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On October 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM 

What do I need to know most today?

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

42 Increase

The Statement of the first hexagram

Increase. Gain by having a place to go.

Advance across the great river.

The changing lines

The fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke

to follow. Gain by working for the sake

of moving the nation.
The sixth line:
No increase when someone attacks.

Setting the heart without constancy:

misfortune.
yin
yang
yang
yin
yin
yang
 

17 Following

The Statement of the second hexagram

Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Thunder over the middle
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.