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Chapter 87 of 131
Zeng Shan Bu Yi — Revised I Ching Divination
Overall Interpretation
If the offspring line (子孙爻) is in a flourishing state 🌱, or even if it is dormant but activated, and transforms into an auspicious sign, it indicates the likelihood of having children. If the offspring line transforms into an advancing spirit (进神) or receives supportive energy (回头生扶), it signifies abundant offspring. Conversely, if the offspring line enters a tomb (入墓), is cut off (受绝), transforms into an official ghost (官鬼), the official ghost transforms into an offspring line, the parent line (父母爻) transforms into an offspring line, the offspring line transforms into the parent line, or the parent line activates to suppress the offspring line, these scenarios indicate a naturally weak fate for offspring. Even if marriage occurs, having children may be difficult. The only remedy is to accumulate virtue (阴德) to nurture blessings.
For example, during the Shen month on the Ding Chou day, a man with multiple concubines sought to determine which concubine was destined to bear him a child. He obtained the Ge hexagram transforming into the Guai hexagram:
Official Ghost (官鬼) - Unearth (未土) ″
Parent (父母) - Metal (酉金) ′
Sibling (兄弟) - Water (亥水) ′ (World Line)
Sibling (兄弟) - Water (亥水) ′
Official Ghost (官鬼) - Earth (丑土) × Transforms into Offspring (子孙) - Wood (寅木)
Offspring (子孙) - Wood (卯木) ′ (Response Line)
Interpretation: The Wood (卯木) offspring line is in a cut-off state during the Shen month. The official ghost transforming into the offspring line also encounters a monthly break (月破). This truly indicates that you are fated to have no children. How could this be related to the destiny of your concubines? Subsequently, the man’s birth chart was examined: Jia Yin, Jia Xu, Jia Zi, Wu Chen. Explanation: Although this chart is purely yang encompassing yin (纯阳包阴), suggesting authority and high status, the overlapping comparisons (比肩) repeatedly suppress the official star (官星), also indicating a destiny without offspring.
The man asked: Is there a way to resolve this?
Reply: Only by accumulating virtue widely to nurture blessings.
The man sighed: Among the three unfilial acts, having no heir is the greatest.
After the divination, the man engaged extensively in charitable deeds: aiding the poor, reuniting couples, building bridges and roads, providing medicine, and donating coffins. Later, he was blessed with two sons. On his deathbed, he advised his sons: Without the merit of accumulated virtue, you would not be here today. As you grow up, you must also perform good deeds and accumulate virtue.
Embedded chart
| Stem-branch set | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | J | a | i | J | a | u | i | Z | W | C | e |
| Branch | i | Y | n | i | X | J | a | i | u | h | n |
Ancient beliefs held that the depth of one’s destiny for offspring is influenced by both heavenly will and human effort. Divination hexagrams and birth charts can reveal innate fate, but accumulating virtue through good deeds can transform destiny and cultivate后天 (later-acquired) blessings.
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