The Qiman is a private decision-timing advisory. A client submits one consequential decision in writing — a hire, a fundraise, a signing, a launch — and receives a written Case File examining what the timing supports, what it resists, and what changes if they wait. Everything is delivered in writing. There are no calls, no meetings, and no video sessions.

Qi Men Dun Jia is one of the three classical Chinese decision systems, historically reserved for questions of state and military strategy. Rather than reading a person's birth chart, it reads a specific moment — the conditions surrounding a decision at the time it is asked. The method practiced at The Qiman has been held in one family for four generations.

No. Fortune telling claims to reveal a fixed future. A Case File does the opposite: it examines the structure of a specific moment and presents what it supports and what it resists — evidence to be cross-examined, not a verdict to be obeyed. If you are looking for predictions, lucky dates, or guaranteed outcomes, this is not the right service.description

Three reasons. A written analysis can be checked, questioned, and kept — a phone call cannot. Writing forces precision on our side: every claim in a Case File has to survive being read twice. And writing protects your discretion: nothing requires your voice, your face, or your calendar.

A written Case File. It states the question examined, what the timing of the moment supports, what it resists, what changes if you wait, and what we deliberately did not conclude. It is designed to sit alongside the advice of your lawyer, your accountant, and your coach — not to replace any of them.

Questions where timing is the real variable: whether to sign now or after the quarter, whether to make the hire this month or next, whether to open the fundraise before or after a launch. One question per engagement. Specific questions produce useful files; vague ones do not.

We do not answer questions about health, medical matters, or life and death — ever, at any price. We do not give legal, financial, or investment advice. We do not predict outcomes, sell certainty, or tell you what to decide. And we do not take every case: if a question is outside what the method can examine responsibly, we decline it and say so.

The Qiman is operated privately by the holder of a four-generation family practice. We do not publish a personal name, a face, or a biography — discretion runs in both directions. What we publish instead is our method, our standards, and our reasoning, in the Journal, where every claim can be examined on its own merits.

Engagements start at $280 USD, with the full structure on the Services page. Pricing is published and fixed — we do not quote on request, and we do not adjust pricing based on who is asking.

A Case File is delivered in writing within 48 hours of an accepted engagement. We accept a limited number of cases each month; when the month is full, the inquiry page says so.

Then that is the file. A finding that the timing resists your move is not a non-answer — it is often the most valuable answer we deliver, and the file will show you what would have to change for the answer to become different.

You don't have to act on it. We report what the analysis shows, including when it says wait. The decision stays yours.

No. Every reading is prepared for the specific moment you ask, and work begins as soon as your question comes in. Once the written reply has been delivered, the work is done, and no refunds are issued. If your reply has not arrived within the stated timeframe, email ask@theqiman.com and we will sort it out.