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Chapter 47 of 131
Zeng Shan Bu Yi — Revised I Ching Divination
When divining about marital relationships, the specific question must be clearly defined: Is it about the wife’s lifespan? Whether the couple can grow old together? The harmony of their relationship? Or whether the wife may face legal conflicts or misfortunes? When divining about concubines or maids, one hexagram pertains to only one person; general questions should be avoided.
The Wealth Yao (财爻) and Descendant Yao (福爻) supporting the Self Yao (世爻) indicate a harmonious and happy marriage. The Response Yao (应爻) harmonizing with the Self Yao symbolizes the wife’s compatibility with her husband. Traditionally, the Golden Strategy directly regards the Response Yao as the wife because, in the "Chapter on Life and Destiny," a single hexagram is used to infer relationships with parents, siblings, spouses, and officials. To avoid repetition (where the Wealth Yao as the wife cannot simultaneously represent wealth), the Response Yao is designated as the wife’s position. However, this approach may not always be accurate.
In practice, the Wealth Yao should be the primary indicator, with the Response Yao as supplementary: If the Wealth Yao is strong and the Response Yao is empty or broken, the outcome is still favorable. If the Response Yao is strong but the Wealth Yao is empty or broken, the outcome is unfavorable. If both are strong, it is highly auspicious; if both are broken, it is highly inauspicious. Thus, the Response Yao serves only as an auxiliary reference.
📌 Key Principle: If the Wealth Yao is strong, supported by the Day and Month, transforms auspiciously, and harmonizes with the Self Yao, it indicates a harmonious marriage, like "respecting each other like guests" (举案齐眉). For relationship harmony, it suggests no conflicts; for the wife’s character, it signifies her ability to support the husband and prosper the family.
⚠️ If the Wealth Yao transforms inauspiciously (e.g., into a Ghost Yao,回头克, retreating spirit, exhaustion, tomb, breakage, or emptiness), or if the Sibling Yao occupies the Self Yao or is activated, it indicates the wife’s early death or separation. If the Wealth Yao is strong but the Sibling Yao is weak, though not fatal, it leads to animosity. If the Wealth Yao transforms into a retreating spirit, it signifies either animosity or separation.
Embedded chart
| Pillars | Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Gods | 比肩 | 七杀 | Self (M) | 七杀 |
| Stem | 辛 | 丁 | 辛 | 丁 |
| Branch | 巳 | 酉 | 巳 | 酉 |
| Hidden Stems | 丙官戊印庚劫 | 辛比 | 丙官戊印庚劫 | 辛比 |
| Stage | 死 | 建 | 死 | 建 |
Case 1: On the day of Xinsi in the month of You, a divination was conducted about marital reconciliation, resulting in the Tai Hexagram. The Sibling Yao (Chen Earth) occupying the Self Yao originally restricts the Wealth Yao, but the Wealth Yao (Hai Water) is supported by the Month (You Metal), creating a situation where "the strong wealth is hard to restrict." The querent asked if the current discord would improve. Judgment: The Hai Water, activated by the Si Day (with驿马), indicates the wife’s resolved decision to leave, leading to eventual separation. The querent later conducted over ten divinations, all showing either Sibling Yao occupying the Self Yao or Wealth Yao transforming into a retreating spirit. Ultimately, divorce occurred.
Embedded chart
| Pillars | Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Gods | 比肩 | 劫财 | Self (M) | 劫财 |
| Stem | 癸 | 壬 | 癸 | 壬 |
| Branch | 卯 | 戌 | 卯 | 戌 |
| Hidden Stems | 乙食 | 戊官辛枭丁才 | 乙食 | 戊官辛枭丁才 |
| Stage | 长生 | 衰 | 长生 | 衰 |
Case 2: On the day of Guimao in the month of Xu, a divination was conducted about marital conflict, resulting in the Lü Hexagram transforming into the Jian Hexagram. Although the Self Yao and Response Yao mutually generate each other and the Self Yao and Wealth Yao harmonize, the Self Yao (Chen Earth) is empty and broken (desiring harmony but unable to achieve it). Additionally, the Response Yao (Wealth Yao, You Metal) transforms into a retreating spirit,注定 separation. After marriage, the couple turned hostile, and the wife was divorced.
👥 When multiple Wealth Yao appear in the hexagram: The Wealth Yao on the Response Yao represents the legal wife. If restricted, the first marriage may not last. If other Wealth Yao are strong or transform auspiciously, it indicates a successful remarriage. If the Wealth Yao is not on the Response Yao, the Wealth Yao in the main hexagram represents the wife, while the Wealth Yao in the transformed hexagram represents concubines.
⚖️ Modern Interpretation: Under monogamy, the Wealth Yao on the Response Yao represents the wife, while other Wealth Yao may indicate extramarital affairs. The Wealth Yao on the Second Yao (house Yao) represents the wife, while other Wealth Yao signify affairs. For women divining about marriage, the Official Yao (官鬼爻) represents the husband.
🔺 Wealth Yao restricting the Self Yao: If the Self Yao is weak, empty, broken, tomb-bound, exhausted, transforming inauspiciously, or following the ghost into the tomb, it indicates the husband’s early death. If the Wealth Yao is strong and restricts the Self Yao, but the Self Yao is well-supported, the wife, though not causing legal harm, will be fierce and jealous.
Embedded chart
| Pillars | Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Gods | 比肩 | 正官 | Self (M) | 正官 |
| Stem | 癸 | 戊 | 癸 | 戊 |
| Branch | 巳 | 午 | 巳 | 午 |
| Hidden Stems | 丙财戊官庚印 | 丁才己杀 | 丙财戊官庚印 | 丁才己杀 |
| Stage | 胎 | 绝 | 胎 | 绝 |
Case 3: On the day of Guisi in the month of Wu, a divination was conducted about a marital quarrel, resulting in the Ding Hexagram transforming into the Song Hexagram. The Day and Month (Sibling Yao) restrict the Wealth Yao, and the Wealth Yao (You Metal) automatically transforms into a回头克, indicating the wife’s desire to leave. The Response Yao (wife’s position) activating to restrict the Self Yao shows the wife’s inner aversion. In practice, the wife often physically and verbally abused the husband. This marriage was destined to end in divorce.
💫 Wealth Yao generating and harmonizing with the Self Yao: This may not only indicate marital harmony but also suggest financial support from the wife’s family or the wife’s skill in managing household affairs.
Embedded chart
| Pillars | Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Gods | 比肩 | 偏印 | Self (M) | 偏印 |
| Stem | 丁 | 乙 | 丁 | 乙 |
| Branch | 未 | 巳 | 未 | 巳 |
| Hidden Stems | 己食丁比乙枭 | 丙劫戊伤庚财 | 己食丁比乙枭 | 丙劫戊伤庚财 |
| Stage | 冠带 | 帝旺 | 冠带 | 帝旺 |
Case 4: On the day of Dingwei in the month of Si, a divination was conducted about growing old together, resulting in the Wu Wang Hexagram transforming into the Guan Hexagram. Multiple Wealth Yao appear in the hexagram. The Self Yao (Wu Fire) transforms into the Wei Earth Wealth Yao (supported by the Day and Month), which harmonizes with it. This Wei Earth represents the legal wife. Judgment: Not only will they grow old together, but the wife will also be virtuous and non-jealous. In reality, the man had over ten concubines, but the legal wife was virtuous. The couple were of the same age, with the wife living to 81 and the husband to 82. Relying solely on the clash between the Self Yao and Response Yao would have led to a completely incorrect judgment.
Note: Modern applications should consider actual circumstances. Hexagrams are for reference only and not absolute predictions. A healthy marriage requires mutual effort from both parties. Auspicious hexagrams should be cherished, while inauspicious ones should prompt improvement rather than passive acceptance.
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