Type No. 74 of 576
the Balanced Scale × the Plow of the North Field
Harmony × Endurance × the Weaver of Care
Libra
Libra is the sign of the balanced scale. This thread tends to read both sides before speaking — fairness is not indecision here, it is the work itself.
Ox
The Ox is the animal that plows the field in straight lines. This thread tends to trust effort over luck and to finish what it starts, season after season.
It approaches life by routine: the same honest work, done well, until the field itself changes.
Type A
Type A is read, in the Japanese custom, as the weaver of care — the thread that checks the pattern twice. This reading tends to plan, to prepare, and to keep promises in small print as faithfully as in large.
In practice, the A thread works best with a visible plan and a standard to meet; praise lands deepest when it names the care that was taken.
The shadow in this thread is worry spent before the event: preparation can quietly become rehearsal of everything that might go wrong.
Strengths and tender spots
Strength: diplomacy that lets two proud people both keep their dignity
Gift: reliability — people build plans around an Ox without thinking twice
Tender spot: postponing a necessary 'no' to keep a temporary peace
Read with tonight's moon
A type is only half the reading; the other half is the moon it is read under. The free diagnostic on the top page reads your type together with tonight's moon phase.