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On May 28, 2019 at 1:09 PM
Can I get ahead financially with this job?
and received a response of:
10 Walking
The Statement of the first hexagram
Walking on a tiger's tail:
it does not bite.
Continue.
it does not bite.
Continue.
The changing lines
The second line:
Walking the calm and level Way.
The recluse is pure. Fortune.
Walking the calm and level Way.
The recluse is pure. Fortune.
The third line:
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The one-eyed can see. The lame can walk.
But they walk on the tiger's tail
and are bitten. Misfortune
when a warrior shams as a prince.
The fourth line:
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
Walking on the tiger's tail:
fright and panic!
In the end: fortune.
The fifth line:
Decisive walking,
pure and stern.
Decisive walking,
pure and stern.
The sixth line:
Look how you walk.
Look into what will be favorable.
Oh, turn toward great fortune!
Look how you walk.
Look into what will be favorable.
Oh, turn toward great fortune!
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the second hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven above, lake below:
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
walking. The noble one
distinguishes high and low
to fix the people's purpose.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
