house divination; study of house-based fortune-telling
A traditional practice of evaluating a house's layout, orientation, and form to determine its auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, often based on Chinese-derived geomancy principles. Related to 家相.
See also: 家相
In house divination, the position of the entrance is said to greatly affect one's fortune.
He studied house divination and decided the layout of his new home.
Compound of 家相 (house fortune/auspiciousness) and 学 (study, -ology). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely emerged as a term for the systematic study of house-based divination influenced by Chinese geomancy.