Personal numbers in Feng Shui
Here is a short description of the different energy numbers in Feng Shui. You can find the right directions, colours and materials for yourself and your dear ones. On how to calculate your personal energy number, please read the article WHICH ‘SIGN’ ARE YOU ACCORDING TO FENG SHUI?
PERSONAL NUMBER 1
Element: Water
Season: Winter
Colours: black and every shade of blue bring good luck to people with personal number 1.
Also suitable: white, grey, silver, copper.
Materials and shapes: glass, metal, circle, oval, wavy shapes.
Favourable directions: southeast, east, south, north.
All other directions to be avoided, especially southwest.
Body organs to watch: kidneys, ears, blood system.
People with Gua 1 are prone to going with the flow and at the same time, they are especially flexible and adaptive. They are mobile like water. Fast and slow. Even if they look stable, quiet and poised from the outside, on the inside they are rather anxious. They are visionaries and innovators. Curious, they like to travel and explore the world. They hate to be stuck and anchored. People with a personal number 1 are very intelligent, adaptive and creative. Excellent managers, leaders and mediators. At the same time they are charming, brave, confident, stubborn, liberal and deep thinkers. Plunging deep into their own thoughts, however, often makes them sad and depressed. They love a competitive environment. They don’t give up easily, they are not afraid of challenges and know how to orient themselves and overcome outstanding issues. When they lose their balance, they can become possessive, irritable, paranoid, and overwhelmed. One of the downsides to their character is their insecurity. Their feelings of pride lead them to shame that they are not good enough, loss of dignity. Predisposed to self-isolation.
PERSONAL NUMBER 2
Element: Earth.
Season: Early autumn.
Colours: the earthly shades of yellow, ochre, brown as well as all pastel and dull colours bring good fortune to 2. Also fiery colours: bright red, orange, bright yellow and blue-purple. These colours represent the element of fire and in the cycle of elements, fire feeds earth.
Materials and shapes: stone, ceramics, crystals, minerals, square and rectangle shapes.
Favourable directions: northeast, west, southwest, northwest.
All other directions to be avoided, especially north.
Body organs to watch: spleen, digestive system.
There are two types of ‘earth people’ – big earth (people with personal number 2) and small earth (people with personal number 8). These are the most loyal people. They are especially caring and motherly. Supportive, loving, good-hearted. They are the mothers of the world. They would always help you with advice or support. Very tolerant and with a real thirst for knowledge. Down-to-earth, practical and reliable, perfectionists. They have excellent money management skills. They don’t take uncalculated risks and do things the right way. They implement their ideas with the help of creativity. They easily find solutions to the problems and love to plan ahead. They forgive. They finish what they have started. However, they can easily become irritated and have nervous breakdowns. At the same time they are very sensitive and less expressive. Anxious, suspicious, selfish, they don’t change their minds easily and may not be very objective.
PERSONAL NUMBER 3
Element: Wood
Season: Spring
Colours: Dark shades of green bring good fortune to people with a personal number 3, lilac, brown, also black and all shades of blue are suitable colours as they relate to the element of water and in the cycle of elements, water feeds wood.
Materials and shapes: wood in the interior, living plants, elongated cylinder shape.
Body organs to watch: liver, eyes, joints, spine.
Favourable directions: south, north, southeast, east
All other directions to be avoided, especially west.
People of the wood element are powerful, strong-willed, full of life and impulsive. They don’t like competition or being told what to do. They are decisive, fearless and stubborn. Very brave and ready to risk a lot. They love dangerous and extreme sports. Like their own space. As a real tree, they rise above others which makes some people feel crushed by them and others feel protected in their dominating presence. People with a personal energy number 3 are socially active, they have many allies and a good sense of humour. They are good-looking, creative, compassionate, aggressive and explosive. Extremely strong personalities, open and honest but they can be impatient and thick-skinned. They easily lose their temper and burst out, they have no fear or scruples. High vitality and activity. They love exploring new places and constantly need to move and change. Professional actors or coaches. At the same time they are especially stubborn, selfish and they don’t fall on their back easily. They don’t like changing their plans. Very impatient, sometimes lacking any sense of tactfulness and diplomacy, time and place.
PERSONAL NUMBER 4
Element: Wood
Season: Spring
Colours: The light shades of green bring good fortune to people with personal number 4, lilac, brown, also black and all shades of blue are suitable colours as they relate to the element of water and in the cycle of elements, water feeds wood.
Materials and shapes: wood in the interior, living plants, elongated cylinder shape.
Body organs to watch: liver, eyes, joints, spine.
Favourable directions: south, north, southeast, east
All other directions to be avoided, especially northeast.
People with personal number 4 are much more willing to compromise than those with personal number 3. The fours are very instinctive, cautious optimists and very conscious about presenting themselves. They are flexible, romantic and sociable. Besides, they are excellent communicators. They learn faster than others and they know their way to the top. Their friends come from all walks of life. They like to be independent which makes them very good entrepreneurs. On the other hand, they can be very manipulative. They are also very emotional, prone to mood swings. They would bypass the rules to oblige their needs.
PERSONAL NUMBER 5
In Feng Shui number 5 is associated with the element of earth. People with personal number 5 are equalised to number 2 for men and to number 8 for women in the compass Feng Shui. If you are using an electronic calculator, you may not even notice that as it calculates and replaces automatically. The specificity with these people is that their personal characteristics have nothing to do with the personal characteristics of 2 and 8.
Number 5 has a special status in the classical Feng Shui and people with such gua are a combination between small and big earth, so they have the characteristics of both. They are extremely difficult to figure out and hard to predict. They are stubborn, born leaders, innovative, often described as ‘weirdos’ by the others. Even if their directions are the same as those of 2 and 8, their characters are completely different.
PERSONAL NUMBER 6
Element: Metal
Season: Autumn
Colours: white, grey, silver, gold, copper as well as earthly colours – ochre, mustard, pastel pink and pastel yellow, brown.
Body organs to watch: lungs, colon, head, bones.
Favourable directions: west, northeast, southwest, northwest.
All other directions to be avoided, especially south.
People with personal number 6 belong to the group of ‘big’ metal. They have strong leadership skills. Selfish and hard-working, strictly disciplined and extremely dominating. Uncompromising and hard to understand. Especially focused, proud and perfectionists. Adamant. They care about their public image and would never do anything that might undermine their stellar reputation. Their unbending nature, however, often leads to loneliness and depression. It would do them good to take a lighter approach to life.
PERSONAL NUMBER 7
Element: Metal
Season: Autumn
Colours: white, grey, silver, gold, copper as well as earthly colours – ochre, mustard, pastel pink and pastel yellow, brown.
Body organs to watch: tongue, mouth, throat, colon, lungs.
Favourable directions: northwest, southwest, northeast, west.
All other directions to be avoided, especially east.
Gua 7 is in the ‘small’ metal group. Even if they look calm and soft on the outside, on the inside they are pretty strong. They love to argue. They are good public speakers, whose narrative is efficient and eloquent. They have a sharp tongue and their words can be double-edged weapons. They can be both soothing and slaying. It is hard to decide whether they are paying you a compliment or passing a judgement. They love to shine and promote themselves. Their life is often challenging.
PERSONAL NUMBER 8
Element: Earth.
Season: Winter
Colours: earthly colours – yellow, ochre, brown, as well as soft pastel shades of yellow, orange, pink bring good fortune to 8.
Additionally, good luck is carried by bright fiery colours like rich yellow, orange, red, and violet. These colours are associated with the element of fire, and fire in the cycle of elements, supports earth.
Body organs to watch: head, spine, spleen, fingers, nose, bones.
Favourable directions: southwest, northwest, west, northeast
All other directions to be avoided, especially southeast.
They are very focused and passionate people. Very stubborn. If they decide to do something, they will. They prefer to learn from their own mistakes, instead of other people’s experiences. They are conservative and like to think things over before making up their mind about something. These people are as reliable as rocks. Calm and loyal. Sometimes they can argue but they have good arguments. Reason dominates over feelings. They don’t talk much about themselves. Help others. They are very spiritual. They don’t like changes and resist them. They can also be suspicious, opinionated and selfish. They love material things. The most loyal of all numbers. They can sacrifice themselves for others, putting their own needs behind. They can be either your best friend or your worst enemy.
PERSONAL NUMBER 9
Element: Fire
Season: Summer
Colours: yellow, orange, red, cyclamen, violet, also green and lilac.
Body organs: eyes, heart
Favourable directions: east, southeast, north, south
All other directions to be avoided, especially northwest.
People with personal energy number 9 are warm, energetic, devoted, spontaneous and happy with incomparable thirst and enthusiasm for life. They have the ability to look into details. Precise, generous and spontaneous. Active participants in charity events and donations. They can overcome their selfishness. They also have talent for public speaking as lecturers, actors, TV hosts, designers, etc. Other people love being around them and have fun together. They have their own spark and inspire others. Nines have a different aura around them. They are blessed with intelligence and quick thinking. They want fame and respect. Need constant love and pampering. On the other hand, they are insecure and dependable. Easily lose their temper. They are very attached to their ideas and this may impede their success. They are more superficial and easily influenced by other people’s opinions. It is good for them to learn to accept constructive criticism.
From Space and Rituals with love
Author: Rositsa Georgieva