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On September 16, 2009 at 12:36 PM
How should i proceed today?
and received a response of:
54 Marrying Sister
The Statement of the first hexagram
Advance: misfortune.
No place will bring gain.
The changing lines
The third line:
A younger sister waits to marry.
Returns to marry as a secondary wife.
The fourth line:
A younger sister marrying.
Overflowing expectations.
A late marriage has its season.
The fifth line:
Emperor Yi gives his younger sister in marriage.
Her royal sleeves are not as fine
as the secondary wives'. The moon: nearly full.
Fortune.
5 Waiting
The Statement of the second hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder over lake:
marrying sister.
The noble one pursues
far-reaching goals
while keeping aware
of possible ruin.
The Image of the second hexagram
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.