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.
========= Returning by the road. What is the harm in that? There will be good fortune.
大畜

26 Da Chu


Greater Stock
A good omen. These are not to be eaten at home. There will be good fortune. Now is the time to ford the great river.
========= Bearing the course of Heaven. Your plea is heard.
===   === The tusks of a gelded boar. Good fortune.
===   === The hobble of a young bull. There will be great good fortune.
========= Fine horses are being chased. A good omen in times of difficulty. He said: “Circle the wagons in defense!” It is time to go on a journey.
========= The carriage loses an axle box.
========= There is danger. It is time to make a sacrifice.