Daoist Priest · Longhu Mountain · Australia
Sean Lau 九宸道人
Kan is to read the heavens; Yu is to survey the earth. Sixteen years with the Yi Jing, more than ten in practice across Sydney and Melbourne — and, lately, building temples out of code so an old Way can land on a modern screen.
The person
A man who carries a luopan and a keyboard
My family name is Lau; my Daoist name is Jiuchen. I am an ordained priest of the Zhengyi school of Longhu Mountain, "Shan" generation. In 2014 I entered the Dao under Master Chen Sanlong; I started practising in Australia in 2016 and founded Dao Metaverse in 2021.
Across Sydney and Melbourne I have worked with more than a thousand people: reading Bazi charts, casting a hexagram on a single question, selecting dates, and auditing houses. Feng Shui, to me, is not mysticism. It is a very old and very concrete set of rules about how a person and a place get along. Which way the door faces, where the water comes from, which room you sleep in. All of it counts.
The boxing actually came first. At fifteen I did basic conditioning under old Master Zhang Yuren in my home town, and on his recommendation went to Taigu, into the school of old Master Che Xiangqian: Shanxi Che lineage, "Shang" generation. In 2008 the training produced a sense of breath moving inside that I could not name, and both teachers said the same thing, that to go further I would have to look inside the Daoist tradition. That is how I read my way into the Dao. I still teach the boxing, if anyone wants it.
I have a second face: a Bachelor of Computer Science from UTS and a Master of Accounting from UNSW. So I also write code, and I use it to move Daoist practice into a three-dimensional online temple and into an AI that reads scripture with you. Rigour in divination and rigour in engineering are, for me, the same discipline.
Practice
Six things I can do for you
From the orientation of a single room to the architecture of a whole system. It is one craft: taking what is unclear and giving it order.
- 01 Yi Jing & Bazi
Yi Jing Divination · Bazi Reading
The Yi Jing as warp, image and number as weft. A single question read by the hexagrams, or your Four Pillars read for temperament, timing and what to avoid — so you can see one layer deeper into where you stand.
- 02 Feng Shui Audit
Feng Shui Audit · Yang Dwelling
Reading the timing, the land and the doorway. An inspection before you buy, an adjustment once you have settled, and a written report you can actually act on.
- 03 Daoist Studies
Daoist Studies · Teaching
A structured curriculum at the Australian Tao Academy: the Dao De Jing read in full, the eight trigrams by gate, inner alchemy and nourishing life. Teaching is not fortune-telling — the aim is to make the meaning plain.
- 04 Rites & Temple
Rites & Blessings · Online Temple
Zhengyi liturgy performed according to its own rubrics. Incense, lamp offerings, blessing rites and requiem — in person or online. The Dao Metaverse temple keeps its gates open year round.
- 05 Engineering
AI + Daoist Technology
Computer science by training, two decades hands-on. I design and build AI applications, 3D web experiences and data systems — with a particular gift for giving traditional culture a digital form.
- 06 Xingyiquan
Xingyiquan · Internal Boxing
An inheritor of Shanxi Xingyiquan, Che lineage, "Shang" generation. Santi standing post, the Five Element fists and the Twelve Animals — taught from the breath and the root joints up. Boxing and inner alchemy share a source; the same breath is being trained.
Building
What I am working on
The Way is not far from people. These are the footholds I have built for an old discipline, using an engineer’s hands.
- 3D / WebGL
Dao Metaverse · Online Temple
An immersive 3D temple: the earthly academy, the ascent through the Doumu gate, and the Doumu star altar in the heavens. Wander, study, and ask.
dao.today/temple ↗ - Education
Australian Tao Academy
An Australian Daoist education body: eight courses, three levels, taught bilingually in Chinese and English.
taoacademy.com.au ↗ - Product
Guanming · guan.life
An AI-assisted Bazi reference platform. Free chart casting with five phases, ten gods and luck pillars, plus deeper reports and annual trends. A reference, not a substitute for sitting down with someone.
guan.life ↗
Recent
How I see the Dao
No mystification — only the parts that touch the ground. Classical meaning, technique, case notes, and modern life as one Daoist sees it.
Why "Facing South" Fails in Australia: The Stars Don't Move, the Earthly Trigrams Do
Southern-hemisphere Feng Shui is not the whole thing turned upside down. Landform doesn't flip, the star cycle doesn't flip, the compass doesn't flip. What flips is the Later Heaven trigram placement and the seasons.
What a Feng Shui Audit Actually Looks At Before You Buy
Ten minutes on the footpath, a compass reading, then room by room. What gets checked, and what ends up in the report.
What a Bazi Chart Can and Cannot Tell You
It reads tendency and timing. Events, no. Plus the part nobody advertises: what to do when the birth hour is wrong.
Contact
Say what you need
Site audits, a question to be read, a class, or a collaboration — write to me. Tell me the matter, the place and the timing, and my reply will be quicker.
iching@dao.todayI do not trade in pronouncements about life and death from a distance. For decisions involving illness, law or investment, please consult the relevant professional.