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On December 10, 2010 at 6:44 PM 

why did he look so worried?

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

53 Gradually

The Statement of the first hexagram

A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.

The changing lines

The first line:
Wild swans gradually reach the stream bank.
One's children endangered. There is talk.
No fault.
The fifth line:
Wild swans gradually reach the hill.
Three years: a wife cannot conceive.
At the end of twilight: success. Fortune.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

22 Adornment

The Statement of the second hexagram

Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.