Divination and Guidance
When facing a difficult pregnancy decision, can I let a divination teacher decide for me?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
A teacher can help you analyse your circumstances clearly, but the person concerned still needs to judge the next step. I also find difficult pregnancy decisions hard to answer. Particularly when a life is involved, I cannot simply give someone an outcome and expect her to follow it.
I met a married client who had become pregnant with a man who also had a family. She asked whether to have the child. The reading was unfavourable, but from a position of caring for life, it was also difficult to directly tell her not to give birth. So we discussed practical circumstances. The biological father already had his own family and stated that he would not leave his marriage. If he did not care for the child, could she love this child wholeheartedly within her existing family and shoulder future care? These matters needed clear thought.
Later, she said she had actually already decided and came partly to confirm it again. In such a situation, I feel regret and helplessness. Divination indicated possible problems, but future circumstances are complex. What I could do was explain the situation I could see and let her consider and decide her next step herself.