Dear Master Cecil:
I have seen your suggestion of several ways to determine the direction of a house:
1. the direction of the living room situates in a house.
2.1. the direction that a compass tells while standing at the center point (crossing point of the two diagonal lines of the rectangular) of the house and facing the middle point of the front entrance.
2.2 determine the direction at the front entrance if there are difficulties to get a measurement with the option 2.1 (for example, there are walls or a pillar at the center point).
Which method is the traditional, standard, and preferred method of determining the direction of a house?
Regards,
Anon

Dear Anon,
You can review my comments on the various options on how to take a compass reading. In particular the difference between a building block, landed property and an apartment:-
http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/art-cecilcompass.htm
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 3/30/2003 7:11:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Master Cecil:
I have seen your suggestion of
several ways to determine the
direction of a house:
1. the direction of the living
room situates in a house.
2.1. the direction that a
compass tells while standing
at the center point (crossing
point of the two diagonal
lines of the rectangular) of
the house and facing the
middle point of the front
entrance.
2.2 determine the direction at
the front entrance if there
are difficulties to get a
measurement with the option
2.1 (for example, there are
walls or a pillar at the
center point).
Which method is the
traditional, standard, and
preferred method of
determining the direction of a
house?
Regards,
Anon