Star #8 Yi-Ching Message 2026 (Age & Line Position)

(Yi / The Corners of the Mouth)

Judgment

The form enclosed by two solid lines above and below
is the image of an open mouth.

What enters the mouth must be correct—
only then is there no error.

Now is the time
to examine carefully
both your goals
and the means by which you pursue them.

If either is mistaken,
even great effort bears no fruit.

Each person is born with a unique nature.
Those who do not know what they truly are
end up imitating others without thought.

To waste time on trivial matters
and forget what is essential
is foolish.

One who nourishes their strengths
becomes a great person.
One who feeds only their weaknesses
becomes small.

The wise do not rush toward novelty.
First, they reflect on their own nature.

They restrain their words,
moderate their eating and drinking,
and begin by examining themselves.

(Please find your line number using the birth-year chart below.)

1.
A person of fine potential
loses sight of themselves
and begins to imitate others.
Thus, good fortune slips away.

To abandon a great aspiration
merely for food and clothing
is to act in reverse.

To flatter the powerful
in order to survive—
if continued,
leads to misfortune.

3.
One becomes stained by wrongdoing
through desire.

If one’s thinking is mistaken,
even believing oneself righteous
brings disaster.

For ten years, do not act—
guard yourself.
Misfortune.

Yet to abandon a great aim
in order to sustain oneself,
to remain watchful and wait for opportunity,
is not in itself wrong.

5.
Though one may appear unconventional,
if the heart is upright,
good fortune comes.

But this is not yet the time
to cross the great river.

6.
One who nourishes all people
must never forget
the danger inherent in nourishment itself.

Only then
can the great river be crossed.

Creative power rises
from the depths of your heart,
yet you remain
as still and unmoving as a mountain.

This is the time
to gather strength inward
and nourish yourself.

Discern carefully
your own talents and nature.

Only when you truly know yourself
can you nourish others.

First Line	Second Line	Third Line	Fourth Line	Fifth Line	Sixth Line
2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991
1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985
1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979
1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973
1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967
1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961
1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955
1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949
1948	1947	1946	1945	1944	1943
1942	1941	1940	1939	1938	1937
1936	1935	1934	1933	1932	1931
1930	1929	1928	1927	1926	1925
1924	1923	1922	1921	1920	1919
1918	1917	1916	1915	1914	1913
1912	1911	1910	1909	1908	1907
1906	1905	1904	1903	1902	1901