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On January 15, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Where do I need to direct my focus?
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 first line:
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
Manage father's poison.
Let his child examine. No fault
amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
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.
5 Waiting
The Statement of the second 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 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
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
