Read a record of the questions asked of I Ching, read the response, and read the comments of others
On December 16, 2018 at 3:37 PM
Tagstags?
and received a response of:
55 Plentiful
The Statement of the first hexagram
Plentiful. Progress.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The changing lines
The first line:
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
Meeting one's suitable lord.
In spite of sameness, no fault.
Going has honor.
The second line:
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Going brings a strange illness.
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Going brings a strange illness.
The fourth line:
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
The fifth line:
Receiving the seal.
There are congratulations and praise.
Fortune.
Receiving the seal.
There are congratulations and praise.
Fortune.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
