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On January 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM 

why was he looking embarrassed?

and received a response of:
yang
old yang
old yin
yin
old 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 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 fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke

to follow. Gain by working for the sake

of moving the nation.
The fifth line:
Have confidence in a kind heart.

Unquestioned great fortune.

Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
yang
yin
yang
yin
yang
yang
 

38 Estrangement

The Statement of the second hexagram

Estrangement.

In small matters: fortune.
 
 

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

Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.