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    On June 20, 2010 at  4:53 PM 
  
  
    
Is my son going to be famous?
  
  
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    36 Smothered Light
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Smothered light. 
Gain is difficult: persist.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The second line:
    Smothered light: injury in the left thigh. 
Exert horselike strength to rescue. 
Fortunate.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    11 Prospering
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Prospering: the vile goes, 
the great comes. 
Fortune. Continue.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Brilliance 
in the earth's core: 
smothered light. 
The noble one
governs the multitude 
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Heaven and earth combine: 
prospering. 
The empress uses wealth 
to fulfill the way 
of heaven and earth. 
She supports the order 
of heaven and earth for 
people on all sides.