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On November 8, 2023 at 1:49 PM
what does he want for us?
and received a response of:
50 Cauldron
The Statement of the first hexagram
Cauldron.
Great fortune.
Continue.
Great fortune.
Continue.
The changing lines
The first line:
A cauldron overturned:
gain by expelling what is bad.
Take a concubine to have children.
A cauldron overturned:
gain by expelling what is bad.
Take a concubine to have children.
The second line:
No fault.
A cauldron is full. My enemies are ill
and cannot approach me: fortune.
No fault.
A cauldron is full. My enemies are ill
and cannot approach me: fortune.
The third line:
A cauldron's handles removed:
it cannot be moved.
Cooked pheasant uneaten.
Rain now-in the end, fortune.
A cauldron's handles removed:
it cannot be moved.
Cooked pheasant uneaten.
Rain now-in the end, fortune.
The fourth line:
A cauldron's feet break.
The duke's sacrificial food pours out.
His person is stained. Misfortune.
A cauldron's feet break.
The duke's sacrificial food pours out.
His person is stained. Misfortune.
The sixth line:
A cauldron with a jade carrier.
Great fortune. Nothing but gain.
A cauldron with a jade carrier.
Great fortune. Nothing but gain.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on top of wood:
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
cauldron.
The noble one takes the
principal seat
to solidify his commands.
Could you stoke
the cauldron that feeds
all people?
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
