51st Cim – Renchen – of the Water Element favoring Winter – The North is blessed

None of the directions seem worthy of travel,

Future prospects seem to be rather stale,

So we advise that you to throw your troubles away,

For the household may yet safeguard your health.

Intepretation:

There is nothing to be made this year by traveling and none of the directions seems to be worthy. It is better to stay at home. We advise you to stay put, calm your soul and not worry about things, for guarding your household also means guarding your safety. Recipients of such cim should be rush about and should stay put. Those who are impatient may disrupt their fortunes and invite trouble or even calamities, trapping onself in a quagmire of harsh labor. The cim also reveals that one should prevent from being committed into rushed advances and to adopt a defensive stance. Even though one may appear to have the legal rights, there is always a chance for a mistrial and entrapment. One may be filled with stratagem, but misfortune may follow.

Those asking for businesses, it is more profitable to stay at home; traveling will not be favored.

Those embarking on trips should take care, and it is best to call off the trip.

For pleas of marital matters, a peaceful union may be achieved through sincerity, patience and effort, all three are critical to success.

For pleas of academic success, know that fortune has yet to arrive so the outcome may not be good.

For pleas of legal matters, settlement would be for the best.

Interpretation:

General affairs should stay put and wait for fortunes to arrive. Undertakings will favor those who strive hard. Family affairs will see great benefits to the household. Family fortune will see the household blessed for eternity. Marital affairs will favor those who succeed. Pleas for children are neither favored nor calamitous. Pregnancies will have a firstborn boy followed by a girl, with a noble life for the boy. Pleas for wealth will greatly favor the winter (old businesses would be favored). Pleas for academic success will see success in the second attempt. The Age Lords are in favor. Ailments will see life being delayed; both the elderly and youths need not worry. Travelers should put off their trips. Business undertakings will provide a small profit (better to stay at home). Visitors will arrive while the moon shines. Shipping will incur a loss. Moving is not advised. Lost items can be recovered if sought. Pleas for rain will arrive in a few days. Legal affairs will see great harmony. Livestock will be profitable. The crops will strike even for the early harvest and fortune for the late harvest. Construction is neither favored nor calamitous. Burials and resting places will receive favorable sites. Fishermen will not receive great fortune. Fisheries will be profitable if the old sites are protected. Hatcheries will give small profits. The monthly commands will not be as expected. Lost persons will return once the time is ripe. Letters from afar will arrive slowly.

The Ancients say: Zhao Xuanlang battles in Longhu pass in Hedong; Zhao Kuanyin of song is trapped in Hedong