Read a record of the questions asked of I Ching, read the response, and read the comments of others
On March 24, 2013 at 6:13 PM
what I should do?
and received a response of:
22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
The third line:
Adornment like bright sparkling,
everlasting and upright.
Fortune.
Adornment like bright sparkling,
everlasting and upright.
Fortune.
The fourth line:
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
As beautiful as a white-feathered horse.
It is not a raider who woos.
The fifth line:
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
The sixth line:
Plain adornment
is without fault.
Plain adornment
is without fault.
45 Collecting
The Statement of the second hexagram
The king draws near to the temple:
gain by seeing a great person.
Make an offering with purity,
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune.
Gain by having a place to go.
gain by seeing a great person.
Make an offering with purity,
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
The Image of the second hexagram
Lake above the earth.
Collecting. The noble one
collects the tools of war
to guard against
unforeseen danger.
Collecting. The noble one
collects the tools of war
to guard against
unforeseen danger.
