She asked about career changes amid upcoming layoffs
A client facing upcoming company layoffs asked if she should leave her 10-year stable job to start a cultural creative business with friends. I advised keeping her main job and building a side business first.
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Client
Zongyuan, when you have time could you look at my career for the next two years? Our unit is starting layoffs too [emoji]. I’ve worked here for ten years, the environment is very stable, but the work is too repetitive. Over the past year I’ve had some thoughts now and then about changing environments. Would it be suitable for me to start a cultural and creative business with friends? 😀 BaZi [redacted]
师父，空了能不能帮我看看这两年的事业，我们单位也要开始裁员了[emoji]，主要在这个单位也工作了十年，环境很稳定，不过工作内容太过于重复，这一年来自己也不时有些想法，想换个环境，如果和朋友搞些文创类的生意是否适合? 😀八字[redacted]
周一09:15
Zongyuan
Sure
好
周一09:25
[redacted] ⏎ Born in [redacted], your entire chart centers on Xu earth. Metal and fire are favorable; wood is not. You are currently in the Ren water luck pillar, which does bring up thoughts of working on your own. But Ren water is not a favorable element for your chart. If you go out on your own, it can only be a supplement to your main job. Do not give up your main position — the stable Xu earth outside the home needs to remain steady. ⏎ Three-year outlook (main and side work) ⏎ 2025 Yi Si
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八字生在[redacted]，全局都需要为戌土服务，喜见金火，不喜见木，目前上壬水运，确实有自己做事的想法， 但是壬水不是全局的喜用，出来之后只能说是自己作为对于主业的补充，不能放弃主业，家外的戌土需要一直有其稳定性。
近三年走势（主副业）
2025年乙巳
周一09:46
2026 Bing Wu ⏎ This year the energy warms up. Wealth is strong, but main career development is average. ⏎ You will be very busy, but this busyness feels like formalism. ⏎ It’s the kind of internal competition where there isn’t actually much work, but all kinds of reports make everything complicated. The first half of the year is average, the second half is better. This year, wealth overcomes seal, so you will feel quite anxious. Also pay attention to interpersonal relationships. The income from side work will grow. Besides that, you can consider intermediary-type income, earning money as a middleman. ⏎ 2027 Ding Wei ⏎ This year metal is weakened. There will be very big career changes, mainly driven by external changes affecting the internal. It is easy to job-hop or lose your job. Things improve in the second half of the year. This year, side work is likely to stop or decline. You need to re-stabilize your main job and find another way out. Changes happen between summer and autumn.
2026 年丙午
本年温度升高。财旺，主业发展一般，
但是很忙碌，这种忙碌像是形式主义
内卷，就是本质上事儿不多，但是各
种汇报搞得很复杂，也是上半年一般，
下半年要好些，本年财克印，人会比
较焦灼，也要注意人际关系问题。副
业求财的金额会扩大，此外还可以考
虑中介类的收入，充当中间人赚钱。
2027 丁未
本年金损了，事业有非常大的变动，
主要是外部变化带动内部，容易跳槽
或者失业，下半年好转，本年副业容
易停止，或者滑坡，需要把主业重新
扶起来，另谋出路。变动在夏季到秋
季之间。
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Client
That’s right, Zongyuan you’re so accurate. The unit’s current plan is that by 2027 all non-permanent staff will have to leave [emoji]
对的，师父你太厉害了，单位目前的
规划是27年非正式的都要走人[emoji]
周一10:16
Zongyuan
Mm [emoji]
嗯[emoji]
周一10:20
Client
And it really is external changes driving internal ones [emoji]
而且也真的是是外部变化带动内部[emoji]
I’m so impressed
太佩服了
The overall environment isn’t great right now
现在整体环境是不太好
Zongyuan, could you look at what direction of work suits me? I’ve also been investing on my own, and over five or six years the returns have been okay. Right now I’m just very confused
师父能看看我适合哪个方向的工作，
目前自己也有投资，五六年下来收益
也还可以，目前就是很迷茫
Zongyuan
Consider the wellness direction. The combination of Ren and Xu points to wellness teas, wellness face masks, traditional Chinese medicine周边 products — that kind of thing can be considered as a side business. For your main job, stick to public institution work, infrastructure-related support roles. Just having work is enough, don’t aim for a permanent position.
考虑下养生方向，壬戌合是养生茶，
养生面膜，中医周边，这一类可以考
虑副业。主业还是走事业单位，基建
类的周边，有活儿干就行，不求编制。
Your career is like a balance scale. You can’t only have a side business — that is, you can’t only work for yourself. It would make you more anxious, with no center of gravity.
你的事业像是个天平一样，不能只有
副业，也就是不能只有自己做事，人
会容易更焦虑，没有重心。
You need a basic anchor first, then develop a side business
需要有一个基本抓手之后，再发展副
业
Client
I’m completely blown away, I feel like you’ve seen right through me. I’m actually studying traditional Chinese medicine with a teacher right now [emoji], and I’m currently in a public institution without a permanent position
真的是五体投地，感觉被透视了，我
也的确跟着一个中医老师在学中医[emoji]，
现在也是在事业单位无编制
周一10:45
Yes, that’s exactly my situation right now. Work is relatively relaxed, so I have time to learn a lot of things [emoji]. I used to do photography on the side, but I couldn’t keep up because of health reasons, so I stopped later. Then because of health reasons I started studying Chinese medicine [emoji]
是的，现在就是这么一个状况，工作
还比较清闲，所以有时间学很多东西
[emoji]，以前兼职过摄影，但是由于身体
原因吃不消，后来就没坚持下去，因
为身体原因又开始学上中医了[emoji]
周一11:03
Zongyuan
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