06 After Heaven BaGua
In contrast to Before Heaven BaGua, the After Heaven Bagua, attributed to King Wen, shows how these forces actually behave in the real world over time — seasons change, energies shift, and nothing stays perfectly balanced. If the Before Heaven is a still photograph of perfection, the After Heaven is a moving picture of reality. Both are needed: one tells you what balance looks like, the other tells you how things actually flow and change.
The directional layout of the After Heaven Bagua must be memorized; it is extremely important. Traditional forecasting methods mostly use After Heaven directions, and our FengShui practice also uses After Heaven directions.
In the After Heaven palace-number system, opposite palaces sum to 10; 10 is an even number, and even corresponds to Yin in traditional numerology.