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1. The bamboo tube is burned to ashes. Good luck in springtime.
2. The dragon and snake contrast each other. This is sign of changes.
3. An official wearing a uniform is standing there. This means wait for something that is imminent.
4. There is a small box. This means harmony.
5. A man plays a Sheng ( ), a Chinese musical instrument. This means to be beside oneself with happiness.
6. To ride on a tiger is a very dangerous situation.
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The symbol is to step into the brightness of today and say good-by to the darkness of the past.
Feng or prosperity is successful. The king earns abundance. Don't be sad. Be like the sun at high noon.
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1. This is a Septmber hexagram, it is good in spring, bad in fall.
2. When the sun has reached meridian, it begins to decline. When the moon has become full, it begins to wane. This principle exists even move with the affairs of men!
3. Your boss is so skilled that when an unusual demand for your company's product comes along, in a few months you sell more than you have the past three years. Everyone is busily occupied and happy, for there is a special bonus coming along. In another month the "boom" will be over, but everyone thinks of the present.
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1st Yao. When a man meets his fated king, they can be together ten days and it isn't a mistake. To go out and do things will lead to recogni-tion.
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1. You plan to go fishing alone, but you meet an old-timer and strike up an imprompt friendship with him. He tells you of a secret fishing hole where the catches are good and you both go there, coming home with the biggest catch of the year.
2. You can act as circumstances may require without asking for approval from superiors.
3. You have done nothing to make you feel shameful.
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Through going out you will meet with distrust and hate. If you arouse him through Truth, good fortune comes.
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1. You join a sports club, but there is.so much bickering you cannot join up with another outstanding athlete you see who you'd go well with. You say nothing and when there are trials, you perform at your best and he sees for himself you're suited as a good player.
2. After work is done, those who did the work are layed off.
3. A single tree cannot make a forest which means one person cannot handle all the tasks by himself.
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1. You joined the protest demonstration because you sincerely
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3. Neglected matters must be dealt with.
favored the good, but now you see it has degenerated into a show of total anarchy for undiciplined negative types. You hold back trying to do anything because there is nothing to be done, and go your way.
2. Discipline tends to get lax as time goes by.
3. You ask about something you already know.
4th Yao. The curtain is so thick that the polestars can be seen at noon.
He meets his ruler; who is the same kind of person. Good luck.
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1. The club you belonged to collapsed of its own bad conduct and laziness. As you leave, you meet one of the members who had been a sincere worker. You join and talk of the possibility of someday getting a better group together.
2. You should avoid someone as if he or she is the plague.
3. What is done cannot be undone!
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1. Your friend made a lot of money and purchased luxuries for himself
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Y advice. All the right people show up to let him know of opportuni-ties opening up. He knows how to bring them to fruition, and everyone benefits greatly.
2. The first prize will go to the nimblest.
3. Haste makes waste.
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6th Yao. His house is full of prosperity. But he screens himself off from his family. He peers through a crack in the gate and no longer sees anyone. He sees nothing for three years. Bad luck.
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1. There are three stars. The lucky star shines brightly.
2. A high-ranking person fishes from the platform. This indicates transcending material desires.
3. A monkey and a ship. Good luck related to the hour, day, month and year of the monkey or of the ship.
4. A stream runs. This means to have the prospect of a very successful career, with its riches coming in an endless flow.
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The image is like a bird's nest that was set on fire by somebody.
The symbol is flourishing followed by withering when it reaches an extreme.