The probability of your boss directly giving you a salary increase in the second half of this year is relatively low. It is highly likely to be empty promises or merely going through the motions, making substantial financial gains very unlikely. The core reason is that the Wealth Mao Wood, which represents income in the hexagram, receives absolutely no support from the Day and Month. Furthermore, it initiates and transforms into a suppressing Siblings Line (Shen Metal), forming a "Reverting Suppression" (Hui Tou Ke). This pattern indicates financial loss or funds falling through, which is a classic signal of disadvantageous salary negotiations.

Salary Increase is Hopeless and Prone to Complications

Background Analysis

When inquiring about salary changes, the Wealth Line, representing money, is taken as the core Yong Shen (Focus). In the Primary Hexagram, Wealth Mao Wood holds the Self (located at the third line, representing you), indicating an intense desire for a raise. However, both the Year Governor and the Monthly Command are Fire and Earth; not only do they fail to nourish and support your "Mao Wood," but they excessively drain it. Worse still, the third line Wealth Mao Wood initiates and transforms into Siblings Shen Metal. The Siblings Line in traditional metaphysics is a symbol specifically meant to suppress money. When the Yong Shen (Focus) initiates and transforms into its own nemesis, it is called "Transforming into Reverting Suppression" (Hua Hui Tou Ke). This belongs to a hexagram image where the Yong Shen (Focus) cuts off its own lifeblood, indicating extreme weakness and decline.

Siblings Line Initiates and Suppresses Heavily, Raise Requests are Highly Likely to be Rejected

Yong Shen Analysis

The fourth line Siblings You Metal is supported on Shen Day, putting it in a prosperous state. It also carries the "White Tiger," which represents impulsiveness and clashes. After it initiates, it transforms into a Parents Line. The initiation of the Siblings Line inherently implies "Rob Wealth," suggesting that performance bonuses might be diverted by other colleagues, or that the company has recent large rigid expenditures, causing the boss to tighten the budget for salary raises.

In addition, the Other Line (representing the boss) is Officer Si Fire. Other generates Self (Fire generates Earth), but this force ultimately does not land on the Wealth Line representing you; instead, it falls on the Parents Line and the Siblings Line. This indicates that the boss might acknowledge your working ability or assign you more work, and may even offer verbal praise, but will absolutely not easily open the purse strings.

Finances in the Second Half of the Year Face a Bottleneck Accompanied by Competitive Pressure from Colleagues

Detailed Deduction

Officer Si Fire is accompanied by the "Azure Dragon" on the Other Line, indicating that the boss currently appears successful on the surface, or that the company has seemingly joyous expansion plans, but this is merely a facade. Your Wealth Mao Wood is accompanied by "Teng She." Teng She represents entanglement and anxiety, reflecting your extreme dissatisfaction with your current income situation and a state of recurring internal friction. The Siblings Line carrying the White Tiger and initiating serves as a side warning that workplace competition has intensified recently, or that personnel changes and adjustments to performance appraisal rules (the Parents Line represents documents and systems) will restrict your actual income.

Completely Let Go of Raise Expectations in the Short Term to Avoid Workplace Conflicts

Timing Deduction

Because the Yong Shen (Focus) transforms into absolute defeat and Reverting Suppression, there will be no substantive timing for a salary increase in the short term. Instead, special attention needs to be paid to "Shen Month" and "You Month" (corresponding to around August 2026 in the Gregorian calendar). At this time, Metal Qi is at its peak, exerting the harshest suppression on the Mao Wood that represents income. This is highly likely the time node when you will definitively learn that there will be no raise, or when you will experience a strong sense of frustration due to income distribution issues.

Action Advice

• Do not proactively approach your boss to forcefully demand a raise at this time node (especially in the summer of 2026). It is highly likely to be rejected, brushed off with excuses about company difficulties, or even provoke resentment.
• Be wary of the company freeloading your labor through methods like "future equity," "empty promises," or increased workloads without a pay raise. Do not easily believe any verbal promises.
• If you are confident in your market value, it is recommended to prepare your resume in advance in the autumn of 2026 and keep an eye out for opportunities in external companies within the same industry. Achieving a salary breakthrough by changing jobs is more realistic than waiting internally for a pay adjustment.