Home›Sources›The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese GeomancySourcesThe Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese GeomancyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese Geomancy." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-living-earth-manual-of-feng-shui-chinese-geomancy.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese Geomancy. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-living-earth-manual-of-feng-shui-chinese-geomancyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-living-earth-manual-of-feng-shui-chi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese Geomancy}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-living-earth-manual-of-feng-shui-chinese-geomancy}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis is Stephen Skinner's own practitioner oriented manual presenting the form school system of feng shui siting and orientation as taught within that practice, written by a practitioner and teacher of the system rather than as an outside academic history of it. The atlas states its actual scope plainly: it documents what feng shui practice itself teaches, and it is not evidence that its claims about siting and fortune are true, a distinction this atlas draws rather than leaving implied. Use it to document specific feng shui siting principles as taught within the practice; a documented academic history of the tradition's own development needs a separate scholarly source.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (304 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3Stephen Skinner's own practitioner manual, presenting the form-school system of feng shui siting and orientation as taught within that practice. Published through a commercial trade press rather than self-published, but written from inside the practice rather than as an outside academic history, so it documents what feng shui practice teaches rather than whether its claims about siting and fortune are true. That is the tradition's own account, the same tier this atlas gives a tradition's own uncorroborated compiled claim elsewhere, so it moves here from tier two.NotesWell-attestedA practitioner-oriented manual on feng shui (Chinese geomancy) by Stephen Skinner, presenting the form-school system of siting and orientation as taught within that practice. Use to document what feng shui practice teaches; not an academic history of the tradition, and not evidence that its claims about siting and fortune are true.CitationAuthorWell-attestedStephen SkinnerPublisherWell-attestedArkana/PenguinPublication YearWell-attested1982URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/livingearthmanua00skinSource TypeWell-attestedBook (scholarly)Claims Backed By This Source (304 claims)This source backs 304 claims across the atlas. As facts: 196 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 53 holds. Plus 53 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicTwenty-Four Mountains, 144 claims: 96 well-attested, 24 holds, 24 general references.Articles, 80 claims: 78 well-attested, 2 general references.Directions, 32 claims: 20 holds, 12 general references.Flying Stars, 27 claims: 9 well-attested, 9 holds, 9 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Disciplines, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Historical Figures, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Mythical Creatures, 4 claims: 4 general references.Well-attested196ArticlesA Precision Instrument, Not a Toy CompassA Teaching Example for the Whole SystemBing's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingChen's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingChou's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingDing's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingEight White Handing On to Nine PurpleFour Green Beside Three JadeGeng's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingGen's Facing Pair, And Where The Trigrams Sit In The RingGui's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingHai's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingJia's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingKun's Facing Pair, And Where The Trigrams Sit In The RingMao's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingMountain 1, Ren: The Stem On The RingMountain 10, Chen: The Branch On The RingMountain 11, Xun: The Trigram On The RingMountain 12, Si: The Branch On The RingMountain 13, Bing: The Stem On The RingMountain 14, Wu: The Branch On The RingMountain 15, Ding: The Stem On The RingMountain 16, Wei: The Branch On The RingMountain 17, Kun: The Trigram On The RingMountain 18, Shen: The Branch On The RingMountain 19, Geng: The Stem On The RingMountain 2, Zi: The Branch On The RingMountain 20, You: The Branch On The RingMountain 21, Xin: The Stem On The RingMountain 22, Xu: The Branch On The RingMountain 23, Qian: The Trigram On The RingMountain 24, Hai: The Branch On The RingMountain 3, Gui: The Stem On The RingMountain 4, Chou: The Branch On The RingMountain 5, Gen: The Trigram On The RingMountain 6, Yin: The Branch On The RingMountain 7, Jia: The Stem On The RingMountain 8, Mao: The Branch On The RingMountain 9, Yi: The Stem On The RingNine Numbers Flown Through a GridOrienting the SacredPractical Consequences of a Living BondPutting the Manuscripts in PrintQian's Facing Pair, And Where The Trigrams Sit In The RingReading One White in a ChartRemedies and Cautions for Three JadeRen's Facing Pair, And Where The Stems Sit In The RingShen's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingSi's Facing Pair, And Where The Branches Sit In The RingSix White and Eight White TogetherShowing 1 to 50 of 110 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate2DisciplinesXuan Kong Fei XingHolds53DirectionsEast-NortheastEast-SoutheastNorth NortheastNortheastNorth-NorthwestNorthwestSoutheastSouth-SoutheastSouth-SouthwestSouthwestWest-NorthwestWest-SouthwestFlying StarsEight WhiteFive YellowFour GreenNine PurpleOne WhiteSeven RedSix WhiteThree JadeTwo BlackTwenty-Four MountainsBingChenChouDingGenGengGuiHaiJiaKunMaoQianRenShenSiWeiWuXinXuXunYiYinYouZiGeneral References53ArticlesWhat a Flying Star Entry CoversWhat a Twenty-Four Mountains Entry CoversDirectionsEast-NortheastEast-SoutheastNorth NortheastNortheastNorth-NorthwestNorthwestSoutheastSouth-SoutheastSouth-SouthwestSouthwestWest-NorthwestWest-SouthwestDisciplinesXuan Kong Fei XingFlying StarsEight WhiteFive YellowFour GreenNine PurpleOne WhiteSeven RedSix WhiteThree JadeTwo BlackHistorical FiguresStephen SkinnerMythical CreaturesAzure DragonBlack TortoiseVermilion BirdWhite TigerTwenty-Four MountainsBingChenChouDingGenGengGuiHaiJiaKunMaoQianRenShenSiWeiWuXinXuXunYiShowing 1 to 50 of 53 entities carrying this claim. 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