HEXAGRAM 35 OF 64 FIRE OVER EARTH

PROGRESS

晉 Jìn

progress, the rising sun, recognition, advancement, clarity

ROASTIE

Progress. The sun rising over the Earth, the prince given many horses and received three times in one day. Recognition, advancement, clarity. Somebody up there likes you, which the book finds auspicious and I find suspicious. Three meetings in one day with the boss and you're going to walk out of the third one with a plant and a vague title. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

The prince who brings peace is given many horses and received three times in a day.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

Line 1 Advancing but turned back; firmness brings good fortune; not trusted yet, be generous, no mistake.
Line 2 Advancing in sorrow; firmness brings good fortune; great blessing received from the grandmother.
Line 3 Everyone around him trusts and agrees with him; regret disappears.
Line 4 Advancing like a rat that scurries and hoards; persisting is dangerous.
Line 5 Regret disappears; take no thought of loss or gain; going forward brings good fortune, everything profits.
Line 6 Advancing with the horns, to punish his own city; danger, but good fortune, no mistake; persisting brings regret.

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.