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4th Yao. He decides to step on the tiger's tail. He does it with great caution and care. He wins good fortune.
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1. Do not go beyond your duties to meddle with another's affairs.
2. Errors are likely to occur in haste.
3. Keep distance from the other sex (Do not get involved in an affair.) 5th Yao. One proceeds resolutely. One persists but with an awareness of the dangers.
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1. One should make quick decisions in the face of problems.
2. Awareness of the danger makes success possible.
3. There is unexpected income, promotion, etc.
6th Yao. Look back over your conduct and assess the favorable things you did. When everything is well done, good fortune is yours. 0
1. You can hit the target with every shot.
2. Mastery comes from long training.
3. Everybody is satisfied.
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1. The sweet osmanthus flowers are in bloom on the full moon (A g ).
An official climbing up a ladder means to emerge from an examina-tion with success.
2. A deer holding a book in its mouth means something will be given by heaven.
3. A boy sits on the clouds. This can be good, like a sudden rise to success, or poor, like aiming high, but caring nothing about develo-ping the fundamentals.
4. A sheep turns its head back. This is good when the year, month, or day is the image of the sheep.
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The image is heaven holding interc< ;e with earth.
The symbol is of making a very large profit with only a very small invest-ment.
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Tai. Small things are fading away and great things are developing.
There is good fortune and success.
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1. This is a January hexagram. It is good in spring and bad in summer and fall.
2. The hexagram seen as a moving image shows strong lines coming up from the bottom and weak lines disappearing.
3. The hexagram seen as a closed system of influences shows the strong lines in a position to influence and the weak lines in a place to be influenced.
4. It is a good omen for everything.
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1st Yao. When you pull up a handful of couch grass, you get a handful of sod and roots with it. People are grouped by their common qualities.
Being active at this time brings good fortune. Q
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1. People with similar valuable abilities are in close contact with each another now. When you undertake important work, your helpers will be of the best sort.
2. Your ideas and active work will become more valuable because you share them with others of like mind and get their stimulus.
3. When you need a specialist for an unusual project, people in that person's field will find him for you quickly.
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1. Instead of being lazy and careless because you can get away with it, you do everything the right way. As a result you make the most of your time, instead of wasting it.
2. You love fairness and moderation so much, nothing distracts you from this.
3. If you have the intention to open new land for farming, you will be successful.
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3rd Yao. There is no even ground without a hill nearby and no adventuring without a return home. If you remain persevering even when things get dangerous, you never do anything to feel you are to blame. Do not complain about these variations, enjoy what good luck you still have right now.
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1. There is no perepetual good fortune! things fluctuate. Yet a person who can keep his spirit perpetually positive is always getting the best fortunes life can offer him.
2. The good circumstance does not last long.
3. We should continue mindful of evil; we remain persevering and make no mistakes.
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4th Yao. He flies down, does not brag of his riches, and visits with his neighbor. He has no secret motive, he is sincere.
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1. There are people with wealth or superior abilities who enjoy being neighborly with any person.
2. A person needs to realize that there are important values every person has to offer as well as the unique values only some possess.
3. Do not be as stubborn as a mule.
5th Yao. King I marries off his sister. The result is blessings to all and the highest good fortune.
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1. The king does not give his offspring his power over others, but sends them off to live their own lives and learn their own powers. Instead of becoming a slave to such influence, they have the great good
fortune to be free and develop on thier own.
2. A person who cannot stand fluctuations of fortune throws away the good things life offers him.
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1. If something collapses completely, trying to save it will waste your ti me and endanger you. Be quiet and try to keep yourself together and see what fate brings.
2. Good fortune will not last forever.
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