What is Six Killings (六煞) in feng shui?
Six Killings (六煞 Liù Shà) is one of the eight Ba Zhai (八宅) field stars, an inauspicious (四凶) direction paired with the 文曲 (Literary Arts) Water star. In Eight Mansions feng shui it is traditionally read as the field of emotional turbulence and entanglement.
Key Takeaways
- Liu Sha (六煞) is the most emotional of the four difficult Ba Zhai fields, paired with the 文曲 Literary Arts Water star.
- Classically a pattern of turbulence: mood swings, complicated romance, low drive when feelings take over.
- Softens into sensitivity and people-skills when paired with a strong auspicious field.
- Read as excess emotion seeking a channel, grounded rather than feared.
- Rebalanced by steering a number's close onto an auspicious tail.
- 9-Star (九星)
- 文曲 Literary Arts
- Element (Wu Xing)
- Water
- Quality
- Inauspicious 凶 (rank 6/8)
- Governs
- emotional turbulence and entanglement
What Six Killings (六煞) Means
Liu Sha, paired with the 文曲 (Wén Qū, Literary Arts) Water star, is read in the classical texts as the field of emotional turbulence: mood swings, complicated romance, emotional dependency, and a tendency to lose drive at work when feelings take over. Of the four difficult fields it is the one most tied to the heart and the relationships that tangle it.
How Master Wei Lin Reads Six Killings
Six Killings Inside Your Phone Number
Liu Sha pairs are marked amber by the Number Energy reader. In the body of a number they add emotional colour; the caution, as with all difficult fields, is against letting the number close on one, where the ending weight makes the pattern decisive.
Six Killings (六煞) number pairs
These are the adjacent digit pairs the verified Ba Zhai pair table reads as Six Killings. The free reader scans your own number for all eight fields and weights the ending most.
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The classical handling of a turbulent Water field is grounding, the Earth element that gives water its banks, and pairing it with a stronger auspicious field. As a number the move is the same as the others: steer the close onto an auspicious tail. Described as rebalancing, never a promised cure.
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The Other Ba Zhai Fields
Six Killings is one of eight fields. The four auspicious (四吉) and four inauspicious (四凶) stars form a single map; read together, they describe the whole current of a number or a direction.
Start at the Eight Mansions overview to see all eight stars and find your East or West group.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Liu Sha (六煞) mean in feng shui?
Liu Sha (六煞 Liù Shà) is the most emotional of the four inauspicious Ba Zhai fields, paired with the 文曲 (Literary Arts) Water star. Classical sources read it as turbulence, mood swings, complicated romance, and low drive when feelings take over, a pattern of excess emotion rather than a verdict.
Is Liu Sha always bad for relationships?
Not always. Liu Sha (六煞) is emotional energy seeking a channel: paired with a strong auspicious field it reads as sensitivity and genuine people-skills; left ungrounded it pulls toward entanglement. The tradition handles it with grounding, not fear.
What are the Liu Sha number pairs?
In the verified Ba Zhai pair table the Liu Sha field is carried by the digit pairs 16, 29, 38, 47, 61, 74, 83, 92. In the body of a number they add emotional colour; the caution is against closing on one.
Why is Liu Sha linked to the arts?
Liu Sha (六煞) is linked to the arts because it is paired with 文曲 (Wén Qū), the Literary Arts star of the nine-star system. Channelled, its emotional sensitivity is classically tied to artistic and literary feeling rather than to mere instability.
How do I rebalance a Liu Sha pattern?
To rebalance Liu Sha (六煞), the classical move for a turbulent Water field is grounding with the Earth element that gives water its banks, paired with a stronger auspicious field. As a number, steer the close onto an auspicious tail. This is rebalancing, described historically, not a promised cure.
Which direction is my Liu Sha?
Liu Sha is one of your four inauspicious directions; which compass direction it occupies depends on your Kua number. Calculate your Kua number to locate your personal Liu Sha direction.
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