小畜

9 Xiao Chu


Lesser Stock
Your plea is heard. Dark clouds but no rain from our western environs.
====x==== It rains, and it clears. You will still get your wagon-full. For a married woman, omen of danger. The moon is almost full when the lords attack. There will be misfortune.
========= There is capture on a tether. You will prosper on account of your neighbor.
=== o === There is capture, a bloody gelding, and cautious exit. No harm will come.
========= The wagon loses a wheel. Husband and wife will avert eyes.
====x==== Returning on a leash. There will be good fortune.
====x==== Returning by the road. What is the harm in that? There will be good fortune.

31 Xian


Chopping Off
Your plea is heard. A good omen for taking a wife. There will be good fortune.
===   === Chop off his jowl, cheeks and tongue.
========= Chop off the loin. There will be no problems.
========= Omen of good fortune. Problems cease. “If you dither back and forth, a friend is thinking of you.”
========= Chop off his leg at the thigh. Hold up the marrow. To go on a journey will bring regret.
===   === Chop off his leg at the calf. Misfortune. For settlements, there will be good fortune.
===   === Chop off his big toe.