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On March 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM 

What calamity must I prepare for and how?

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

53 Gradually

The Statement of the first hexagram

A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.

The changing lines

The second line:
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.
The sixth line:
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.
yin
yang
yin
yang
yang
yin
 

48 Well

The Statement of the second hexagram

Well. A city may change,

but the well does not.

It does not lose, it does not gain.

In spite of all who come and go from a well,

it remains a well.

But if the rope cannot reach,

or if the well's vase is upended:_

misfortune.
 
 

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

Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.