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On December 13, 2018 at 7:46 PM 

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

18 Poison

The Statement of the first hexagram

Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.

The changing lines

The first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
The second line:
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
The third line:
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
The fourth line:
Ample is father's poison.
Going forward, one will see deprivation.
The fifth line:
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
The sixth line:
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
yin
yang
yang
yin
yin
yang
 

17 Following

The Statement of the second hexagram

Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder over the middle
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.