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On December 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM
how are things going for the secondary wife?
and received a response of:
29 Pit
The Statement of the first hexagram
Repeated pits.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
Have confidence.
Tether your heart and continue.
Action brings honor.
The changing lines
The first line:
Pit within a pit.
Entering an underground vault:
misfortune.
Pit within a pit.
Entering an underground vault:
misfortune.
The second line:
The pit has dangers.
Inquiries get little.
The pit has dangers.
Inquiries get little.
The third line:
Drumbeats come: stuck in danger.
Entering the underground vault
will be of no use.
Drumbeats come: stuck in danger.
Entering the underground vault
will be of no use.
The sixth line:
Tied and entangled. Thrown in brambles.
For three years, nothing can be won.
Misfortune.
Tied and entangled. Thrown in brambles.
For three years, nothing can be won.
Misfortune.
37 Family
The Statement of the second hexagram
A family benefits
from the women's purity.
from the women's purity.
The Image of the first hexagram
Flowing water comes:
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
repeated pits.
The noble one moves
with constant virtue, and
repeatedly teaches
the critical matters.
The Image of the second 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.
