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On August 10, 2020 at 10:20 PM
Why do I not have close and affectionate friendships?
and received a response of:
5 Waiting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
Waiting in the countryside.
Gain by being steadfast.
Be without fault.
The third line:
Waiting in the mud
draws raiders to arrive.
The fifth line:
Waiting with wine and food.
Pure fortune.
The sixth line:
Entering into a cave and
finding uninvited strangers.
Three people come. Honor them
and in the end there will be good fortune.
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.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
The Image of the second hexagram
A spring gushes
below a mountain:
the naive youth.
The noble one nourishes virtue
with determination.