For many contemporary people who rate inner contentment more highly than outward appearances, the shortcomings of divination may involve more than the question of accuracy. There are other respects in which times have changed and a modern reinterpretation of divination is required.
富貴既不等於幸福，相合也不等於有情，這對於許多重視「內心感受」要甚於「表象」的現代人來說，算命的不足，就不只是準不准的問題了。