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On August 25, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Omen of plan, please.?
and received a response of:
22 Adornment
The Statement of the first hexagram
Adornment. Continue.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
Slight gain in having a place to go.
The changing lines
The first line:
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
Alighting from the carriage
with adorned feet to walk.
The second line:
Adorning is his beard.
Adorning is his beard.
The fifth line:
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
Light adorns hillside gardens:
A betrothal bundle
may be small and meager,
but in the end, fortune.
The sixth line:
Plain adornment
is without fault.
Plain adornment
is without fault.
48 Well
The Statement of the second hexagram
Well. A city may change,
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
but the well does not.
It does not lose, it does not gain.
In spite of all who come and go from a well,
it remains a well.
But if the rope cannot reach,
or if the well's vase is upended:_
misfortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire at the foot
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
of a mountain: adornment.
The noble one thereby
governs with clarity, and
does not dare
to decide lawsuits lightly.
The Image of the second hexagram
Wood above water: well.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
The noble one encourages
the people and lends them
assistance.
