She had two course options, Beijing or Guangzhou
A client asked whether to run a shortened course in Beijing or move workshops to Guangzhou. I cast a Qi Men Dun Jia chart and shared what it showed.
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Client
I have to stay in Taiwan for clinical treatment, can't leave. Now there are two options: 1. Cut the children's section from the Beijing course, only run a 5-day theory course. 2. Go to Guangzhou instead, run two 2-day workshops back to back, 4 days total, one on women's topics and one on child development. Which is the better choice?
有时间，得留在台湾做临床治疗，不能停。
现在就变成了2个选择：
1 北京的课程把小孩的部分去掉，只开5天理论课。
2 还是去广州开，连着开2个各2天的工作坊，一共4天，一个女性主题，一个儿童发展的主题。
这两个选择哪个更优？
Qi Men outer chart. Jia Chen, Ren Shen, Gui You, Ding Si. From the outer chart, the wood in Chen throughout the chart generates Ding, but...
奇门外盘 甲辰 壬申 癸酉 丁巳 外盘来看，全盘见辰中木来生丁，但…
10月3日 晚上23:12
Zongyuan
I'll take a look tomorrow.
明儿我看看哈
Client
Zongyuan, that plan to move from Beijing to Guangzhou fell through earlier, because the Taiwanese [redacted] we found...
猫猫，之前这个北京转广州的打算落空了，原因是找的台…
Zongyuan
Qi Men outer chart. Jia Chen. [redacted]. From the outer chart, both the day stem and hour stem are in tomb state, which means things are stagnant, not much progress. For your course, this can be understood as sticking to the original, traditional format. The day stem Xin Metal falls in Li trigram, which is empty. Li trigram is associated with women, and Liu He (Six Harmony) is here too. Emptiness means you shouldn't have too many different things, and it doesn't align with children-related content. It favors focus,传承 (continuity of teaching), and few changes. The hour stem Ren Water falls in Kun palace, also empty, and Kun palace has a寄 palace (additional palace) that is also empty, which repeats the meaning of the day stem: favors focus, does not favor mixing things up or making changes. Looking at the profit situation if you make the change: Wu Earth in Dui palace is clashed, which means financial loss. Compared to the original plan, there will be more costs or waste. Sheng Men (Life Gate) is in Li trigram, empty, and it controls Dui trigram. Sheng Men controlling Wu Earth usually means a money-losing venture, but since it's empty and controlling, there can be a turn of events. What you thought would be a loss or even out-of-pocket cost ends up having a way out, with a small profit. A few points to note: 1. Liu He is empty, so children-related matters are not favorable, and unexpected trouble may come up. 2. Wu Earth is clashed, so it's good to主动应事 (take initiative to match the sign) — that is, offer some concessions on the original basis, like a certain discount, or give something extra. 3. You need to push things actively. Things that keep falling into tomb state tend to stay static; they won't move if you don't push. 4. On location choice: the day stem sits in Chou earth, which is Beijing. Guangdong is Chen earth region, which does not match what the chart shows, so clients there may not be receptive.
奇门外盘
甲辰
[redacted]
外盘来看，日时都是入墓的状态，则代表事情滞留，进展不大。对应到你的课程上，可以理解为传统上的延续。
日干辛金落在离卦空亡，离卦为女性卦，此处又有六合，空亡则代表东西不能多，且不合孩子相关，喜专一，传承，改变少。时干见壬水落在坤宫，再空亡，且坤宫有寄宫再空，也是重复日干表达的含义，喜专一，不喜杂和变更。
看一下变更之后的利润情况：
戊土在兑宫见冲，为财上的损失，说明相比原计划，耗财多，或者有浪费的地方。生门在离卦，空克兑卦。生门克戊本身是赔钱买卖，但是现在见空克，容易峰回路转，原来以为损失钱财或者倒贴，结果还有一条生路，有微薄的利润。
几个注意事项：
1 六合空亡，不喜见孩童之事，容易有意外的麻烦
2 戊土被冲，喜主动应事，也就是适当在原来的基础上让利，比如打一定的折扣，或者赠送些什么。
3 事情需要主动去推，反复入墓的事情容易静态化，不推不动。
4 地区选择上，日干本身做丑地，为北京，广东为辰土地域，不符合原句表达，客户容易不买账。
10月4日 上午08:17
Client
I'm here to give feedback on that 'turn of events'.
我来反馈一下这个“峰回路转”
21:27
1. The teacher主动 cut the fee, only taking 30% of the course payment, because she wants to go to Beijing for a trip. 2. We found a cheap venue, it's 30% of the budget, and the space is really big and nice.
1 老师主动降价，只收30%的课酬，因为想去北京玩儿
2 找到了便宜的场地，是预算的30%，面积还特大特好
So now we're not losing money.
于是，不亏了
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Zongyuan
That's interesting. [emoji]
真有意思[emoji]
21:38
Client
Zongyuan, you're such a good diviner.
猫猫神算子
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Zongyuan
The concession and discount I mentioned earlier ended up going to the teacher's trip.
之前讲到的让利，打折扣体现在给老师玩去了
Client
Right.
对
We also have enrollments. A former student in Beijing is helping us get people, and we'll give her a referral fee.
招生也有，有个北京的老学员在帮忙拉人，我们会给她返利
Zongyuan
Mm-hmm. [emoji]
嗯呢[emoji]
Client
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You really do need to take initiative.
确实需要主动
The venue was found through a friend.
场地是托朋友找的
Otherwise it's really hard to find something at this price in Beijing.
不然北京很难找到这种价位的
Zongyuan
Acting in line with the signs makes things twice as easy with half the effort. 👍
应象做事，事半功倍👍
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