Those who follow the Kabballah refer to it as the Sigil of Saturn.

In
feng shui circles, these two symbols are well known as powerful
symbols of good feng shui protection.

You can draw and keep these symbols near you to attract good
fortune and protection. Or you can wear these symbols on your
body as fine jewellery.

The Magic Of Lo Shui And Ho Tu Numbers

 
1.   Any three numbers in the arrangement added vertically,
horizontally or diagonally, adds up to 15, which is the
number of nights it takes for the new moon to become
the full moon. 15 is the number of days in a waxing or
waning cycle of the moon, theirby making it a very
significant number in time feng shui.
 
2.   From the arrangement of the numbers we can find the
powerful sign of the sigil embedded within. This is a
much-lauded symbol of divine protection, which is
featured also in other cultural traditions.
 
3.   Embedded within the Lo Shu numbers are the Ho Tu
numbers and from the Ho Tu numbers, we can develop
the left-turning swastika. This counter-clockwise
movement of the swastika expresses future time. The
Book of Changes describes it this way: "The clockwise
movement is cumulative and expanding and manifests
the events that are passing. The opposite backward
movement reflects the time of the future and as it
 moves, the seeds of the future take form. To know this
movement is to know the future. In symbolic terms, if
we understand how a tree is contracted into a seed, we
will surely understand the future unfolding of the seed
into a tree."
 
4.   In the combinations of the Ho Tu, note that the 5 is
pivotal. The four sets of Ho Tu combinations require 5
to form the combination. Thus 1 plus 5 is 6, so 1 and 6
are one combination. 2 plus 5 is 7, so 2 and 7 are
another combination. 3 plus 5 is 8, so 3 and 8 is a third
combination. And 4 plus 5 is 9, so 4 and 9 is a
combination.

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Nine Star Ki Astrology
Legend tells us that around the year 2205 BC, a man named Yu of
Hsia, watched a noble Tortoise emerge from the legendary Yellow
River, carrying on its huge back, nine numbers that were arranged
in a grid pattern. This pattern became to be known as the Lo-shu
and is the predecessor of the Later Heaven pakua.

by Anthea Appel
Nine hundred years earlier, the shaman king Fu Hsi, described the
Earlier Heaven pakua, which appeared to him on the back of a horse that
emerged from the same Yellow River. This pattern was called the Ho-tu
and to understand its meaning, is to understand the structure of the
Universe.

But, it is the Lo-shu that we see incorporated in the bagua, or pakua, the
kua system, the Eight Aspirations and the Flying Star method. Where the
Ho-tu pakua describes the order of things, the Lo-shu predicts the
changes of Heaven and Earth, the cycles of the seasons, and the wind
and the water.