The Luo Pan

Written by AndrieTuesday, 04 November 2008 09:28 - Last Updated Tuesday, 04 November 2008 09:32

Luo means a net that encompasses everything and Pan means utensil or plate. This allegorically refers to the union of Heaven and Earth and specifically to the electromagnetic field that holds all matter together.

The Luo Pan has been developed for the past 2 000 years and every traditional Feng Shui master of note has added to it throughout this time. So the Luo pan contains thesum total of Feng Shui knowledge to date. There are 2 main types namely San he (triplecombination) which is an elementary level and the advanced level of San Yuan (3 eras).There is also a combined Luo pan called a Zhong He and all of these Luo Pans can bepurchased from this site. You can also get training in the application and use of the Luopan through one of our accredited schools.

Luo Pans also come in various sizes ranging from 4 inches corresponding to the 4seasons, 8 inches based on the Ba Gua and 12 inches for the 12 branches. Some ringsare paired and cannot not be used alone, some for direction only and some carryimportant messages associated with timing. Although looking extremely complex, byunderstanding the 5 elements you can quickly determine the auspiciousness of a directionthrough the use of the 24 mountains. Although most rings use 5 elements, there are somethat are based on the 12 palaces and these stages of life range from birth through maturity to death and then re-birth. They tell us the strength of an element in a particulardirection.

The different levels of feng shui information are containedin each ring of a Luo pan

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The Luo Pan

Written by AndrieTuesday, 04 November 2008 09:28 - Last Updated Tuesday, 04 November 2008 09:32

Ring Description 0 Heaven pool

1 Registration mark

2 Pre heaven arrangement of Trigrams (Ba Gua)

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The Luo Pan

Written by AndrieTuesday, 04 November 2008 09:28 - Last Updated Tuesday, 04 November 2008 09:32

3 Luo Shu (late heaven bagua) 4 24 mountains 5 Menace and persecution ring 6 Correct needle 24 mountain San Yuan earth plate 7 Auspicious direction in 9 periods 8 San Yuan water method / dragon gates 8 boundaries

9 Houng Fun wu xing, or big wu xing.

10 Pre heaven Luo Shu and qua of square chart 11 64 Gua name and positions 12 Pre heaven 64 Gua and Luo Shu of round chart 13 Hexagram names 14 The 64 hexagrams 9 fate star 15 The 64 hexagrams with 60 Jia Zi for choosing day 16 Pre heaven 64 Gua round charts` Luo Shu 17 The father mother and three Yuan hexagrams 18 The directional hexagrams 19 The running of 384 hexagram lines 20 The sun arrive to mountain and face 21 24 seasons 22 Qi Men Dun Jia 23 The degrees of the Lunar Mansions 24 The auspicious or inauspicious positions 25 The 28 Lunar Mansions 26 360 degrees

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