How should we understand different answers from different teachers or divination tools?

When teachers give different answers, there is no need to rush into arguing who must be right. First clarify what you asked and the explanations you heard, then consider whether the advice corresponds to actual circumstances.

When discussing fortune-stick interpretation, I said that even the same stick may draw a teacher’s attention to different aspects for different people and questions. Identical wording does not require an identical answer every time. In our faith understanding, the deity granting the stick and the person requesting it also affect the connection. This concerns that context, not permission to freely mix every interpretation rule across different divination tools.

Conversely, divination also uses cross-reference: one teacher may examine one matter through Chinese chess, the Yijing, tarot, or other tools. My view then was that with sufficient mastery, these answers should be comparable. This differs from applying the same fortune stick to different people. Conflating them could falsely suggest I both allow different answers and demand only one answer for everything.

A client once asked why another medium favored starting a business while our reading did not. My attitude was that arguing over accuracy alone had little point; later developments could also be compared. But this did not advise reckless business formation merely to test a teacher. In the same discussion, I reminded people to think plans through and balance income and expenditure, rather than assume skill guarantees success.

I also discussed relationship situations where people already knew someone unsuitable but wanted to consult more teachers. In that context, I said repeated consultations might still yield similar reminders. This did not guarantee identical readings from every teacher or that asking more would produce a desired answer. Afterwards, the person still needs to face the problem and their choices.