大過

28 Da Guo


The Old Surpass
A sagging ridgepole. Now is the time to go on a journey. Your plea is heard.
===   === Fording the shallows, he sinks to his crown. Unfortunate, but no harm will come.
====x==== A dried-up willow begins to bud. An old woman will get her young husband. No harm, but no praise.
====x==== A crowning ridgepole. Good fortune. Dangerous. There will be cause for regret.
========= A sagging ridgepole. There will be misfortune.
====x==== A dried-up willow sprouts a new limb. An old man will get his young wife. All signs are favorable.
=== o === For the offering mat use white thatch grass. No harm will come.
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.
===   === 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.