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On November 5, 2009 at 1:15 PM 

How should i proceed today?

and received a response of:
yang
old yang
yin
old yin
old yin
old 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 first line:
Gain by using great work.

Great fortune. No fault.
The second line:
Someone increases by ten groups of turtles

no one can defy. Everlasting firmness

and fortune. The king makes offerings to god.

Fortune.
The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.

No fault. Have trust in the middle path.

Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fifth line:
Have confidence in a kind heart.

Unquestioned great fortune.

Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
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

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

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