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On November 8, 2021 at 11:01 AM
Can you please advise about the direction I should give to my life?
and received a response of:
56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
The third line:
A traveler sets fire to his lodging,
loses his servants. Firm harshness.
A traveler sets fire to his lodging,
loses his servants. Firm harshness.
The sixth line:
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
40 Releasing
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
No cause to move forward-
then comes return, and fortune.
To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and rain act:
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
releasing.
The noble one
pardons errors
and forgives offenses.
