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.
====x==== 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.

19 Lin


Wailing
Your primary plea is heard. Good omen. There will be misfortune until the eighth month.
===   === Earnest wailing. There will be good fortune. No harm will come.
===   === Mastering the rites of wailing for the great lord's sacrifice. There will be good fortune.
===   === Wailing to the extreme. No harm will come.
===   === Sweet tears of wailing. No signs are favorable. When grieving is done, no harm will come.
========= Bitter tears of wailing. There will be good fortune. All signs are favorable.
========= Bitter tears of wailing. Omen of good fortune.