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On January 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM 

wwsswis?

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

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

3 Sprouting

The Statement of the second hexagram

Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
 
 

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

Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.