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HEXAGRAM 58 OF 64 LAKE OVER LAKE

THE JOYOUS

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joy, the lake, open exchange, pleasure, encouragement

ROASTIE

The Joyous. Lake over Lake, two lakes feeding each other, pleasure, open exchange, encouragement. The book's happiest hexagram, and you threw it with the face you're making. You're capable of joy, honey. We've seen it. It was that one video, in 2021, and you've been trying to find the link ever since. Ya roasted!

THE JUDGMENT

The joyous. Success, and firm correctness profits.

THE LINES, BOTTOM TO TOP

  1. Line 1 Joy that is harmonious and at peace with others; good fortune.
  2. Line 2 Joy that comes from sincerity and good faith; good fortune, regret disappears.
  3. Line 3 Joy that must be fetched from pleasures outside oneself; it brings misfortune.
  4. Line 4 Weighing one joy against another, not yet at rest; once the harmful is cast off, there is gladness.
  5. Line 5 Putting trust in those who would wear him down; there is danger.
  6. Line 6 Joy that seduces and is led away into the pleasures of others.
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.