This dialog consists of the main LuoPan diagram, which you use to indicate the selected direction which you wish to interpret. Move your Mouse over the picture and you will see the angle displayed at the top left. When you have aligned the mouse to the required direction, click directly on the picture and the Red cross-hairs will line up with the Mouse.

Click on the "LuoPan Reading" button at the bottom of the picture, and the Readings display is shown. This gives details of over 18 different Lo Pan rings, in terms of the Elements, Trigrams, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (Animals). You can interpret these readings using your own experience and ideas - the program helps by giving pop-up captions when you hold the mouse over any of the icons.

 

The Readings are divided into three main sections: the Earth Plate, the Man Plate and the Heaven Plate. Different readings appear for the rings in different plates (each one is offset by 7.5 degrees from the others), so for example, you can check the readings for the 12 Branches (Animals) in each of the plates to see how they will affect the luck for the Earth, for You, or for Heaven.

To help you understand the History and Theory of the LuoPan compass we recommend Stephen Skinner's book "The Living Earth Manual".

You can also access the Flying Star diagram from the LuoPan window by clicking on the "Flying Stars" button.

To check you house, bring up the Energy Cycle window and make sure that the building date is entered in the top pick list. Then look at the row of dates and coloured boxes which indicate the energy levels. Red, Yellow and Green are positive energy - a good time to be in the house. Grey and Black are bad luck with negative energy - you will need to use Feng Shui remedies to avoid problems.