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Time of divination: January 11, 2022.
Stem and branch time: B year, VIII B month, I A day (void: L and M).
A female querent asked about an exam and wanted to know whether her score could exceed 270. She obtained Yu to 15.Qian.
Judgment: In judging academic results, the parents line, A water, hidden in the first line, is taken as the significator. Although the significator was hidden, it received monthly compatibility and daily coincide. A water encountered the B month in compatibility, and it was also exactly on the I A day when A was at value. Therefore, its force was extremely strong.
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Time of divination: July 29, 2024, at 4:03 PM.
Stem and branch time: I E year, VIII H month, I G day (void: E and F).
A female querent asked whether her interview the next day would succeed. She obtained 47.Kun to Kan.
Judgment: Obtaining a Six Compatibles hexagram transforming into a Six Clashes hexagram is usually inauspicious. If it were Six Clashes transforming into Six Compatibles, it would usually indicate misfortune first and auspiciousness later. In this case, obtaining the Six Compatibles hexagram 47.Kun transforming into Kan, a Six Clashes hexagram, already basically indicated that the interview would not succeed.
A factor that could easily lead to misjudgment: In the hexagram, there appeared the situation of the corresponding line transforming into return generation, and the corresponding line also generated the host line. In hexagram interpretation, the corresponding line represents the interviewing company. Meanwhile, the host line represents the job seeker, that is, the querent.This can easily cause many people to mistakenly think that the interview would succeed. However, in the H monthly branch and on the G day, the descendants line, M water, was in the state of rest and constraint. So even though the siblings line transformed into return generation, its force was still not sufficient to generate and prosper the host line wife and wealth line.
The reason for failure: Although the company had interest, the host line representing the querent herself was not supported by either the daily branch or the monthly branch. Wood entered the tomb in the monthly branch H, and the daily branch G drained wood. Thus, wood was in the state of rest and constraint, with its own strength being too weak. More importantly, in this hexagram the wife and wealth line held the host position. This suggested that the key issue in the matter lay in money or salary.
Conclusion: Although the company showed goodwill toward the querent, the interview would still not succeed. The Six Compatibles hexagram transforming into a Six Clashes hexagram already indicated an unfavorable outcome, and the host line was also too weak. Moreover, with the wife and wealth line holding the host position, the core issue pointed to compensation.
Feedback: The final feedback confirmed exactly this. The two sides had too great a gap in salary expectations, and the interview ultimately did not succeed.
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Time of divination: January 23, 2026, at 12:45 PM.
Stem and branch time: II F year, VI B month, IV K day, III G hour (void E and F).
A divination was made to predict the weather conditions for the weekend, namely the L day and the M day. The hexagram obtained was 15. Qian to 2. Kun.
Judgment: In this hexagram, the descendants line, M water, which represents the clear weather, holds the host position. Although it is overcome by the monthly branch, B month, it receives generation from the daily branch, K day. In weather divination, the descendants line usually represents clear weather.
The active line revealing the weather image: In the hexagram, the siblings line, J metal, which represents wind and clouds, is active. It goes on to generate and support the host line descendants M water. This movement shows extremely good weather. Therefore, it indicates a clear sky without clouds.
The specific time when the wind would rise: In addition to generating and supporting clear weather, the activity of the siblings line also indicates that there would be wind. Because it was J metal that was active, the judgment was that the wind would begin to rise in the J hour.
Conclusion: Based on the overall hexagram image and the generation and overcoming relationships of the active line, the weather for the weekend was judged to be clear with wind. This judgment applies especially to the L day and the M day. The weather on the M day would be especially good.
Feedback: This hexagram was verified.
Notes: Why Weather Divination Is Especially Suitable for Beginners
Weather prediction is actually one of the most suitable topics for beginners to practice in I Ching divination. The reason is simple: weather matters usually have a short fulfillment period. They are often verified within a few hours, one day, or several days. Because of this, they are especially useful for training one’s grasp of the Six Relationships, prosperous and declining states, generation and overcoming, and activity and stillness.
Compared with matters such as relationships, career, or wealth, where the feedback cycle is much longer, weather hexagrams produce results more quickly and are easier to verify directly. For beginners, this kind of topic is especially helpful. One can know fairly quickly whether the judgment was correct, which is useful for building experience and improving accuracy through repeated practice.
Common Correspondences of the Six Relationships in Weather Prediction
In weather divination, different Six Relationships often correspond to different weather images.
Parents line: usually represents cloudy weather, rain, snow, clouds, and mist.
Descendants line: usually represents clear weather, sunlight, and a cloudless sky.
Wife and wealth line: also usually represents clear weather, bright skies, and warm sunshine.
Officials and ghosts line: usually represents thunder, lightning, and dark weather.
Siblings line: usually represents strong wind, or wind and clouds appearing together.
Therefore, when divining the weather, one must first look at the weather image represented by the Six Relationship. Then, judge comprehensively according to its prosperous or declining state, whether it is active, and the generation and overcoming relationships among the Five Elements.
The Core Method of Choosing the Significator in Weather Divination
The core judgment in weather hexagrams is still mainly based on the Six Relationships.
To judge whether there will be rain, one usually focuses on the parents line. If the parents line is prosperous and active, it often indicates rain. If the parents line is prosperous and also receives generation, the rainfall is usually heavier. Furthermore, if the parents line is weak or is overcome, then even if there is rain, the amount is usually not great.
To judge clear weather, one usually focuses on the descendants line or the wife and wealth line. If the descendants line or wife and wealth line is prosperous and active, it often indicates that the weather will clear. If the wife and wealth line is prosperous, it also often indicates bright sunshine.
To judge thunder and lightning, one usually focuses on the officials and ghosts line. In particular, if the officials and ghosts line is active, it often corresponds to thunder, dark skies, or sudden weather changes.
To judge wind, one usually focuses on the siblings line. If the siblings line is active, it usually indicates wind. If the siblings line is prosperous, the wind is usually stronger. If it is in rest or constraint, it usually indicates only a light wind.
If there are no active lines in the hexagram, then special attention should be given to the host line. The host line often represents the querent’s location, and its state can also help in judging the weather there.
What Weather Hexagrams Are Best for Training
The focus of weather hexagram interpretation is usually not on making the six gods coordination overly complex. Instead, it is on whether the Six Relationships have been matched accurately to the correct weather images. Also, it matters whether prosperous and declining states have been judged properly, and whether the generation and overcoming relationships of the Five Elements are clear.
In other words, weather hexagrams are especially suitable for beginners to train their fundamentals. One does not need to pursue overly complicated image taking at the start. Instead, one should first firmly grasp the most basic judgments. Know which line governs rain, sunshine, wind, and thunder. Then, see whether they are prosperous or declining, active or static, generated or overcome. If these basics are judged correctly, then the final conclusion is often already quite close to the actual outcome.
Weather Hexagrams Must Also Be Read Together with the Real Environment
Of course, weather hexagrams cannot be judged mechanically apart from the real environment. They must also be understood together with the actual season and geographic background.
For example, when the parents line is active, in summer it more easily corresponds to rainfall or heavy rain. In winter it may correspond to snowfall. The climate characteristics of different regions can also affect the final image. So although weather hexagrams are relatively clear in structure, they still require the diviner to judge flexibly in light of real conditions rather than apply formulas rigidly.
Why Weather Divination Still Has Practical Value Today
Although modern society already has weather forecasts, weather forecasts are after all public information directed toward relatively broad areas. For local weather, short term changes, or particular temporary situations, the information is not always so detailed. Nor is it always easy to find the exact forecast one needs right away.
In such cases, if one simply wants to know quickly whether it will rain, whether wind will rise, or whether the sky will clear during a certain period, then Six Lines weather divination is still a very practical method. Weather matters also verify quickly and give direct feedback. So, in short term prediction they are often highly accurate.
Final Note
From the perspective of learning, weather hexagrams are excellent practice material. Their feedback is fast, their structure is clear, and their verification is direct. This makes them especially suitable for beginners to train the basic abilities of taking images from the Six Relationships, judging prosperous and declining states, and understanding generation and overcoming among the Five Elements.
From the perspective of practical use, weather hexagrams have not lost their value simply because modern weather forecasts exist. On the contrary, in some specific, immediate, and local situations, they remain a very efficient and practical method of judgment.
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Time of divination: May 28, 2022, at 1:10 PM.
Stem and branch time: VII A year, F month, VIII H day (void: L and M).
A company was competing for a project. The querent wanted to know whether it would be possible to push hard and change the bidding score from second place to first. In addition, the querent also wanted to know whether, if this failed, it would cause harm to the company. For example, they wondered if there could be cancellation of the bid award qualification or even loss of bidding eligibility. The hexagram obtained was Tai to Ji Ji.
Judgment: In the hexagram, the siblings line, E earth, holds the host position, presenting the image of competition and contending for the bid. In the hexagram, the parents line, F fire, which represents documents and scores, was prosperous and supportive. However, it was in hidden concealment. At the same time, the officials and ghosts line, C wood, had entered the tomb on the daily branch, H earth. This shows that the official action had already ended. Both pieces of information correspond to the situation in which the result had already been determined. However, it had not yet been officially announced.
Official suppression and the competitor: In the hexagram, the officials and ghosts line, C wood, was active. Once the officials and ghosts line was active, it overcame the siblings lines representing the querent and the competitor, namely E earth and B earth. This shows a state of suppression and competition.
The competitor would ultimately win the bid: Although the officials and ghosts line, C wood, was active and overcame the siblings line, B earth, it transformed into the siblings line, B earth. Because it transformed into the same category, it could no longer overcome the transformed siblings line, B earth.
The querent’s result: The host line, the siblings line, E earth, representing the querent, remained static in the hexagram and was in a state of being overcome. This shows that the querent had no connection with taking first place this time.
Conclusion: According to the hexagram, the querent’s attempt to change the score from second place to first would not succeed. Since the host line remained static and was being overcome, there was no chance of taking the top position. The final winning result would belong to another competitor, shown by the siblings line, B earth, draining the parents line, F fire.
Feedback: As the hexagram indicated, the querent’s company ultimately did not win the bid.
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Time of divination: January 27, 2026, at 10:30 PM.
Stem and branch time: II F year, VI B month, VIII B day (void: E and F).
A querent asked when her father’s health would recover. The background was that her father had been hospitalized after an accident. Although he had undergone several surgeries, there had been no obvious improvement. She wanted to know whether, after this surgery, he could fully recover. She obtained Feng to Da Zhuang.
Judgment: In judging the illness of one’s father, the parents line is taken as the significator. In this hexagram, the parents line, J metal, in the fifth line is taken as the significator. This line receives generation from both the monthly branch, B earth, and the daily branch, B earth. It is in the states of prosperous and supportive. This shows that the father’s own bodily foundation and underlying constitution were still fairly good.
The nature of the illness: In the hexagram, the officials and ghosts line, B earth, in the second line is active and generates the significator, with earth generating metal. Officials and ghosts represent illness, and when it is active and generates the body, this shows that the illness was indeed rather serious at present. But the turning point lay in the fact that the officials and ghosts line, B earth, was active and transformed into the descendants line, C wood, forming return overcoming. The descendants line represents medicine and the force that resolves illness, and C wood in turn overcomes B earth. Since the illness was overcome by the force that resolves it, it was judged that recovery would ultimately be possible.
Urgent illness and the Six Clashes hexagram: The father’s hospitalization due to an accident belonged to an urgent illness. For urgent illness, encountering a Six Clashes hexagram indicates recovery. But for a chronic illness, encountering a Six Clashes hexagram is inauspicious.
Timing of recovery: Although the transformed descendants line, C wood, represented the force that resolves the illness, in the B month and on the B day it was overcome by both the monthly and the daily branches. Its present strength was weak, which shows that the power of recovery was relatively weak at the beginning, and that a longer period of time would be needed before full recovery could occur.
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Time of divination: March 1, 2025, at 7:20 PM. Stem and branch time: II F year, V C month, VI F day (void: L and M).
A woman asked about a man with whom she was in an ambiguous relationship, and wanted to know what he truly thought of her. She obtained Kun to Xian.
Judgment: In judging this kind of relationship hexagram, one usually needs to first determine the gender in order to identify the significator.One should also examine the relationship between the host line and the corresponding line: the host line represents oneself, and the corresponding line represents the other party. If the host and corresponding lines generate each other, it is favorable.
The querent’s state: The querent’s significator, the wife and wealth line, C wood, in the first line, holds the host position, and aligns with Soaring Snake. Soaring Snake often represents sensitivity and false alarm, which shows that the woman was actually not emotionally steady inside. In relationship matters, the wife and wealth line represents giving and emotional investment. It generates and supports the significator officials and ghosts line, G fire, in the third line.
The other party’s state: The man’s thoughts need to be judged together through the corresponding line and the officials and ghosts line.
He had goodwill, but feared constraint, so his attitude was avoidant: The corresponding line is in the fourth line, where the descendants line, M water, aligns with Azure Loong.
At the same time, the hexagram shows L and M as void in the cycle, and the corresponding line, M water, is exactly in void. This means that the man’s attitude at that time was insubstantial, avoidant, or withdrawn.
But when this is considered together with the third line officials and ghosts line, G fire, which is prosperous and supportive, aligns with Black Tortoise, and is active, it shows that the man did have feelings for the woman and liked the pleasant and happy feeling of being with her. Because it aligns with Black Tortoise, he kept his thoughts hidden and unspoken, maintaining the ambiguity.
He may have felt there was competition, or may have regarded her only as a friend for the time being: The third line officials and ghosts line, G fire, was active and transformed into the siblings line, J metal.
He was also facing external pressure: In the hexagram, the second line parents line, E earth, aligns with White Tiger and is active, transforming into the officials and ghosts line, G fire.
In relationship matters, the parents line mainly signifies constraint and pressure, though it can also signify documents such as a marriage certificate. In this case, however, it more likely signified pressure.
Most likely, his parents hoped he would find a stable partner and may have felt that the woman did not quite fit that expectation, or else he was very busy with work and had no time.
Conclusion: The man was currently in a state of hesitation and avoidance, with the corresponding line being void in the cycle. He feared constraint and could not bring himself to act, so he would not take the initiative to confess his feelings, nor would he bring up future progress. However, the primary hexagram was 47.Kun, which is a Six Compatibles hexagram. Six Compatibles means that the two had fate connections and entanglement. If the woman took initiative and acted, the two of them could in fact come together.
Feedback: After the prediction and guidance, the two did indeed end up together.
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Time of divination: September 14, 2025, at 7:25 AM. Stem and branch time: II F year, II K month, III L day, IX E hour (void: G and H).
A friend came to me for a divination after his former company had delayed paying his wages. He wanted to know when the money would finally be recovered. He obtained Lv to Jian.
Judgment: For this wage arrears matter, the judgment can be analyzed from three aspects: the overall structure of the hexagram, the state of both sides, and the timing of fulfillment.
First, looking at the overall image, the primary hexagram is 56.Lv, which signifies drifting and instability, and this precisely corresponds to my friend’s current situation, where the unpaid wages had been dragged out without resolution. At the same time, this is a Six Compatibles hexagram. This shows that the matter is entangled in multiple layers of complex relationships. The transformed hexagram is 53.Jian, which carries the meaning of gradual progress. This gave my friend some reassurance. Because the transformed hexagram is also a returning soul hexagram, I reminded him that this matter would most likely go back and forth repeatedly in the middle stages. So, he would need patience and continued follow-up.
Second, looking at the host line, which represents my friend’s own state, the descendants line, E earth, holds the host position. I told him that this reflected his true state of mind at the time. He was relatively restrained, emotionally still fairly stable, and inwardly hoping to resolve the matter through peaceful negotiation.
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Time of divination: March 5, 2026, 20:50 Stem-branch time: VII C month, V C day (void: J and K). For those curious, this marks the start of our case study exploration.
On March 5, 2026, at 20:50, a friend, a pet owner, urgently asked whether her mother cat would give birth that night and whether the delivery would be smooth. The hexagram obtained was Wu Wang to Sui. This experience forms the basis of our case study content.
Judgment: Because my friend was extremely anxious, I told her that in Six Lines divination, when asking about childbirth, one should take the descendants line, which represents the fetus, as the significator line, while also considering the movement and stillness of the overall hexagram structure together with the timing of manifestation. Thus, in a case study scenario, these factors are crucial for understanding outcomes.
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Time of divination: May 18, 2025, 18:22 II F year, VIII F month, IV M day (void: G and H)
A friend had recently bought a new sunscreen, but after her mother put it away, no one could find it. A divination was made to ask where the sunscreen was. The hexagram obtained was Ji Ji to Zhun.
Judgment：
In seeking a missing item, the wife and wealth line is taken as the significator line. In this case, the significator is wife and wealth G fire. G fire carries the image of sunlight and exposure to the sun, which happens to correspond well to the nature of sunscreen itself.
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Date: October 1, 2021 Year VIII B, Month IV K, Day IX G (Void: J and K)
A man invested in a project that was scheduled to begin next month. The total expected profit was more than 1 million yuan. He wanted to ask whether he himself could make money from it, and approximately how much. The hexagram obtained was Sun to Xu.
Judgment: When asking about financial fortune, the wife and wealth line is taken as the significator line. Combined with the host line and the overall structure of the hexagram, the following analysis was made:
The host siblings line, B earth, is in the state of rest at the monthly branch and receives generation from the daily branch. It is active, transforming into the advancing god, that is, the siblings line, E earth. In fact, it is in a strong state and indicates an image of actively pushing forward. The host line coincides with the siblings line. Thus, this indicates seeking wealth through cooperation.
The significator wife and wealth line, A water, receives generation from the monthly branch and is clashed by the daily branch. Although it is active and transforms into the siblings line, L earth, forming return overcoming, the generation from the monthly branch is strong. Therefore, the wife and wealth line here still has qi, that is, there is still wealth to be sought. The wife and wealth line is also in the states of prosperous and supportive, especially in the coming months. In the month of A and the month of M, water becomes even more prosperous. For this reason, obtaining wealth becomes more forceful.
The overall situation:
The officials and ghosts line, C wood, representing the official side, is active and transforms into the wife and wealth line, A water, forming return generation. While the wife and wealth line, A water, in turn transforms into the siblings line, L earth.
The officials and ghosts line holds the “money,” indicating that the project was initiated by the official side. The larger share of the project was authorized to the cooperating party represented by the siblings line, L earth, and forcefully taken by it.
At the same time, although the host line, B earth, is strong in its transformation into advance, it also transforms into the siblings line, E earth. This shows that it was a project involving multiple cooperating parties.
The logic of obtaining wealth: Although the fifth-line wife and wealth line, A water, is forcefully “taken” by L earth and also has its energy drained by the officials and ghosts line, C wood, the wealth itself still has qi. Moreover, the host line, B earth, is strong and forceful, and when active it is compatible with the wife and wealth line, A water. The transformed E earth is also a water storehouse or tomb. Therefore, the querent could obtain wealth. However, after layer upon layer of profit-sharing, not much remained. In addition, the image of the primary hexagram, Mountain over Lake, Sun, itself also carries an image of loss.
Conclusion: This was a project involving multiple cooperating parties. He could make money, but not much. It appears that the profit would pass through at least three layers of profit-sharing. Therefore, it was unlikely to exceed 150,000 yuan.
Feedback: The official side did in fact give the project to a major contractor. The querent himself took over part of it from someone else, and then subcontracted part of it out again. In the end, he made a total of a little over 80,000 yuan.
The principles of the I Ching and life are interconnected, and the imagery in this case was very vivid. When judging a hexagram, one must first pay attention to the overall image and the structure within the hexagram. In this case, the primary hexagram image, Mountain over Lake, Sun, together with the many strong siblings lines, necessarily showed an image of seeking wealth through cooperation and of siblings taking the wealth. Thus, the profit share was bound to be small. This requires the diviner to have rich life experience and accumulated understanding in order to derive the image accurately.
