明夷

36 Ming Yi


The Calling Arrow-bird
A good omen in times of difficulty.
===   === It is not bright, it is dark. First it rises up to heaven, then it plunges into the earth.
=== o === Jizi's calling arrow-bird. A good omen.
===   === Entering the belly on the left, taking the heart of the calling arrow-bird. He will exit the gate from the courtyard.
========= A calling arrow-bird is wounded on the southern hunt. They got the big chief. This omen is not appropriate for an illness.
===   === A calling arrow-bird is wounded in the left thigh. If this omen is used to geld a horse, it will grow strong. There will be good fortune.
========= A calling arrow-bird in flight locks its wings. The nobleman on a journey does not eat for three days. If there is a journey to make, the ruler will have something to say.
既濟

63 Ji Ji


Across the Stream
Your plea is heard. Good omen for small matters. Good fortune in the beginning, disorder in the end.
===   === It drenches its head. Danger.
========= The eastern neighbor slaughtered an ox. It will not receive as full a blessing as the western neighbor's sacrifice.
===   === He drenches in his wadded jacket. Be vigilant all day long.
========= The High Ancestor attacked the Land of Ghosts, and conquered it in three years. The lowborn should not use this omen.
===   === His wife loses her hairpiece. Do not look for it. In seven days she will find it.
========= His wheels are dragging. It drenches its tail. No harm will come.