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On July 25, 2023 at 2:24 PM 

Can I reverse my misfortune and mistake?

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

18 Poison

The Statement of the first hexagram

Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.

The changing lines

The first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
The third line:
Manage father's poison.
The young have regrets.
No great fault.
yang
yin
yin
yin
yang
yang
 

41 Decrease

The Statement of the second hexagram

Decrease. Have confidence.

Great fortune. No fault

if one can be upright.

Gain by having a place to go.

How should one act?

Two square bamboo baskets

can be used in offering.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.