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On December 29, 2010 at 4:20 PM 

giu?

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

55 Plentiful

The Statement of the first hexagram

Plentiful. Progress.

The great king arrives. Do not grieve.

All is right as the midday sun.

The changing lines

The first line:
Meeting one's suitable lord.

In spite of sameness, no fault.

Going has honor.
The second line:
Plentiful screens.

Seeing the northern stars at noon.

Going brings a strange illness.
The fourth line:
Plentiful screens.

Seeing the northern stars at noon.

Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
The sixth line:
Plentiful activity in one's house, screened

is one's household. Peering through

one's door: quiet with no people near.

For three years no one visits. Misfortune.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yang
yin
 

18 Poison

The Statement of the second hexagram

Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.