57 Xun


Crouching
Your minor plea is head. Now is the time to go on a journey. It is time to see the great one.
====x==== He crouches at the foot of the bed. He will lose his goods and weapons. Omen of misfortune.
========= Omen of good fortune. Problems disappear. All signs are favorable. What has a poor beginning will end well. Three days before and three days after the seventh day of the week there will be good fortune.
===   === Problems disappear. On the hunt he will bag three kinds of game.
========= He crouches, frowning. There will be cause for regret.
========= He crouches at the foot of the bed. Use a combination of scribes and diviners. Good fortune. No harm will come.
===   === He advances and then retreats. Good omen for a warrior.

48 Jing


The Well
The town is moved, but not the well. There will be neither loss nor gain. They come up and go, welling up, but the rope does not reach the depth of the well, and he breaks his jug. There will be misfortune.
===   === If the well is retired, do not cover it. There will be capture. Great good fortune.
========= The well water is clear; its cool spring is drunk from.
===   === The well is tiled. No harm will come.
========= The well water surges; it is not drunk. My heart is sad since it can be used to draw water. The king will make a covenant. All will receive mutual blessings.
========= He shoots fish in the well bottom. His crock is cracked and leaky.
===   === The well water is muddy and is not drunk. At an old well there is no game.