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On February 15, 2022 at 8:44 AM

What will happen with my application to the national museum?

and received a response of:

53 Gradually

The Statement of the first hexagram

A woman marries: fortune.
Gainful purity.

The changing lines

The second line:
Wild swans gradually reach the boulder.
Drinking and eating in bliss. Fortune.

The third line:
Wild swans gradually reach the shore.
A man journeys but does not return. A wife,
pregnant; does not give birth. Misfortune.
Gain by guarding against raiders.

The fourth line:
Wild swans gradually reach the wood.
Some find branches. No fault.

The sixth line:
Wild swans gradually reach a plateau.
Their feathers can be used for the rites.
Fortune.

47 Distress

The Statement of the second hexagram

Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.

The Image of the first hexagram

Wood on the mountain:
gradually.
The noble one dwells
in high moral character
and reforms
popular customs.

The Image of the second hexagram

A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.