Part 1: Ascent @ 456 & Symbolism in Feng Shui = "The Coffin Position" 1. What is "the coffin position"? 1.1. It is where as shown, here; part of the bed face the bedroom door. And in this illustration, chances that one of the partner's legs face the bedroom door:- 2. How did this come about? 2.1. In the past and even today, when funerals are carried out in a landed home, when a family member died; the physical body in a casket is brought into the home "head first".