The element never changes the answer. It changes how strongly that answer arrives.
A favourable spread carried by Earth is the best financial outcome the deck can give. The same houses carried by Water are still favourable — but they will not make anyone rich. This is the layer most readers skip, and the one that separates a correct reading from a useful one.
Fire alone never ranks below second — the universal accelerant. Every other element leads once and trails once.
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