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A client asked about a slowdown with their Mexican client

23 July 2025Jinan, Shandong Translated by AI

A client asked why orders from a key Mexican client had dropped, and how the partnership would go. I cast a Qi Men Dun Jia chart to look at the situation.

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Zongyuan

That's right.

对滴

Client

Okay, will keep at it.

好滴继续加油

Zongyuan, I'd like to ask you to cast a divination for me. There's a big client we worked with last year, [redacted] in Mexico. Their order volume has gone down this year. I want to know if it's because of our product styles, or changes in their purchasing. Also, will our cooperation get better?

猫猫道长～想请您帮忙看一个卦，就是去年有和我们一起合作的一个大客户：墨西哥的[redacted] 今年下单的数量变少了，我想知道是我们这边款式问题还是对方的采购变化？还有我们的合作会越来越好吗？

昨天 17:23

They're one of our most important clients, so we're a bit worried about the lower volume.

因为是我们最看重的客户之一，数量少了我们有点担心

Zongyuan

Let me take a look.

我看看

昨天 19:02

Client

[emoji]

Zongyuan

[redacted] is your palace position. Ren water falls in the Xun palace, with ji xing (punishment clash), along with zhi fu and geng metal. This means you have worked together before, but with ji xing here, future cooperation will decrease. There is also a clash between ji and ren, so you must watch for goods issues this July and November — there is a sign of mistakes, shipping problems, being held up, inspections, and repeated shipments. Try to avoid these issues.

[redacted]是你们的落宫，壬水落在巽宫，见击刑，见直符和庚，说明曾经合作过，但是击刑在这里，之后的合作会变少，且己壬冲，在今年的7月，11 月一定要注意货物问题，容易出纰漏或者有运输类的问题，有困住，以及被检查，反复出货的像，尽量避免。

[redacted] is the other company. Geng metal falls in the Gen palace, which is empty (kong wang). This means for most of this year, they will be quiet. They will place orders in specific months, and the volume will still be large, but only at certain times — fewer orders, but decent volume. The timing is in the Chou month and when geng metal appears, meaning one shipment at the end of this year and the start of next year. The amount I see is the numbers 2 and 7 — you will have to add the unit yourself.

[redacted]是对方公司，庚金落在艮宫，空亡，代表今年大多数时候它都没有动静，到了特定月份会合作，合作量还是大的，但是也仅仅是个别时间，次数少，量还行。时间在今年的丑月和见庚金的时候，也就是今年的底和明年的年初有一次出货，拿到的金额我这里看到的数字是2和7，单位需要你自己加上。

Looking at profit: your side [redacted] but the empty palace restricts it, so making money will be hard, and profit margins will drop somewhat. But the cooperation will continue. Also, this company's own performance this year is not as good as before, which is also why your cooperation frequency has gone down.

看赚钱情况: 你们[redacted] 但是空克，赚钱辛苦，且利润有所下降。但是合作还是存续。此外这家公司自己今年的效益也不如之前，这也导致了你们合作的频率下降。

Looking further ahead: since ren and geng are in the same palace, you will continue to have cooperation on and off basically every year, but the frequency each year will decrease, and profits will stay at a relatively low level. Another thing is to watch for mistakes — this company has quite a few suppliers, and they are comparing them against each other.

再看之后的情况，因为壬和庚同宫，因此陆陆续续基本还是每年会有合作，但是每年的频率会减少，此外利润会维持在一个比较低的水平。再一个是注意出错，因为这家公司的供应商还是挺多的，它也在进行互相比较。

You two cooperate at specific times every year.

每年特定的时间你俩合作

Client

Yes, they come at fixed times every year.

对他每年固定时间来

But right now it's once a year, and we've never had cooperation in summer.

但目前一年一次，夏季还没有合作过

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Zongyuan

Mm-hmm.

嗯呢