Official Ghost (官鬼)

The six relations · Tendency: Inauspicious

What it means

Official Ghost (官鬼) is the element that overcomes me. It represents government, thunder, spirits, illness, and thieves — more misfortune than fortune. In career divination, this line serves as the Use Spirit; for a wife divining about her husband, she also takes this line. At such times, it is favorable for it to be strong, vibrant, and accompanied by noble influences. But for inquiries about illness, lawsuits, or travel, this line is unfavorable; if it moves, it brings calamity, legal trouble, obstruction, and disaster. Although Official Ghost is ominous, a hexagram cannot lack it; it should be quiet rather than moving. Only when controlled by the Descendant line and supported by the Wife Wealth line can its negative effects be turned into useful application.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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