A male querent asked whether one of his boats would be successfully sold at auction on an online platform that evening. Hexagram obtained: Cui to Wei Ji.
Judgment: This hexagram showed a typical image of expected wealth falling through and a potential buyer choosing another seller.
1. The broad image: Cui transforming to Wei Ji showed that the timing had not yet arrived
The main hexagram was Cui, which carries the meaning of people gathering together. This accurately reflected the actual setting of an auction platform bringing together many potential buyers.
However, the transformed hexagram was Wei Ji. Wei Ji means that the matter has not yet been completed and that the timing is not yet mature.
From the broad image alone, this already indicated that the auction would be difficult to complete successfully.
2. The expected wealth fell through: the wife and wealth line was void
The main purpose of auctioning the boat was to obtain money. Therefore, the wife and wealth line was taken as the significator god.
In this hexagram, wife and wealth D wood fell into void, since C and D were void.
When the wife and wealth line is void in a financial matter, it indicates that the expected money cannot be obtained. Therefore, the purpose of converting the boat into cash would fall through.
3. The querent’s condition: the host line was excessively prosperous
The second-line officials and ghosts F fire held the host line and was active.
However, this line was extremely prosperous and supportive because it coincided with the F year, F month, and F day. Once active, it became excessively prosperous.
In hexagram interpretation, when something reaches an extreme, it may reverse. Excessive prosperity can therefore indicate that the matter will not develop according to one’s wishes.
4. The buyer chose another boat
The active host line, officials and ghosts F fire, transformed into parents E earth. Here, E earth represented the boat that the querent was auctioning.
The corresponding line, siblings K metal, represented the potential buyer. After becoming active, it transformed into parents H earth.
Here, parents H earth represented another boat rather than the querent’s boat.
The combined image showed that the potential buyer ultimately chose another person’s boat instead of purchasing the querent’s boat.
Conclusion:
The boat would not be successfully sold at the auction.
Although the auction platform had gathered many potential buyers, the transformed hexagram Wei Ji showed that the matter would remain incomplete. The wife and wealth line was void, indicating that the expected money could not be obtained. The host and corresponding line transformations further showed that the buyer would choose another boat.
Feedback:
The actual result matched the hexagram judgment.
As shown by the void wife and wealth line and the image of the buyer choosing another boat, the querent later reported that the boat failed to sell and the auction ended without a successful transaction.