The Master Square of 81 extends the analysis of changing energy patterns in buildings and takes the practice of time dimensional feng shui into deeper, more subtle magical territory. Practitioners of Flying Star Feng Shui are already familiar with the MAGIC SQUARE of 15 which is the basis of time formulas that reveal energy patterns of buildings based on their age and the year of analysis. Indeed, the arrangement of the numbers 1 through to 9 in the nine grid square provides the basis for understanding the changing patterns of energy year to year and period to period.
THE MASTER SQUARE OF 81 By Lillian Too T
he MASTER SQUARE of 81 opens pathways to identifying pockets of abundance in every part of the house. Tese
identify the 81 Lords or Owners of the Earth who manifest in nine groups of nine. Te nine groups of Landowners can be accessed and transformed into the silent cosmic allies of residents who are able to subdue obstacles to success and open pathways to incredible and greater abundance. To study the power of the 81
Lords of the Earth, one must first be totally familiar with the original Magic Square of 15, the meanings of the nine numbers and the significance of the path sequence of the nine numbers. Tis sequential movement which moves down, then up, then down again through nine down/up movements are generally referred to as the “nine paces of the Emperor Yu”.
30 FENGSHUIWORLD | MARCH / APRIL 2012 Emperor Yu is the legendary
Emperor who features in the great myth of the tortoise shell bearing the magic square of numbers. Te legend describes the tortoise emerging from the River Lo to pass on the square to the Emperor, who, instinctively understanding how precious the square was, had immediately proceeded to decipher the numbers and their sequential significance. He is said to have then travelled through the nine provinces of China according to the sequential pathway indicated in the square. Emperor Yu understood that
perfect symmetry could be derived from the magic square of 15. He realized that the center number 5 multiplied by the base of 3 would total 15, and that the arrangement of the nine numbers was such that any 3 numbers placed horizontally, vertically or diagonally also added up to 15. Te number 15 was significant
because it suggested the influence of the moon’s waxing and waning days, so the symmetry of the square would relate to the passage of time. Te nine grids also indicated that 9 was the underlying unique number, a number so perfect that any number multiplied by 9 would produce a number, the sum of whose digits would always be a multiple of 9. Thus 9X3=27 and 2+7 would equal 9. Likewise 9X4 =36 and 3+6=9 and so forth. Multiply 9 by any number and the result would add up to 9. Tere was thus great significance to the number 9 and the multiples thereof! The Magic Square however is
merely the first step in uncovering the secrets of cosmic energy. By itself, it is already so powerful that when its perfect symmetry is captured through enhancing its different auspicious aspects, it would be sufficient to bring prosperity and