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On April 3, 2022 at 10:08 AM 

What will happen if I plead with the commander for my papers tomorrow?

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

42 Increase

The Statement of the first hexagram

Increase. Gain by having a place to go.

Advance across the great river.

The changing lines

The second line:
Someone increases by ten groups of turtles

no one can defy. Everlasting firmness

and fortune. The king makes offerings to god.

Fortune.
The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.

No fault. Have trust in the middle path.

Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke

to follow. Gain by working for the sake

of moving the nation.
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
 

1 Heaven

The Statement of the second hexagram

Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.