A career-change question is often about the transition, not simply whether the new direction sounds attractive. Zi Wei Dou Shu can organize a discussion of continuity and change. It does not calculate the time, training, or resources a particular move will require.
Identify What Is Actually Changing
Moving to a different employer, changing responsibilities within the same field, and entering a new field are different transitions. State what existing experience carries over and what remains unfamiliar. Do not treat every placement of Tian Ji, Tan Lang, or Po Jun as an instruction to leave a role.
Read the Ten-Year Career Context
Locate the natal Career Palace first, then the ten-year Career and Life palaces and the transformations actually present. The Migration and Friends palaces can add themes about outside settings and collaborators. Their involvement is not proof that a new industry has resources waiting or that the years around a decade boundary have the lowest switching cost.
Use Concrete Evidence to Compare Options
A conversation about the actual work, an example task, or feedback on relevant experience may expose a gap that a chart cannot show. Someone changing job titles without changing duties faces a different question from someone learning a new practice. Add annual timing after describing that context, and keep the interpretation separate from the decision about a specific opportunity.