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On March 10, 2011 at 3:38 PM
what course of action would be best?
and received a response of:
8 Joining
The Statement of the first hexagram
Joining brings fortune.
Repeating the divination by yarrow stalks
brings a supreme and lasting omen
without fault.
Those who are not sure
will join the plan.
Those who are late
will meet misfortune.
Repeating the divination by yarrow stalks
brings a supreme and lasting omen
without fault.
Those who are not sure
will join the plan.
Those who are late
will meet misfortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Joining from within our own people.
Pure fortune.
Joining from within our own people.
Pure fortune.
The third line:
Joining with robbers.
Joining with robbers.
The fifth line:
Glorious joining. The king uses three beaters
to flush the birds before him,
but citizens need no such coercion. Fortune.
Glorious joining. The king uses three beaters
to flush the birds before him,
but citizens need no such coercion. Fortune.
46 Rising
The Statement of the second hexagram
Rising. Great continuing.
Act now to see the great person.
Do not be distressed. Advance southward:
fortune.
Act now to see the great person.
Do not be distressed. Advance southward:
fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Water pooled
on the earth: joining.
The early kings founded
the myriad nations,
and kept close ties
with all the leaders.
on the earth: joining.
The early kings founded
the myriad nations,
and kept close ties
with all the leaders.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood growing in the
center of the land: rising.
The noble one is mild,
gradually raising what is
tiny into the tall and great.
center of the land: rising.
The noble one is mild,
gradually raising what is
tiny into the tall and great.
