大壯

34 Da Zhuang


The Strongman
Good omen.
===   === A ram butts the hedge. It cannot withdraw, and it cannot follow through. No signs are favorable. After difficulty, there will be good fortune.
===   === He loses his sheep in Yi. There will be no trouble.
====x==== Omen of good fortune. Problems disappear. The hedge breaks and the ram is untangled. The strength of the great carriage resides in its axles.
========= The lowborn uses strength; the nobleman uses wiles. Omen of danger. A ram butts the hedge and entangles his horns.
========= Omen of good fortune.
========= Strength in the feet. Attacking will bring misfortune. There will be captives.

11 Tai


Grandeur
The small departs and the great arrives. There will be good fortune. Your plea is heard. Pull up the thatch grass and with it come the roots. An attack will bring good fortune.
===   === From the city came the orders. Omen of regret.
===   === The wall fell into the moat. Do not use this omen to field troops.
===   === Di Yi joyfully gave his daughter in marriage. There will be great good fortune.
========= He flutters about. You will not prosper on account of your neighbor. You will be captured on account of negligence.
========= “There is no plain that does not rise; there is no trip without return.” Omen of difficulty. There will be no harm. Do not worry. There will be fortune in his capture at dinner.
========= A bundle is discarded. With this omen you may cross the river. It will not be left far behind nor be forgotten. A boon will come en route.