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On September 5, 2022 at 3:59 PM 

Will I have great success?

and received a response of:
old yin
old yin
yang
old yin
yang
yang
 

54 Marrying Sister

The Statement of the first hexagram

Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.

The changing lines

The third line:
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
The fifth line:
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
A woman carries a basket: no fruit.
A man sacrifices a ram: no blood.
No place is gainful.
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
 

1 Heaven

The Statement of the second hexagram

Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Thunder over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.