Finding Ji first is not pessimism, it is seeing where the pits are; with pits seen, looking at opportunity is steady.
What This Question Is Really Asking
Some rejoice at auspicious first and leave Ji last, failing to guard risk; priority is reading order, not amounts of good or bad.
The Underlying Logic
Hua Ji has highest priority: first set risk, sticking points and debt areas.
Hua Lu next: set opportunity, resources and chances.
Hua Quan and Ke last: assess control and reputation.
Read all three layers, guard first then develop.
A Step-by-Step Way to Read It
- First find Hua Ji across the chart
- Read the star Ji attaches to for the sticking-point nature
- Read trines for risk scope
- Then find Lu for opportunity and resources
- Finally read Quan Ke for control and reputation
- Synthesize: guard advice first, then development
Three Common Mistakes
Mistake 1: Rejoicing at auspicious first and leaving Ji last
Mistake 2: Taking priority as amounts of good or bad
Mistake 3: Reading transformations without host stars and palaces
Back to Your Own Chart
Transformation priority asks to guard pits first and seize opportunity next. Read Ji first, Lu next, Quan Ke last, and reading is steady and action accurate.
Reading Order
- Cast the natal chart first and locate the palaces and major stars tied to the priority order of the Four Transformations before judging anything
- Open the triple-direction of those palaces and count the auspicious, malefic and assistant stars separately
- Check where the natal Four Transformations land to set the chart's baseline tone
- Read the decade-limit transformations to see whether the the priority order of the Four Transformations line is activated in this stage
- Then read the annual transformations and the year's palace to pin down this year's trigger and timing
- Layer natal, decade and year before concluding, then decide how to act rather than labeling good or bad