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Time of divination: October 21, 2025, at 8:09 PM.
Stem and branch time: II F year, III L month, X M day (void: A and B), IX L hour.
The querent’s wife had joined an online investment platform. When she tried to withdraw the money, the platform claimed that she had made an “operation error” and demanded that she add a large additional investment within a limited time. Only then would withdrawal be allowed. The husband had opposed the investment from the beginning. The hexagram obtained was Kan.
Judgment: The overall hexagram image first showed deep danger and entrapment. The hexagram obtained was Kan, repeated water.In addition, this hexagram is a Six Clashes hexagram. When asking about seeking money or recovering lost funds, encountering Six Clashes often indicates scattering, disruption, and failure to gather the matter back. It was similar to a pig-butchering scam.
In general, when seeking wealth, receiving Kan or a hexagram from the Kan Palace is unfavorable for wealth. However, the final judgment still depends on whether the wife and wealth line, as the significator for money, is prosperous and supportive. By contrast, when seeking wealth, receiving hexagrams from the Xun or Zhen Palace can often give a more favorable overall image for wealth.
To judge whether the money could be recovered, the wife and wealth line was taken as the significator. The host line, representing the querent’s side, was the sixth-line siblings A water. It aligned with White Tiger and was also void in the cycle, because A and B were void. The siblings line is the god of robbing wealth. When siblings hold the host line in a wealth recovery question, it already suggests loss of money. Its alignment with White Tiger further showed worry, damage, distress, and a painful financial matter.
The corresponding line, representing the money and the opposite side of the matter, was the third-line wife and wealth G fire. In this context, it matched an online platform using messages and excuses to demand more money.
The host line siblings A water and the corresponding line wife and wealth G fire formed an A and G clash. The host and corresponding lines were not only in a water and fire overcoming relationship, but also directly clashed with each other. This showed that the money and the querent’s side were in a state of opposition, rejection, and separation. Consequently, the money was not moving toward the querent.
The condition of the significator was also extremely weak.The wealth line was declining, drained, and overcome, with no vitality.
The platform’s demand for additional investment also matched the hexagram image. The wife and wealth line was weak and overcome, while the host line was siblings A water, the god of robbing wealth. Thus, the so-called additional payment was not a solution, but another layer of the trap.
Conclusion: The money could not be recovered. The overall image of Kan showed danger and entrapment, while Six Clashes indicated scattering and failure to gather the matter back. The host line was siblings A water, the god of robbing wealth, aligned with White Tiger and void in the cycle, showing loss, distress, and lack of effective control. Therefore, the money already invested was extremely unlikely to return.
Feedback: The actual result matched the judgment.In the early stage, the wife had invested a total of 70,000 RMB. Because the wife strongly refused to report the matter to the police, the querent ultimately chose not to report it. He made this decision partly to preserve her dignity and partly to let her learn a serious lesson. In the end, the money was not recovered.