A long, thin ridge with few branches; the seat is at its tail.
- Traditional seat:
- the tail of the ridge
- Traditionally said:
- agility, rising ahead (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- graves, 生基 (life-root) sites, homes
- Suits (traditionally)
- sales and freelance work that needs agility
- Less suited (traditionally)
- a narrow, windy ridge — not for a large house or a factory.
- 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 “Long Snake Leaving Its Lair” 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.