Quick Answer: Your Kua number is derived from your birth year (with a gender-specific adjustment in many systems). It’s used to identify supportive directions (for work, rest, focus) and less supportive directions to avoid when possible. Use it gently: as an alignment tool, not a rule.
What is a Kua number?
Kua (also spelled Gua) is commonly used with the Lo Shu grid and direction-based recommendations. It’s popular in Feng Shui traditions, and many numerology systems include it as a practical, environment-focused layer.
What Kua is good for (and what it isn’t)
- Good for: choosing a desk direction, sleeping direction, or “facing” direction for focus.
- Not for: making major life decisions by itself.
How to use lucky directions in daily life
- Work: face a supportive direction during deep focus sessions.
- Rest: sleep with your head oriented to a supportive direction if convenient.
- Meetings: choose a seat orientation that feels stabilizing.
If the “perfect” direction isn’t possible, don’t stress — consistency matters more than perfection.
How Kua connects to Lo Shu
The Lo Shu grid is a 3×3 magic square used symbolically to describe balances and gaps in qualities. Kua and Lo Shu are often used together: Kua for direction, Lo Shu for pattern reading.
Discover your Kua number with Paramarsh
Paramarsh calculates Kua number and Lo Shu grid interpretation (Sadhak+), and explains how to apply it in a grounded, modern way.