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Background:
A woman asked whether she would successfully obtain a job she had applied for.
Hexagram obtained: Bi to Kun.
Judgment:
This hexagram showed a typical job-search pattern of an opportunity that appeared promising at first but ultimately failed. Although the querent had reasonable qualifications and the position offered decent compensation, the transformed hexagram became Six Clashes, indicating that the matter would first appear favorable and then fall apart.
1. The significator god held the host line: the querent was reasonably well suited to the position
For job applications, the officials and ghosts line is taken as the significator god.
In this hexagram, officials and ghosts D wood held the host line, forming a structure in which the significator god held the host.
Although D wood was drained in the B month, it was prosperous and supportive on the C day. This showed that the querent’s qualifications and overall fit with the position were actually quite good.
2. The wife and wealth line showed decent compensation
The wife and wealth A water represented salary and compensation.
A water formed compatibility with the B month and was drained on the C day, but overall it still retained strength. This indicated that the position offered reasonably good pay.
3. The active line was void and transformed into void: the source of support would later be obstructed
The fifth-line siblings L earth was active.
L earth received support from the month but was drained by the day. More importantly, it was void in the cycle, and its transformed line, wife and wealth M water, was also void, forming the pattern of void transforming into void.
Once L earth came out of void, the active siblings line would overcome wife and wealth A water.
A water was the source god of the officials and ghosts D wood significator god because water generates wood. Once the source god was overcome, the support behind the job opportunity would be weakened, preventing the position from being successfully secured.
4. The broad image: the main hexagram transformed into Six Clashes, showing initial promise followed by failure
The main hexagram, 8.Bi, was a Returning Soul hexagram, while the transformed hexagram, 2.Kun, was one of the Eight Pure Hexagrams and a Six Clashes hexagram.
In job seeking and other matters, a main hexagram transforming into Six Clashes is a strong image of initial progress followed by failure.
The early stages could therefore feel promising, and the interview or communication might appear to go well. However, later external resistance or unexpected changes would ultimately prevent the job from being secured.
Conclusion:
The job application would not succeed.
The querent’s own qualifications were reasonably good, and the salary also appeared attractive. However, the source god supporting the officials and ghosts significator god would later be weakened, while the transformed Six Clashes hexagram showed that the matter would ultimately disperse after appearing promising at first.
Feedback:
The querent later reported that the job application was unsuccessful.