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Missing person

Greed costs the driver his life (Jia Ren→Yi, October 1989)

1989-10-05

Context

A driver from the Xi'an Tourism Bureau, hoping to get rich fast, took a chance trafficking antiques. En route he was killed by his companion; both man and car went over a cliff. After more than a month with no word the family came for a reading. The hexagram cast was Jia Ren transforming into Yi.

Six-Line Chart

Line Can Chi Five Elements Six Relations Moving
6 Mao Wood Wood Siblings
5 Si Fire Fire Children
4 Wei Earth Earth Wife/Wealth
3 Hai Water Water Parents
2 Chou Earth Earth Wife/Wealth
1 Zi Water Water Parents
Officials Parents Wife/Wealth Siblings Children ● Changing line

Transformed Hexagram

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Increase

Analysis

The Object line, Children Si Fire, is the Use Spirit; paired with the Black Tortoise it suggests robbery. Si Fire is restrained by the moving Parents Hai Water and enters the Storehouse on the month-stem. Wife/Wealth Chou Earth holds the Subject line; Brothers Mao Wood appears twice, and Chou Earth transforms into Yin Wood that turns to restrain it. Hai-Mao-Wei combine into a Brothers cluster restraining the Subject line; the Subject line restrained without being produced is the image of death. Wife/Wealth on the Subject line being plundered by Brothers means death over money. Killed by his accomplice.

Actual outcome

On 18 November the family received notice from the police: the driver had been murdered by his companion for the antiques and money, and the body dumped into a deep gully.

Source: Vol III ch4 ví dụ 10, khoảng dòng 36779-36872