Southeast (巽)

The direction of wind — associated with penetration, flexibility and the eldest daughter. Southeast is the wind direction (巽 Xun). It is read as the direction of what moves through: air, influence, and gradual penetration. In the Eight Mansions method it carries the wealth aspect.

Directions are read as a set, not one at a time. The direction of wind — associated with penetration, flexibility and the eldest daughter. Southeast is where the practical and symbolic readings of the tradition are closest to each other: the same quality — air moving through — is read as both ventilation and influence.

Xun is read as wind — the force that works by persistence rather than by weight. The tradition associates it with the eldest daughter and with the gentle entry of influence, which is why it appears in discussions of openings and ventilation as much as of symbolism. It is grouped under Wood (木) in the five-element system.