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On January 8, 2011 at 4:51 PM
what is likely to happen in this situation over a period of time?
and received a response of:
18 Poison
The Statement of the first hexagram
Poison brings the great continuing.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
Advance across the great river.
Before starting: three days.
After starting: three days.
The changing lines
The second line:
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
Manage mother's poison.
One cannot be firm.
The fifth line:
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
Manage father's poison.
Make use of honor.
The sixth line:
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
Do not serve king or lords.
Your own affairs
are of higher importance.
39 Hindered
The Statement of the second hexagram
Gain in the west and south.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
No gain in the east and north.
Gain by seeing the great person.
Pure fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Wind below the mountain:
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
poison. The noble one
stirs the people
and nourishes virtue.
The Image of the second hexagram
Water on top of the
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
mountain: hindered.
The noble one
turns inward
to cultivate virtue.
