The thinking process of fortune telling.

First entry point:

What element is the strongest?

If Authority is the strongest: yield or not yield (control) ?

Then: Control Authority with Shield or Talent?

If Shield is the strongest: find Authority

If there's no Authority: find Talent and Money

If Talent is the strongest: find Shield.

If Money is the strongest: find Strength

If Strength is the strongest: find whichever weakening character that is the most effective.

Second entry point:

For overall strong there's 4 ways: yield to the dominate element, Authority serves as favor; Talent-Money serves as favor, Talent serves as favor.

For overall weak there's 3 ways: yield to the dominate element, Shield-Strength serves as favor and Authority-Shield serves as favor.

Third entry point (the alternative method):

For whomever born in (1) and (2) month, Fire serves as favor; Fire including Wood-Fire, and dry Earth (8) and (11)

For whomever born in (7) and (8) month, Water serves as favor. Water including Metal-Water, and wet Earth (2) and (5)

The extended method: with too much Wood-Fire, Metal-Water serves as favor.

with too much Metal-Water, Wood-Fire serves as favor.

Those would work with most situations. You need to think comprehensively.