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On April 29, 2024 at 4:34 AM 

What should I do for a career?

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

39 Hindered

The Statement of the first hexagram

Gain in the west and south.

No gain in the east and north.

Gain by seeing the great person.

Pure fortune.

The changing lines

The first line:
Going: hindered.

Approaching: honor.
The second line:
The king's servant hindered-

though he did not personally cause it.
The fifth line:
Greatly hindered.

Friends approach.
The sixth line:
Going: hindered.

Coming: enormous fortune.

Gain by seeing the great person.
yang
yin
yin
yang
yang
yang
 

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

Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
 
 

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.