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On June 27, 2010 at 9:50 AM
should i go into academia?
and received a response of:
35 Advancing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Marquis Kang receives gifts
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
of many breeding horses,
welcoming them three times
in one day.
The changing lines
The second line:
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
Advancing with worry.
Uprightness brings fortune.
Receive now the great blessings
of your grandmother.
The fourth line:
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
Advancing like rodents.
Pure harshness.
4 Youth
The Statement of the second hexagram
A youth must be steadfast.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
I do not seek the naive youth.
The naive youth seeks me.
At the first divination, I explain,
but after three times, it is irritating.
Annoyed, I explain no further.
Nevertheless, a gainful omen.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness emerges above
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
the earth: advancing.
The noble one brightens
her own virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.
