Six Campaigns from Qishan六出祁山
Lighting a candle in the wind casts empty shadows,
dimly like flowers in a mirror.
Children keep asking you to gather them up;
who knows they are only drifting rafts of illusion.
English rendering: our editorial version.
Something appealing may be insubstantial. Avoid chasing reflections.
詩意：此卦當風點燭之象。凡事虛名不利也。
解曰：富貴在天。貧窮是命。不用求謀。皆是前定。
另本 Variant：園林月色搖疎影，恍若鋪成滿地瓊，幾度兒童來收拾，豈知收拾總無成。
Six Campaigns from Qishan
Zhuge Liang marched six times out of Qishan to restore the Han. His strategies were brilliant, but Shu was small and heaven unkind; on the sixth campaign he died of exhaustion at Wuzhang Plain. "He died before the victory."
Warm but fragile. Build on practical foundations.
Projects may not finish as hoped; check that effort is not wasted.
This lot invites care with money: small gains that are hard to keep. Treat money moves as personal judgement, not a prediction.
This lot invites gentle attention to wellbeing: long-term care; rest and look after your strength. This is reflection, not a diagnosis.
Mind small scares and quarrels at home.
No news. Long campaigns away from home are tiring.
Probably lost for good. Let it go without blame.
Even a favourable outcome may be hard to live with. For binding disputes, a qualified adviser is wiser than any oracle.