Casting Tri-grams

Casting two trigrams: your first one is called "SUBJECT". The second one is called "FATE". The subject is the question or person. The fate is how the question is affecting the subject. Using the productive and destructive cycle, yin-yang 5 elements, this is the productive cycle, positive.
Wood feeds fire. Fire feeds earth. Earth feeds metal. Metal feeds water. Water feeds wood. This is a positive influence.
The destructive cycle: wood destroys earth. Earth destroys water. Water destroys fire. Fire destroys metal. Metal destroys wood.
You look to see if the second trigram cast supports or destroys the first one you cast. Again, this system is a guidance. Your intuition has to understand what it is you are getting.