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On January 16, 2011 at 1:44 PM
my journey home?
and received a response of:
55 Plentiful
The Statement of the first hexagram
Plentiful. Progress.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The great king arrives. Do not grieve.
All is right as the midday sun.
The changing lines
The third line:
Plentiful flow.
Seeing darkness at noon.
Breaking one's right forearm. No fault.
Plentiful flow.
Seeing darkness at noon.
Breaking one's right forearm. No fault.
The fourth line:
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
Plentiful screens.
Seeing the northern stars at noon.
Meeting one's great lord. Fortune.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
come fully: plentiful.
The wise one decides
lawsuits and applies
punishments.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
