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On June 2, 2020 at 12:20 AM 

what can i be expect?

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

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.
The third line:
Smothered light on a southern expedition.

Their great chief is captured.

One cannot be hasty to establish rule.
The fifth line:
The smothered light of Jizi:

gainful virtue.
yin
yang
yin
yin
yang
yang
 

60 Regulation

The Statement of the second hexagram

Regulation. Be pervasive.
One cannot be morally pure
through suffering and trial.
 
 

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

Water above the lake:
regulation. The noble one
regulates number and
measure and discusses
virtuous conduct.