祭祀 (offerings to ancestors)入殓除服成服移柩破土 (breaking ground)
AVOID
开市 (opening for business)入宅 (moving into a new home)嫁娶 (wedding)开光 (opening / dedicating)
风井
Hex 48
TODAY'S HEXAGRAM · ZHU GUA
风井 · 水风井
Today's hexagram traces today's tilt. Walk with it; do not leap past it.
火之性 · 炎上也。
炎而不焚 · 上而不越。
明而节之,光远而不灼。
(Fire rises — bright, yet not burning; high, yet not overstepping. Light when measured travels far without scorching.)— 尚 书 · 洪 范 (Shang Shu · Hong Fan)
Month-lord · 乙未
士
SHI
— 002 —
S T E P · U P · T O · S H I
Guests read today — Shi read themselves
IUnlimited castings · all five arts open
Decade-lord · 丙午
Direction · 南
V · THREE COURSES
Today's Three Courses
— DAWN · NOON · DUSK
06 : 00 — 09 : 00
DAWN · READ
06 : 00 — 09 : 00
Fire-bright morning, mind clear. Sit quietly first, then speak — measured words travel further. Half an hour without phone, half an hour without speaking; bright fire makes speech burn — save argument for the Si hour (《周 易 · 离 卦》「明 两 作」, light with measure).
Skip the phone for the first thirty minutes. Sit quietly for three minutes, and save any heated conversations for after 10 a.m.
from · the Image Commentary
12 : 00 — 14 : 00
NOON · WATCH
12 : 00 — 14 : 00
High noon with fire at peak — spirit can scorch and speech can burn. Guard your tongue; pause one shichen before any decision. Take ten minutes to walk and recover; let emails written in haste sit half an hour before sending (《周 易 · 离 卦》「日 昃 之 离 , 不 鼓 缶 而 歌」, knowing measure).
Let any emotional email sit thirty minutes before sending. Take a ten-minute walk to cool the head; defer signatures and statements until after 2 p.m.
applied · affairs
19 : 00 — 21 : 00
DUSK · REFLECT
19 : 00 — 21 : 00
Sun setting, fire withdraws. By lamplight ask: where did I misspeak? what did I leave undone? Cut screen time, sleep one shichen earlier; the spirit gathered finds its peace (《诗 经 · 大 雅》「明 明 在 下」, self-examination).
Cut the fire after dark. Ask: did I misspeak today? did I leave something undone? Close screens an hour earlier than usual and sleep with a quiet mind.
method · daily review note
Twenty-One Days · Seasonal Order
— your own seasonal order
TODAY · GENERALRead the day plainly — walk with the term.火
The term sits in fire-level — speech neither flowing nor blocked. Slow the large questions, settle the small; the year's tempo is neither pressing nor lagging, and listening more than speaking is the read. In team meeting hear others; save your own pitch for next week.
Wealth
Money flow is at fire-level — neither rushing nor lagging. This is the slot for tidying books and adjusting the budget; it is not for shifting positions or extending leverage, the flow rate stays steady. Review the quarter's budget today; mark three over-spends and three savings.
Love
Connection is at the fire-level phase — yin and yang neither clash nor meld. Listen more than speak; chat with the other to recalibrate rhythm; the big topic does not get spoken in this slot, that is the keep-harmony read. Talk casually with the other today, do something small together; skip serious matters.
Health
Now in · Da Shu · day 9Walk with the term — do not survey the whole year at once
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Twenty-One Days · awaiting scroll
The seasonal scroll begins from your birth-time. Guests can read today's hexagram and walk today's lessons;
Shi look at their own chart through the term-by-term sequence — when to move, when to hold.
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Heart-fire at level, qi and blood neither rushing nor lagging. Heart calm, breath steady, fitting for reading and quiet sitting; urgent matters can be slowed in this slot, knowing the rhythm is the regulation. Spend twenty minutes sitting still or reading slowly today; skip short videos and messages.
