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On October 4, 2021 at 3:33 AM
Will I be able to pay rent in the morning?
and received a response of:
21 Biting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Biting. Penetrate.
Gain by prosecuting.
Gain by prosecuting.
The changing lines
The third line:
Biting dried meat,
encountering poison.
Small regrets, no fault.
Biting dried meat,
encountering poison.
Small regrets, no fault.
The fourth line:
Biting dry bone.
Winning golden arrows.
Gain through difficulty and stay upright.
Fortune.
Biting dry bone.
Winning golden arrows.
Gain through difficulty and stay upright.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
How he is imprisoned in a cangue,
ears destroyed! Misfortune.
How he is imprisoned in a cangue,
ears destroyed! Misfortune.
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
Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
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.
