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The traditional Luo Pan is a highly revered work of great craftsmanship. It is always hand made, and its many concentric rings contain the secrets and the formulas of the master who designed it. There are several different types of Luo Pan, but the three most popular and frequently used today are:

1 The Sarn Yuan Luo Pan, which is based on the Three Cycles School. This is also referred to as the Three Period Flying Star Luo Pan.

2 The Sarn Harp Luo Pan, often referred to as the Three Harmony compass. This refers to the harmony between Heaven, Earth, and Man and is reflected in the Man Plate, the Earth Plate, and the Heaven Plate featured on this Luo Pan. These different plates are believed to reflect the three parallel levels of energy flow within the environment, and each takes the north as being 7.5 degrees different from the other. Thus the Earth Plate refers to the magnetic north but the Man and Heaven plates are 7.5 degrees to the left and right of the Earth Plate. So the north referred to in these other plates is not magnetic north.

3 The Sarn He’ Luo Pan, which is called the Three Auspicious Happenings School. This looks at the landforms, mountains, structures, and water that surround any building, and analyzes their good and bad influences based on period numbers, elements, and trigrams.

From the above small description, you can see that the Luo Pan contains a great deal of information. I have repeatedly advised novice practitioners of feng shui that the Luo Pan is not required for those who want to practice feng shui on an amateur basis. It is, however, a good idea to know what this tool is, to use an ordinary compass to take directions, and then refer to a good book to decode the formulas and methods hidden within the Luo Pan.

Please note that the Luo Pan is first and foremost a compass for measuring directions, so its most important part is the magnetic needle, the directional marking in the center. Those who aspire to use a genuine Luo Pan should never compromise on the quality of this central needle. Many of the nuances of good and bad luck depend on accurate compass readings. Always buy a Luo Pan from a feng shui master, who will reveal its code of meanings to you.