The divinatory symbols that we can easily get by performing are just abstract figures. How to explain everything through this graphic hexagram needs to "control complexity with simplicity" (regarding the control of complexity with simplicity, similar to the formula in mathematical physics, the corresponding answers can be obtained through variables and parameters), so the theory of six parents is the key to explain personnel relations through the Yin-Yang and Five Elements of the Book of Changes. Therefore, six relatives can contain many meanings, which can not be understood literally. We can regard it as a symbol, a reference with philosophical extension. Among the six hexagrams, the accepted earthly branch is called "I", which has the same attributes as the five elements in the palace. It is represented by my brother, my parents who gave birth to me, my official ghosts, my descendants and my wife and wealth. In practical application, brothers are often referred to as brothers, parents as fathers, officials and ghosts as officials or ghosts, children and grandchildren as sons, and wives and wealth as talents.
To expel a hexagram's six relatives, we must first know which palace the hexagram belongs to. After learning the previous contents, it is easy to find out which house a hexagram belongs to and which house the main hexagram belongs to, and you can match the six parents according to the relationship between the five elements of the palace and Na Zhi and the five elements. For example:
Lightning has no illusions. It belongs to Xun Palace, and the attribute of five elements is wood.
At the beginning, I was the water of the Boxer, and the palace was "I", so I was born with my parents;
The second is Geng, who is my companion and brother;
Three-year-old Chen Geng native, for me, has his wife's wealth;
Four fires in the afternoon, born for me, with children;
Five stubborn Jin Shen, for me, fooling around with the official;
The land of six hexagrams is for me, and my wife is rich.
When a divination has both the main divination and the change of divination, the six parents in the change of divination are consistent with the six parents and five elements in the main divination, and the gold in the main divination is the mother, while the gold in the change of divination is still the mother. If the gold in the main divination is an official ghost, then the gold in the change of mind is also an official ghost. No matter which house you change your mind to enter, when gathering six relatives, the property of the house is determined according to the main divination.
Numbers correspond to people, and the theory of six parents can be used to "control complexity with simplicity"; Then, can the divinatory symbols correspond to the classification of things, and can they also "simplify things"? The answer is yes, so the concept of six gods exists to analyze the categories of things. Six gods refer to Qinglong, Suzaku, Gouchen, Viper, White Tiger and Xuanwu. Six gods are the basis for judging the cause and nature of things in the prediction of six gods, and do not participate in judging good or bad luck. The Six Gods themselves have five attributes, namely, the dragon belongs to wood, the suzaku belongs to fire, the hook belongs to earth, the white tiger belongs to gold, and the basalt belongs to water, but they don't need to look at each other.
Six gods divination is based on the prediction of the heavenly stem of the day, and the six hexagons are matched in turn from the beginning to the end. The specific method is to predict that if the heavenly stems on that day are A or B, which belong to the two genera A and B respectively, from the beginning, they will be matched with Qinglong with the same attributes as the five elements of heavenly stems, from the second with Suzaku, from the third with Gouchen, from the fourth with snakes, from the fifth with white tigers and from the sixth with Xuanwu. If Ding Bing Day is predicted, Suzaku will be the first match; if May Day is predicted, Gouchen will be the first match; if Japan Day is the first match, Agkistrodon will be the first match; if Geng Xin Day is the first match, White Tiger will be the first match; if it is the 11th day, Xuanwu will be the first match.
To sum up, "God does his duty and will take care of his affairs". God is only responsible for the category of things in charge, and does not participate in judging good or bad. The reference value for judging luck is the concept of time presented by the total, that is, the monthly total, that is, the main calendar. Corresponding to the six hexagrams in the Book of Changes, the key to good or ill luck lies in the moon, the establishment of daily life and the rise and fall of the five elements, which are the time variables of the main and branch calendars. It also objectively explains a core problem, that all good and bad changes depend on time, so people often say that in thirty years, Hedong, Hexi, the wind and water turn around.