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On February 1, 2010 at 3:36 PM  msoucy asked:

Am I beginning a new phase of life, in which I realize my purpose?

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

34 Great Vigor

The Statement of the first hexagram

Great vigor, gainful purity.

The changing lines

The second line:
Persist.

Fortune.
The fourth line:
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.

The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.

Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
yin
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the second hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.