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.
========= 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.
====x==== Omen of good fortune.
====x==== Strength in the feet. Attacking will bring misfortune. There will be captives.
小過

62 Xiao Guo


The Young Surpass
Your plea is heard. Good omen. Small things are possible; big things are not. A flying bird leaves behind its cry. It is not proper to go up, but proper to go down. Great good fortune.
===   === He does not meet him, but passes him by. The flying bird, he leaves it. Misfortune. This means disaster.
===   === Dark clouds are building in the west, but there is no rain. The duke shot and bagged it in its hole.
========= No harm will come. He does not pass over, but faces him. Going on a journey is dangerous. You must be cautious. Do not use this omen for a long-term query.
========= He does not pass over but stands up to him. So someone may injure him. Misfortune.
===   === He passes over his ancestor and faces the ancestress. He will not reach his lord, but will meet his minister. No harm will come.
===   === A flying bird. With it will come misfortune.