Divination and Guidance
What should divination consider with broad questions such as stocks or war?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Stocks and war involve many people and changes. First consider whether the diviner can understand such a broad scope. I have provided readings about stock transactions, but do not like accepting them because so many factors affect the outcome.
A company's management may or may not attend to its core business. Investors may support long-term development or seek a quick gain, and market manipulation may also be involved. All can affect prices. National circumstances, war, or the pandemic then add further connections behind an apparently simple question of rise or fall.
In my understanding of divination, these energy connections are more distant and complex. War likewise changes through many people and circumstances, not one person alone. Understanding requires considering the diviner's ability and whether practice and connected deities allow access to broader energy. I do not say readings are entirely impossible. Rather, insufficient conditions increase the risk of error.
When someone asks whether switching from an inaccurate stock-reading tool to chess makes it more accurate, I do not answer through the tool alone. Clarify your relationship to the question, the breadth of its influences, and whether relevant matters can be understood. That is what concerns me.