家か相そう学がく

noun

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

• 家か相そう学がくでは、玄げん関かんの位い置ちが運うん気きに大おおきく影えい響きょうすると言いわれている。

  In house divination, the position of the entrance is said to greatly affect one's fortune.

• 彼かれは家か相そう学がくを学まなんで、新しん居きょの間ま取どりを決きめた。

  He studied house divination and decided the layout of his new home.