# The Chou 丑 mountain

> A house facing 30° is in the Chou 丑 mountain. Chou covers every bearing from 22.5° up to 37.5°, within the Gen 艮 trigram in the Northeast, element Earth. A house facing Chou sits Wei 未 (202.5° – 217.5°) — described as sitting Wei, facing Chou. To be sure, measure the facing as an exact degree.

## Facts about the Chou mountain

- Name: Sửu · Chou · 丑
- Degree range: 22.5° – 37.5°
- Center: 30°
- 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: Earth Yuan dragon
- Opposite mountain (sitting): Wei 未 · 202.5° – 217.5°
- Neighbouring mountains: Gui 癸 · Gen 艮
- Birth-year mountain: Birth-year mountain of people born in a Chou (Ox) year, with years counted from the Start of Spring.

## When measuring and setting polarity

The closer a facing is to the 22.5° or 37.5° boundary, the more easily a measuring error pushes it into Gui 癸 or Gen 艮. 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 22.5° – 37.5° sector, seen from the center of the house, belongs to Chou.

The three mountains of Gen 艮: [Chou 丑](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/24-mountains/suu) · [Gen 艮](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/24-mountains/can-son) · [Yin 寅](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/24-mountains/dan)

## Questions about Chou

### Is a house facing 30° 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 30° is in Chou. Naming the mountain tells apart houses only a few degrees from each other.

### What does a house facing Chou sit on?

It sits Wei 未, 202.5° – 217.5°. Sitting and facing are always exactly 180° apart.

### Whose birth-year mountain is Chou?

It belongs to people born in a Chou (Ox) year, counted from the Start of Spring rather than Lunar New Year. When the main door or an active, heavy item falls exactly in Chou, say precisely whose Chou birth-year mountain it touches.

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Updated: 2026-10-21