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On May 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM

What should I stop doing that prevents me from meeting the right partner?

and received a response of:

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 second line:
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.

The third line:
Wild swans gradually reach the shore.
A man journeys but does not return. A wife,
pregnant; does not give birth. Misfortune.
Gain by guarding against raiders.

The fourth line:
Wild swans gradually reach the wood.
Some find branches. No fault.

The fifth line:
Wild swans gradually reach the hill.
Three years: a wife cannot conceive.
At the end of twilight: success. Fortune.

The sixth line:
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.

54 Marrying Sister

The Statement of the second hexagram

Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.

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

Thunder over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.