{
  "tool": "bagua-map",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "inputs": {
    "room_width_cm": 300,
    "room_length_cm": 350,
    "door_wall": "bottom",
    "door_position": "middle",
    "method": "btb",
    "facing": "N"
  },
  "answer": {
    "cell": {
      "width_cm": 100,
      "length_cm": 116.7
    },
    "cells": [
      {
        "area": "wealth",
        "name": "Wealth",
        "also": [
          "Abundance",
          "Prosperity"
        ],
        "number": 4,
        "trigram": "☴",
        "pinyin": "Xùn",
        "image": "wind",
        "element": "wood",
        "colours": [
          "purple",
          "green",
          "blue"
        ],
        "theme": "abundance and self-worth",
        "suggests": [
          "plants in good health",
          "round-leaved plants",
          "a picture of flowing water"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "back left",
        "col": 0,
        "row": 0,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 0,
          "y_cm": 0,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "fame",
        "name": "Fame",
        "also": [
          "Recognition",
          "Reputation"
        ],
        "number": 9,
        "trigram": "☲",
        "pinyin": "Lí",
        "image": "fire",
        "element": "fire",
        "colours": [
          "red",
          "burgundy"
        ],
        "theme": "reputation and how others see you",
        "suggests": [
          "lamps",
          "candles",
          "something you are proud of"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "back middle",
        "col": 1,
        "row": 0,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 100,
          "y_cm": 0,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "relationships",
        "name": "Relationships",
        "also": [
          "Love",
          "Partnerships"
        ],
        "number": 2,
        "trigram": "☷",
        "pinyin": "Kūn",
        "image": "earth",
        "element": "earth",
        "colours": [
          "pink",
          "red",
          "white"
        ],
        "theme": "partnership and self-respect",
        "suggests": [
          "pairs of things",
          "art of two figures",
          "soft rather than spiky plants"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "back right",
        "col": 2,
        "row": 0,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 200,
          "y_cm": 0,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "family",
        "name": "Family",
        "also": [
          "New Beginnings"
        ],
        "number": 3,
        "trigram": "☳",
        "pinyin": "Zhèn",
        "image": "thunder",
        "element": "wood",
        "colours": [
          "green",
          "blue"
        ],
        "theme": "family, ancestors and new beginnings",
        "suggests": [
          "wood furniture",
          "plants in good health",
          "family photos"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "middle left",
        "col": 0,
        "row": 1,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 0,
          "y_cm": 116.7,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "centre",
        "name": "Centre",
        "also": [
          "Tai Qi",
          "Health"
        ],
        "number": 5,
        "trigram": "",
        "pinyin": "",
        "image": "",
        "element": "earth",
        "colours": [
          "yellow",
          "orange",
          "brown"
        ],
        "theme": "balance: the heart of the room",
        "suggests": [
          "earth tones",
          "a clear, open floor"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "centre",
        "col": 1,
        "row": 1,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 100,
          "y_cm": 116.7,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "children",
        "name": "Children",
        "also": [
          "Creativity",
          "Completion"
        ],
        "number": 7,
        "trigram": "☱",
        "pinyin": "Duì",
        "image": "lake",
        "element": "metal",
        "colours": [
          "white",
          "metallics",
          "pastels"
        ],
        "theme": "children, creativity and finishing things",
        "suggests": [
          "metal objects",
          "playful art",
          "children's drawings"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "middle right",
        "col": 2,
        "row": 1,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 200,
          "y_cm": 116.7,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "knowledge",
        "name": "Knowledge",
        "also": [
          "Self-cultivation",
          "Skills"
        ],
        "number": 8,
        "trigram": "☶",
        "pinyin": "Gèn",
        "image": "mountain",
        "element": "earth",
        "colours": [
          "dark blue",
          "black",
          "beige"
        ],
        "theme": "study and self-cultivation",
        "suggests": [
          "books",
          "a quiet seat",
          "pictures of mountains"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "front left",
        "col": 0,
        "row": 2,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 0,
          "y_cm": 233.3,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      },
      {
        "area": "career",
        "name": "Career",
        "also": [
          "Path in Life"
        ],
        "number": 1,
        "trigram": "☵",
        "pinyin": "Kǎn",
        "image": "water",
        "element": "water",
        "colours": [
          "black",
          "very dark blue"
        ],
        "theme": "your path in life and work",
        "suggests": [
          "a water picture",
          "a mirror",
          "a dark mat by the door"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "front middle",
        "col": 1,
        "row": 2,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 100,
          "y_cm": 233.3,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": true
      },
      {
        "area": "helpful_people",
        "name": "Helpful People",
        "also": [
          "Travel",
          "Benefactors"
        ],
        "number": 6,
        "trigram": "☰",
        "pinyin": "Qián",
        "image": "heaven",
        "element": "metal",
        "colours": [
          "grey",
          "white",
          "silver"
        ],
        "theme": "mentors, friends and travel",
        "suggests": [
          "metal objects",
          "maps or a globe",
          "pictures of people you admire"
        ],
        "direction": null,
        "place": "front right",
        "col": 2,
        "row": 2,
        "rect": {
          "x_cm": 200,
          "y_cm": 233.3,
          "width_cm": 100,
          "length_cm": 116.7
        },
        "door": false
      }
    ],
    "door": {
      "x_cm": 150,
      "y_cm": 350,
      "width_cm": 80,
      "wall": "bottom",
      "area": "career"
    },
    "north_angle_deg": null
  },
  "summary": "Laid from the door (the BTB school), the bagua splits this 300 × 350 cm room into nine areas of 100 × 117 cm. The door opens into Career (front middle), which the tradition links with your path in life and work; Wealth is the back-left area and Relationships the back-right area.",
  "working": [
    "Each area is a third of the width by a third of the length: 100 × 117 cm.",
    "BTB: stand in the doorway and look in. The door wall is the front row (Knowledge, Career, Helpful People); the far wall is the back row (Wealth, Fame, Relationships).",
    "The door is in the front middle cell: Career."
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Feng shui is a tradition, not a science. This reports what its schools say about the room."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Anjie Cho, Feng shui 101: the bagua map",
      "url": "https://www.anjiecho.com/holistic-spaces-blog/2014/4/28/feng-shui-101-the-bagua-map",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "label": "Anjie Cho, Q&A Sunday: BTB feng shui bagua",
      "url": "https://anjiecho.com/holistic-spaces-blog/qa-sunday-btb-feng-shui-bagua",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "label": "Marianne Gordon, How to use a feng shui bagua map, mindbodygreen (8 Feb 2020)",
      "url": "https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-use-a-feng-shui-bagua-map",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wikipedia, Bagua (the trigrams and the Later Heaven directions)",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "label": "Joey Yap, The facts and myths about 8 feng shui factors, Her World (15 Mar 2020)",
      "url": "https://www.herworld.com/wellness/facts-myths-feng-shui",
      "checked": "2026-10-17"
    }
  ],
  "page_url": "https://snuug.app/tools/bagua-map",
  "snuug": "Snuug is an iPhone app that rebuilds your room in 3D, to within about 3% of its real size, so you can redesign it and see what fits before you buy a thing. Not yet on the App Store (31 October 2026)."
}