Read a record of the questions asked of I Ching, read the response, and read the comments of others
On January 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM
why would there be difficulty at the beginning of accepting his proposal?
and received a response of:
30 Brilliance
The Statement of the first hexagram
Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
The changing lines
The second line:
Yellow brilliance.
Great fortune.
The third line:
Brilliance sets with the sun.
Do not drum on a crock with your singing.
When great elders' sighs come:
misfortune.
38 Estrangement
The Statement of the second hexagram
Estrangement.
In small matters: fortune.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire above, lake below:
estrangement. The noble
one works with others,
but remains an individual.