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On July 1, 2023 at 5:37 PM 

What will my relationship with f be like from now on?

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

42 Increase

The Statement of the first hexagram

Increase. Gain by having a place to go.

Advance across the great river.

The changing lines

The third line:
Increase by using unfortunate affairs.

No fault. Have trust in the middle path.

Inform the duke using a jade tablet.
The fifth line:
Have confidence in a kind heart.

Unquestioned great fortune.

Have trust in the kindness of my conduct.
The sixth line:
No increase when someone attacks.

Setting the heart without constancy:

misfortune.
yin
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the second hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.
 
 

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.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.