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On February 9, 2018 at 12:21 AM 

why was she there?

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

28 Great Excess

The Statement of the first hexagram

The ridgepole sags.

Gain by having a place to go.

Continue.

The changing lines

The first line:
A cushion of white grass.

No fault.
The second line:
A withered trunk bursts with fresh vetch.

An old man takes a wife. Nothing but gain.
The third line:
A weak beam.

Misfortune.
The fifth line:
Withered wood blooms with flowers.

An old woman takes a husband.

Neither fault nor praise.
yin
yin
yang
yin
yin
yang
 

51 Thunder

The Statement of the second hexagram

Thunder everywhere.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

The lake overwhelms
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Continuous thunder
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.