Marriage

男女合婚，契於前定，朱陳締結，分在夙成。然非月老，焉知夫婦於當時；不有宓羲，豈識吉凶於今日！欲諧伉儷，必定陰陽。（陽奇陰偶配合成婚。世屬陽，應屬陰，鬼屬陽，財屬陰，內屬陽，外屬陰。陰陽相得，乃成夫婦之道，異日必然大利。）陰陽交錯，難期琴瑟之和鳴；（陰陽交錯者，世陰應陽，鬼陰財陽，內陰外陽，皆為反象成婚，後必主夫凌妻，妻欺夫，終朝反目，不得和順。若變出財鬼不空，主象安靜，亦可用也。）內外互搖，定見家庭之撓括。（占婚卦宜安靜，安靜則家庭雍睦，必無爭鬥之事。若財動則不和翁姑，鬼動則不和妯娌，父動則不和子侄，兄動則不和夫妻，動加月建日辰，不唯不和，更有剋制。）

Marriage between a man and a woman is originally determined by fate; the Zhu and Chen families have been marrying across generations, with their bond already established beforehand. However, without the Red Thread of the Moon God connecting them, who would know which pair was destined to be husband and wife? Without Fuxi drawing the trigrams, how could we today discern auspicious from inauspicious? To achieve harmony in marriage, one must first properly match yin and yang. Yang represents oddness, while yin represents evenness; one odd and one even form a proper match. When divining a marriage, the world line should be yang and the response line yin, the official ghost should be yang and the wife's wealth yin, the inner trigram should be yang and the outer trigram yin. Only when yin and yang are in their proper positions and harmonious can the way of husband and wife be fulfilled, ensuring future benefits. If yin and yang are reversed, it is difficult to expect harmony between husband and wife.所谓 reversal means the world line becomes yin and the response line becomes yang, the official ghost becomes yin and the wife's wealth becomes yang, the inner trigram becomes yin and the outer trigram becomes yang—these are all reversed signs of marriage, leading to either husband mistreating his wife or wife dominating her husband, constant quarrels, and lack of harmony. However, if the transformed wife's wealth and official ghost lines do not fall into emptiness and the images remain calm, they can still be勉强 used. When the inner and outer trigrams are both in motion, there will certainly be conflicts within the family. Divining marriage is best when the trigrams are still; stillness brings family harmony and prevents disputes. If the wife's wealth line moves, there will be conflict between the daughter-in-law and the in-laws; if the official ghost line moves, there will be conflict between the sisters-in-law; if the parents line moves, there will be conflict between elders and younger relatives; if the brothers line moves, there will be conflict between husband and wife. If these moving lines are further assisted by the month builder and day branch, the conflict will not only be present but also involve mutual control.

六合則易而且吉；（六合卦，一陰一陽配合成象，世應相生，財官相合，占者得之，必主易成而又吉。）六沖則難而又凶。（六沖卦，非純陰則純陽也，其象猶二女同居，兩男並處，志必不合。占者得之，必主難成，縱成亦不利。）陰而陽陽而陰，偏利牽絲之舉；（世與官宜陽反陰，應與財宜陰反陽。占娶婦多不利。惟入贅則吉。）世合應應合世，終成種玉之緣。（世為男家，應為女家，若得相合，是兩願之象，必主易成，後又吉利。）

A hexagram indicating the Six Harmonies suggests that marriage will be both easy and auspicious. The Six Harmonies hexagram combines one yin and one yang to form a harmonious image. The World Line and Response Line are mutually generating, and the wealth and official positions are harmoniously combined. If one seeks to determine marriage through this hexagram, it indicates that the marriage will be easily arranged and will be favorable after it is established. A hexagram indicating the Six Clashes suggests that marriage will be difficult and dangerous. The Six Clashes hexagram is either entirely yin or entirely yang, like two women living in the same house or two men sharing a room, which inevitably leads to incompatible intentions. If one seeks marriage through this hexagram, it indicates that the marriage will be difficult to achieve, and even if it is forced, it will not be beneficial. What should be yang becomes yin, and what should be yin becomes yang. This situation is only favorable for a man marrying into a woman's family. The World Line and official ghost should be yang, but they are instead yin; the Response Line and wife's wealth should be yin, but they are instead yang. This structure is generally unfavorable for seeking a wife, but it is favorable for a man marrying into a woman's family. The World Line combines with the Response Line, and the Response Line combines back with the World Line, ultimately leading to a harmonious marriage. The World Line represents the male family, and the Response Line represents the female family. When both sides combine, it indicates mutual willingness, and the marriage will be easily arranged and will be favorable after it is established.

欲求庚帖，豈宜應動應空？（欲求庚帖，須得應爻安靜不空，而又生合世爻者，必然允諧，事亦易成。若應爻發動，或空亡，或沖剋世爻，皆主不允，事亦難成，或去亦不遇。）若論聘儀，安可世蛇世弟？（螣蛇兄弟，世爻臨之，主男家慳吝，禮必不多；應爻臨之，主女家妝奩淡薄。臨旺發動亦克妻之兆也。）

If one wishes to visit the bride's family to request the庚帖, how can one allow the Response Line to be active or fall into Kongwang? To obtain the庚帖, the Response Line should be quiet and not in Kongwang, and it should come to generate and harmonise with the World Line. Only then will the other party agree, and the matter will be easily accomplished. If the Response Line is active, or falls into Kongwang, or conversely clashes and controls the World Line, it indicates that the other party will not agree, and the matter will be difficult to achieve, or even if one goes, one may not see anyone. To discuss the amount of the bride price, how can one allow the World Line to be occupied by 'Teng Sha' or by Brothers? Teng Sha and Brothers both indicate stinginess: if the World Line is occupied by them, it indicates that the groom's family is stingy, and the bride price will be light; if the Response Line is occupied by them, it indicates that the bride's family has a poor dowry. If they are prosperous and strong and become active, they also indicate the possibility of marital discord.

應生世，悅服成親；世克應，用強劫娶。（應爻生合世爻，主女家貪男家之象，必易成，不然是女家先來求親也。若世刑剋應爻，男家必不早來求其女。世旺應衰，乃恃富欺貧用強劫娶也。若世臨鬼及螣蛇而財爻得時旺相，青龍得地者，必因其女有姿色而欲設謀以娶之也。世臨玄武兄弟，必因其家乏財償債，欲謀納其女也，應動或旺，以旺動斷。）

If the Response Line generates the World Line, it indicates that the female side is genuinely pleased and willing to marry; if the World Line overcomes the Response Line, it suggests the male side is using power to force the marriage. If the Response Line generates and harmonizes with the World Line, it shows the female side values the male side, and the marriage will surely succeed, or it means the female side has already sent someone to propose first. If the World Line instead harms the Response Line, it means the male side was not eager to marry originally. If the World Line is strong and the Response Line is weak, it indicates the male side is exploiting wealth to oppress the poor and forcing the marriage. If the World Line is accompanied by the 'Teng Snake' and the Wealth Line is currently strong and prosperous, along with the 'Qing Long' being in a favorable position, it means the male side is coveting the woman's beauty and is scheming to marry her. If the World Line is accompanied by the 'Xuan Wu' and has brothers, it usually means the female side has debts and is unable to repay them, and the male side is planning to take the woman as collateral. If the Response Line is activated or strong, it should be interpreted according to its strength and movement.

如日合而世應比和，因人成事；（凡遇世生應，是男求女;應生世，是女求男，相合亦然。若世應比和，乃是兩家相成。其事要知何人贊成，以日辰合爻定之，間動辰合，則是媒人。）若父動而子孫墓絕，為嗣求婚。（占婚遇父旺動子孫，若墓絕，異日子息必少。若卜大人婚姻，有此象乃是無子而娶也，父持身世者亦然。）

If the day branch combines with another and the world and response lines are harmonious, this marriage is arranged by a third party. When the world line generates the response line, it indicates the man is seeking the woman; when the response line generates the world line, it indicates the woman is seeking the man, and the harmonious situation is divided in this way. If the world and response lines are harmonious, it means both families are mutually agreeable. To know who is the mediator, look at which line the day branch combines with: if the intermediate line is activated and the day branch combines with it, then it is the matchmaker. If the parents line is activated and the children line is in a state of burial and decline, this marriage is for the purpose of having children. When predicting marriage and the parents line is strong and active while the children line is in burial and decline, there will be few children in the future; if predicting marriage for an older person and this pattern appears, it is because of the lack of children and the need for a second wife, and the same applies if the parents line holds the world line.

財官動合，先私而後公；（凡婚以官為夫,財為婦。兩爻俱動相合，必是先通後娶，若遇沖剋外人已知，若臨玄武則眼去眉來，未通情意，本人自占而財與世爻動合者，亦然。財爻若與旁爻作合，與他人有情。財遇合多而化出子孫，必是妓家，蓋化子有從良之象也。）世應化空，始成而終悔。（世動生合應爻，男家願成其婚；應動生合世爻，婦家願妻其女，皆易成之象。但怕變入空亡，必有退悔之意，若得日辰動爻扶助，雖悔亦可成也。）

The wife's wealth and the official ghost both move and harmonize, indicating that there was first a private relationship and then an open marriage. In divination about marriage, the official ghost represents the husband and the wife's wealth represents the wife. When both lines move and harmonize, it means that there was first some intimacy and then marriage. If there is also a clash and control, it suggests that others have already known about the relationship. If the wife's wealth line is associated with the black tortoise, it indicates only mutual glances and affection has not yet been fully expressed. When the person themselves divines and the wife's wealth line and the world line move and harmonize, the interpretation is the same. If the wife's wealth line combines with another line, it suggests that she has feelings for someone else. If the wife's wealth line is harmonized with many other lines and transforms into the son line, it usually indicates that she comes from a brothel, as transforming into the son line suggests a desire to reform. If the world line and the response line transform into kongwang, it means that the relationship was initially agreed upon but eventually regretted. If the world line moves and harmonizes with the response line, it indicates that the male side is willing to marry. If the response line moves and harmonizes with the world line, it indicates that the female side is willing to marry, both of which are favorable signs. However, if they transform into kongwang, there will certainly be regret. If they receive support from the day branch or the moving line, although there may be a moment of regret, the marriage can still succeed.

六合而動象刑傷，必多破阻；世沖而日辰扶助，當有吹噓。（世爻與應生合，本主吉兆，若遇動爻日辰沖剋，必兩邊有破說其事難成；世應沖剋本非吉兆，若遇動爻日辰生合，兩邊必有吹噓。亦可成。要知吹噓破阻之人，依五類推之，如父母為叔伯尊長類。外宮他卦，以外人言。）鬼克飛爻，果信綠窗之難嫁；官合財位，方知綺席之易婚。（飛爻即世爻，大凡女占男，最不宜鬼爻刑剋世爻，亦不宜應爻克世，皆主不成。蓋女占男，以世為女家，應為男家故也。如遇此象，主男家不願為婚，所以難嫁，若他有制我有扶，而大象又吉，亦可成，然其家終是無意於我也。若得官生合世爻，或合財，爻或應爻生合世，方主易成。）

Although the hexagram shows harmony, if the moving line harms or injures, the marriage will face many obstacles and disruptions. Although the world line is being attacked, the day branch supports it, so someone will surely help mediate. When the world and response lines generate and harmonize with each other, it is a good omen. However, if the moving line or day branch clashes or controls them, there will certainly be someone who splits them apart, making the matter difficult to succeed. If the world and response lines originally clash and control each other, it is not a good omen. However, if the moving line or day branch generates and harmonizes with them, there will certainly be someone who speaks well of the matter, and it can still succeed. One must know who the people who speak well or cause trouble are, by referring to the six relations. For example, parents represent uncles and elders. If the line belongs to another hexagram, it is considered as an outsider. If the official ghost controls the flying line, it is indeed that a maiden is difficult to marry. If the official ghost harmonizes with the wealth line, it is known that the wedding will soon take place at the banquet. The flying line is the world line. When a woman divines about a man, it is most undesirable for the official ghost to injure the world line, or for the response line to injure the world line, both indicating that the marriage will not succeed. This is because when a woman divines about a man, the world line represents her family, and the response line represents his family. When such an image appears, it indicates that the man's family has no intention of marrying, so the woman finds it difficult to marry. If the other side has some control and our side has some support, and the overall image of the hexagram is favorable, it can bewith difficulty achieved, but ultimately, one of the families will still have no intention. The marriage will be easy to achieve only if the official ghost generates and harmonizes with the world line, or if the official ghost harmonizes with the wealth line, or if the response line generates and harmonizes with the world line.

財鬼如無刑害，夫妻定主和諧；（財鬼刑沖剋，夫妻必然不睦，如無此象，然後如魚得水，到老和諧。）文書若動當權，子嗣必然蕭索。（父母當權發動，子孫在空避之地，乃是事體未定。若不空而死絕無氣，則被其克，異日必然克子。）

If the wealth爻 and the ghost爻 do not suffer punishment or harm, the couple will certainly be harmonious. If the wealth and ghost爻 mutually suffer punishment, clash, control, or harm each other, the couple will certainly not be harmonious; only when there is no such indication will they be like fish and water, living together until old age. If the official document爻 is activated and holds power, the children will certainly be few. If the parent爻 holds power and is activated, and the son or daughter爻 is exactly hidden in the kongwang position to avoid it, the situation is still undecided; if the son or daughter is not in kongwang but falls into the dead or exhausted position, they will be harmed by the parent爻, and in the future, the parent will certainly harm the child.

若在一宮，當有通家之好；若加三合，曾叨會面之親。（世應生合比和，財鬼又同宮，是親上親也。不帶三合，雖親不識認，若帶三合，必曾會面者。）如逢財鬼空亡，乃婚姻之大忌；苟遇陰陽得位，實天命之所關。（財鬼二爻，占婚姻之用神，若值空亡必不吉利。天玄賦曰：財空妻失，鬼空夫亡，然不可執法推，蓋男占女以財為主，鬼空不妨；女占男以鬼為主，財空不妨，在用神無損害耳。若財鬼空亡而干支相合，世應相生，陰陽得位者，此實姻緣不過半世，衾枕不能偕老，非夫妻刑剋故也，乃天命所在耳。逢沖遇克謂避空，反不慮但主其一生該虛設衾枕，或半生在外仕宦工商之類。）

If the wealth and ghost lines are in the same trigram, the two families have been friends for a long time; if they also form a triple harmony, they have even met before. If the world and response lines are mutually generating, harmonious, or like each other, and the wealth and ghost lines are also in the same trigram, this is a case of being related by marriage. If there is no triple harmony, they are relatives but have never met; if there is triple harmony, they must have met. If the wealth and ghost lines fall into kongwang, this is a major inauspicious sign in fortune telling about marriage. If yin and yang are properly positioned, it relates to heaven's mandate. The wealth and ghost lines are the main divination lines for marriage, and if they fall into kongwang, it is definitely inauspicious. The "Heavenly Mystery Treatise" says that if the wealth line is empty, the wife is lost; if the ghost line is empty, the husband is lost. However, one should not rigidly follow this. For a man divining about a woman, the wealth line is the main concern, and an empty ghost line is not necessarily bad. For a woman divining about a man, the ghost line is the main concern, and an empty wealth line is not necessarily bad — the key is that the main divination lines themselves are not damaged. If the wealth and ghost lines are empty, but the heavenly stem and earthly branch are harmonious, the world and response lines are mutually generating, and yin and yang are properly positioned, then it indicates a relationship that lasts only half a lifetime, and they cannot live together until old age. This is not due to mutual harm between husband and wife, but rather due to heaven's decree. If the empty lines are also afflicted by conflict and damage, this is called avoiding kongwang, and there is no need to worry; it simply means that the person will have an empty bed for most of their life, or they will spend half their life working as an official or merchant abroad.

應財世鬼，終須夫唱婦隨；應鬼世財，不免夫權妻奪。（世持鬼應持財，此乃陰陽得位之象，必然夫秉男權，妻操婦道，定然夫唱於前，婦隨於後；若應持鬼世持財，此同陰陽失位之象，必然夫權妻奪，牝雞晨鳴，惟贅婿反吉。）

The Response Line holds wealth and the World Line holds ghosts, indicating harmony between husband and wife; if the Response Line holds ghosts and the World Line holds wealth, it is likely that the wife will take control from the husband. When the World Line holds official ghosts and the Response Line holds wife's wealth, it signifies that yin and yang are in their proper positions, meaning the husband will uphold male authority and the wife will remain within her proper role, with the husband leading and the wife following. Conversely, if the Response Line holds official ghosts and the World Line holds wife's wealth, it indicates a reversal of yin and yang, meaning the husband's authority will be taken by the wife, like a hen crowing instead of a rooster. However, in the case of a married-in son-in-law, this reversal is considered auspicious.

妯娌不和，只為官爻發動；翁姑不睦，定因妻位交重。（占婚以兄為妯娌，父為翁姑，卦有官動則克兄弟，妯娌間必不和；卦有財動則克父母，定主翁姑不睦。若旺不受傷克，則是事有反覆，若衰弱不能敵，則有刑剋也。）父合財爻，異日有新臺之行；世臨妻位，他時無就養之心。（占婚遇財父二爻持世，帶玄武動來相合者，異日有翁淫子媳之事。若財臨世身，其婦必不善事翁姑。）

In a marriage divination, the "brothers" represent the sisters-in-law, and the "parents" represent the in-laws. If the official ghost爻 moves, it will overcome the brothers, leading to discord between the sisters-in-law. If the wife's wealth爻 moves, it will overcome the parents, causing conflict between the in-laws and the daughter-in-law. If the爻 being overcome is prosperous and strong, the situation may fluctuate but not cause real harm. However, if it is weak and unable to resist, there will be actual punishment. If the parents爻 combines with the wife's wealth爻, there may be disgraceful incidents like the story of the new platform in the Book of Songs. If the wife's wealth爻 is on the world line or the hexagram body, the wife will not properly serve the in-laws. If both the wife's wealth and parents爻 are on the world line, and the black tortoise moves to combine with them, there will be a case where the father-in-law commits a wrongdoing with the daughter-in-law, as seen in the story of the new platform in the Book of Songs.

空鬼伏財，必是望門之寡婦；動財值虎，定然帶服之嫠娘。（卦中既有官爻財爻，而財爻又伏空鬼之下，其女先曾受聘，未婚夫死，俗謂望門寡；若加白虎動克，則是已嫁而死必帶孝服者。若伏鬼不空，必是有夫之婦女，如被日辰動爻提起刑剋世爻者，後防爭訟。）

The wealth line is hidden beneath an empty official ghost line, indicating that this woman is a young widow who was promised in marriage but never married. If the wealth line becomes active and is accompanied by the White Tiger, it means she is a widow who has already lost her husband and is in mourning. The presence of both official ghost and wealth lines in the hexagram suggests she was previously engaged, but her fiancé died, making her a young widow. If the White Tiger line becomes active and restrains the wealth line, it indicates she has already married but her husband died, and she is currently in mourning. If the official ghost line that hides the wealth line is not empty, then she is a married woman. If this official ghost line is further restricted by the day branch or a moving line, she may face legal troubles in the future.

世應俱空，難遂百年之連理；（世空自不欲成，縱成終不遂意；應空彼不欲成，得成日後兩家必不往來。）財官迭見，重為一度之新人。（男占女卦有兩財，女占男卦有兩鬼，必是斷絃再續，重為一度新人。兩財皆無損，必一正一偏，若一旺一空，則前妻已喪；兩鬼發動，必有兩家爭娶，如一旺一空，則前夫已亡。若鬼伏財下，男必有妻在家；財伏鬼下，女必有夫在身。鬼不空而動爻日辰沖剋妻財，必是生離改嫁；世克鬼而動爻日辰生合妻財，必是逐婿嫁女。）

The world line and the response line both fall into the empty position, meaning that even if they are united for a hundred years, their wishes will not be fulfilled. The world line being empty indicates that the person themselves has no intention of getting married, so even if they do, they will not be satisfied. The response line being empty means the other party has no intention, so even if they do get married, the two families will not communicate in the future. If both wealth and ghost lines appear repeatedly, it indicates that they need to remarry. If a man divines about a woman and there are two wealth lines in the hexagram, or a woman divines about a man and there are two ghost lines, it means they have been divorced before and are now remarrying. If both wealth lines are intact, it means one is the main wife and the other is a concubine; if one is strong and the other is empty, it means the previous wife has died. If both ghost lines are active, it means both families are competing for the marriage; if one is strong and the other is empty, it means the previous husband has died. If the ghost line is hidden beneath the wealth line, it means the man's family already has a wife; if the wealth line is hidden beneath the ghost line, it means the woman is already married. If the ghost line is not empty but is attacked by the moving line and the day branch, it means the relationship will be broken up and the woman will remarry. If the world line attacks the ghost line but the moving line and the day branch harmonize with the wealth line, it means the daughter-in-law will be sent away and the daughter will be married to someone else.

夫若才能，官位占長生之地；妻如丑拙，財爻落墓庫之鄉。（要知男女情性容貌，財鬼二爻取之。凡遇月令旺身必肥；日時旺貌必美。月令衰身必瘦，日時衰貌必丑。月令旺日時衰者，身肥而貌不揚，月令衰日時旺，身瘦而貌必美。衰而有扶，丑而才能，旺而入墓，雖美而愚拙。惟觀性情，男以鬼斷，女以財推。）命旺則榮華可擬，時衰則發達難期。（命即男女生命。生旺有氣，必有榮華之日；休囚死絕，必無發達之期。若財旺命衰，其妻貌雖美而命則平常；鬼衰命旺，其夫雖愚蠢而衣食豐足，命臨父母必好技藝，加青龍則是好詩書也。臨兄則好賭博，好使錢不好學。臨官喜迎官府。臨財福必善作家。看其現與不現，及五行生剋六神動靜推之。）

If a man has ability, it is because the official ghost position occupies the growth place; if a wife has an ugly appearance, it is because the wealth line falls into the storage place. To know the nature and appearance of men and women, one must refer to the wealth and official ghost lines. If a person's line is strong in the month, his body will be plump; if it is strong in the day or hour, his appearance will be good. If the month is in decline, the body will be thin; if the day or hour is in decline, the appearance will be ugly. If the month is strong but the day and hour are weak, the body will be fat but the appearance unremarkable; if the month is weak but the day and hour are strong, the body will be slender and the appearance good. If a line is weak but has support, the appearance is ugly but there is talent; if a line is strong but falls into storage, the appearance is good but the person is dull. As for nature, men look at the official ghost line, and women look at the wealth line. If the native line is strong, one can expect future success; if it is weak, success is unlikely. Here, the term "命" refers to the native year of birth: if the native line is strong and vital, there will be days of prosperity; if it is in decline, there will be no chance for success. If the wealth line is strong but the native line is weak, the wife may be beautiful but her fate ordinary; if the official ghost line is weak but the native line is strong, the husband may be dull-witted but have enough food and clothing. If the native line is connected to the parents, the person will be skilled in crafts; if it is also accompanied by the Azure Dragon, he will love poetry and books. If the native line is connected to the brothers, he will like gambling and spending money and not like studying. If the native line is connected to the official ghost, he will like dealing with officials. If the native line is connected to the wealth or children lines, he will be good at managing the household. In summary, one must look at whether the native line appears, and combine this with the five phases and the six spirits to make a judgment.

財化財，一舉兩得；（占婚遇財化財，必有僮僕同來，謂贈嫁。財化子則有小兒帶來，謂之帶幼聘。若化子逢空，雖來不壽；化財遇沖，後必走失。）鬼化鬼，四復三番。（大抵鬼化鬼凡事反覆不定，占婚遇之，決不容易。若大象可成，亦見遲滯。然此象主女家多有更變，難易緩急皆聽從於彼。）兄動而爻臨玄武，須防劫騙之謀；（鬼爻不動，而兄弟又臨玄武螣蛇來刑沖身世者，須防其中奸詐設計騙財。若世應生合，陰陽得位，財鬼無傷，亦必大費財而可成。）

When the wealth line transforms into another wealth line, it signifies gaining two benefits at once. If a divination about marriage shows wealth transforming into wealth, it indicates that servants will accompany the bride, which is called a gift bride. If wealth transforms into the line of descendants, it means that children will come along with the marriage, called a child-bearer marriage. If the transformed descendant line is empty, although the child may come along, it will not be raised long-term. If the transformed wealth line is in conflict, the wealth will eventually be lost. When the official ghost line transforms into another official ghost line, it indicates repeated occurrences. Generally, when ghosts transform into ghosts, matters tend to be unstable and repeated. If this appears in a marriage divination, the matter will not be easily settled. Even if the overall situation is favorable, the process will be delayed and complicated. This kind of situation often indicates that the bride's family keeps changing their mind, and the ease or difficulty of the matter is entirely controlled by the other side. If the brothers' lines are active and the line above them is the Black Tortoise, one should be cautious of being deceived of wealth. If the official ghost line is not active, but the brothers' line is accompanied by the Black Tortoise and the Snake, which conflict with the personal line and the world line, one should be wary of someone scheming and plotting to take advantage of wealth. If the world and response lines are mutually supportive and harmonious, yin and yang are properly positioned, and the wealth and ghost lines are not harmed, then the marriage can still be successful, although it may require more expenditure.

應空而卦伏文書，未有執盟之主。（父母為主婚人，若不上卦或落空亡，必無主婚，恐其婦自作主張，不然主其事必難成就和合也。）兩父齊興，必有爭盟之象；雙官俱動，斯為競娶之端。（卦中兩爻父動或父化父，主有兩人主婚，不然必兩家庚帖。若兩鬼俱動，則有兩家爭求其婚，不然主事體多有變。以上若一動一靜，一旺一空，則無言。若卦有官化父，父化官或官父皆動，恐有爭訟之患。文書兄動必有口舌。）日逢父合，己期合巹於三星；（日辰與父爻作合，或日辰自帶文書，主成婚日期已預定矣。）

The response line falls into kongwang and the document line is hidden and not visible, so there is no one to take the lead in the marriage. In divination for marriage, the 'parents' line represents the person who takes the lead in the marriage. If the parents line is not in the upper trigram, or if it is in the upper trigram but falls into kongwang, then there will be no one to take the lead, and the woman may take the initiative herself, otherwise the matter will not be settled. If both parents lines are active, there will be a situation where two people are competing to take the lead. If both official ghost lines are active, it indicates the beginning of competing for the marriage. If both parents lines are active in the trigram, or if the parents line transforms into another parents line, it indicates that there are two people taking the lead, or that two families will each send a marriage proposal. If both official ghost lines are active, there will be two families competing for the marriage, or there will be many complications. If the situation is one active and one inactive, or one strong and one in kongwang, then it is not like that. If the official ghost line transforms into the parents line, or the parents line transforms into the official ghost line, or both official ghost and parents lines are active, there may be disputes. If the document line and the brothers line are both active, there will be disputes and conflicts. If the day branch combines with the parents line, the auspicious period for marriage has already been set. If the day branch combines with the parents line, or if the day branch itself carries the document line, it indicates that the marriage date has already been prearranged.

世獲財生，終得妝奩千百兩。（財爻又作妝奩斷，若生合世爻，又得日月動爻扶助，必有妝奩。臨勾陳必有妝奩田，臨青龍必美麗，臨螣蛇白虎敗病等爻，則是舊什物也。若財無生助，不可亂言，要推多少，以生合妻財之爻，看衰旺斷之。財之衰旺，僅可推女貌妍媸，不可推妝奩厚薄。）欲通媒妁，須論間爻。（占婚以間爻媒人也。）應或相生，乃女家之瓜葛；世如相合，必男室之葭莩。（間爻與世生合，多男家親；與應生合，多女家親。世應俱相生合，兩家皆有親，旺相新親，休囚舊眷，本宮至親，他宮外親。）

The world line is supported by the wealth line, which indicates that the bride will eventually receive a substantial dowry. The wealth line can represent not only the spouse but also the dowry. If the wealth line generates and harmonizes with the world line, and is supported by the day branch, month builder, or moving line, there will certainly be a dowry. If the wealth line is associated with Gou Chen, there will be land in the dowry; if it is associated with Azure Dragon, the items will be exquisite. If it is associated with Teng She or Bai Hu, or if it falls in the bathing or illness lines, it will only be some old household items. If the wealth line is not supported, do not make false claims. To determine the amount of the dowry, look at the line that generates and harmonizes with the wealth line to see if it is strong or weak. The strength or weakness of the wealth line itself can only indicate the beauty or ugliness of the woman, not the thickness or thinness of the dowry. To inquire about the matchmaker, consider the intermediate lines between the world and response lines, as these represent the matchmaker in a marriage divination. If the intermediate line generates the response line, the matchmaker is a relative of the bride's family. If it harmonizes with the world line, the matchmaker is a relative of the groom's family. If the intermediate line harmonizes with the world line, it is mostly a relative of the groom's family; if it harmonizes with the response line, it is mostly a relative of the bride's family; if it harmonizes with both the world and response lines, both families are related. If the intermediate line is strong and prosperous, it is a recent relative; if it is weak and confined, it is an old relative. If it belongs to the same palace, it is a close relative; if it belongs to another palace, it is a distant relative.

先觀卦象之陰陽，則男女可決；（陽男媒，陰女媒。或問間爻有二陰二陽，當以何爻為主？以衰旺動靜取之。又問衰爻動旺爻靜則如何？以動者定之。又問兩爻皆旺或皆衰，又將何以定之？以沖動者定之。若又無沖，以生合扶起者定之。或一旺一空以不空者定之。又不遇空；則以長生決法定之。務歸於一則不雜亂。）次看卦爻之動靜，則老幼堪推。（交重二爻為老年人，單拆二爻為少年人，或胎養長生為少年，臨官帝旺為中年，墓絕是老年人，為媒也。若墓化旺，是老年人先來說；陰化陽，是女人先來說。若此爻動空化空而自沖動彼一爻，主原媒有故推卻，而他人為媒也。）

First, examine the yin and yang of the middle line. This determines whether the matchmaker is male or female: a yang line indicates a male matchmaker, while a yin line indicates a female matchmaker. Someone might ask, if both lines are yin or both are yang, which line should be considered primary? The answer is to determine based on their strength and weakness, movement, and stillness. If the weak line moves and the strong line remains still, take the moving line as the primary. If both lines are equally strong or equally weak, take the one that is disturbed. If neither is disturbed, take the one that is supported by birth or combination. If one is strong and the other is empty, take the one that is not empty. If neither is present, use the order of the twelve long life stages to decide. It is essential to determine a single line to avoid confusion. Then, examine the movement and stillness of the line to determine the age of the matchmaker: intersecting and overlapping lines indicate an elderly person, while single and broken lines indicate a younger person. Another method is to consider the position of the line: if it falls in the stages of fetal stage, nurturing, or growth, it indicates youth; if it falls in officialdom or prosperity, it indicates middle age; if it falls in burial or decline, it indicates old age. If the burial line transforms into a strong line, it indicates an elderly person proposing first. If a yin line transforms into a yang line, it indicates a woman proposing first. If a line moves and falls into an empty position, and further transforms into an empty position, but instead disturbs another middle line, this means the original matchmaker has something to attend to and is replaced by someone else.

論貧富，當究身命；決美惡，可驗性情。（人生美惡，貧富兩章盡之矣，然非特可觀媒妁而已。若問婦看財爻，問夫身看鬼爻，問男家看世爻，問女家看應爻。若應旺財衰，可言女家雖富女貌不揚，餘類推。至於維持破說之旁人，可以刑沖生合之爻推之。）雀值兄臨，慣在其中得利；（間爻如值螣蛇朱雀及兄弟者，其人必俐齒伶牙，素以媒妁獲利者，興旺必奸詐。）世沖應合，倩他出以為媒。（間爻安靜被應世二爻沖動，或生扶合起及日辰沖並起者，其人無心作伐，必是一邊央他說也。間爻自動者，勿如此斷。）

To determine wealth and poverty, one should examine the lines related to the person's body and destiny. To judge beauty, ugliness, goodness, or evil, one should look at the nature and temperament. The beauty or ugliness and wealth or poverty of a person have already been discussed in the chapters on body and marriage, and these views are not limited to matchmakers. Specifically, when asking about the woman herself, look at the wealth line; when asking about the man himself, look at the official ghost line; when asking about the man's family, look at the world line; and when asking about the woman's family, look at the response line. For example, if the response line is strong and the wealth line is weak, one can conclude that although the woman's family is wealthy, the woman herself may not be very attractive. The rest can be analyzed in the same way. As for those who support or hinder the situation, look at which line is involved in punishment and clash, and which line is involved in generating and harmonizing. If the intermediate line is accompanied by the Vermilion Bird and has the brother line, this person is accustomed to taking advantage of the situation. If the intermediate line is accompanied by the Snake, the Vermilion Bird, and the brother line, this person is certainly eloquent and has made a living by matchmaking. The more prosperous and strong such a line is, the more cunning the person is. If the intermediate line is attacked by the world line or harmonized by the response line, it indicates that someone has deliberately invited this person to act as a matchmaker. If the intermediate line was originally quiet but is now moved by the world and response lines, or is supported and harmonized, or is attacked by the day branch and becomes active, it shows that the person originally had no intention of being a matchmaker, but was persuaded by one of the parties to mediate. If the intermediate line is self-initiated, then this interpretation does not apply.

兩兄同發，定多月老以爭盟；二間俱空，必無通好以為禮。（兩間俱動，必有兩媒，臨兄或兄化兄或動出兩鬼，主有爭競為媒，須看空亡衰旺及有制無制，可知那個執權。若間爻安靜俱在空亡，必無媒人通好，若空動而化出兄鬼或臨兄鬼空動者，乃是媒欲謝禮作鬼不來，非無媒也。）世應不和，仗冰言而通好；（世應相沖相剋，難以成親，若得間爻生合解救，其事始難成就，終須得媒人兩邊說合以通其好，則事亦可成。何謂救解？如應動克世，間爻合住應爻生扶世爻，餘可類推。）間爻受克，總綺語亦無從。（凡欲請媒人說合求親，必得應爻生合間爻，則其言易入，必然聽信；如間爻反被應沖剋，則雖甘言美語，亦不從。）

When two brothers' lines are both active, it indicates that several matchmakers will compete for the marriage; if both intermediate lines are empty, there will be no communication or exchange of gifts. If both intermediate lines are active, there must be two matchmakers. If the intermediate line is accompanied by a brother, or if the brother changes into another brother, or if two officials are generated, it indicates that the matchmakers are competing. In such cases, one should look at which line is empty, which is strong or weak, and whether it is restrained, to determine which one will ultimately prevail. If both intermediate lines are quiet and both are empty, there will certainly be no matchmakers involved. However, if they are empty but active, or if they generate brothers or officials, or if they themselves are brothers or officials that are empty and active, this indicates that the matchmakers are trying to ask for a reward and deliberately not visiting, not because there are truly no matchmakers. If the world and response lines are not harmonious, they rely on the matchmakers' words to mediate. If the world and response lines are in conflict or mutual control, the marriage is naturally difficult to achieve. However, if the intermediate lines generate and harmonize to relieve the conflict, although the matter starts off difficult, it can still be resolved through the mediation of the matchmakers and eventually succeed. What is meant by relief? For example, if the response line is active and controls the world line, but the intermediate line instead harmonizes with the response line and generates and supports the world line, and so on. If the intermediate line is controlled, even if it has many good words, it is in vain. When inviting a matchmaker to mediate and seek a marriage, the response line should generate and harmonize with the intermediate line, so the matchmaker's words will be more easily accepted, and the other party will certainly listen. If the intermediate line is instead controlled by the response line, then no matter how eloquently you speak, the other party will not agree.

財官沖剋，反招就裡愆尤；（間爻若被日辰動爻沖剋，其媒必然取怨於兩家。世爻沖剋，男家有怨；應爻沖剋，女家有怨。或世來生合而財爻沖剋者，男家雖喜，異日女家必怨。財官皆沖剋，夫妻俱有怨。）世應生扶，必得其中厚惠。（凡遇世應、日辰帶財福、青龍生合間爻，其媒必有兩家酬貺，旺相多休囚少，若帶兄鬼螣蛇玄武類生合者，不過巧言虛禮，必無實惠。化出財福生合亦吉，男看世爻，女看應爻。世應俱生合，兩家俱有惠，世旺男家多，應旺女家多。）一卦吉凶，細察精微委曲。百年夫婦，方知到底團圓。

When the wealth line and official line conflict and control the intermediate line, the matchmaker will end up with a lot of complaints. If the intermediate line is conflicted or controlled by the day branch or the moving line, the matchmaker will be disliked by both sides. If the world line conflicts with the intermediate line, the male family will blame him; if the response line conflicts with the intermediate line, the female family will blame him. If the world line generates and supports the intermediate line but the wealth line conflicts with it, the male family will be happy while the female family will later have grievances. If both the wealth and official lines conflict with the intermediate line, both the husband and wife will blame him. If the world and response lines generate and support the intermediate line, the matchmaker will certainly receive generous thanks. Whenever the world line, response line, or day branch brings wealth, descendants, and the azure dragon to generate and support the intermediate line, both families will offer rewards. If these lines are prosperous and strong, the reward will be generous; if they are weak and confined, the reward will be meager. If the lines that generate and support the intermediate line bring brothers, officials, the snake, or the black tortoise, it is just empty words and no real benefit. If the lines transform into wealth or fortune to generate and support the intermediate line, it is also auspicious. The male family looks at the world line, and the female family looks at the response line. If both the world and response lines generate and support the intermediate line, both families will offer rewards. If the world line is strong, the male family will give more; if the response line is strong, the female family will give more. To determine the fortune or misfortune of a hexagram, one must carefully examine these subtle and intricate details. Only then can one determine whether a couple will eventually be united after a hundred years.

首出混沌，配乾坤而生人物，繼興太昊，制嫁娶以合夫妻。迄今數千百年化生不絕，雖至幾億萬世絡繹無窮。蓋得陰陽交感，方能胎孕相生，先看子孫，便知男女，陽為男子，掌中探見新珠；陰是女兒，門右喜看設帨。（子孫為占產用神，陽爻為男，陰爻為女。）

Pangu first emerged from chaos and created humans and all things by harmonizing heaven and earth. Then came Taihao Fuxi, who established the marriage ceremony to correspond with the relationship between husband and wife. From that time to the present, thousands of years have passed, and life has continued without end. In the countless generations to come, there will also be an unending flow. All of this depends on the interaction of yin and yang, enabling conception and birth. When divining about childbirth, one looks at the 'offspring' line. If the offspring line is a yang line, it indicates a boy, like a new pearl appearing in the palm. If the offspring line is a yin line, it indicates a girl, like a silk ribbon hanging on the right side of the door to celebrate the joy. Using the 'offspring' line as the useful god in divination is precisely because a yang line signifies a boy and a yin line signifies a girl.

或更反兆，徒勞鞠育於三年；若遇化空，旺受胚胎於十月。（反兆者，占得生男卦反生女，占得生女卦反生男是也。皆主不壽，子孫化入空亡者亦不育。）

If opposite signs appear, the three years of careful nurturing will be in vain; if the offspring transforms into Kongwang, the ten months of pregnancy will also be futile.the so-called反兆 refers to divining a male child but giving birth to a female, or divining a female child but giving birth to a male; in both cases, the child will not live long. If the offspring transforms into Kongwang, it will also be impossible to raise the child.

主星生旺，當生俊秀之肥兒；命曜休囚，必產萎靡之弱子。（子孫生旺生子必肥大，異日主俊秀不凡；休囚無氣，生子必弱小，異日主萎靡不振。若子孫無氣，得月建日辰動爻生合扶持，主所生兒始雖弱小後漸肥大；子孫雖旺、遇月建日辰動爻刑沖剋害，始雖肥大後漸怯弱。古人斷男女生，雖以陰陽為主，然又言陽爻衰弱亦主生女，陰爻旺相亦主生男，以衰旺為主，陰陽為輔，細推其理，非確論何也？人生稟天地之秀氣，受父母之精英，蓋感陰陽而化育也。得陽精於中，陰血裹之，則成陽胎生男；得陰血於中，陽精裹之，則生女。感其氣之盛而正者，則生子肥大而為賢智；感其氣之不正而微者，則生子弱小而為愚不肖，此為自然之理，而易道豈異是哉！故愚謂子孫屬陽斷生男，或休囚則推弱小；子孫屬陰則生女，或旺相則推肥大，蓋必以陰陽為主也。學者詳之。）

The main star is prosperous and strong, indicating the birth of a handsome and strong child; if the destiny stars are weak and confined, the child will be weak and frail. If the son or daughter line is prosperous and strong, the child will be large and later become outstanding; if the son or daughter line is weak and confined, the child will be weak and later tend to be weak and unremarkable. If the son or daughter line is weak but receives support from the month builder, day branch, or moving line through generation and harmony, the child will start weak but gradually become strong. If the son or daughter line is strong but encounters punishment, clash, or harm from the month builder, day branch, or moving line, the child will start strong but later become weak. Ancient people judged the gender of children mainly based on yin and yang, but they also said that a weak yang line indicates a female child and a strong yin line indicates a male child, treating strength and weakness as the main factor and yin and yang as the auxiliary. Upon careful consideration, this is not entirely accurate. Humans inherit the refined qi from heaven and earth and receive the essence from their parents, being influenced by yin and yang to be conceived. If yang essence is in the center and yin blood surrounds it, it forms a yang fetus and results in a male child; if yin blood is in the center and yang essence surrounds it, it results in a female child. If the qi received is strong and pure, the child will be large and wise; if the qi received is subtle and improper, the child will be small and foolish. This is the natural principle, how could the Yi Classic contradict it? Therefore, I believe: if the son or daughter line is yang, it indicates a male child, and if it is weak, then the child is weak; if the son or daughter line is yin, it indicates a female child, and if it is strong, then the child is strong and healthy. Always take yin and yang as the main consideration. Scholars should carefully reflect on this.

如無福德，當究胎爻。（剖決固以子孫為主，若卦無子孫當尋胎爻定子。如乾兌宮卦，子孫屬水，胎在午，則午為胎爻。故卦有子孫則不論胎，或無子孫又無胎爻，則以第二爻斷之。）雙胎雙福必雙生，（卦有兩子爻又有兩胎爻，雖不發動，亦主雙生。若卦有兩子爻皆動，或子化子，胎化胎者，皆雙生之象也。若二爻一陰一陽，則一男一女；一旺一空，則一生一死。）一克一刑終一夢。（卦無子，占產大忌，若胎爻又被月建日辰動爻刑剋沖害，或無故自空大凶之兆，故一場春夢，言其子必亡也，子孫衰受克者亦然。）

In a hexagram, if there is no indication of descendants, one must investigate the fetal line. Although the descendants are the main focus for judgment, when there are no descendants in the hexagram, the fetal line must be used to determine the child. For example, in hexagrams of the Qian and Dui trigrams, the descendants belong to water, and the fetal position of water is in Wu, so the Wu line is the fetal line. If there are descendants in the hexagram, there is no need to consider the fetal line; if there are neither descendants nor a fetal line, then the second line is used for judgment. When there are two fetal lines and two descendant lines, it indicates twins. If there are two descendant lines and two fetal lines in the hexagram, even if they do not move, it suggests the birth of twins. If two descendant lines move, or if descendants transform into descendants and fetal lines transform into fetal lines, these also indicate the birth of twins. If these two lines are one yin and one yang, it indicates one male and one female. If one is strong and the other is empty, it indicates one alive and one dead. If one is attacked and the other is punished, it will ultimately be a dream without result. The absence of descendants is a major concern in fortune telling about childbirth. If the fetal line is also harmed by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, or if it falls into empty wasteland without cause, it is a very ominous sign. This is called a spring dream, meaning the child will certainly not be kept. If the descendants are weak and attacked, the judgment is the same.

胎臨官鬼，懷胎便有采薪憂；財化子孫，分娩即當勿藥喜。（鬼臨胎爻，其婦懷胎常有疾，胎爻被官沖剋亦然。若胎爻雖臨官鬼化出子孫，或財化福爻，則懷胎時固多疾，分娩即安泰。）妻財一位，喜見扶持；胎福二爻，怕逢傷害。（財為產母，胎為胞胎，福為兒女，三者皆喜，月建日辰動爻生合扶助，則產母安，胞胎穩，子亦易養。若見刑沖剋害，產母多災，胞胎不安，所生子亦難養。化入死墓空絕，大凶之兆。）

When the officialdom line affects the fetal line, the pregnant woman often experiences illness during pregnancy; when the wife's wealth transforms into descendants, the condition improves after childbirth. If the officialdom line is on the fetal line, the pregnant woman experiences many illnesses during pregnancy; if the fetal line is clashed and controlled by the officialdom line, the situation is similar. If the fetal line is on the officialdom line but transforms into descendants, or if the wife's wealth transforms into descendants, then although there are many illnesses during pregnancy, after childbirth the condition becomes stable. The wife's wealth line prefers support; the fetal line and the descendants line most fear harm. In this section, the wife's wealth line represents the mother, the fetal line represents the fetus, and the descendants line represents the child; all three prefer to be generated and harmonized by the month builder, day branch, and moving line. If this happens, the mother will be safe, the fetal condition will be stable, and the child will be easy to raise. If there are punishments, clashes, clashes and controls, the mother will face many disasters, the fetal condition will be unstable, and the child will be difficult to raise; if they transform into death, tomb, emptiness, or decline, it is a great凶 omen.

虎作血神，值子交重胎已破；（白虎為血神，若臨子孫或臨胎爻發動，其胎己破，臨財動者亦然。唯臨兄鬼及帶刑沖剋害或化官，莫作吉斷，可言此必漏胎，動爻合住，胎雖動而未分娩。）龍為喜氣，遇胎發動日將臨。（占產以青龍為喜神，若在胎福財爻上動者，生期己迫，必然臨日者也。在父兄官爻上動，勿作吉看。）

The White Tiger is the deity governing blood. When it appears on the子孙 position and triggers a moving line, it indicates that the placenta has ruptured. If the White Tiger appears on the子孙 or胎爻 and triggers a moving line, it signifies that the amniotic fluid has broken and childbirth is imminent; the same interpretation applies if it appears on the妻财 position. However, if the White Tiger appears on the兄弟 or官鬼 positions, or if it is accompanied bypunishment and clash,clash and control, or transforms into官鬼, it should not be considered a favorable omen, but rather a sign of miscarriage. If this moving line is restrained by another line, then although the pregnancy has begun to move, childbirth may not occur immediately. The Azure Dragon is the deity governing joy. If it appears on the胎爻 and triggers a moving line, childbirth is approaching. In divination regarding childbirth, the Azure Dragon is considered a favorable deity. If it appears on the胎爻,子孙, or妻财 positions and triggers a moving line, childbirth is imminent and is likely to occur soon. However, if it appears on the父母,兄弟, or官鬼 positions and triggers a moving line, it should not be regarded as a favorable omen.

福遇龍空胎動，乃墮胎虛喜；（福臨青龍空亡而胎爻自發動，或被沖動者，必是墮胎虛喜，福若避空則不然，要知何故墮胎以胎爻斷，如臨官鬼白虎，因病墮胎，臨父財勞傷，臨玄武則色慾，臨螣蛇驚嚇之故，臨朱雀白虎者，鬥毆撲跌墮也。）官當虎動福空，乃半產空娠。（白虎臨官發動，或臨財動化官而子孫空亡，或伏或動空化空，或被沖散者，當小產。臨月占卦乃是其子不育之象也。）

The son's hexagram is on the Azure Dragon but falls into Kongwang, and the胎爻 moves on its own, which indicates a miscarriage and empty joy. If the son's hexagram is on the Azure Dragon and also falls into Kongwang, and the胎爻 moves on its own or is moved by another, it will certainly indicate a miscarriage and false joy; if the son's hexagram enters Kongwang to avoid danger, it should not be interpreted this way. To know the reason for the miscarriage, look at what the胎爻 is associated with: if it is associated with the Officialdom hexagram or the White Tiger, it is due to illness; if it is associated with the Parents or the Wife's Wealth hexagram, it is due to overwork and injury; if it is associated with the Black Tortoise, it is due to excessive sexual activity; if it is associated with the Snake, it is due to being startled; if it is associated with the Vermilion Bird and also the White Tiger, it is due to fighting or falling. If the Officialdom hexagram of the official ghost moves on the White Tiger, and the son's hexagram falls into Kongwang, it indicates a partial miscarriage and an empty pregnancy. If the White Tiger hexagram of the official ghost moves, or if the Wealth hexagram moves and transforms into the official ghost, and at the same time the son's hexagram falls into Kongwang, or is hidden, or moves and falls into Kongwang and transforms into Kongwang, or is scattered by being triggered, it should be interpreted as a miscarriage. If this situation occurs in the month of childbirth when casting the divination, it indicates that the child will not survive.

福已動而日又沖胎，兒必預生於膝下；（胎與福若臨龍虎或有不動而日辰沖並者，其子已生。若不克世則勿斷，須再詳支神。如未過來占時候可言當日便產，若己過時而動爻是重，亦分娩矣。）福被傷而胎仍化鬼，子當早死於腹中。（子孫在死墓空絕之地，又被月建、日辰、動爻、刑沖剋害者，大凶之兆。若胎爻又臨官或胎化官，必是死胎。更財爻又臨死墓空絕，須防母子俱入黃泉。）兄動兮不利其妻，父興兮難為厥子。（兄乃克財之神，如動則產母不安；父為克子之殺，若動則子宮必損。然二神以有救無救斷之，可也。）

The子孙 has already moved, and the day branch also clashes with the胎爻, indicating that the child is likely already born. If the胎爻 and子孙 are accompanied by the「青龙」or「白虎」, or if they are not moving but are stirred up by the day branch and combined with others, the child has already been delivered. However, if they do not control the world, one should not yet make a judgment, but should carefully examine the earth branches: if the time of the question has not yet passed, it can be predicted that the child will be born on the same day; if that time has already passed, and the moving line is a repeated line, then the child has already been delivered. If the子孙 is injured and the胎爻 also transforms into官鬼, the child has already died in the womb. If the子孙 is located in the dead, tomb, void, or绝 positions, and is further punished or controlled by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, this is a great凶 omen; if the胎爻 also meets官鬼, or the胎爻 transforms into官鬼, it is definitely a dead fetus. If the财爻 is also in the dead, tomb, void, or绝 positions, one must also be cautious of both mother and child dying. If the brothers move, it is unfavorable for the mother; if the parents move, it is unfavorable for the child. Brothers are the gods that control the财, and once they move, the mother will be uneasy; parents are the killers that control the child, and once they move, the uterus will certainly be injured. However, these two situations still need to be checked for whether there is a rescue to determine the fortune or misfortune.

用在空亡逢惡殺，何妨坐草之虞；（父兄發動本為凶兆，如財福二爻在避空之地，謂空不受克，故云無事。或父兄雖動而得動爻日辰合住，謂之貪合忘克，縱凶亦虛驚，必無大害。）妻臨玄武入陰宮，果應夢蘭之兆。（巽離坤兌四宮財爻臨玄武或與玄武作合，必僕婢所生，旺相必是淫婦。休囚有吉神救助，只主出身微賤，非淫亂之婦。）克世克身，誕生日迫；（凡占生產，得子孫胎爻沖剋身世，生期已迫，當以日時斷之。蓋凡生世主遲，克世主速，克若動而逢空，過日斷。休囚期在生旺日時旺相，當以本日斷。又如子孫動，胎爻靜，以動者定其日，沖胎定其時。若胎動而子孫靜，胎爻定其日，沖福定其時，蓋動則速，沖則遲故也，又如動而合住，則以沖剋破合日斷之，餘類推。）

The useful god, although falling into kongwang, is not obstructive to the matter of giving birth. The parents and brothers, although their lines are active, are originally ominous signs, but the wealth and happiness lines are hiding in kongwang to avoid trouble. When something is in kongwang, it is not subject to being controlled, so there is no incident. Or, even though the parents and brothers are active, they may be restrained by other active lines or the day branch, which is called greedy for harmony and forgetting control. Even if there is danger, it is just a false alarm and will not cause serious harm. The wealth line is accompanied by xuanwu and falls into a yin palace, which indeed corresponds to the omen of giving birth to a son in a dream. The four yin palaces of xun, li, kun, and dui, if the wealth line is accompanied by xuanwu or combines with xuanwu, the children born are mostly servants' sons. If the wealth line is prosperous and strong, the person is certainly licentious. If it is weak and confined but has a good god to help, it is only that the person is of humble origin, not a licentious woman. The useful god controls the world and the body, indicating that the time of giving birth is approaching. In divination about childbirth, if the descendants or the fetal line conflicts with the body or the world, it means the time of birth is near, and it can be determined precisely by day and time. Generally, if the birth line is the main one, the time is delayed; if it controls the world, the time is quick. If the controlling line is active and meets kongwang, then the time is passed on the next day. If it is weak and confined, the time is on the day when it becomes strong. If it is strong and prosperous, the time is on the same day. For example, if the descendants are active and the fetal line is still, the day is determined by the active descendants, and the time is determined by the hour that conflicts with the fetal line. If the fetal line is active and the descendants are still, the day is determined by the active fetal line, and the time is determined by the hour that conflicts with the descendants—because activity brings quickness, and conflict brings delay. Another example is if the active line is restrained by a combination, then take the day that opens or breaks the combination to determine the time, and the rest follows the same principle.

不沖不發，產日時遲。（卦中胎福不動，又無暗沖者，其生產月日未臨，必然遲緩，直待沖動日月斷其生產。若無胎福二爻，其產亦遲，宜以卦中臨動之爻斷之。若又無動爻，則以卦中胎養長生之日斷之。）胎福齊興官父合，臨產難生；（胎福二爻發動，本主易生，若被官鬼父母合住，或日辰帶父兄鬼合住，皆主臨產難生，直待沖破克破合住日時，方得分娩。若非合住而胎福自化父母官鬼者，皆主遲滯。）子財皆絕日辰扶，將危有救。（占產遇胎福在墓絕之地，固凶，若得日辰動爻生扶，此乃將危有救之兆。如被惡殺旺相刑剋，則不能有救。）

If there is no clash, the lines do not move, and the time of delivery is naturally delayed. In the hexagram, if the line of the fetus and the line of the child do not move, and there is no hidden clash, it indicates that the month and day of delivery have not yet arrived, and the process will be slow, requiring the arrival of the month and day that trigger these lines to determine the time of birth. If the hexagram has no line of the fetus or child at all, and the time of delivery is still delayed, then one should use the line that is currently moving to determine the time. If there is no moving line at all, then one should use the days of the fetus, nurturing, and growth to determine the time. If the lines of the fetus and child both become active but are restrained by the official ghost or parents, childbirth becomes difficult. Normally, the movement of the lines of the fetus and fortune indicates a smooth delivery, but if they are restrained by the official ghost or parents, or if they are restrained by the day branch or the day's line of the parents, brothers, or official ghost, it indicates that the mother will not be able to give birth at the time of delivery, and one must wait until the day or time that breaks or overcomes this restraint to give birth. If it is not a case of being restrained, but the lines of the fetus and fortune themselves produce the parents or official ghost, it also indicates a delay. If both the child and wife's wealth lines are in the state of decline, but are supported by the day branch, it is a dangerous situation with a chance of salvation. When the lines of the fetus and child are in the墓 or绝 positions, it is a凶 sign; but if they are supported by the day branch or moving line, it indicates a dangerous situation with a chance of salvation. However, if they are further harmed by strong evil forces, the salvation is not possible.

間合間生，全賴收生之力；（老孃收生，以間爻推之，若動而生合財爻及胎福二爻，必得老孃收生之力，然後快易。如卦有凶神發動，而間爻救制者，必遇收生而後產也。）官空官伏，定然遺腹之兒。（卦無官鬼或在空亡，主產婦丈夫己死，此必遺腹子也，然非財福白虎則勿斷。若有鬼伏在白虎爻下，或龍伏鬼墓爻下，主夫病臥在床，非死也。旺空則是有病，鬼爻入墓或身臨鬼墓，非有病只在獄。）游魂卦官鬼空亡，乃背爹落地；（占產遇游魂卦，官鬼空亡或鬼空動或鬼動化入游魂，皆主臨產其夫出外，不見生產也。若其夫自占，遇世爻空亡者亦然。如遇游魂卦變入歸魂而鬼爻發動者，又主臨產，其夫自外歸也。世動逢合住得歸不到家。）

The second line comes to harmonize and generate, relying entirely on the strength of the midwife. The old midwife pushes from the second line: if the second line moves and harmonizes with the wealth line and the胎 and福 lines, it must be due to the midwife's assistance, and the childbirth will be smooth and easy. If there are凶 spirits moving in the hexagram, and the second line can save or control them, then the child is born only after the midwife arrives. If the official ghost falls into empty or is hidden and not visible, it is mostly a child born from a deceased father. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, or the official ghost falls into empty, it indicates the husband of the mother has died, and the child is a遗腹子. However, if the wealth and福 lines and the White Tiger are not present together, we should not make such a judgment. If the official ghost is hidden under the White Tiger line, or the Azure Dragon is hidden under the墓 of the official ghost, then the husband is ill in bed, not dead. If the official ghost is strong but falls into empty, it simply means he is ill. If the official ghost is in the墓, or the hexagram body is on the墓 of the official ghost, it is not illness but imprisonment. If the hexagram is a游魂 hexagram and the official ghost falls into empty, the child is born with the father's back. When predicting childbirth and the hexagram is a游魂 hexagram, if the official ghost falls into empty or moves into empty, or the official ghost moves and transforms into a游魂 hexagram, it indicates that the husband is away when childbirth happens and cannot be present to see the child born. If the husband himself comes to consult, and the world line falls into empty, it is the same. If the hexagram changes from a游魂 hexagram to a归魂 hexagram and the official ghost moves, it indicates that the husband returns from outside at the time of childbirth. If the world line moves but is held by harmony, then even though he has started the journey, he will not arrive home.

發動爻父兄刑害，必攜子歸泉。（占產父兄為忌爻，若帶三刑六害當權旺相而動，財福二爻在死絕之地而無救助者，主子母俱亡。）官化福，胎前多病；財化官，產後多災。（未臨月，占鬼化出子孫，主胎前常有病，待產後方安；財化官則胎前強健，至產後多病。若已臨月，須防產母有不測之患。）三合成兄，兒缺乳；（卦有三合成兄弟局者，生子必然乳少，若兄在旁爻無氣發動，亦主缺乳，財福化出兄爻亦然。若三合成父母局，子必衰弱無力。成官鬼局，生產必不快易。惟三合財福局，然後吉。）

When the parents and brothers are activated and accompanied by punishments and harms, it is certain that both mother and child will die. In divination about childbirth, the parents and brothers are considered hostile gods. If they are activated with triple punishments, six harms, and are in a strong and prosperous state, and if the wealth and happiness lines are in a dead or exhausted state without support, it indicates that both mother and child will die. If the official ghost transforms into the son, it indicates many illnesses during pregnancy. If the wealth line transforms into the official ghost, it indicates many troubles after childbirth. If the divination is cast before the month of childbirth, and the official ghost transforms into the son, it indicates frequent illness during pregnancy, and only after birth will it be safe; if the wealth line transforms into the official ghost, it indicates strong health during pregnancy but many troubles after childbirth. If it is already the month of childbirth, one must be cautious of unexpected dangers for the mother. If the triple harmony forms the brothers' group, the child will lack milk. If the triple harmony forms the brothers' group in the divination, the child will definitely have insufficient milk; if the brothers are activated from the secondary lines without strength, it also indicates a lack of milk; if the wealth and happiness lines transform into the brothers' lines, the situation is the same. If the triple harmony forms the parents' group, the child will be weak and powerless; if it forms the official ghost group, childbirth will be difficult. Only when the triple harmony forms the wealth or son's group is it favorable.

六沖遇子，婦安然。（凡占六沖財福發動，或得日辰六沖暗動，則財有生氣，鬼有剋制，所以產母安然而臥也。）應若逢空，外家無催生之禮物；（占產以應為外家，若逢空，必無催生禮物。臨兄則是慳吝之人，雖有不多。臨財福更來生合世爻，必有厚惠。旺則外家富，衰則外家貧。與世刑沖，必與外家不和。）世如值弟，自家絕調理之肥甘。（兄值世，衰則其家貧欠將息，產婦必難強健；旺則其人慳吝，不肯調理非無也。動化子，主其人平素慳吝，合則肥甘足用，世臨財福空亡，亦之調理。）陽福助青龍，無異桂庭之秀子；陰孫扶月建，何殊桃洞之仙姬。（子臨月建青龍，或月建帶青龍生合子孫者，不拘男女皆主俊秀聰明；子孫墓絕，或帶刑害，或加虎蛇，或受沖剋，或化兄鬼，皆主醜陋不肖。）

When a hexagram of six clashes appears and the sons' line is also present, the mother giving birth remains safe. If a hexagram of six clashes is drawn for a childbirth divination, and the wealth and fortune lines are activated, or if they are clashed by the day branch and move covertly, then the wealth line gains life qi, and the official ghost line is controlled, so the mother can rest safely. If the response line falls into kongwang, the mother-in-law's side will not bring gifts to help with childbirth. In divination for childbirth, the response line represents the mother-in-law's side; if it is in kongwang, there will be no gifts. If the response line is occupied by a brother, it indicates a stingy person, and even if gifts are given, they will be few. If the response line is occupied by wealth or fortune lines and they generate and harmonize with the world line, there will certainly be generous gifts. If the response line is strong, the mother-in-law's side is wealthy; if weak, it is poor. If the response line clashes with the world line, there will be discord with the mother-in-law's side. If the world line is occupied by a brother, the family will lack good nourishment and care. If the brother holds the world line, and is weak, the family is poor and unable to provide care, making it hard for the mother to recover; if strong, the person is stingy and unwilling to spend on care, not because there is no money. If the brother moves and transforms into the sons' line, it indicates that this person is usually stingy, but when it meets a harmonious element, he will have enough rich food. If the world line is occupied by wealth or fortune lines and falls into kongwang, it is also impossible to have proper care. If the sons' line is a yang line and receives the assistance of the azure dragon, it is like a handsome son in a fragrant courtyard; if the sons' line is a yin line and receives the support of the month builder, it is like a fairy in the peach blossom spring. If the sons' line is occupied by the month builder and the azure dragon, or if the month builder and azure dragon generate and harmonize with the sons' line, regardless of male or female, it indicates a handsome and intelligent person. Conversely, if the sons' line falls into the墓绝 (grave and decline), or is accompanied by punishments and harms, or is joined by the white tiger and tansheng, or is clashed and controlled, or transforms into brothers or official ghosts, it indicates an ugly appearance and bad character.

若卜有孕無孕，須詳胎伏胎飛。（凡占胎孕有無，專取胎爻為主，不看子孫，如卦中六爻上下及年月日時皆無胎爻者，雖有子孫亦為無孕。卦中雖無動爻有化出者，眼下無胎，後必有胎，惟遇胎爻出現旺動，便為有胎。若卦無胎，子孫又空，乃自命中所招必無子。）出現空亡，將胚而復散；交重化絕，既孕而不成。（胚，陰血陽精凝聚成胎之謂，蓋未成形曰胚，已成曰孕。胎爻出現如遇空亡，主雖有胎不至成形而又散；若得發動，其胎已成，惟怕變入死墓空絕，則主孕雖成形，不能產育，是亦不成而已矣。）

If the divination shows pregnancy or not, one must carefully examine whether the胎爻 is hidden or active. When determining whether there is pregnancy or not, the focus should be on the胎爻, not on the子孙. If no胎爻 can be found among the six lines, the year, month, day, or hour, then even if there is a子孙, it is considered no pregnancy. If the hexagram does not have a present胎爻, but a moving line generates one, it indicates that there is no pregnancy now, but there will be later. Only when the胎爻 appears and is strong and active does it mean that there is already a pregnancy. If there is no胎爻 and the子孙 also falls intoKongwang, it means that the person is destined to have no children. If the胎爻 appears but falls intoKongwang, it means that the embryo forms but then disperses. If the胎爻 is activated but transforms into a dead or buried state, it means that the pregnancy is formed but cannot be sustained. The embryo is formed by the convergence of yin blood and yang essence; before it takes shape it is called an embryo, and once it takes shape it is called a pregnancy. If the胎爻 appears but falls intoKongwang, it indicates that although there is a pregnancy, it does not develop into a form and disperses. If the胎爻 is able to activate, it means that the embryo has formed, but one should fear that it transforms into death, burial, emptiness, or decline, which means that although the pregnancy has formed, it cannot result in childbirth, and ultimately remains unfulfilled.

姅必逢官，（孕傷曰姅，胎臨官，或動官，或被官動來刑沖剋害，皆主胎孕有傷。若非鬼爻而被月建日辰刑剋，其胎亦有傷損。日辰沖胎，懷胎不安。）妉須遇虎。（娠婦既孕，月事又通曰妉。若未及月胎臨白虎，必是漏胎。如遇殺沖或發動化鬼者，旺相為小產，無氣是漏胎。）

If the fetal element is harmed, it is certainly due to encountering the official ghost. A fetus being harmed is called "dian." If the fetal element is in the position of officialdom, or if it transforms into the official ghost, or if the activated official ghost harms or clashes with it, it indicates damage to the fetus; even if it is not the official ghost but is harmed by the month builder or the day branch, the fetus is still injured. If the day branch clashes with the fetal element, it indicates an unstable pregnancy. Bleeding during pregnancy is certainly due to encountering the White Tiger. If a woman is already pregnant but still has her menstrual period, it is called "dan." If the due date has not arrived and the fetal element is in the position of the White Tiger, it is definitely a miscarriage; if it also encountersInauspicious Sha (evil killing) clashing or the fetal element is activated and transforms into the official ghost, then a prosperous and strong condition indicates a miscarriage, while a weak condition indicates a leakage of the fetus.

帶令星而獲助，存沒咸安；（凡占胎孕，胎爻旺相又有生合扶助，不臨官鬼父母及空亡者，其胎必成。更陽爻則生子，必生有養死有祀，所以存歿咸安。）有陰地而無傷，緩急非益。（胎爻屬陰，休囚而得月建日辰動多生合，再無凶神刑剋者，其胎亦成，但生女，故曰緩急非益也。）如逢玄武，暗裡成胎；若遇文書，此前無子。（胎臨玄武必然暗與人通，及陰司不明，所受之胎非夫妻正受也。休囚有制，則占婢妾胎孕，若臨父主此前未嘗有子，或者雖有不存，今始成胎也。）

The胎爻 carries the current star and receives support, so both the living and the dead are properly cared for. When predicting pregnancy, if the胎爻 is prosperous and strong with support from generation and harmony, and it does not meet the officialdom ghost or the parents'爻, nor falls into kongwang, the pregnancy will surely succeed. If the胎爻 is yang, it will result in a boy, and in the future, there will be someone to support him when he is alive and someone to worship him when he is dead, so both life and death are secure. If the胎爻 falls into yin but is not harmed, it will not be relied upon in times of urgency. If the胎爻 is yin, although it is weak and confined, it receives support from the month builder, day branch, and many moving lines that generate and harmonize, and there is no harm from凶神, this pregnancy can still succeed, but it will be a girl. A daughter cannot support the family, so in times of urgency, she cannot provide help. If the胎爻 meets the玄武, the pregnancy is formed secretly; if it meets the文书爻, it indicates that there were no children before. If the胎爻 is with玄武, it must be a secret affair with someone else, the origin is ambiguous, and the fetus is not from the husband's legitimate offspring; if theBlack Tortoise is weak and restrained, it indicates a pregnancy from a servant or concubine. If the胎爻 meets the parents, it indicates that there were no children before, or although there were children, they did not survive, and now it is the first time the body is forming a fetus.

孕形於內，只因土並勾陳；胎隱於中，端為迎龍合德。（胎臨勾陳，懷胎顯露，更屬土爻猶甚。胎臨青龍，其胎不露，更逢三合六合，必隱然如未孕者。《天玄賦》曰：“胎爻屬陽，陽氣輕清上浮，胎近胸前；胎爻屬陰，陰氣重濁下降，胎必近下”。此說得之。）若問收生之婦，休將兩間而推；如占代養之娘，惟憑一財而斷。（若占老孃及化婆者，以占產卦中取之，則問爻是也。今人執其迷說，雖單占另卜，亦以間爻論則失之矣。故凡單占，當以妻財一爻為主，不可又以間爻推之。收生之婦，即今老孃，代養之娘即今乳母，二者斷法相似，故並云。）

The form of the fetus is revealed externally because the fetal yao is accompanied by "Gou Chen"; the form of the fetus is hidden internally because "Azure Dragon" harmonizes with it. When the fetal yao is associated with Gou Chen, the condition of pregnancy becomes evident; since the fetal yao also belongs to earth, it becomes even clearer. When the fetal yao is associated with Azure Dragon, the form of the fetus does not appear externally; if it also meets Triple Harmony and Six Harmony, the abdomen appears as if not yet pregnant. The "Heavenly Mystery Treatise" says: if the fetal yao is yang, yang energy is light and rises, so the fetal position is near the chest; if the fetal yao is yin, yin energy is heavy and sinks, so the fetal position is definitely lower. This statement is correct. If one asks about the midwife, do not use the two middle yao to deduce; if one divines about a wet nurse, only rely on the wife's wealth yao. The midwife and the one who assists in childbirth are naturally included in the divination of childbirth, using the middle yao; nowadays people are rigid in old ways, using the middle yao even when divining a separate chart, which is wrong. Whenever a separate chart is cast specifically to divinate about a person, one should take the wife's wealth yao as the main reference, and not use the middle yao again. The woman who assists in childbirth is today's midwife, and the one who raises the child is today's wet nurse; their methods of divination are similar, so they are discussed together.

刑沖剋害，福德要防，死墓絕空，財身宜避。（凡占老孃乳母，雖以財爻為主，然亦重子孫，蓋子孫生扶財故也。若被日辰月建動爻刑沖剋害，則子必見傷，雖財爻有氣，亦不可用。若子孫不受傷克而自居死墓空絕之地，則主老孃無手段，乳母不濟事，化入者亦然。）兄動兮手低，乳母須防盜物；（兄弟發動，占老孃決然本事必低，占乳母則主此婦貪財愛物，見財起意，又主貪食，亦非貞潔。又加玄武，必淫。若財爻自動化出兄弟或臨卦身，依此斷之。）

Punishments, clashes, and control should be guarded against falling upon the子孙 (offspring); death,墓 (grave),绝 (end), and空 (void) should be avoided by the财爻 (wealth line) and theHexagram Body (hexagram body). When divining about a wet nurse or a wet nurse, although the财爻 is the main focus, the子孙 is also important because the子孙 can generate and support the财爻. If the子孙 is punished, clashed, or controlled by the day branch, month builder, or moving line, the child will surely suffer injury. At this time, even if the财爻 has strength, this person cannot be used. If the子孙 is not injured but itself falls into death,墓,空, or绝, it indicates that the wet nurse is ineffective and the wet nurse is not helpful. The same interpretation applies when the lines transform into these conditions. If the brothers are activated, their skills are low; when used as a wet nurse, one must also guard against theft. If brothers are activated, when divining about a wet nurse, their skills are certainly poor; when divining about a wet nurse, this woman is greedy for wealth and material things, and when seeing money, she will have thoughts, and she is also greedy for food, and her character is not virtuous. If further combined withBlack Tortoise (Black Tortoise), she is definitely promiscuous. If the财爻 itself is activated and transforms into brothers, or if brothers are present in theHexagram Body, the same interpretation applies.

父興兮乳少，老孃切恐傷胎。（父母發動占老孃最凶，胞胎必然損傷，更加刑害，兒必為其所害，切不可用。如占乳母，衰則主有乳，旺則無乳，不可用。若化出及持身世者同斷。或問篇中斷乳少前以兄弟斷，此以父母斷，何也？答曰：大抵卜易貴通變，執一則非。蓋乳固一事，以小兒言為食，屬財則乳亦當以財爻取；以婦人言則母乳於孩子，故乳亦以子孫取之。如子平中亦以我生者為食神，夫豈無本之論哉！）

When the parents'爻 are active, the mother's milk will be reduced. If someone is used as a midwife, there is fear that she might injure the fetus. When the parents'爻 are active, the midwife is most dangerous, and the fetus will surely be harmed. If there is also punishment and harm, the child will certainly be harmed by her; thus, she should not be used. When judging a wet nurse, if the parents are weak, there may still be milk, but if the parents are prosperous and strong, there will be no milk, and she should not be used. If the parents are derived from another爻 or if the parents are the ruler or occupying the position, the judgment is the same. Some may ask: previously, when judging lack of milk, we used the brothers'爻, but now when judging reduced milk, we use the parents'爻, how can this be explained? The answer is: divination values flexibility and adaptability; sticking to one method is wrong. Milk is essentially one matter. From the child's perspective, it is his food, which belongs to wealth, so milk can be taken as the wealth爻. From the mother's perspective, it is the mother nurturing the child, which is what I have given birth to, so milk can also be taken as the descendants'爻. Just like in the method of Zi Ping, the one I have given birth to is called the food god, which is not an arbitrary statement.

子孫發動多乳，手段更高能；（大抵子孫旺相發動，不臨空絕不受制伏，財爻又無傷害者，上吉之卦。老孃手段必高，乳母必主乳多，向後決然稱意。）官鬼發動多災，事機猶反覆。（官鬼發動，必有禍患，不傷身世，難凶亦淺，一遭刑害禍不可言。如兩官皆發動，鬼化鬼兄化兄，或官兄亂動，必主大凶，占乳母反覆難成，雖成必有口舌後患。）財合福爻，善能調護；身生子位，理會維持。（卦身與財生合，子孫最吉。占老孃，手段必高，慣能救死回生；占乳母主其婦善撫小兒，乳亦多。）

When the hexagram indicates that the descendants are active, there will be abundant milk and the midwife's skills will be highly effective. Generally, if the descendants are prosperous and strong and active, they do not fall into emptiness or decline, nor are they restrained, and the wealth hexagram is not harmed, this is an excellent hexagram: the midwife's skills will certainly be high, the wet nurse's milk will certainly be sufficient, and everything will be satisfactory in the future. When the official ghost is active, there will be many troubles and the situation will be complicated. If the official ghost moves, there will certainly be misfortunes; if it does not harm the body or the family, the danger is not severe. But once it involves punishment and harm, the troubles will be endless. If two official ghosts are active, or if the official ghost transforms into another official ghost, or the brother transforms into another brother, or the official and brother are both active, it will certainly indicate a great misfortune. When divining about a wet nurse, it will be difficult to reach an agreement, and even if an agreement is reached, there will certainly be disputes later. If the wealth hexagram combines with the descendants, the person is good at taking care of the child; if the hexagram body generates the position of the descendants, the person knows how to maintain and care for the child. If the hexagram body combines and generates the wealth hexagram, and the descendants are in the most favorable position: when divining about a midwife, her skills will be excellent and she will be able to save lives; when divining about a wet nurse, this woman is good at nurturing the child and will have sufficient milk.

如逢相剋相沖，決見多災多咎。（子孫被財與卦身刑沖剋害，最不利，用之兒必為其所害。子孫避空或月建有氣，財身有制，庶幾無虞。占老孃胎爻亦不可受傷，世持父兄亦不遂意。）

If there is mutual control or clash, misfortune will surely follow continuously. If the descendants are harmed by the wealth hexagram line and the hexagram body through punishment and clash, it is extremely unfavorable. Using such a person will certainly lead to harm to the child. Unless the descendants hide in kongwang to avoid it, or the descendants receive the energy of the month builder and are strong, or the wealth hexagram line and the hexagram body are controlled by other factors, then it can bewith difficulty safe. When divining about a wet nurse, the fetal hexagram line must not be harmed; if the world line holds parents or brothers, it will also not be satisfactory.