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On June 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM
What should I do about him?
and received a response of:
56 Traveler
The Statement of the first hexagram
Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.
The changing lines
The first line:
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
The second line:
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
A traveler promptly stops for lodging,
holding his wealth, getting servants.
Virtuous.
The fourth line:
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
The fifth line:
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
Shooting pheasants. One arrow vanishes.
In the end, there is honor and authority.
The sixth line:
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
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
Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
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.
