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On August 7, 2024 at 11:41 PM 

how son?

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

9 Smallness Tames

The Statement of the second hexagram

Smallness tames. Persevere.
Dense clouds, no rain
at my western border.
 
 

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

Wind moving high
in heaven: smallness tames.
The noble one acts
with restraint, culture,
and morals.