A small round knoll alone in flat land or by water, with a few low spurs round it like petals.
- Traditional seat:
- the heart of the lotus, the knoll's top
- Traditionally said:
- refinement and good name (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- temples and retreats, guesthouses and inns, homes, graves
- Suits (traditionally)
- spiritual practice, religion, healing work, the arts
- Less suited (traditionally)
- a lone knoll open to wind on all sides — not for a busy trade.
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves, in town a main road may stand in for water (one step less sure)
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Lotus Floating on Water” in “Looks like a named form” to find the places in an area most like it.
Open Explore Land Veins
A named form (喝形) here is a likeness read off the shape of the ground — for reference only, never a verdict. Forms read from the look of hills (Rhinoceros, General…) go no higher than medium; forms that depend on the detail of a hill or on imagination are not read here and need a master on site.