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On July 11, 2024 at 5:08 PM 

What will be the outcome of dating CH after her daughter goes to college?

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

17 Following

The Statement of the first hexagram

Following
what is great, smooth,
gainful, and pure.
No fault.

The changing lines

The second line:
Binding to the child
loses the man.
The fourth line:
Follow and there will be capture-but this is a sign
of misfortune. Put your confidence in the Way
and you will understand.
Then, how can there be fault?
The fifth line:
Confidence in excellence.
Fortune.
The sixth line:
Adhering and binding
to make following hold fast.
The king makes offering
on West Mountain.
yang
yin
yin
yin
yang
yang
 

41 Decrease

The Statement of the second 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 Image of the first hexagram

Thunder over the middle
of the lake: following.
The noble one at sunset
goes into a house to rest.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

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