A small level spot high on a steep slope, walls close behind and beside, a steep fall in front.
- Traditional seat:
- the nest, the small shelf on the steep slope
- Traditionally said:
- a settled home (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- homes, temples and retreats, guesthouses and inns
- Suits (traditionally)
- people wanting seclusion, small families, practitioners
- Less suited (traditionally)
- high on a steep slope, hard to reach — not for business or the elderly.
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Swallow's Nest” 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.