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Once you have the House Gua, and have placed the Nine-Palace Grid on the floor plan of the house, you want to see where each of the eight kinds of Qi is placed. Unlike the property analysis, where we have eight radiating lines stemming from the center of the house, using the Nine-Palace Grid imposes eight sections (discounting the center) onto the floor plan. Qi within a house is said to move from room to room, so (in general) an entire room is always filled with one of the eight Qi types or another.