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On December 3, 2011 at 5:50 PM
What must I know about the pregnancy?
and received a response of:
37 Family
The Statement of the first hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The changing lines
The first line:
A family within its own walls.
Regrets vanish.
A family within its own walls.
Regrets vanish.
The fourth line:
A wealthy family.
Great fortune.
A wealthy family.
Great fortune.
The fifth line:
The king withdraws to his family.
With no other help: fortune.
The king withdraws to his family.
With no other help: fortune.
The sixth line:
Be confident and dignified.
In the end, for_tune.
Be confident and dignified.
In the end, for_tune.
62 Small Crossing
The Statement of the second hexagram
Small crossing. Continue for gainful purity.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind emerges from fire:
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
family.
The noble one has
substance in speech and
constancy in action.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder above the
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
