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On April 15, 2018 at 1:55 PM
This week's forecast?
and received a response of:
6 Dispute
The Statement of the first hexagram
Dispute: keep confident
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
even if blocked and alarmed.
In the middle, good fortune,
but in the end, misfortune.
Gain by seeing a great person.
Do not advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
Do not prolong this case.
The petty control all the talk.
In the end: fortune.
Do not prolong this case.
The petty control all the talk.
In the end: fortune.
The second line:
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
Unable to win the dispute. Return,
and so flee his realm
of three hundred households.
No blunders.
The fourth line:
Unable to win the dispute. Go back now,
make your decisions.
Change your mind
and there will be peace.
Unable to win the dispute. Go back now,
make your decisions.
Change your mind
and there will be peace.
The sixth line:
One may be awarded a belt of high rank,
but by morning's end,
it will have been stripped away three times.
One may be awarded a belt of high rank,
but by morning's end,
it will have been stripped away three times.
3 Sprouting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Sprouting begins everywhere,
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
abundant and pure.
No need to go far:
gain by naming allies.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and water clash:
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
dispute. The noble one
devises the right beginning
in all matters.
The Image of the second hexagram
Clouds and thunder: sprouting. The noble one
considers the principles.
considers the principles.
