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In most cases, the direction in which the house was designed to face and the direction of the front door are the same, but this is not always the case. In some cases the house will face in one direction, for example, toward a street, while the front door opening is to the side, perhaps toward a garage or driveway. In such cases, you will have to distinguish between the two.

You will want to place the Nine-Palace grid over the house floor plan, so that the facing direction of the grid matches the facing direction of the floor plan. For example, if your house faces East, then you would want to place the Nine-Palace grid over the floor plan, with the top part of the grid aligned and facing the same direction as the floor plan of the house. The different Nine-Palace grids are listed here.