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On August 10, 2020 at 9:01 PM
Can you please tell me if my partner will put an end to our relationship?
and received a response of:
38 Estrangement
The Statement of the first hexagram
Estrangement.
In small matters: fortune.
In small matters: fortune.
The changing lines
The third line:
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen
taken, his men's hair and noses cut off.
Not a beginning, but an ending.
The fourth line:
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
Estranged, one meets the main person.
A trustworthy exchange.
Severity is without fault.
The fifth line:
Remorse vanishes.
One's kinsmen bite the skin.
Going forward: what error?
Remorse vanishes.
One's kinsmen bite the skin.
Going forward: what error?
The sixth line:
Strange sights: a pig shouldering mud,
a cartload of ghosts. One first draws a bow,
then lowers it. No raider- a groom. Go.
Meet the rain, and with it, fortune.
Strange sights: a pig shouldering mud,
a cartload of ghosts. One first draws a bow,
then lowers it. No raider- a groom. Go.
Meet the rain, and with it, fortune.
5 Waiting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.
The Image of the second hexagram
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
