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On April 3, 2022 at 10:08 AM
What will happen if I plead with the commander for my papers tomorrow?
and received a response of:
42 Increase
The Statement of the first hexagram
Increase. Gain by having a place to go.
Advance across the great river.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The second line:
Someone increases by ten groups of turtles
no one can defy. Everlasting firmness
and fortune. The king makes offerings to god.
Fortune.
Someone increases by ten groups of turtles
no one can defy. Everlasting firmness
and fortune. The king makes offerings to god.
Fortune.
The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.
No fault. Have trust in the middle path.
Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.
No fault. Have trust in the middle path.
Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fourth line:
There is a middle path. Alert the duke
to follow. Gain by working for the sake
of moving the nation.
There is a middle path. Alert the duke
to follow. Gain by working for the sake
of moving the nation.
1 Heaven
The Statement of the second hexagram
Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
bountiful, and pure.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind and thunder:
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
increase. The noble one
sees perfection
and shifts to fit its pattern,
and corrects his own faults.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.
