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A Kua or Ming Gua number is based on the Eight Aspirations Theory. The Kua refers to the Pa Kua, the eight-sided octagon symbol with a Trigram on each side. Pa means 'eight' while Kua means 'trigram', hence the name Pa Kua. This shows the eight directions.
Your personal Kua number is calculated by your birth date and gender.
Once you have worked out your Kua number you will then know your four auspicious directions and four directions to avoid and also if you are a West or East group person.
Knowing your Kua number allows you to take advantage of directions that support you and avoid the ones that don't.
Success Direction - Face your success direction to give you fire in your belly at work and also the upper hand when making important phone calls or in conferences/meetings.
Health Direction - This direction is a great direction to sleep, eat or rest in. If you are unwell, this direction will help support you while you are recovering.
Love Direction - Facing your love direction at the dinner table makes for a more calm and relaxed conversation verses sitting in your success direction as you will become more competitive and possibly argumentative to get your point across.
Study/Personal Growth - Sit facing your study/personal growth direction when studying to help keep you focused and absorb the knowledge.
To calculate your Kua number take the last two digits of your year of birth and add the numbers, keep adding them until you reduce them to a single digit.
Females born before 2000
Add the last two numbers of your year of birth and bring it to a single digit.
Add your single digit to number 5. Bring this number to a single digit, if needed.
This is your Kua number.
If you a female born after the year 2000 add 6 instead of 5.
Example: Female born 7 May 1945. Add 4 + 5 = 9. Then add 5 + 9 = 14. Reduce to a single digit 1 + 4 = 5
The Kua number is 5.
Males born before 2000
Add the last two numbers of your year of birth and bring it to a single digit.
Deduct your single digit from number 10.
This is your Kua number.
For a male born after the year 2000, deduct from 9 instead of 10.
Important: A male born in 2009 and 2018 will have the Kua Number 9.
Example: Male born 8 September 1992. Add 9 + 2 = 11. Reduce to single digits so 1 + 1 = 2. Then deduct 10 - 2 = 8. The Kua number is 8.
Important note: If you were born in January or February, it is important to refer to the Lunar Calendar to check if your date of birth falls in the previous year as the Lunar New Year starts on a different date each year.
For Example, if you are a female born on January 26th 1979 when you check the Lunar Calendar, you will see that the Year of Horse was from February 7th 1978 to January 27th 1979. This then changes the year to 1978 using in these calculations. - Please see Lunar Calendar below.
1978
7 + 8 = 15. 1 + 5 = 6. Then 6 + 5 = 11
1 + 1 = 2
If you would like any clarification on your Kua number, please feel free to email me at dee@balancingenergies.com.au
Kua 1
East Group
Southeast Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
East Health (Tien Yi)
South Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
North Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
Southwest Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
Northeast Five Ghost
Northwest Six Killings
West Bad Luck
Kua 2
West Group
Northeast Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
West Health (Tien Yi)
Northwest Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
Southwest Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
North Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
Southeast Five Ghost
South Six Killings
East Bad Luck
Kua 3
East Group
South Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
North Health (Tien Yi)
Southeast Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
East Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
West Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
Northwest Five Ghost
Northeast Six Killings
Southwest Bad Luck
Kua 4
East Group
North Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
South Health (Tien Yi)
East Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
Southeast Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
Northeast Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
Southwest Five Ghost
West Six Killings
Northwest Bad Luck
Kua 5
Kua 5 becomes Kua 2 for males and Kua 8 for Females
Kua 6
West Group
West Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
Northeast Health (Tien Yi)
Southwest Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
Northwest Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
South Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
East Five Ghost
North Six Killings
Southeast Bad Luck
Kua 7
West Group
Northwest Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
Southwest Health (Tien Yi)
Northeast Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
West Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
East Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
South Five Ghost
Southeast Six Killings
North Bad Luck
Kua 8
West Group
Southwest Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
Northwest Health (Tien Yi)
West Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
Northeast Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
Southeast Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
North Five Ghost
East Six Killings
South Bad Luck
Kua 9
East Group
East Success/Prosperity (Sheng Chi)
Southeast Health (Tien Yi)
North Love Direction ( Nien Yen)
South Study/Personal Growth ( Fu Wei)
Northwest Worst Direction (Jueh Ming)
West Five Ghost
Southwest Six Killings
Northeast Bad Luck
Lunar Calendars
Animal Sign Calendar Dates
Rat 5 Feb 1924 - 23 Jan 1925
Ox 24 Jan 1925 - 12 Feb 1926
Tiger 13 Feb 1926 - 1 Feb 1927
Rabbit 2 Feb 1927 - 22 Jan 1928
Dragon 23 Jan 1928 - 9 Feb 1929
Snake 10 Feb 1929 - 29 Jan 1930
Horse 30 Jan 1930 - 16 Feb 1931
Sheep 17 Feb 1931 - 5 Feb 1932
Monkey 6 Feb 1932 - Jan 25, 1933
Rooster 26 Jan 1933 - 13 Feb 1934
Dog 14 Feb 1934 - 3 Feb 1935
Pig 4 Feb 1935 - 23 Jan 1936
Rat 24 Jan 1936 - 10 Feb 1937
Ox 11 Feb 1937 - 30 Jan 1938
Tiger 31 Jan 1938 - 18 Feb 1939
Rabbit 19 Feb 1939 - 7 Feb 1940
Dragon 8 Feb 1940 - 26 Jan 1941
Snake 27 Jan 1941 - 14 Feb 1942
Horse 15 Feb 1942 - 4 Feb 1943
Sheep 5 Feb 1943 - 24 Jan 1944
Monkey 25 Jan 1944 - 12 Feb 1945
Rooster 13 Feb 1945 - 1 Feb 1946
Dog 2 Feb 1946 - 21 Jan 1947
Pig 22 Jan 1947 - 9 Feb 1948
Rat 10 Feb 1948 - 28 Jan 1949
Ox 29 Jan 1949 - 16 Feb 1950
Tiger 17 Feb 1950 - 5 Feb 1951
Rabbit 6 Feb 1951 - 26 Jan 1952
Dragon 27 Jan 1952 - 13 Feb 1953
Snake 14 Feb 1953 - 2 Feb 1954
Horse 3 Feb 1954 - 23 Jan 1955
Sheep 24 Jan 1955 - 11 Feb 1956
Monkey 12 Feb 1956 - 30 Jan 1957
Rooster 31 Jan 1957 - 17 Feb 1958
Dog 18 Feb 1958 - 7 Feb 1959
Pig 8 Feb 1959 - 27 Jan 1960
Rat 28 Jan 1960 - 14 Feb 1961
Ox 15 Feb 1961 - 4 Feb 1962
Tiger 5 Feb 1962 - 24 Jan 1963
Rabbit 25 Jan 1963 - 12 Feb 1964
Dragon 13 Feb 1964 - 1 Feb 1965
Snake 2 Feb 1965 - 20 Jan 1966
Horse 21 Jan 1966 - 8 Feb 1967
Sheep 9 Feb 1967 - 29 Jan 1968
Monkey 30 Jan 1968 - Feb 16, 1969
Rooster 17 Feb 1969 - 5 Feb 1970
Dog 6 Feb 1970 - 26 Jan 1971
Pig 27 Jan 1971 - 14 Feb 1972
Rat 15 Feb 1972 - 2 Feb 1973
Ox 3 Feb 1973 - 22 Jan 1974
Tiger 23 Jan 1974 - 10 Feb 1975
Rabbit 11 Feb 1975 - 30 Jan 1976
Dragon 31 Jan 1976 - 17 Feb 1977
Snake 18 Feb 1977 - 6 Feb 1978
Horse 7 Feb 1978 - 27 Jan 1979
Sheep 28 Jan 1979 - 15 Feb 1980
Monkey 16 Feb 1980 - 4 Feb 1981
Rooster 5 Feb 1981 - 24 Jan 1982
Dog 25 Jan 1982 - 12 Feb 1983
Pig 13 Feb 1983 - 1 Feb 1984
Rat 2 Feb 1984 - 19 Feb 1985
Ox 20 Feb 1985 - 8 Feb 1986
Tiger 9 Feb 1986 - 28 Jan 1987
Rabbit 29 Jan 1987 - 16 Feb 1988
Dragon 17 Feb 1988 - 5 Feb 1989
Snake 6 Feb 1989 - 26 Jan 1990
Horse 27 Jan 1990 - 14 Feb 1991
Sheep 15 Feb 1991 - 3 Feb 1992
Monkey 4 Feb 1992 - 22 Jan 1993
Rooster 23 Jan 1993 - 9 Feb 1994
Dog 10 Feb 1994 - 30 Jan 1995
Pig 31 Jan 1995 - 18 Feb 1996
Rat 19 Feb 1996 - 6 Feb 1997
Ox 7 Feb 1997 - 27 Jan 1998
Tiger 28 Jan 1998 - 15 Feb 1999
Rabbit 16 Feb 1999 - 4 Feb 2000
Dragon 5 Feb 2000 - 23 Jan 2001
Snake 24 Jan 2001 - 11 Feb 2002
Horse 12 Feb 2002 - 31 Jan 2003
Sheep 1 Feb 2003 - 21 Jan 2004
Monkey 22 Jan 2004 - 8 Feb 2005
Rooster 9 Feb 2005 - 28 Jan 2006
Dog 29 Jan 2006 - 17 Feb 2007
Pig 18 Feb 2007 - 6 Feb 2008
Rat 7 Feb 2008 - 25 Jan 2009
Ox 26 Jan 2009 - 13 Feb 2010
Tiger 14 Feb 2010 - 2 Feb 2011
Rabbit 3 Feb 2011 - 22 Jan 2012
Dragon 23 Jan 2012 - 9 Feb 2013
Snake 10 Feb 2013 - 30 Jan 2014
Horse 31 Jan 2014 - 18 Feb 2015
Sheep 19 Feb 2015 - 7 Feb 2016
Monkey 8 Feb 2016 - 27 Jan 2017
Rooster 28 Jan 2017 - 15 Feb 2018
Dog 16 Feb 2018 - 4 Feb 2019
Pig 5 Feb 2019 - 24 Jan 2020
Rat 25 Jan 2020 – 11 Feb 2021
Ox 12 Feb 2021 – 31 Jan 2022
Tiger 1 Feb 2022 – 21 Jan 2023
Rabbit 22 Jan 2023 – 9 Feb 2024
Dragon 10 Feb 2024 – 28 Jan 2025