大過

28 Da Guo


The Old Surpass
A sagging ridgepole. Now is the time to go on a journey. Your plea is heard.
===   === Fording the shallows, he sinks to his crown. Unfortunate, but no harm will come.
========= A dried-up willow begins to bud. An old woman will get her young husband. No harm, but no praise.
====x==== A crowning ridgepole. Good fortune. Dangerous. There will be cause for regret.
========= A sagging ridgepole. There will be misfortune.
====x==== A dried-up willow sprouts a new limb. An old man will get his young wife. All signs are favorable.
===   === For the offering mat use white thatch grass. No harm will come.

39 Jian


Stumbling
The south and west are favorable; the north and east are not. It is time to see the great one. Omen of good fortune.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is prominent coming back. Good fortune. It is time to see the great one.
========= Great is his lameness. Friends will arrive.
===   === He stumbles ahead and comes back in a carriage.
========= He stumbles ahead and tumbles back.
===   === The king's minister stumbles and falls, through no fault of his own.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is praised coming back.