A TRANSPARENT WORKED EXAMPLE
Should I accept the new job offer?
One fixed Liu Yao cast, shown from the six recorded values to a careful conclusion that does not pretend the chart can decide for you.
The role itself has support, but the chart does not justify a blind yes. The practical decision turns on written terms, resource cost, and whether the offer remains sound after those details are made explicit.
1. Record the question before reading the chart
Question: Should I accept the new job offer?
Fixed teaching time: 1 August 2026, 10:00 in UTC+8. Recorded values, bottom to top: 7, 8, 6, 9, 7, 8.
The first value is always the bottom line. Values 6 and 9 are changing; values 7 and 8 are stable. Publishing these inputs makes the example reproducible rather than asking the reader to trust a finished interpretation without seeing its basis.
2. Calculate the chart before interpreting it
Chart facts: the cast produces Following changing to After Completion. The month and day are both Wei Earth; the void branches are Yin and Mao. These are calculated properties, not editorial judgments.
THE ACTUAL DELIVERY FORMAT
What the completed deep reading looks like
This illustrative report uses the same renderer, chapter order, typography, and content structure as a purchased reading. The interpretation itself changes with each question and chart.
One-sentence summary
The opportunity is worth serious consideration, but the chart supports accepting only after the written scope, compensation, and resources have been made explicit.
Situation analysis
The Officer line—the role and responsibility being offered—is visible, stable, and supported by Earth producing Metal. This gives the opportunity substance. At the same time, both Self and Other are tied to Wealth Earth, so the practical exchange of time, money, workload, and support is central to the decision.
Following changing to After Completion describes a situation that can move forward, but not one that should be treated as settled too early. The chart's emphasis is less “Will this job be good?” than “Do the actual terms support the responsibility you are being asked to carry?”
Key technical evidence
- Focus Spirit: Line 5, Officer Metal, is present, stable, and supported by the Earth influence of the month and day.
- Self and Other: Self at line 3 and Other at line 6 are both represented by Wealth Earth, making compensation, capacity, and resource exchange decisive.
- Moving lines: Self moves toward Parent Water, while line 4 is already Parent Water and also moves. Documents, terms, reporting structure, and institutional support therefore require attention.
- Void: Line 2, Sibling Wood, is void. Peer support or competition may be less reliable or less important than it first appears.
- Overall movement: Following becomes After Completion, favoring careful alignment followed by continued attention rather than a rushed yes.
Line-by-line reading
Line 6 · Other · Wealth Earth
The employer or external side appears materially capable, but the strong resource emphasis means you should ask what is actually available—not infer support from reputation or tone.
Line 5 · Officer Metal · Focus Spirit
This is the clearest supportive line. The role has definition and weight. Its stability favors evaluating the offer seriously, while its position also makes authority, expectations, and accountability important to clarify.
Line 4 · Parent Water · Moving
Written terms, information, onboarding, and institutional support are active rather than settled. A change here suggests that the contract or practical structure may still be shaped through questions or negotiation.
Line 3 · Self · Wealth Earth · Moving
You are strongly engaged with the material consequences of the move. As this line changes toward Parent Water, your best use of agency is to convert broad attraction or concern into specific written facts.
Line 2 · Sibling Wood · Void
Colleagues, comparison with peers, or competitive pressure should not carry the decision. Information about the team may still be incomplete.
Line 1 · Parent Water
The foundation is practical information. Before committing, confirm the basic documents, duties, working pattern, and conditions that will govern the role day to day.
Three concrete actions
- Ask for the full scope, reporting line, probation terms, working pattern, and success measures in writing.
- Compare compensation and benefits against the real workload, commute, transition cost, and resources provided.
- Set a decision threshold: accept if the clarified terms remain sound; negotiate or pause if key support stays vague.
3. Let the question select the Focus Spirit
For a question about accepting employment, Stillpoint uses the Officer role as the primary Focus Spirit. There is one visible Officer line: line 5, You Metal. It is not moving or void, and it is assessed as supported in this chart because Earth produces Metal.
This is the strongest positive fact in the example: the role or responsibility being offered is present and has support. It does not, by itself, prove that every term of the offer is beneficial.
4. Read the Focus Spirit in relationship
Line 3 · Wealth Earth · moving
Self sits on a strong resource line and changes to Parent Water. Editorially, this directs attention to the cost, compensation, obligations, and written structure surrounding the move—not only the attraction of the role.
Line 6 · Wealth Earth · strong
The other side is also represented through resources and material terms. That supports treating salary, budget, benefits, and practical capacity as central evidence.
Line 4 · Parent Water · moving
Parent commonly covers documents, terms, information, and institutional support. Here it moves and transforms toward an Officer role, making clarification of the written offer part of evaluating the job itself.
The named hexagram, Following, adds a useful question—what is being followed, and on whose terms? The resulting hexagram, After Completion, cautions against treating apparent completion as the end of due diligence. These hexagram meanings support the line analysis; they do not replace it.
5. State what the chart supports—and what it does not
The opportunity is viable enough to examine seriously. Before accepting, verify the written scope, compensation, reporting line, probation terms, and resources available to do the work. A clear offer that remains attractive after this review receives more support than a rushed acceptance based on title alone.
The chart does not know the employer's finances, workplace culture, commute, legal terms, or the person's alternatives. Those facts must come from ordinary investigation. The reading organizes the decision; it does not replace evidence or consent.
Limits, method, and sources
This teaching example uses Stillpoint's documented Jing Fang Eight-Palace and Na Jia implementation. Other Liu Yao teachers may prioritize secondary rules differently. No client history or claimed outcome has been invented for this page.
- Zhouyi / Book of Changes — Chinese Text ProjectHexagram and line-text reference.
- Zeng Shan Bu Yi (增删卜易)Traditional Liu Yao case and rule tradition.
- Bu Shi Zheng Zong (卜筮正宗)Later manual used to compare divination conventions.