Feng :: Abundance

Great offerings: the king makes offerings :: No mourning, be like the sun at midday

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6 :: first

Meeting the leader. There is a ten-day armistice.
Going forward to receive tribute.

Opportunity abounds and things are in order. You can make progress during a window of opportunity that lasts for about a week (ten days). Even a foot soldier is due his wages.

9 :: second

Auspicious omen. The Polestar constellation¹ appears.
Going forward brings doubt and modest progress.

No exertion is required as you are fated to succeed. Though inspired, you should remain calm and not let anxiety create doubt or illness. Progress and power are created by the rare synchronicity of the solar and lunar cycles-or fate.

6 :: third

A dimmed star is in the sky. Pennons darken midday.² Broken arm.
No misfortune.

A temporarily diminished capacity gives pause. Progress is eclipsed. Do not increase the obstacles with struggle. Wait with confidence, success is imminent.

9 :: fourth

Auspicious omen. Polestar constellation. Recognized for promotion.

Your waiting pays off. The knots of your fate untangle-you are promoted, find strong alliances and achieve great abundance. Everything is prepared for ultimate success.

9 :: fifth

Light of day is seen again. There is praise and celebration. Auspicious.

All distance and obstacles are removed from your success. The eclipse passes and the sun shines again. It is time to celebrate and share the abundant rewards.

6 :: top

Deep eaves and broken shutters. No one is seen for three years.³ Misfortune.

Time takes its toll. The empty rooms of a ruined palace are haunted by the defeated. The good old days are gone but the feeling of loss lingers.

Image

Feng⁴ is the prosperity and abundance of a kind that is hard to imagine and even harder to acquire and maintain. When abundance like this occurs we cannot pretend that it is the outcome of our personal talents or effort. Feng is, in that sense, mysterious; but we cannot stand still (mourn) in awe. Instead, we should celebrate with a truly open heart (king makes offerings) and be generous (sun at midday).

Auspices

Favorable for all sorts of fruition. Publicity (fame), egotism, and squandering can spoil the auspices.

Good for travel, funding the arts or social welfare groups, fundraising, and investments.

Bad for extravagance or austerity.

Comment

Feng is about an enormous windfall, harvesting a bumper crop or a fated reward that comes (and goes) naturally. It expresses the mysterious and fertile generosity of nature. The mention of astronomical and astrological influences in several of the lines indicates that success is a matter of fate--synchronicity with the cycles of time. Do not waste time feeling unworthy or claim the success is yours. Honor all co-factors and reward all co-workers. Celebration and generosity express abundance.

Other Correspondences

Business: Investments, pay raises and bonuses, promotions, and business travel.

Disharmonies: Heart attack, wounds, swelling, and high fevers.

Prognosis: Good. With careful convalescence and the attention of a new physi-clan the patient recovers slowly.