Bright Fire
lí · Fire over FireChoose carefully what you attach yourself to.
利貞。亨。畜牝牛，吉。
Fire lives only by holding on to something. Choose what you cling to with care and stay true, and things can flow. Tend the gentle strength of a cow, and this goes well.
The six lines
初九：履錯然，敬之无咎。
Your first footsteps are tangled and uneven. Go with respect and attention, and there is no fault.
六二：黃離，元吉。
A golden yellow light, centered like noon. Balance like this is the most favorable of all.
九三：日昃之離，不鼓缶而歌，則大耋之嗟，凶。
The sun is sinking. If you do not beat a clay pot and sing, you only sigh over old age. That grief is dangerous.
九四：突如其來如，焚如，死如，棄如。
It arrives with no warning, catches fire, goes dead, and ends on the heap. Force this abrupt rarely lasts.
六五：出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
Tears flow, you sigh in grief. Honest sorrow, felt in full, turns out to be favorable.
上九：王用出征，有嘉折首，獲匪其醜，无咎。
The king goes out to set things right. He strikes the chief and spares the followers, and there is no fault.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.