Sky Net Spread Wide

Job searches and promotions all meet obstruction: résumés and reports sink like stones, blocked at every level with no reply. This is no time to change jobs or volunteer for the spotlight — hold your current post and strengthen your fundamentals. If the palace meets Emptiness the bindings loosen; wait for the next opening before moving.

The road to money runs into a snare: investments and loans are easily trapped, and collections drag on with endless reversals. Do not open new ventures or add to positions; call in receivables and cut spending instead. Forcing an entry usually means sinking ever deeper, with losses through illness or litigation.

Relationships tend toward tangled knots — bound to each other yet unable to move forward, or an old attachment that clings and will not be cut. For marriage matters the reading is delay: not the time to propose or register the marriage. Settle the old accounts first; only after the pattern changes its qi can feelings come clear.

Indicates lingering illness that resists cure — especially kidney, urinary, and depressive disorders — with relapses and drawn-out delays. Do not gamble on waiting it out: seek treatment early and see the full course through. Chronic patients should guard against complications; recovery hinges on getting the qi moving again.

This pattern is worst of all for travel — the verdict says outright that travelers lose their companions: parties scatter en route, journeys stall, and contact breaks off. Postpone long trips; if you must set out, stay with your group and avoid night roads and water routes. If the palace meets Emptiness, the resistance eases somewhat.

Litigation bogs down into a war of attrition — illness and litigation both bring harm — plaintiff and defendant alike are dragged along, bleeding time and money with no quick verdict. Do not initiate suit; those already entangled should seek mediation and settlement. Fight head-on and the net only draws tighter, wounding both sides.