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On January 8, 2010 at 8:43 PM 

Is now the right time for Bobby and me?

and received a response of:
yang
yang
old yin
old yin
yin
yang
 

42 Increase

The Statement of the first hexagram

Increase. Gain by having a place to go.

Advance across the great river.

The changing lines

The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.

No fault. Have trust in the middle path.

Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke

to follow. Gain by working for the sake

of moving the nation.
yang
yang
yang
yang
yin
yang
 

13 Kindred

The Statement of the second hexagram

The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.