53 Jian


Progression
Send a girl off as a bride. Good fortune. Good omen.
========= The wild goose progresses to high land. Its feathers can be used in the dance. Good fortune.
========= The wild goose reaches the hills. The wife will not conceive for three years. In the end no one can overcome it. Good fortune.
===   === The wild goose advances to the tree. Perhaps you will get your roof beams. No harm will come.
====x==== The wild goose progresses to high land. The husband goes to war and does not return. The wife is pregnant but will not give birth. There will be misfortune. Now is the time to defend against bandits.
===   === The wild goose reaches an outcropping. They eat and drink, “cronk-cronk”. Good fortune.
===   === The wild goose advances to the bank of the river. Dangerous for a child. There will be talk. No harm will come.

20 Guan


Observation
There is ablution but no sacrifice. There are captives standing tall.
========= Watching their sacrifices. For the nobleman no harm will come.
========= Watching our sacrifices. For the nobleman no harm will come.
===   === Behold the glory of our state. By this omen it is time to be a guest of the king.
===   === Watching our sacrifices presented and withdrawn.
===   === A clandestine observation. Good omen for the young woman.
===   === The young boy watches. For the lowborn no harm will come. For the nobleman there is cause for regret.