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Retreat
Missing person

The child will never return (Dun→Tong Ren, July 1985)

1985-07-16

Context

Someone asked whether the direction the child had taken was favorable. The hexagram cast was Dun transforming into Tong Ren.

Six-Line Chart

Line Can Chi Five Elements Six Relations Moving
6 Xu Earth Earth Parents
5 Shen Metal Metal Siblings
4 Wu Fire Fire Officials
3 Shen Metal Metal Siblings
2 Wu Fire Fire Officials
1 Chen Earth Earth Parents
Officials Parents Wife/Wealth Siblings Children ● Changing line

Transformed Hexagram

#13
Fellowship with Men 同人

Analysis

Dun is the image of fleeing. Children Zi Water (Use Spirit) is hidden beneath Parents Chen Earth; Chen is southeast. Officials Wu Fire twice clashes the Use Spirit. The Use hexagram has Gen — mountain or temple. Chen is the storehouse of Water, suggesting a pond or lake. Use Spirit Zi Water is in sickness on the Yin day. Gen is mountain, Chen is the storehouse — it is possible the child is dead, with the grave at the foot of a mountain.

Actual outcome

To this day, true to the reading, the child has never returned.

Source: Vol III ch4 ví dụ 4, khoảng dòng 36458-36511