10th Cim – Yiwei – of the Metal Element favoring Autumn – The West is blessed

Fair flower, you bear fruit, yet half of them mere husks,

It is only unfortunate that you’ve spent half a year in vain,

Now that the sun is setting in the West,

So why should you plan for the future?



Intepretation:

You, o flower, may be fruiting, yet your fruits are few. It is a shame that you have wasted your time. The sun is setting, and it is said that “all may be well, but your sun is setting”. Why pursue in meaningless toil when you can just relax?

This poem reveals that the recipient would not be receiving much fruits from his/her toils. He/she may have a glorious past, but the results are few and far between. Most of his/her time was wasted in vain. Hence, the cim recommends the recipient to do something more worthwile and not busy oneself over vain matters.

For recipients of such cim:

On matters of traveling – nothing will come out from the travel, hence unfavorable.

For marriages – half of the fruits borne are wilted husks, hence marriages will not have a favorable outcome.

For moving or shifting jobs – unfavorable for both.

For Financial undertakings – no returns.

Lost items will be hard to recover.

First born will be a boy. A girl will have a noble (difficult) life.

General matters will be see delays. Resolutions and retreat will both be difficult. Successful conclusions will be hard to attain. On family matters, a shortened life may occur. On Family fortunes, there may be difficulties in maintaining harmony. Marriages will be difficult. Pleas for children should not be made. It will be hard to give birth. Financial undertakings will see losses in vain in the first half of the year, those able to pass the ninth month shall have no fear of further calamities. Pleas for fame will be in vain and difficult to attain. The Age Lords are in discord. Ailments may start with stable conditions in the first half moon, and death by the end of the month. Travelers should reschedule their trips. Business undertakings would not be favored and may result in losses. Visitors will arrive at the end of the month. Shipping will not encounter calamities if care was taken. Moving should be discouraged. Lost items will be hard to recover. Rains will come the following day. Legal matters will not have a favorable outcome and may incude financial loss. Farm animals will not prosper. Farming will have neither general loss nor gain. Construction will encounter a calamitous star. Burials and graves will encounter a severe reverse and a transgression to the earth, and should be shifted to another site. Fishing will have no hauls and meet general misforutne. Fisheries will be hopeless and incur a loss on capital. Fish-fry hatcheries will lose profits. The monthly commands fortell a hard journey ahead. Those looking for someone will them returned at the end of the month. Letters from faraway will not arrive anytime soon.

The Ancients Say: Yue Fei raids Qin Hui. Feng Yin meets disaster.