Treat the reading as a mirror, not a command
The I Ching is most useful for examining relationships, timing, constraints, and proportionate action—not for declaring that an event must happen. Neither a hexagram nor a modern interpretation knows facts you have not supplied, and neither can guarantee success, failure, good fortune, misfortune, or another person’s true intentions.
Turn a statement into a question you can examine: What evidence have I overlooked? Which assumption needs checking? What small, reversible step can I take first? When a reading conflicts with facts, values, or safety needs, real-world evidence and careful judgment should lead.
Do not keep casting about the same matter
Repeatedly asking the same matter in a short period until a more appealing hexagram appears turns reflection into answer chasing. After one cast, read it fully, record your questions, and allow new evidence or the results of action to emerge before deciding whether the question itself needs reframing.
The site allows another casting for the same scope, but each attempt creates a new cast and uses one of the day’s allowances. This does not mean the first reading must be correct. The point is to avoid repeating only to chase a preferred answer and to return attention to observation, communication, and action.
Bring high-stakes decisions back to appropriate expertise
Matters involving physical or mental health, medication, legal rights, debt or investment, violence, abuse, or serious safety risks should not be decided by a hexagram alone. The I Ching may help organise feelings and values, but it cannot diagnose a condition, determine legal responsibility, assess investment risk, or guarantee personal safety.
Preserve relevant information, seek appropriately qualified medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or other professional help, and speak with people you trust. Turning a reading into a question for a professional is usually safer than treating it as a conclusion.
In a crisis or immediate danger, stop the casting
If you or someone nearby may be in immediate danger of injury, self-harm, or harming another person, move away from danger when it is safe to do so and contact local emergency services, a crisis support service, a qualified professional, or a trusted person who can stay with you now. Do not wait for a hexagram, AI, or website response before taking protective action.
When the custom-question safety mechanism recognises a clear crisis signal, it stops the cast: no hexagram is shown, AI is not called, no allowance is consumed, no journal entry is written, and no paid upgrade is offered. Automated screening cannot recognise every situation and is not an emergency service. Seek immediate support based on the actual risk even when the site does not intervene.
An unfavourable cast must not become fear or sales pressure
No plan should use a negative hexagram, anxiety, countdowns, usage streaks, or a claim that payment is needed to avoid harm. Plus may only be valued for broader question scopes, the full changing-line structure, bilingual personalisation, and planned cross-device features—not as a way to purchase a more fortunate or more accurate fate.
AI interpretation may miss context, overgeneralise, or sound more certain than it should. You may disagree, stop reading, or seek a more reliable source. You do not need to obey language that makes you afraid, isolates you, pressures you to pay quickly, or draws you away from appropriate support.