The Clinging (Li) for Money & Wealth: How to Ask, How to Read

Structure and Judgment

Hexagram 30 has Fire (Li) above and Fire (Li) below; the upper and lower trigrams share one element — by the usual reading the upper trigram is the outer, the lower the inner, so the two forces in this situation move as one kind.

Original Judgment

利贞，亨。畜牝牛，吉。

How to ask

Tie money questions to one sum and one time frame — that is what makes the reading useful:

• 「Will this outlay pay back within three months?」
• 「How is the money outlook for my current side business?」
• 「Is this a good time to invest more?」

How to read

With Liu Yao, the Wife/Wealth line is the useful god for money and the Offspring line the source that generates it: a strong Wife/Wealth supported by a moving Offspring favors the finances; a moving Sibling line controlling wealth signals outflow and competition. For one specific sum, also check whether the useful god is void or month-broken, and where the moving lines point.

With Mei Hua Yi Shu, ti is you and yong the money matter: ti controlling yong means the money can be taken, yong controlling ti means it weighs on you, and ti feeding yong is paying to build a position — read together with the changed hexagram for where the money lands.

If your cast produces moving lines, set the priority by the classical rules — see the moving-lines guide on the main hexagram page.