Good Morning H-39

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Hexagram 39

By: James Byrd

I.The Oracle 

A. Hexagram thirty-eight is called Jian, or Limping. Additional interpretations are Obstruction and Afoot. The lower trigram is Gen: bound or mountain. The upper trigram is Kan: Gorge or water.    

   

B. The Judgment

   1. Obstruction. The southwest furthers.
       The northeast does not further.
   2. The flying bird brings the message: It is not well to strive upward, 
       It is well to remain below. Great good fortune.

C. The Image

  1. Thunder on the mountain: (you heard?)
      a) The image of Preponderance of the Small.
      b) Thus, in his conduct, the superior man gives preponderance to reverence.
           In bereavement, he gives preponderance to grief.
           In his expenditures, he gives preponderance to thrift. 

II. Other interpretations 

A. "Impasse"

B. Nobody likes Trouble, take it slow today folks, Nov. 10, 2022, Hurricane Nicole.

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References Byrd, James (2018) "The Future" Huang, Kerson, and Rosemary (1987). I Ching
Karcher, S. and Ritesema, R. (1995). I Ching: The Classic Chinese Oracle of Change [The First Complete Translation with Concordance]
Legge, James (2012). The I Ching: The Book of Changes (Sacred Books of China: The Book of Changes)
Reifler, S. (1974) I Ching: The World's Oldest and Most Revered System of Fortune Telling
Van Over, R. (1971), I Ching
Wilhelm, R., and Baynes. C.F. (1967). The I Ching, or, Book of Changes (Bollingen Series XIX)
Wilhelm, Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm (1995). Understanding the I Ching

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