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On December 11, 2015 at 2:22 PM
What kind of day will I have today, good or bad?
and received a response of:
62 Small Crossing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Small crossing. Continue for gainful purity.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
Birds fly from famine.
The second line:
Crossing to one's ancestors,
meeting one's dead mother.
Not reaching as far as one's king:
meeting his minister. No fault.
The fourth line:
No fault. Do not cross to meet them.
Going is dangerous. Absolutely refrain.
Do not act: be everlasting and firm.
The sixth line:
Not meeting is excessive.
Flying birds separate: misfortune.
This is called calamity and blundering.
26 Great Restraint
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain by being upright.
Not eating at home brings fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder above the
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven in the center of a
mountain: great restraint.
The noble one
frequently studies
the words and prophesies
of the past, and thereby
nourishes virtue.