24 Mountains · Mountain 22
The Qian 乾 mountain
307.5° – 322.5° · Qian 乾 trigram · Northwest
Facts about the Qian mountain
- Name
- Càn · Qian · 乾
- Degree range
- 307.5° – 322.5°
- Center
- 315°
- Trigram
- Qian 乾 (292.5° – 337.5°)
- Lines (bottom to top)
- yang, yang, yang
- Direction
- Northwest
- Element of the mountain
- Metal
- Element of the trigram
- Metal
- Three Yuan dragon
- Heaven Yuan dragon
- Opposite mountain (sitting)
- Xun 巽 · 127.5° – 142.5°
- Neighbouring mountains
- Xu 戌 · Hai 亥
- 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 307.5° or 322.5° boundary, the more easily a measuring error pushes it into Xu 戌 or Hai 亥. 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 307.5° – 322.5° sector, seen from the center of the house, belongs to Qian.
Read your own degree
The three mountains of Qian 乾
Questions about Qian
Is a house facing 315° a Northwest-facing house?
Yes, but that is not precise enough. The Northwest spans 45° (292.5° – 337.5°) and holds three mountains, Xu, Qian, Hai; a house facing 315° is in Qian. Naming the mountain tells apart houses only a few degrees from each other.
What does a house facing Qian sit on?
It sits Xun 巽, 127.5° – 142.5°. Sitting and facing are always exactly 180° apart.
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