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On April 16, 2018 at 4:10 AM  M. Biblioswine asked:

How do I become an amateur luthier?

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

39 Hindered

The Statement of the first hexagram

Gain in the west and south.

No gain in the east and north.

Gain by seeing the great person.

Pure fortune.

The changing lines

The first line:
Going: hindered.

Approaching: honor.
The second line:
The king's servant hindered-

though he did not personally cause it.
The fourth line:
Going: hindered.

Coming: joining.
The sixth line:
Going: hindered.

Coming: enormous fortune.

Gain by seeing the great person.
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
 

1 Heaven

The Statement of the second hexagram

Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.