Three layers stay separate on purpose: the Classical Chinese remains visible, a close rendering stays near its wording, and Astro I Ching then explains the image, sequence, and practical logic in original English prose.
The source anchor. It stays visible wherever the page relies on it.
Near the wording and sequence, while leaving room for ambiguity in compressed classical phrases.
Original Astro I Ching prose explaining why the image, position, and line sequence matter.
The Judgment, Image, and line texts are shown in Chinese wherever the page relies on them. English interpretation should remain traceable back to that source rather than floating free as a generic fortune-telling summary.
Classical Chinese is compact. A close rendering stays near the order and imagery of the source, but it does not pretend that every old phrase has one uncontested English equivalent. When a calendrical, ritual, social, or positional term resists compression, we keep the ambiguity visible instead of hiding it behind modern certainty.
Astro I Ching uses familiar English hexagram names because they help readers orient themselves across the English-language I Ching ecosystem. Chinese names and pinyin remain visible so the English label never becomes the only identity of the hexagram.
Long-form English passages on Astro I Ching are original explanatory prose. They do not reproduce a copyrighted published translation. The cultural layer can therefore explain an old image, compare positions, and reconnect the six-line sequence to a modern reader without pretending that explanation is the source text itself.
A line is not treated as an isolated slogan. The pages read from the first line at the bottom to the sixth at the top, asking what changes from one position to the next. This is especially important when the same verb, image, or tension develops across several lines.
The modern layer translates structure into things a reader can observe: position, timing, resources, boundaries, relationships, and repeated patterns. It should not turn a classical phrase into a guaranteed event, a fixed date, or a claim about another person's private intentions.