| The Bagua is a collection of eight diagrams used | | | | The Bagua is the result of the ancient Chinese |
| to represent a range of interrelated concepts. | | | | binary system. Each of the Gua consists of three |
| Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of | | | | little Yao symbols, which is equivalent to "a bit" in |
| arrangement which includes the placement of | | | | today's binary system. Each Yao or "section" |
| buildings, objects and space in the environment in | | | | represents either the Yin (female) or Yang (male) |
| order to receive good energy, achieve harmony, | | | | force of nature. Due to their tripartite structure, |
| and maintain a good balance between the person | | | | they are often referred to as "trigrams" in English. |
| and the person's environment. | | | | The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy and |
| Feng "wind" and Shui "water", the natural forces | | | | the I-Ching. The interrelationships among the |
| of the universe, were derived based on the | | | | trigrams are represented in two arrangements; |
| Chinese concept of Yin and Yang and have been | | | | the Primordial known as Earlier Heaven and |
| in practice since thousand of years ago. | | | | Manifested, know as Later Heaven. These eight |
| Each of the eight diagrams in the Bagua consists | | | | trigrams consist of Heaven, Wind, Water, |
| of three lines. These lines are either "broken" or | | | | Mountain, Earth, Thunder, Fire and Lake which |
| "unbroken" representing a Yin or a Yang line | | | | correspond to astronomy, astrology, geography, |
| respectively. Yin refers to the negative energy | | | | geomancy, anatomy, the family respectively. |
| while Yang refers to the positive energy. | | | | |