無妄

25 Wu Wang


Pestilence
Your primary plea is heard. A good omen. His misconduct brings disaster. It is not the right time to go on a journey.
========= Pestilence. There will be disaster in traveling. No signs are favorable.
====x==== The pestilence disease. Without medicine there will be a joyous recovery.
========= Omen or approval. No harm will come.
===   === The pestilence disaster. If tied to an ox, what the traveler will gain is what the townspeople will lose.
===   === “Do not plow, and reap a crop. Break no ground, and the land is tilled.” So now is the time to go on a journey.
========= Pestilence. Going on a journey will bring good fortune.
噬嗑

21 Shi He


Bite and Chew
Your plea is heard. It is time to take legal action.
========= With his head in a cangue, his ears are cut off. There will be misfortune.
===   === He takes a bite of dried meat, and gets a piece of bronze. Omen of danger. No harm will come.
========= He takes a bite of dried meat on the bone, and gets a bronze arrowhead. A good omen in times of difficulty. There will be good fortune.
===   === He takes a bite of cured meat, and gets a taste of poison. There will be some regret, but no great harm.
===   === He takes a bite of fresh meat, and his nose is cut off. No great harm.
========= With his ankles shackled, his toes are cut off. No great harm.