47th Cim – Xinyou – of the Wood Element favoring Spring - the East is favored

So why would you beg for a divine sign,

When your heart is already filled with goodness?

Just look towards the sky for the half-moon,

Only then will calamities turn into fortune.

Intepretation:

Why would you need to ask for divine miracles? If your heart is filled with brightness, then goodness can come out of it. You are only worried that hope for a reversal of poor fortunes can only be possible after half-moon. As of now, we can only do our best. So long as one performs deeds without a guilty conscience, there is no need to ask for divine help. The Gods will also secretly protect you and turn calamities into fortunes. It is said that the fortunate ones will have the face of the heavens. Thus, this cim opens with a reminder to cultivate one’s own heart and soul to obtain natural benefits.

For pleas for wealth and fortune, know that steadfast and careful management will eventually bring success.

For pleas of academic success, failures can still be improved upon for a better chance in the next attempt.

For pleas of marital matters, work hard after half-moon for lovers will be united as a couple.

For pleas of legal matters, know that a period of delay must be expected to turn calamities into fortune.

For traveling and moving, know that both is feasible.

General affairs will face calamities followed by fortune. Undertakings will succeed on the second attempt. Family affairs will receive fortune for the entire household. Family fortune will receive minor favors in the household. Marital affairs will be favored. Pleas for children will be favored. Pregnancies will result in a girl in the first half of the year and a boy in the second half; a girl in the first half of the month and a boy in the second half. Pleas for wealth will be answered lightly. Pleas for academic success will be answered, with improvements on the following attempt. The Age Lords are at slight ease. Ailments will be stable at the month of Wei; the 12th month will not be favored. Travelers will face calamities followed by fortune. Business undertakings will benefit the market. Visitors will arrive while the moon shines. Shipping will be favored in spring and summer and strike even in autumn and winter. Moving will be favored. Lost items can be recovered if sought, and can be found on the days of Wei (half-moon). Pleas for rain will not be answered for long. Legal affairs will face calamities followed by fortune, and conluded on the day of Wei (half-moon). Livestock are at ease. The crops are neither prosperous nor impoverished. Construction needs no fear if there is harmony. Burials and resting places will receive suitable grounds. Fishermen are greatly favored in spring and summer. Fisheries will be profitable. Hatcheries will face calamities followed by fortune. The monthly commands will not be as expected. Lost persons will arrive slowly. Letters from afar for arrive in a few days.

The Ancients say: Liu Yong the magister protects his wife and son; Li Sanniang meets by the well