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On August 7, 2023 at 4:23 PM 

Ok Lord, I have set everything in motion. Is there anything else that I should do?

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

34 Great Vigor

The Statement of the first hexagram

Great vigor, gainful purity.

The changing lines

The first line:
Vigor in the toes:

advancing brings certain misfortune.

Uprightness brings fortune.
The fifth line:
The ram is lost easily.

No remorse.
The sixth line:
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out

or escape. No place is gainful.

First difficulty, then fortune.
yang
yang
yang
yang
yang
yin
 

44 Copulating

The Statement of the second hexagram

Copulating: the woman is powerful.
Do not marry such a woman.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Wind under heaven:
copulating.
The sovereign
issues commands
to the four quarters.