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On November 29, 2014 at 4:48 PM
fearoftigers asked:
At, Mw, Gs or Ft. Which is the most likely outcome?
and received a response of:
41 Decrease
The Statement of the first hexagram
Decrease. Have confidence.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
The changing lines
The second line:
Gain is in purity, misfortune is in going.
No decrease, but gain there.
Gain is in purity, misfortune is in going.
No decrease, but gain there.
The third line:
A group of three travelers
is decreased by one person.
One person travels and gets a friend.
A group of three travelers
is decreased by one person.
One person travels and gets a friend.
The sixth line:
No decrease, but gain there. No fault.
Pure fortune. Gain by having a place to go.
Get servants, but not a house.
No decrease, but gain there. No fault.
Pure fortune. Gain by having a place to go.
Get servants, but not a house.
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the second hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The Image of the first hexagram
Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
The Image of the second hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
