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On September 9, 2017 at 5:42 PM
what does he want with me?
and received a response of:
18 Poison
The Statement of the first hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The changing lines
The third line:
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
The fourth line:
Ample is father's poison.
Going forward, one will see deprivation.
Ample is father's poison.
Going forward, one will see deprivation.
The fifth line:
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
The sixth line:
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
47 Distress
The Statement of the second hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
