. What's the difference between facing and sitting of a house? Do they both have something to do with the placement of the entrance door? Thanks in advance for answering my question.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
If one uses the Chinese compass or Luopan to analyse a direction, here, there is the sitting and facing direction.
What this means is that on the compass or Luopan, e.g. the compass direction facing the main entrance door is the facing direction while the sitting direction refers to the opposite direction.
Thus it is like looking at e.g. O degrees and 180 degrees on the compass or luopan where 0 degrees is the facing direction while 180 degrees refers to the sitting position.
It is normally used in conjunction with the Chinese luopan.
On this site, since many users do not have a luopan, we have adopted the `regular' or ordinary compass method.
You can check out http://www.geomancy.net/fs/cecilcompass.htm
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 7/19/00 8:11:00 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi,
I am new in learning Feng
Shui. What's the difference
between facing and sitting of
a house? Do they both have
something to do with the
placement of the entrance
door? Thanks in advance for
answering my question.