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This chapter explores divination scenarios involving divorced women or courtesans in marriage, emphasizing risk prevention and judgment of auspicious or inauspicious outcomes. 🔮 The offspring line represents protection: if it occupies the ruling position or is activated, there is no worry; if the wealth line occupies the ruling position and the offspring line activates to support it, it is even more auspicious. Conversely, if the ghost line (official ghost) or sibling line (brother) overcomes the ruling position, follows the tomb, or assists in damage, misfortune follows; if the wealth line overcomes the ruling position or the sibling line occupies it, one is prone to fall into traps and lose both people and wealth. To prevent obstacles, if the sibling line activates, the matter will not succeed; if the ghost line activates, disaster ensues. If the sibling line occupies the ruling position, marriage is difficult, but if the wealth line activates to support it, the union may unexpectedly occur. In hexagram imagery, six clashes changing to clashes are inauspicious, while three harmonies or six harmonies are auspicious; if six harmonies change to clashes, the marriage will be brief; if six clashes change to harmonies, it will ultimately succeed. ⚠️ Acts such as forced seizures or private agreements that violate propriety and righteousness are not suitable for divination.
Dismissing a concubine or divorcing a wife is not something one desires, but if unavoidable, once the heart is gone, it is hard to retain. Li Woping criticized ancient marriage divination methods for their exaggerated and baseless claims. For instance, the Golden Volume’s use of the official ghost’s growth to judge a husband’s talent and the wealth tomb to judge a wife’s appearance is somewhat acceptable. However, the Yimao’s use of the eight palaces to deduce appearance and the six deities to determine talent and temperament is unreliable. For example, in the hexagram of Pi (䷋) obtained on a Mao month and Wu day, with a prosperous wealth line occupying the ruling position, according to the eight palaces, wealth resides in the Qian palace, symbolizing a dignified, intelligent woman with heavenly virtue. But if the wealth line is adjacent to the White Tiger (a star of defiance), and combined with the six deities, it is interpreted as defiance, a contradiction arises—how can a woman of heavenly virtue be defiant? Thus, appearance and talent need not be divined; emphasis should be placed on virtue rather than looks. 💡 Marriage is predestined: if wealth is prosperous and the official line is active, a good match can be formed; mutual growth and harmony naturally bring pleasing appearances. Pursue if auspicious, abandon if inauspicious; judging with the wealth and official lines along with the ruling and response lines is sufficient. If one苛求 perfection (e.g., both destinies not entering the tomb, no hindrance from the six relatives, parents not declining, offspring not drowning, etc.), no such perfect woman exists in the world, nor does a perfect hexagram. Exaggerated claims deceive the world and mislead future generations.
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This chapter explores divination scenarios involving divorced women or courtesans in marriage, emphasizing risk prevention and judgment of auspicious or inauspicious outcomes. 🔮 The offspring line represents protection: if it occupies the ruling position or is activated, there is no worry; if the wealth line occupies the ruling position and the offspring line activates to support it, it is even more auspicious. Conversely, if the ghost line (official ghost) or sibling line (brother) overcomes the ruling position, follows the tomb, or assists in damage, misfortune follows; if the wealth line overcomes the ruling position or the sibling line occupies it, one is prone to fall into traps and lose both people and wealth. To prevent obstacles, if the sibling line activates, the matter will not succeed; if the ghost line activates, disaster ensues. If the sibling line occupies the ruling position, marriage is difficult, but if the wealth line activates to support it, the union may unexpectedly occur. In hexagram imagery, six clashes changing to clashes are inauspicious, while three harmonies or six harmonies are auspicious; if six harmonies change to clashes, the marriage will be brief; if six clashes change to harmonies, it will ultimately succeed. ⚠️ Acts such as forced seizures or private agreements that violate propriety and righteousness are not suitable for divination.
Dismissing a concubine or divorcing a wife is not something one desires, but if unavoidable, once the heart is gone, it is hard to retain. Li Woping criticized ancient marriage divination methods for their exaggerated and baseless claims. For instance, the Golden Volume’s use of the official ghost’s growth to judge a husband’s talent and the wealth tomb to judge a wife’s appearance is somewhat acceptable. However, the Yimao’s use of the eight palaces to deduce appearance and the six deities to determine talent and temperament is unreliable. For example, in the hexagram of Pi (䷋) obtained on a Mao month and Wu day, with a prosperous wealth line occupying the ruling position, according to the eight palaces, wealth resides in the Qian palace, symbolizing a dignified, intelligent woman with heavenly virtue. But if the wealth line is adjacent to the White Tiger (a star of defiance), and combined with the six deities, it is interpreted as defiance, a contradiction arises—how can a woman of heavenly virtue be defiant? Thus, appearance and talent need not be divined; emphasis should be placed on virtue rather than looks. 💡 Marriage is predestined: if wealth is prosperous and the official line is active, a good match can be formed; mutual growth and harmony naturally bring pleasing appearances. Pursue if auspicious, abandon if inauspicious; judging with the wealth and official lines along with the ruling and response lines is sufficient. If one苛求 perfection (e.g., both destinies not entering the tomb, no hindrance from the six relatives, parents not declining, offspring not drowning, etc.), no such perfect woman exists in the world, nor does a perfect hexagram. Exaggerated claims deceive the world and mislead future generations.
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