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On June 6, 2024 at 7:54 PM 

what is next?

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

46 Rising

The Statement of the first hexagram

Rising. Great continuing.

Act now to see the great person.

Do not be distressed. Advance southward:

fortune.

The changing lines

The first line:
Truly rising.

Great fortune.
The second line:
Trust the gain in the summer sacrifice.

No fault.
yin
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the second hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Wood growing in the
center of the land: rising.
The noble one is mild,
gradually raising what is
tiny into the tall and great.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.