ASK ROASTIE

BAD ADVICE. GOOD TIMING.

HEXAGRAM 18 OF 64 MOUNTAIN OVER WIND

WORK ON WHAT HAS BEEN SPOILED

蠱 Gǔ

decay, repair, inherited problems, corruption, fixing the past

ROASTIE

Work on What Has Been Spoiled. Wind trapped under a Mountain, something rotting that your father left you. Decay, inherited problems, fixing the past. The book gives you three days before the work and three after. You've taken eleven years before and counting. The spoiled thing has a lease now. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

Great success. Cross the great river; take three days before the start and three days after.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 Dealing with what the father spoiled; a worthy son sets it right; danger, but good fortune in the end.
  2. Line 2 Dealing with what the mother spoiled; one should not be too firm.
  3. Line 3 Dealing with what the father spoiled; some small regret, but no great mistake.
  4. Line 4 Tolerating what the father spoiled; going on this way brings regret.
  5. Line 5 Dealing with what the father spoiled, and setting it right; he wins praise.
  6. Line 6 Does not serve kings or princes; he sets his aims higher.
THROW YOUR OWN ALL SIXTY-FOUR

Text: the I Ching, after James Legge's 1882 translation, public domain, trimmed into plain English. The take: a coffee bean, licensed in nothing.