A decision chart starts by fixing two indicators: the day stem stands for the querent, the hour stem for the matter asked about. Here the matter was the move, so the day stem is him and the hour stem is the move itself.
Everything that follows comes from where those two palaces sit, and how they relate.
His day stem sat with the Leader and the Life Door, a position of real force on this board. Firm footing, resources in hand.
On that count he had what the move required. The chart never questioned the man. Fix that first, or the rest of it reads wrong.
His hour stem sat with Black Tortoise 玄武, which governs concealment and unreliable information. The reading was blunt here: where money is involved in this, verify all of it, take nothing at face value.
That same palace formed a wealth-draining structure, resources going out and none returning. This move, by its own construction, does not hold money.
A key indicator fell into Void. The reading named it plainly: external conditions had not yet formed, and any cooperation or agreement was arriving too early.
On timing the chart gave one word: wait.
Stack the three palaces and the chart gives two answers pointing opposite ways. Can he do it? Yes. With the Leader and the Life Door on his own palace, he has the force to push it through. Should he? No. The matter is murky, more goes out than comes back, and the season has not arrived.
Push on and he would likely win the battle and lose the war. That is harder to hear than "you will fail." A chart that says you will fail is easy to obey; a chart that says you are strong enough to make a mistake permanent is not.