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On February 10, 2024 at 11:42 AM 

the spread of parchment?

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

41 Decrease

The Statement of the first 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 changing lines

The second line:
Gain is in purity, misfortune is in going.

No decrease, but gain there.
The third line:
A group of three travelers

is decreased by one person.

One person travels and gets a friend.
The fifth line:
Someone gains ten groups of turtles

no one can defy. Great fortune.
The sixth line:
No decrease, but gain there. No fault.

Pure fortune. Gain by having a place to go.

Get servants, but not a house.
yin
yang
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

63 Already Across

The Statement of the second hexagram

Already across. Continue.

Small gain: be steadfast.

In the beginning, fortune.

At the end, disorder.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

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

The Image of the second hexagram

Water on top of fire:
already across. The wise
one prepares for calamity
by forethought.