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SPLITTING APART

剝 Bō

splitting apart, collapse, decay, the overturned bed, waiting for the turn

ROASTIE

Splitting Apart. A single solid line left on top of a pile of broken ones, the bed collapsing leg by leg. The book says don't move in any direction. Finally a hexagram that matches your calendar. The thing is coming apart, it's been coming apart since you first said "it's fine," and your plan is a nap. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

It does not profit to move in any direction.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 The bed is overturned at its legs; firmness is ignored; misfortune.
  2. Line 2 The bed is overturned at its frame; firmness is ignored; misfortune.
  3. Line 3 He splits apart from those doing the splitting; no mistake.
  4. Line 4 The bed is overturned, and the skin of the sleeper is harmed; misfortune.
  5. Line 5 Fish strung on a line; favored like the ladies of the palace; nothing fails to profit.
  6. Line 6 The large fruit still uneaten; the superior man gains a carriage, the small man loses his house.
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.