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On December 9, 2010 at 4:05 PM
what is the best approach for me to take today?
and received a response of:
51 Thunder
The Statement of the first hexagram
Thunder everywhere.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
Thunder comes frighteningly.
People laugh and exclaim.
Thunder terrifies for one hundred miles,
but do not lose the ladle
of sacrificial wine.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
Thunder, followed by mud.
Thunder, followed by mud.
The fifth line:
Thunder approaches and arrives harshly.
What is numerous is not lost.
There is business.
Thunder approaches and arrives harshly.
What is numerous is not lost.
There is business.
The sixth line:
Thunder menacing, menacing. Eyes wide
in fright. Going brings misfortune.
He does not shake, but his neighbor does.
No fault: a marriage has talk.
Thunder menacing, menacing. Eyes wide
in fright. Going brings misfortune.
He does not shake, but his neighbor does.
No fault: a marriage has talk.
42 Increase
The Statement of the second hexagram
Increase. Gain by having a place to go.
Advance across the great river.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Continuous thunder
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
on thunder.
The noble one examines
his morals
in fear and dread.
The Image of the second 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.
