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On April 24, 2024 at 12:42 PM 

My present position, please.?

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

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the first hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.

The changing lines

The fifth line:
The smothered light of Jizi:

gainful virtue.
The sixth line:
Not a bright night.

First rise into the sky,

then plunge into the earth.
yang
yang
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

37 Family

The Statement of the second hexagram

A family benefits
from the women's purity.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wind emerges from fire:
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.