A Dou Shu Divination: On a Traffic Accident

AI translated from the original Chinese.

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Dou Shu can be used for divination, as my teacher taught, and in practice it is quite accurate. Today let's use a Dou Shu divination to discuss accidents. Writing about accidents is heavy, but accidents are everywhere, so let's approach this subject seriously.

By chance I learned of a traffic accident case: a Taiwanese businessman had a crash in China. As soon as I heard, I cast a divination, and the result was quite pessimistic.

• Time of the crash: a little after 8 p.m., September 11, 2020
• Place of the crash: Xiamen
• The injured: male, born 1976, zodiac sign Dragon

Let's cast a chart for this moment:

How do we read a traffic accident from this chart? Let's look at it from a different angle:

We focus on 天同 (Tian Tong) and 巨門 (Ju Men) in the 丑 Palace, using it as our pivot, to see what happened to this man born in 1976. We mark the 1976 man's heavenly stems on the chart:

We know this is a traffic accident, so we bring in 天梁 (Tian Liang), which governs accidents. Let's see how the three sides and four directions of 天梁 affect the 丑 Palace:

天梁 in 卯 (with its three sides and four directions: 亥, 未, 酉)

• 卯 Palace, subject's stem 辛: 文昌 (Wen Chang) becomes 化忌, in the 子 Palace
• 亥 Palace, subject's stem 己: 文曲 (Wen Qu) becomes 化忌, in the 寅 Palace
• 未 Palace, subject's stem 乙: 太陰 (Tai Yin) becomes 化忌, in the 亥 Palace
• 酉 Palace, subject's stem 丁: 巨門 becomes 化忌, in the 丑 Palace

Judgment: the 化忌 fall in 亥, 子, 丑 and 寅, and the weakest, the 丑 Palace, is flanked by 化忌

The 丑 Palace is the crux of this accident. Let's look at its stars for good or ill:

• Major stars: 天同 and 巨門, both Water; in the body they can stand for the brain
• Minor star: 地空 (Di Kong), symbolizing a fall, and also a pothole: riding into a hole and falling.
• Minor star: 火星 (Huo Xing), a malefic of the Fire element, clashing with the Water stars; governs the sudden and unexpected.
• Lesser stars: 白虎 (Bai Hu) and 天哭 (Tian Ku). With 白虎, injuries and death are worse; with 天哭, there may be mourning.

The three sides and four directions of 丑: the 酉, 巳 and 未 palaces

• 酉 Palace: 地劫 (Di Jie), symbolizing a fall and a pothole: riding into a hole and falling.
• 巳 Palace: 陀羅 (Tuo Luo), a malefic.
• 未 Palace: 擎羊 (Qing Yang), a malefic.

Putting this together, I inferred that the 1976 man's accident happened while riding: he hit a pothole and fell, may have been struck from behind afterward, and injured his brain. And with the "clash of Ji and malefics" in the 丑 Palace plus the ravages of 白虎, his physical condition was, I feared, not promising.

What actually happened:

• Around 8:30 p.m. on September 11, the subject had the accident.
• After 9 p.m. on September 11, he was taken to the hospital.
• At 2:30 a.m. on September 12, he underwent surgery.
• On September 13, he could no longer breathe on his own.
• At 8:50 a.m. on September 19, he was declared brain dead.

Let's use these dates to see how each day affected the subject. It is hindsight, but worth examining.

• September 11, a 丁巳 day: 巨門 becomes 化忌, triggering the ill omen in the 丑 Palace.
• September 12, a 戊午 day: 天機 (Tian Ji) becomes 化忌, triggering the ill omen in the 丑 Palace.
• September 13, a 己未 day: 文曲 becomes 化忌 in the 寅 Palace, triggering the ill omen in the 丑 Palace.
• September 19, an 乙丑 day: though no 化忌 directly affects it, the day itself sits in the 丑 Palace, where the ill pattern lies.

Life is fragile, and this case is heartbreaking. Inferring someone's physical condition from the time of their accident may smack of superstition, but don't we often seek help from divination when we are most helpless? And I think: if a relative or friend of mine had an accident at such a time and I saw this reading, could I really say the words "not promising"? I don't think I could...

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A heartbreaking case. I hope such accidents never happen again.