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Next, determine in which of these eight directions that house is facing and, with the house oriented in that direction, place the Nine Palace template over the floorplan. The resulting nine squares or palaces each have a different kind or degree of Qi. There are two groups of four palaces, the East and West Groups. Membership in these two groups depends on calculations from the I-Ching and the characteristics of the six relatives, in combination with the five elements.