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On September 20, 2017 at 4:42 PM 

is she p?

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

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the first hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.

The changing lines

The first line:
Smothered light in flight, hanging wings.

The wise one travels and has no food

for three days, but finds the destination:

the host responds.
The second line:
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.

Exert horselike strength to rescue.

Fortunate.
The sixth line:
Not a bright night.

First rise into the sky,

then plunge into the earth.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yang
yin
 

18 Poison

The Statement of the second hexagram

Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.