後天八卦方位 Post-Natal 8-Trigrams Direction
說卦傳曰帝出乎震齊乎巽相見乎離致役乎坤說言乎兌戰乎乾勞乎坎成言乎艮
邵子曰乾統三男於東北坤統三女於西南乾坎艮震為陽巽離坤兌為隂
| 後天八卦 Post Trigrams | 次序 Order | 方位 Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 帝出 God comes forth | 震☳011 | 長男 the oldest son | 東East |
| 齊 brings into full and equal action | 巽☴100 | 長女 the oldest daughter | 東南Southeast |
| 相見 manifested to one another | 離☲010 | 中女 the second daughter | 南South |
| 致役 greatest service is done | 坤☷111 | 母 mother | 西南Southwest |
| 說言 rejoices | 兌☱001 | 少女 the youngest daughter | 西West |
| 戰 struggles | 乾☰000 | 父 father | 西北Northeast |
| 勞 is comforted and enters into rest | 坎☵101 | 中男 the second son | 北North |
| 成言 completes | 艮☶110 | 少男 the youngest son | 東北Northeast |
Shuogua Zhuan ctext states:
- God comes forth in ☳THUNDER (to His producing work)
- He brings (His processes) into full and equal action in ☴WIND
- they are manifested to one another in ☲FIRE
- the greatest service is done for Him in ☷EARTH
- He rejoices in ☱LAKE
- He struggles in ☰HEAVEN
- He is comforted and enters into rest in ☵WATER
- He completes (the work of the year) in ☶MOUNTAIN
Shao Yong wiki states:
- ☰HEAVEN governs the three sons in the northeast
- ☷EARTH governs the three daughters in the southwest
- ☰HEAVEN, ☵WATER, ☶MOUNTAIN, and ☳THUNDER are ⚊YANG
- ☴WIND, ☲FIRE, ☷EARTH, and ☱LAKE are ⚋YIN