小畜

9 Xiao Chu


Lesser Stock
Your plea is heard. Dark clouds but no rain from our western environs.
========= 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.
====x==== There is capture on a tether. You will prosper on account of your neighbor.
===   === There is capture, a bloody gelding, and cautious exit. No harm will come.
========= The wagon loses a wheel. Husband and wife will avert eyes.
========= 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.

18 Gu


Curse
Your primary plea is heard. On the third day before and the third day after the first day of the week, it is good to cross the great river.
========= He serves neither king nor feudal lord. Higher still does his service go.
===   === A curse of the departed father. Use this omen for praise.
===   === A curse of the enriching father. Going to visit will be cause for regret.
========= A curse of the departed father. There will be small problems, but no great harm.
========= A curse of the departed mother. Omen of disapproval.
===   === A curse of the departed father. There is a son, so the deceased father will be blameless. There will be danger, but in the end good fortune.