24 Mountains · Mountain 4
The Gen 艮 mountain
37.5° – 52.5° · Gen 艮 trigram · Northeast
Facts about the Gen mountain
- Name
- Cấn · Gen · 艮
- Degree range
- 37.5° – 52.5°
- Center
- 45°
- Trigram
- Gen 艮 (22.5° – 67.5°)
- Lines (bottom to top)
- yin, yin, yang
- Direction
- Northeast
- Element of the mountain
- Earth
- Element of the trigram
- Earth
- Three Yuan dragon
- Heaven Yuan dragon
- Opposite mountain (sitting)
- Kun 坤 · 217.5° – 232.5°
- Neighbouring mountains
- Chou 丑 · Yin 寅
- Birth-year mountain
- Not a birth-year mountain — only the 12 Earthly Branch mountains match a birth year.
When measuring and setting polarity
The closer a facing is to the 37.5° or 52.5° boundary, the more easily a measuring error pushes it into Chou 丑 or Yin 寅. When a reading falls within 1° of either boundary, measure again at several points before setting polarity.
Once polarity is set, every room, door or item lying within the 37.5° – 52.5° sector, seen from the center of the house, belongs to Gen.
Read your own degree
The three mountains of Gen 艮
Questions about Gen
Is a house facing 45° a Northeast-facing house?
Yes, but that is not precise enough. The Northeast spans 45° (22.5° – 67.5°) and holds three mountains, Chou, Gen, Yin; a house facing 45° is in Gen. Naming the mountain tells apart houses only a few degrees from each other.
What does a house facing Gen sit on?
It sits Kun 坤, 217.5° – 232.5°. Sitting and facing are always exactly 180° apart.
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