How to Use the Six Lines and Eight Trigrams to Interpret Your Financial Luck
Wealth governs rank and status. In a modern economy, wealth gauges a country’s strength, reflects a family’s affluence, and often defines an individual’s social standing. Good fortune in wealth refers to one’s income and expenditures. All matters related to economic activity are signified by the wealth hexagram.
I. Symbolism
1. Hexagram Positions for Wealth in Trade
- Upper Hexagram: Wealth Path
- Fifth Hexagram: Main Person
- Fourth Hexagram: Storefront
- Third Hexagram: Foundation
- Second Hexagram: Partner
- Initial Hexagram: Concerns
2. Five Elements
- The Metal Hexagram represents machinery and hardware, minerals, precious metals, finance, the military and police, medical services, transportation, and Buddhism/Taoism.
- The Wood Hexagram represents planting, charity, highways, forestry, timber, wood products, decoration, flowers and trees, education and bookstores, and religious offerings.
- The Water Hexagram represents aquaculture and seafood, hotels, tourism, entertainment, water management, transportation, advertising, and pursuits linked to water-based wealth.
- The Fire Hexagram represents culture, the civil service, schools, teachers, justice, electricity, computers, electrical appliances, fire safety, and telecommunications.
- The Earth Hexagram represents farmland, real estate, local specialties, medicine, clothing, decoration, land and territory, earthquakes, hills and plains, prisons, and highways.
3. Hexagram Images
- The Qian Hexagram represents gold and silver jewelry, luxury goods, government agencies, law enforcement, finance professionals, financial managers, and leaders.
- The Dui Hexagram represents steel, minerals, hotels, teachers, lawyers, entertainers, the military and police, shamans, and objects with openings.
- The Li Hexagram represents culture, schools, the civil service, documents, art, electrical appliances, electricity, telephones, telecommunications, flowers, and colorful items.
- The Zhen Hexagram represents transportation, trees, flowers, vegetables, broadcasting, vehicles, sports teams, police, earthquakes, and drivers.
- The Xun Hexagram represents meteorology, the eldest daughter, merchants, craftsmen, public relations personnel, services, gardens, forestry, and profitable ventures.
- The Kan Hexagram represents water management, aquatic products, hotels, tourism, entertainment, the underworld, dark places, prisons, and liquids.
- The Gen Hexagram represents mountains and forests, real estate, tall buildings, prisons, burial sites, barriers, mountain roads, banks, hills, mounds, rockeries, and temples.
- The Kun Hexagram represents rural fields, plains, vehicles, local products, square objects, soft items, mothers, the abdomen, clothing, and large numbers of ordinary people.
4. Hexagram Symbols
- The Wealth Hexagram represents money, capital, assets, the economy, profits, wealth fortune, and income levels.
- The Sun Hexagram represents goods and commodities, sources of wealth, customers, products, technologies, and project planning.
- The Brother Hexagram represents obstacles, disputes, financial losses, competitors, friends, peers, siblings, partnerships, investments, and robbery.
- The Ghost Hexagram represents legal issues, injuries, financial losses, disasters, petty people, officials, leaders, bosses, taxes, expenditures, and other causes of financial loss.
- The Father Hexagram represents projects, organizations, planning, stores, information, hard work, vehicles, houses, procedures, and accounts.
- The World Hexagram represents the individual (the querent) and is used to assess personal financial capacity and fortune, indicating one’s luck level.
- The Response Hexagram represents others, the financial environment, customers, counterparts, and local conditions.
5. Six Gods
- Qinglong is an auspicious deity associated with wealth and good fortune. It signifies joy in wealth, wine, pleasure, and winning lawsuits.
- Baihu is an ominous deity associated with turmoil, bloodshed, injuries, and misfortunes related to brothers and officials.
- Ying She represents planning, deceit, fraud, falsehoods, collusion, traps, cunning, and the supernatural.
- Goucheng represents land, worries, police, prisons, detentions, entanglements, contracts, the elderly, slow progress, and acquaintances.
- Zhuque represents news, documents, sound, culture, information, speech, communication, voices, disputes, and legal issues.
- Xuanwu represents darkness, collusion, illegality, robbery, and petty people.
II. Information Reflected by Relatives Holding the World in Wealth Queries
When making predictions, it is crucial to see which relative holds the world, as different relatives convey different information and determine the overall auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of the hexagram. Therefore, when forecasting wealth, first identify which relative holds the world, then analyze step by step. Below is the information indicated when each relative holds the world:
1. Wealth Hexagram Holding the World: When the world hexagram is Wealth, it favors acquiring wealth; however, specific applications must consider the hexagram’s dynamic changes for a complete judgment.
- If Wealth holding the world is strong and free of clashes or obstacles, wealth can certainly be gained. If it is weak or stagnant and lacks support, even with Wealth holding the world, substantial gains are unlikely.
- If Wealth holding the world transforms into Sun, or the Sun is activated within the hexagram, or Sun appears on the day or month without harm, this indicates a steady inflow of wealth and long-lasting, significant profits.
- If Wealth holding the world transforms into Brother, or Brother is activated within the hexagram, or Brother appears on the day or month, wealth will not endure—initial accumulation is followed by loss or depletion.
- If Wealth holding the world transforms into Ghost, or Ghost is activated within the hexagram, or Ghost appears on the day or month, it is unfavorable for gaining wealth and indicates financial loss and potential danger.
- If Wealth holding the world transforms into Parent, wealth comes easily at first but becomes difficult later. If Parent appears on the day or month or is activated within the hexagram, it suggests initial availability of wealth followed by a complete loss, because Parent conflicts with Sun.
- If Wealth’s storage holds the world, it signals the acquisition of wealth; for example, if Wealth is Yin or Mao (Wood), then Wei (Earth) serves as Wealth’s storage.
2. Sun Holding the World: If wealth is in the response hexagram and its storage is strong and activates the world hexagram, a steady flow of wealth is indicated.
- If Sun holding the world activates and combines with Wealth, wealth can be obtained.
- If Sun holding the world activates while Wealth is in the response hexagram, significant financial loss is indicated.
- Sun holding the world generally means others make use of one’s talents to create wealth—that is, one generates wealth for others—so in most cases this leads to greater financial outflow.
3. Brother Holding the World: This often indicates financial loss and is frequently accompanied by disputes. However, Brother holding the world does not always lead to loss. When can loss be avoided and wealth gained instead? If Sun is strong and activated while Wealth remains stable, wealth can be gained rather than lost—but Wealth must stay calm; if it activates, the opportunity will be wasted.
- When Brother holds the world, regardless of its strength, the news, or what it transforms into, if Sun is weak and calm, financial loss and depletion are inevitable.
- If Brother holding the world transforms into Ghost, or Ghost is activated within the hexagram, not only is there no wealth to seek, but natural or man-made disasters may occur.
4. Ghost Holding the World: If it transforms into Wealth, or Wealth is in the response hexagram or activated within the hexagram, or Wealth appears on the day or month, one can pursue wealth and likely realize significant profits, though worries may accompany it, such as injury, disputes, or theft. The specific issues can be inferred from the six gods associated with the world hexagram—for example, Zhuque indicates disputes, Baihu indicates injury, and so on.
- If Ghost holding the world transforms into Sun, or Sun is activated within the hexagram, or the day and month show Sun, this signifies “eliminating nearby ghosts.” “Nearby ghosts” are the factors that cause worry and distress; eliminating them removes those worries. Sun represents blessing, disaster avoidance, and the power to restrain ghosts, and is also the original god of wealth. Thus, if Ghost holding the world transforms into Sun, whether activated or present in the day or month, it can dispel calamity and bring wealth. However, Sun and the world’s Ghost must be relatively balanced; if either is excessively strong or weak, it is unfavorable. If Sun is too weak and Ghost too strong, Sun cannot control Ghost; if Sun is too strong and the world’s Ghost too weak, it may also lead to trouble.
- Ghost holding the world favors seeking wealth through official channels, as Ghost represents government, official bodies, and enterprises. Therefore, in business, encountering Ghost holding the world indicates wealth can be readily obtained.
- If Ghost holding the world is in a void period, it indicates doubt and hesitation, which can lead to failure.
5. Parent Holding the World: Parent is the taboo deity for Sun and is most unfavorable when activated; if activated, it harms Sun, cutting off the source of wealth and making it unattainable.
- If Parent holding the world is stable and inactive, and Wealth activates and overcomes it, wealth will come seeking me—someone will proactively offer an opportunity, and this wealth can be secured. However, if the world hexagram’s Parent is weak and Wealth is active, trouble may arise because of wealth.
- If Parent holding the world is stable and inactive, and Wealth is also stable and inactive, seeking wealth will be laborious—requiring great effort for small returns. Parent, being taboo to Sun, shows limited avenues and weak ability to acquire wealth, hence the hard work for meager gain.