8th Cim – Yimao – of the Water Element favoring Winter – The North is blessed

The rice will bear its grains,

The success a result of harmony,

So to home we go to sit relaxed,

While our wives and children celebrate.



Intepretation:

A bountiful harvest is certain for the year as the rice matures. Hardwork will be richly recompensed. These two are related. The toilers were pleased with such harvests, happily celebrating and dancing with their wives and children at home. This poem foretells happiness and fortune. Labors invested in the past will be rewarded today. How else could anyone reap the harvests without toiling back then?

Recipients of these cim would first endure bitterness followed by fortune, reverses followed by prosperity.

If asking for marriages – lovers will eventually be united.

For business undertakings – invest and work in stable industries, do not make risky investments, for that will end in failure.

For fame – hopeful in Autumn; if Winter then wait untilt he next year, but do remember to improve yourself.

Traveling is discouraged. Firstborn will be a boy, followed by a girl. Lost items will be returned shortly. Moving will be favorable.

In general affairs, those who are able to cooperate will succeed; those who have internal strife will fail. Undertakings will face difficulties first, followed by prosperity. On family matters, improvements will benefit family unity. On Family fortunes, expect favorable situations. Marriages will succeed and grand fortunes to both parties. Pleas for children will be favorable. Firstborn will be a boy, followed by a girl. Financial undertakings will be profitable in the 2nd half of the year with fortune to the family. Pleas for fame will be rewarded at a second trial. The Age Lords are at peace. Ailments will be of no consequence for the young, but risky for the elderly. Travelers should put off their trips. Business undertakings shoud expect profits. Visitors shall arrive soon. Shipping will be profitable. Moving will be greatly favorable. Lost items can be recovered if sought for quickly. Rains will come at the end of the month. Legal matters will provide justice at the second time, with financial loss to be expected. Farm animals will proper. Farming will have good harvests at the 2nd half of the year. Construction is neither favored nor discouraged. Burials and graves will have good fortune in the afterlife. Fishing will be favorable. Fisheries will favor harvests. Fish-fry hatcheries will receive great fortune. The monthly commands reveals financial loss, but no calamities in the 2nd half of the year. Those looking for someone will meet them soon. Letters from faraway will arrive quickly.

The Ancients Say: Xue Ren’gui returns home. Zhu Bing returns home.