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On January 30, 2022 at 6:01 PM
Am i going to djibouti?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The first line:
Smothered light in flight, hanging wings.
The wise one travels and has no food
for three days, but finds the destination:
the host responds.
Smothered light in flight, hanging wings.
The wise one travels and has no food
for three days, but finds the destination:
the host responds.
The second line:
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
The fifth line:
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
The smothered light of Jizi:
gainful virtue.
The sixth line:
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
57 Wind
The Statement of the second hexagram
Wind. Slight progress.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Gain by having a place to go.
Gain by seeing the great person.
The Image of the first 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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wind following wind:
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
wind. The noble one gives
further instructions
and takes action.
