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On July 13, 2021 at 11:03 AM
will i get a dog?
and received a response of:
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the first hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
There is harsh danger.
Gain ends.
There is harsh danger.
Gain ends.
The fifth line:
A gelded hog's teeth.
Favorable.
A gelded hog's teeth.
Favorable.
The sixth line:
Where is heaven's thoroughfare?
Go through it.
Where is heaven's thoroughfare?
Go through it.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
