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On January 1, 2011 at 6:19 PM
what direction should i take this year?
and received a response of:
5 Waiting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The third line:
Waiting in the mud
draws raiders to arrive.
Waiting in the mud
draws raiders to arrive.
The fifth line:
Waiting with wine and food.
Pure fortune.
Waiting with wine and food.
Pure fortune.
The sixth line:
Entering into a cave and
finding uninvited strangers.
Three people come. Honor them
and in the end there will be good fortune.
Entering into a cave and
finding uninvited strangers.
Three people come. Honor them
and in the end there will be good fortune.
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.
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
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
The Image of the second hexagram
Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
