27 Yi


Jawbones
Omen of good fortune. Eye the mandible to see for yoursef what the mouth has to say.
========= Follow the mandible. Dangerous. There will be good fortune. Now is the time to ford the great river.
===   === Touch the firebrand. Omen of good fortune for occupying a settlement. It is not possible to ford the great river.
===   === Turn a jawbone upside down. There will be good fortune. The tiger's gaze is piercing, its prey so far away. No harm will come.
===   === Touch the mandible. Omen of misfortune. For ten years you cannot act. No signs are favorable.
===   === Turn a jawbone upside down; touch the firebrand to the crown. Attacking will bring misfortune.
====x==== Discard your sacred turtles; behold my racks of mandibles. Misfortune.

23 Bo


Cutting
Now is not a good time to go on a journey.
========= The plump fruits are not eaten. The nobleman gained a carriage. The lowborn man cut down his hut.
===   === The palace ladies are favored with a stringer of fish. Unfavorable for nothing.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his skin. Misfortune.
===   === They cut it up. There will be no regret.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his knees. Omen of destruction. Misfortune.
===   === They cut up the bed together with his feet. Omen of destruction. Misfortune.