San Francisco office
Anthropic
The essay below is a plain-language reading of a chart calculated from 2023 and an illustrative facing of 210°. Nobody took a compass to the front door. It is not a revenue forecast and it is not investment advice.
The building
This reading treats the San Francisco office as a Period 8 building, meaning the era from 2004 to 2023 still shapes how the place behaves. The main entrance faces southwest, at 210 degrees, so the front door and the southwest side share the same orientation. The back of the building is northeast. In plain terms, the building's strongest support sits behind the team, while the busiest, most public energy arrives at the front. That is a workable arrangement: people have something solid at their backs, and opportunity comes toward the door.
The single most useful move here is a desk against a solid wall. A glass wall aimed at a neighboring tower's sharp corner is a different story. That corner is what this system calls an external edge, and it cuts into focus the way a mirror flash distracts a driver. The protected wall is not decorative. It is the difference between a team that can concentrate and a team that keeps flinching. If you have to choose one correction, choose the wall.
The people inside
The northeast side, which is the back of the building, holds the helpful prosperity energy in a Period 8 building. In ordinary life, that means the rear of the floor plan supports steady effort and money that stays put. Put the people who need to grind through long projects there, not the ones who need to be seen. This placement favors quiet accumulation over visible performance.
The southwest side, at the front, carries the helpful money energy. That is the side that faces the street and the entrance, so inquiries, visitors, and new business naturally arrive there. The front should look open and well-lit, not blocked by storage or a dead-end corridor. Keep the reception or meeting area on this side if you can, because that is where the building already wants to meet the public.
Money and reputation
The southeast, south, and east sides all carry argument energy or gossip energy. In practice, those are the sides where rushed decisions, broken equipment, and money that slips through fingers tend to cluster. Do not put the finance desk or the contract-signing table on the south side. Do not put the loudest team on the east side if you want them to stop talking past each other. Those sides are not cursed, but they run hot, and they need quiet, order, and clear rules.
The center of the floor plan carries illness and tiredness energy. That is the side that slowly wears people down if it is used as a hallway, a printer room, or a pass-through. Keep the center clean, uncluttered, and not assigned to anyone who needs to think hard. The west and north sides are more promising: they hold reputation and authority energy that becomes more useful from 2024 onward. In the meantime, they are visible but not yet in charge. Treat them as good seats for client-facing work and for whoever needs to be clearly in charge. This is not investment advice.
What to do
Put the main workstations against solid walls, especially on the northeast and southwest sides. That means desks with a real wall behind them, not a glass panel facing a neighboring tower's edge. If a desk must face glass, use a solid screen or a tall plant behind the chair, and keep the glass itself curtained or frosted on the lower half. The goal is simple: people should feel something solid at their backs and nothing sharp in their direct line of sight.
Keep the front entrance and the southwest side open, lit, and clear of boxes or dead furniture. That is where visitors and new business arrive, so do not block it. Keep the center of the floor plan as a clean walkway, not a dumping ground for printers and cables. On the southeast, south, and east sides, reduce noise and avoid putting the finance or legal team there. On the northeast and southwest sides, place the people who need to build something slowly and the people who meet the public. Do not move a desk to a different side just because a number sounds better. Follow the sides as given. This is not investment advice.
Xuan Kong
Period 8 · Wei 未 facing
Wang Shan Wang Shui — mountain and water both timely
Northwest
1·9·4
White Water / Green Wood
North
6·4·9
White Metal / Purple Fire
Northeast
8·2·2
White Earth / Black Earth
West
9·1·3
Purple Fire / Jade Wood
Center
2·8·5
Black Earth / Yellow Earth
East
4·6·7
Green Wood / Red Metal
Southwest
5·5·8
Yellow Earth / White Earth
South
7·3·1
Red Metal / White Water
Southeast
3·7·6
Jade Wood / White Metal
The essay is the part to read. This grid is the worksheet behind it: three numbers in each square, for the people, the era, then money and visitors. North is at the top. You can follow the writing without the numbers.
Demonstration only. Facings are not door surveys. Nothing on this page is financial, legal, or investment advice.