In QMDJ divination, the Day Stem typically represents the querent, the person asking the question. But who is the querent? The answer seems obvious until you encounter real-world scenarios: a mother asking about her son, a CEO asking about their company, a friend asking on behalf of another friend. Misidentifying the querent leads to using the wrong Use God, which means reading the wrong palace, which means delivering the wrong answer.
The querent (问卦人 Wen Gua Ren) is the person whose sincerity drives the divination. In most cases, this is straightforward: it is the person sitting in front of you, asking the question. But in practice, there are several configurations: