59 Huan


Overflow
Your plea is heard. The king goes to his ancestral temple. Now is the time to cross the great river. Good omen.
====x==== Overflowing is the blood. He will depart and go far away. No harm will come.
========= Spurting is the liver; it squeals loudly. Flooding the king's palace. No harm will come.
===   === Swelling is the herd. Great good fortune. Swelling, it has reached the hills. Not what one would ordinarily expect.
===   === Pouring over their bodies. No harm will come.
========= Spraying, it gushes over the table. Problems disappear.
===   === If this omen is used to geld a horse, it will grow strong. There will be good fortune.

29 Kan


The Pit
There is a capture. Consider offering the heart in sacrifice. A trip will be rewarded.
===   === Tie him up with braids and cords. Throw him into a thorny keep. For three years he is not bagged. Misfortune.
========= The pit is not filled, though all around is level. No misfortune.
===   === A flask of wine, tureens – a pair – in earthenware, handed through the window, bound. No misfortune in the end.
===   === Bring him here and thump him down. Steep and deep, he plunges down the pitfall. Do not use this omen.
========= The pit has a drop. Expect to gain a little.
===   === Pit within a pit. He plunges down the pitfall. There will be misfortune.