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On July 20, 2021 at 10:44 PM
Will I be able to buy guns this week?
and received a response of:
5 Waiting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
Waiting in the countryside.
Gain by being steadfast.
Be without fault.
Waiting in the countryside.
Gain by being steadfast.
Be without fault.
The second line:
Waiting in the sand.
The small will talk.
At last, good fortune.
Waiting in the sand.
The small will talk.
At last, good fortune.
The third line:
Waiting in the mud
draws raiders to arrive.
Waiting in the mud
draws raiders to arrive.
The fourth line:
Waiting in a bloody cave.
Get out!
Waiting in a bloody cave.
Get out!
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
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
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.
